Equipment
Wood Group Engineers Two MWCC Modular Capture Vessels
Wood Group Mustang (WGM) has completed engineering services for the two Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) vessels that can be deployed in the event of a deepwater well control incident in the US Gulf of Mexico. Services provided included the follow-on design engineering, on-site engineering, in
Picture of the Day: Boskalis’ Phoenix 1 at New Suez
The Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Dredging Suez Canal, has just posted on its official facebook page this beautiful photo of Boskalis’ heavy-duty, rock cutting, stationary dredger Phoenix 1, working on the New Suez Canal dredging project. Boskalis is a member of the consortium that will be ex
EMGS Swings to Loss
Norway’s Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has seen its profit slip into the red in the first quarter of 2015 on lower-than-expected revenues due to the weak market. The company has posted net loss of USD 1.2 million, down from an income of USD 8.2 million in the same period of 2014. EMGS recorded
Total and FMC Technologies team up for technology development
FMC Technologies and Total have signed a Frame Agreement for technology development. The purpose of this Frame Agreement is to define the R&D relationship and to create a framework for collaborative and innovative projects. The goals of the agreement are to enable an environment where the parties ca
Wood Group Mustang engineers two modular capture vessels
Wood Group Mustang has completed engineering services for the two Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) vessels that can be deployed in the event of a deepwater well control incident in the US Gulf of Mexico. Services provided included the follow-on design engineering, on-site engineering, integrat
Baker Hughes introduces ‘industry’s first’ Hammerhead
Baker Hughes has announced the introduction of its ultradeepwater completion and production system, Hammerhead. Baker Hughes says that this is the industry’s first fully integrated wellhead-to-reservoir ultradeepwater completion and production system which enables long-term optimized production for
DNV GL helps Lundin move from exploration to production
With lower oil prices and smaller margins, good project management is more important than ever, yet operators are often challenged when moving from field development projects into the operational phase, DNV GL writes. The company says that it has therefore developed a framework and roadmap for plann
CSL Delivers MV ‘Indira Point’ Ahead of Schedule
India’s Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) has delivered the vessel ‘Indira Point’ to Directorate General Of Light Houses and Light Ships, in April, 2 months earlier than planned. The approximately 25 million contract for the construction of the ship was signed in August 2012 and the contractual delivery dat
Jan De Nul places order for two rock installation vessels in China
Jan De Nul Group keeps on investing. This time, two 6,000 ton Subsea Rock Installation vessels have been ordered at AVIC Weihai shipyard in Weihai, China. The vessels will be able to install rock at depths up to about 600 m by means of a flexible fall pipe. An inclined fall pipe will enable accurate
Jan De Nul Orders SRI Duo
Jan De Nul Group has ordered two 6,000 ton Subsea Rock Installation (SRI) vessels from AVIC Weihai shipyard in Weihai, China. The vessels will be able to install rock at depths up to about 600 m by means of a flexible fall pipe. An inclined fall pipe will enable accurate rock installation around str
Rolls-Royce delivers its 1000th thruster for drillship newbuild
Rolls-Royce has just delivered its 1000th UUC underwater mountable thruster. It is the third unit in a series of six being installed on Seadrill’s new mobile drilling ship currently under construction at Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea. John Knudsen, Rolls-Royce, President – Commercial Marine said
Flexlife Nets Apache Deal
Flexlife, specialist provider of flexible pipe integrity and engineering services for the oil and gas industry, has won a contract with Apache North Sea Limited. The subsea project management and engineering support contract includes work on the Aviat gas development in the Central North Sea, the Ne
Statoil Hires Aibel for Maria Job
Stavanger-based Aibel has scooped a NOK 860 million (approximately $115 million) EPCI contract for work related to planned water injection from the Heidrun platform to the Wintershall-operated Maria field. According to the company, under the contract, Aibel will increase the water injection capacity
Royal IHC to Launch TSHD ‘ILEMBE’ on May 9
Royal IHC will hold naming and launch ceremony of the new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) ILEMBE at its shipyard in Kinderdijk on Saturday, 9 May, 2015. Designed and constructed for Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), the 5,500m3 capacity vessel will be the largest dredging vessel of it