All Coast, LLC, a newly formed company for the marine services industry founded by John Powers and John Nesser III, has completed the acquisition of Hercules Offshore’s domestic liftboat assets. This $57.5 million acquisition includes 29 actively marketed liftboats ranging from class 105 to class 22
2H Offshore, an Acteon company, has recently been awarded a contract by Total for the delivery management of the TLP top tensioned riser (TTR) systems for its Moho Nord field development, offshore Congo. Located approximately 75km from Pointe-Noire and 25km west of N’Kossa in water depths ranging fr
2H Offshore, an Acteon company, has recently been awarded a contract by Total for the delivery management of the TLP top tensioned riser (TTR) systems for its Moho Nord field development, offshore Congo. Located approximately 75km from Pointe-Noire and 25km west of N’Kossa in water depths ranging fr
Indofin Group, the investment company, owned by the De Bruin family, has acquired a majority shareholding of 62% In IHC Merwede. Rabo Capital (10%) and IHC Merwede management and staff (28%) are the other principal shareholders. Indofin has obtained this significant stake in IHC Merwede by partially
McDermott International, Inc. (“McDermott”) announced that one of its subsidiaries has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Exxon Mobil Corporation for its Julia development. The value of the contract is included in McDermott’s second quarter 2013 backlog. The
Hunting PLC the international energy services group today provides a pre-close trading statement ahead of its 2013 Half Year Results to be announced on Thursday 29 August 2013. Dennis Proctor, Hunting’s Chief Executive said,“Trading in the first six months of the year has been supported by increasin
James Fisher and Sons plc today announces that its subsidiary Strainstall Limited (“Strainstall”) has been awarded a contract through Hyundai Heavy Industries to provide Total with an Integrated Marine Management System for their Moho Nord Tension Leg Platform (“TLP”) destined for installation off t
BG Group has signed an agreement with technology provider AGR Enhanced Drilling for Riserless Mud Recovery services (RMR®) and the firm’s Cuttings Transport System (CTS®). These solutions will be used on a multi-well drilling campaign on the Knarr Field, located in the Norwegian North Sea. Enhanced
BG Group has signed an agreement with technology provider AGR Enhanced Drilling for Riserless Mud Recovery services (RMR®) and the firm’s Cuttings Transport System (CTS®). These solutions will be used on a multi-well drilling campaign on the Knarr Field, located in the Norwegian North Sea. Enhanced
Norwegian oilfield services provider Aker Solutions has won a contract worth up to USD 440 million (approximately NOK 2.7 billion) to deliver the subsea production system for an oil field development in the UK North Sea. The delivery includes 25 subsea trees and six template manifolds. It also encom
One of the highlights of WODCON XX, held in Brussels, was the presentation of the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) Award for Best Paper written by a Young Author. The award was given to Max Radermaclier for his paper, “The Art of Screening, Effectiveness of Silt Screens”. Mr Ra
The document is a follow up to the CEDA position paper on underwater sound in relation to dredging that was published in 2011. The position paper attracted great interest both from within and outside CEDA. The WODA Technical Guidance goes beyond the position paper and has a broader international sco
Herring Cove is set to get an inshore weather buoy which will transmit high resolution weather and wave data to the Halifax Port Authority. The federal and provincial governments agreed to fund the SmartATLANTIC Herring Cove Buoy Project in which Ottawa will invest $171,000, while the province will
Following years of R&D and qualifications, Innospection Ltd successfully completed its first flexible riser inspection in the North Sea in February 2013. The inspection of the flexible risers was performed using the sophisticated self-crawling inspection system named MEC-Hug, wholly developed and bu
