Aberdeenshire-based supplier of specialist oilfield chemicals Aubin has developed a ground-breaking concept that it says could … [mappress] Source: Worldnews, October 7, 2010;
The number of Viking software modules has been expanded with several new additions. Directly based on market demand these new modules add enhanced capabilities and solutions to the Viking software. These software modules can be added to an existing Viking Navigation or Viking Dredge system. Anchorin
M-I SWACO announced the release of the KLA-SHIELD* high-performance water-base drilling fluid system. Designed for use in onshore and offshore fields, the KLA-SHIELD system is made up of products that are formulated to address environmental concerns worldwide. Onshore, the system can be customized t
Husky Energy experts to install a new lifeboat on its White Rose production ship by June bringing its evacuation system back to full … By Moira Baird (The Telegram) [mappress] Source: Thetelegram,October 4, 2010
Mercon Steel Structures B.V. and GDF SUEZ E&P Nederland B.V. have signed a contract for the Construction, Load out and Sea fastening of satellite platform G16a-B in the Dutch part of the North Sea. A drilling campaign of GDF SUEZ last year, lead to the finding of significant gas reserves in block G1
Keppel FELS Limited has secured new contracts worth about US$101 million (S$134 million) to complete and refurbish two semisubmersible drilling rigs respectively for Saipem S.p.A and Ensco plc. Mr Wong Kok Seng, Executive Director of Keppel FELS said, “Rig completions and refurbishments are highly c
Aker Solutions has been selected to supply further subsea umbilicals for leading US independent oil and gas company Noble Energy Inc. The deal is worth approximately NOK 270 million. This latest order is an exercise of options agreed under the initial NOK 650 million umbilical contract which was ann
French Jifmar Offshore Services has ordered two Saab Seaeye Cougar XT ROVs for a new Algerian contract. This important new project will involve work at three different oil terminal points where the ROVs will be used for inspection, maintenance and repair (IRM) tasks on structures, pipes, manifolds a
Damen Dredging Equipment has replaced the submersed dredge pump drive of the sand mining dredger “Maas”. The dredger, built by Damen back in 1986, is still owned by its first owner, the dredging company Geluk. The operation included the removal of the former hydraulic drive, the engineering and fitt
Nexen Inc. announces that hook-up and commissioning of the fourth platform at Buzzard in the North Sea is progressing well and start-up activities are being advanced from early next year to take advantage of cost efficiencies. As a result, start-up of the new platform will commence in October and fo
Engineers in Southwest Research Institute’s (SwRI) Mechanical Engineering Division have successfully tested a two-stage centrifugal compressor for offshore production. A test loop designed and built at SwRI was used to evaluate the compressor’s performance under wet gas conditions. The testing was c
Halliburton announced that it has acquired The Permedia Research Group: industry leading suppliers of petroleum systems modeling software and services. Permedia’s tools and expertise enable oil and gas companies to better assess exploration risk and manage the cost of developing deepwater, sub-salt
Foster Findlay Associates Ltd (“ffA”) and Statoil ASA (“Statoil”) have agreed a continuation of their ongoing Research and Development Collaboration. This is the sixth phase of the collaboration, which has allowed the companies to work together in producing state-of-the-art 3D seismic analysis capab
Sigma Offshore, which has developed a pioneering mooring and fluid transfer system for oil and gas production vessels, has opened a new office in Singapore. Sigma’s Eirik Refstie moves from the company’s Oslo base to head up the new Singapore office ahead of the FPSO Asia Congress in Singapore on Se
