Equipment
VIDEO: Navy Divers Remove UXOs in Mediterranean Sea
The ship Chioggia and the Operational Divers Group (GOS) from the Comsubin performed the mine clearing operations in the Mediterranean Sea. The GOS, with a sophisticated equipment on board, plumbed the depths of the area between the southern Tirrenian Sea and the northern Ionian Sea within a week; t
Keppel FELS hands over jack-up newbuild to Pemex
Keppel FELS, a subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd, has delivered a KFELS B Class jack-up rig to Mexican national oil company, Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX). The rig was named Kukulkan by Lady Sponsor Valerie Pahl-Hernandez, wife of Gustavo Hernandez Garcia, Director General of PEMEX Exploratio
Ensurge, NARIL Enter Guyana Dredging Deal
Ensurge, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement with North American Resources Inc. Ltd. (NARIL) for management and eventual acquisition of commercial dredging operations in Guyana. NARIL is a Guyana mining company that has been conducting gold exploration and mining for over twenty years. They
McDermott wins subsea installation gig for Jack and St. Malo fields
McDermott International, Inc. has been awarded a contract to transport and install subsea umbilicals, manifolds, jumpers and flying leads for Chevron U.S.A. Inc. to support the brownfield expansion of the Jack and St. Malo fields in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The value of the award is included in McDe
Protean WEC Detailed Design Complete
Stonehenge Metals Limited announced that the detailed design of the Protean Wave Energy Converter (WEC) has been completed. The detailed design was completed by Moore Commerce Pty well within schedule and within budget; opening the way for preparation for the fabrication of the first 1.5kW device ah
McDermott Nets Jack and St. Malo Job
McDermott has been awarded a contract to transport and install subsea umbilicals, manifolds, jumpers and flying leads for Chevron to support the brownfield expansion of the Jack and St. Malo fields in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. McDermott’s subsea construction vessel, North Ocean 102, is expected to tr
Neptune to move rigs for Apache
Neptune has been awarded an 18 month rig positioning and mooring services contract for Apache Energy Limited in Australia. The contract which has two possible 12 month extensions, will see Neptune mobilising survey equipment and personnel on-board the semi-submersible rigs, Ocean America and Ocean M
2H Offshore Gets Johan Sverdrup Contract
2H Offshore, an Acteon company, has been awarded a contract by Statoil for tieback conductor, platform conductor and surface riser engineering analysis on the Johan Sverdrup field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. 2H had already conducted engineering studies for Statoil to support wellhead s
Harkand Bags Maersk North Sea DSV Gig
Harkand has secured a multi-million pound contract with Maersk Oil North Sea Ltd for the provision of DSV services in the North Sea region. The 12-month contract will be serviced by Harkand’s two DSVs, the Harkand Da Vinci and Harkand Atlantis, supported by project management and engineering from Ha
Fujian Mawei delivers PSV to Sinopec
Last week Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding delivered their Hull No. MW627-1, a Havyard 832 Platform Supply Vessel, to SINOPEC Shanghai Offshore Petroleum Bureau Shipping Branch Company. In February 2013, Havyard Design & Solutions entered into a contract with Fujien Mawei Shipbuilding for the delivery of a
Tebma Dredger for Indian Navy
Tebma Shipyards, a Chennai based shipbuilding company, has announced that their latest dredger built for the Indian Navy is ready for commissioning. The vessel, being a self propelled grab hopper dredger, has the capacity to hold 300 cubic meters of dredged material and openable hopper bottom doors
Bond Offshore Helicopters to provide SAR services for North Sea workers
Oil & Gas UK has informed that North Sea oil and gas operators have committed to fund a search and rescue (SAR) helicopter service, supplementing national SAR cover for parts of the Central North Sea. According to Oil & Gas UK, the service will be operated by Bond Offshore Helicopters and will ensur
UniSite Equipment for New Suez Canal
UniSite Group, a leading supplier for comprehensive service as well as relevant items of dredging, land reclamation, offshore projects, marine engineering, municipal engineering and environmental remediation projects, has taken an active part in Suez Canal Development Project. The company has delive
Interwell’s Aberdeen Test Facility Open for Hire
Well intervention specialist, Interwell, is opening its test facility for hire in Aberdeen for companies to fulfil their testing requirements. The facility, with six hydrostatic test lines and two gas test lines, can primarily test downhole tools to ISO14310 validation grades, with maximum pressure