FG International Holland BV, the Dutch special lifting company, in close cooperation with local partner CR Asia, has replaced the riser hose that forms the centre piece of the Arthit/Bongkot development. After meticulous planning triple redundancy was applied to make sure the replacement would be pe
KBR announced that it has been awarded a contract to execute the topsides detailed design for TOTAL’s CLOV floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit. This project is the fourth development pole in Angola’s deep offshore Block 17, after Girassol, Dalia and Pazflor. Located approximately
Federal investigators probing the cause of the biggest U.S. offshore oil spill in history said it will take more than a month of tests to determine why a key device failed to prevent the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The 50-foot-tall stack of valves known as a blowout preventer (BOP) that sat atop
Baker Hughes announced today it was awarded a $137-million, eight-year contract extension from Repsol for the exclusive supply and maintenance of electrical submersible pumping (ESP) systems in Ecuador’s Block 16 and Tivacuna production areas. The award covers 200 wells in which Repsol requires ESP
Dril-Quip, Inc.today announced that it has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $27 million by Shell Offshore Inc. to supply drilling and production equipment for the Olympus Tension Leg Platform (TLP) to be installed in the Mars field located in the Mississippi Canyon area of the Gulf of
The Board of Directors of Kencana Petroleum Berhad (“Kencana Petroleum”)announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Kencana HL Sdn. Bhd. has secured a contract from PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd. (“PETRONAS Carigali”) for the provision of single buoy mooring overhaul for PETRONAS Carigali’s Sarawak Ope
CapRock Communications, a global provider of satellite communications to remote environments, today announced a multi-year contract extension to provide CapRock’s leading, always-on VSAT communications to Diamond Offshore’s fleet located in the Gulf of Mexico. As an industry leader with one of the l
Dril-Quip, Inc. (NYSE: DRQ) today announced that Dril-Quip (Europe) Limited, its wholly owned subsidiary located in Aberdeen, Scotland, has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $20 million by Technip UK Limited for the supply of equipment for the Islay Gas Field project in the United King
Baker Hughes announced today that BJ Services, a Baker Hughes company, was awarded a USD multimillion contract by Woodside to provide casing and tubing running services in Australia. Work associated with the three-year contract began in May 2010 on various wells in Woodside’s operations offshore nor
Markey Machinery has completed the shipment of the first two WECDF-20, 93kW electric anchor/mooring winches for the Oceaneering International’ new 39.6-meter Diving Support Vessel. Each winch carries 1,828 meters of wire rope and is powered by an AC-variable frequency drive system outfitted with Mar
Sub-Atlantic Ltd has netted orders for six electric remotely operated vehicle (ROV) systems with five different international customers during an unprecedented week of sales activity. The orders are for a Comanche Light/Medium Work Class system for a Far East diving contractor; a second Comanche sys
IHC Dredgers has commissioned Siemens Industry Solutions in The Hague, the Netherlands, to provide the electrical installation on board DEME’s cutter suction dredger Ambiorix – under construction at the Hardinxveld-Giessendam yard. Apart from the electrical components, to be delivered to the yard in
Aker Solutions has signed three subsea contracts with Shell Offshore Inc for deliveries to the operator’s Popeye and Europa fields in the Gulf of Mexico. Contract values are undisclosed. Under the contracts, Aker Solutions will in total deliver approximately 40 km (25 miles) of electro-hydraulic ste
ExxonMobil, on behalf of the Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC), announced the award of a contract to Technip for front-end engineering and design of underwater well-containment equipment. This equipment, when complete, will be used by the MWCC to provide emergency response services in the U.S.
