UK-based downhole video technology specialist EV has opened a new technology centre to house its research and development, which the company is expected to invest nearly £2million into over the next year. EV, the market leader in downhole video applications for the oil and gas industry, opened the n
Digital energy leaders from around the world have converged in Utrecht, the Netherlands to review the progress of oilfield digitalisation to date and consider how future aspirations can be realised. The first day of the 2014 SPE Intelligent Energy conference and exhibition kicked off with an opening
BMT ARGOSS (BMT) has been awarded a number of metocean assessments for Tullow Oil Plc., including comprehensive overviews of meteorological and oceanographic conditions in West Africa and South America, to help support the company’s offshore oil and gas exploration and operating activities. Colleen
The U.S. Government must cover the bulk of $13.8 million in damages a pipeline owner faces after faulty Army Corps of Engineers navigational charts led to a collision, a federal judge ruled. A barge owned by Weeks Marine hit and ruptured Contango Operators’ natural gas pipeline on Feb. 24, 2010, whi
GE has further strengthened its commitment to localized manufacturing with the groundbreaking of the new GE Oil & Gas Manufacturing Facility, located in Second Industrial City in Dammam. The expansion is part of the US$1 billion investment commitment announced by GE in the Kingdom, and follows the s
Dredging operations have been completed in New Castle Range of the Delaware River and all submerged pipeline has been removed. Norfolk Dredging, the contractor, is currently conducting dredging operations at Deepwater Point Range, scheduled to continue through mid-May, 2014. The Dredge ESSEX is oper
Caterpillar Marine shipped first Cat® 3500 series marine gas engines from its Lafayette, Indiana manufacturing facility. Five Cat G3516 marine engines were selected to power the Becker Marine’s subsidiary, Hybrid Port Energy’s LNG-Hybrid Barge which will operate in the Port of Hamburg. The LNG-Hybri
Government agencies, research institutions, and conservation groups are another step closer to creating a streamlined process for Alabama and Mississippi residents and contractors looking to protect against shoreline erosion without the use of harmful bulkheads and sea walls. The Dauphin Island Sea
U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) confirmed that the City of Gulfport will be able to use almost $1.6 million to repair piers and jetties damaged by Hurricane Isaac in 2012. Cochran, who serves on the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, worked with the Federal Emergency Managemen
Revised designs for the Perry Harvey Jetty and Clump Point boat ramp at Mission Beach have been released after extensive community consultation. Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning, Jeff Seeney, said the plans for rebuilding and upgrading boating infrastruc
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, began a $2,455,000 maintenance dredging contract yesterday to relieve channel draft restrictions in the Brazos Island Harbor (Brownsville Ship Channel) navigation project. “Unanticipated shoaling within the federal ship channel prompted the Brazo
Seatronics Pte Ltd, an Acteon company, has purchased Kongsberg Mesotech Ltd’s M3 Sonar System to add to its Asia Pacific rental fleet. The purchase is part of an ongoing investment by Seatronics into cutting-edge technology to support its global marine equipment rental fleet growth and marks a signi
Baosteel Yantai has supplied steel pipes to the China National Offshore Oil Corporation in Bohai oilfield with more than 900 tons of large diameter seamless steel pipes. Since the end of last year Baosteel Yantai, has delivered nearly 7000 tons of large diameter seamless pipe to China National Offsh
Chart Industries announced the release of a new bonus capacity LNG vehicle system. The new system maximizes the volumetric efficiency of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) vehicle fuel tank by six percent for the 2015 model year. This bonus capacity option is available on 26 inch diameter horizontal ve
