The articles you have read the most this past week include an article on tragic death of Total CEO; the death of two workers offshore Malaysia; Baker Hughes joining the Bentley field development group; new CEO appointment at Noble Energy; contract extensions for two Ocean Rig’s drillships; new disco
Nordic Maritime, an offshore service operator, today announced a five year time charter for its DP2 IMR Subsea vessel, Mokul Nordic, which has been awarded by Noble Energy, the international energy provider. “At Nordic Maritime, we are delighted to have won this long term charter contract directly
Tamar Partners have signed a Letter of Intent to supply gas from the Tamar gas field, off Israel, to Egyptian company Dolphinus Holdings Limited. The plan is to supply the gas using the existing gas pipeline operated by East Mediterranean Gas Ltd (“EMG Pipeline”). The letter of intent includes sever
TSC Group Holdings’ subsidiary Zhengzhou TSC Offshore Equipment Co., Ltd. has secured a jacking system order from GMG shipyard (GSHI). GSHI specializes in the research and manufacture of offshore engineering equipment and special-purpose vessels. TSC Zhengzhou will provide GSHI with a set of jacking
Lamprell, a UAE-based offshore engineering and construction firm, has announced that Joanne Curin, Chief Financial Officer, has decided to stand down from the Board of Lamprell pic and as Chief Financial Officer. The company has said that Curing has guided the business through a key period and will
INPEX announced today that, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Japan Oil Development Co., Ltd. (JODCO), it started oil production from the Umm Lulu Oil Field offshore Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, on October 2, 2014. The Umm Lulu Oil Field is located approximately 30 km northwest of Abu Dha
At the fifth annual OPITO Safety and Competence Conference (OSCC 2014), the chief executive of safety standards body, OPITO, will warn the industry that staying the same is simply not good enough and more effective leadership is required to drive a step-change in safety across the global oil and gas
The articles you have read the most this past week include an infographic on how to build an offshore oil platform, a gallery of the world’s biggest jack-up rig nearing Norway, North Sea platform evacuation story and many more. Infographics: How to build an offshore oil platform BP has shared
The Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA) has announced the approval of Danish company Monjasa as the dedicated Oil Spill Responder (OSR) for Tier 2 and 3 spills in Dubai’s anchorages and offshore waters. As the dedicated OSR for Dubai, Monjasa is committed to keeping a vessel on standby 24/7 for i
Singapore’s Swissco has secured three charters worth US$17.3 million. The offshore support vessels, comprising two new workboats and one anchor handling tug supply vessel, will be deployed in the Middle East. Sam Kwai Hoong, Group Chief Financial Officer of Swissco, said: “Once again, our strong ind
Petrofac’s Offshore Projects & Operations business unit has been awarded two major reimbursable contracts in the UKCS and the Middle East. In the Central North Sea, Petrofac has been selected to provide engineering and construction support worth up to $120m for Chevron’s three operated assets – the
Mubadala Petroleum has announced that Mussabeh Al Kaabi, the company’s current Chief Growth Officer, will succeed Maurizio La Noce as Chief Executive Officer. Al Kaabi joined Mubadala Petroleum in 2013 from ADNOC where during his 16-year career he led the company’s exploration activity and played
BP has shared an infographics on how to build an oil platform in six steps. The platform shown in the infographics is located in the Caspian sea, offshore Azerbaijan. The West Chirag platform (image) began producing oil from one of the pre-drilled wells – J05, on 28 January, 2014 . The oil first p
First steel was cut for two self-propelled jack-up units at Eversendai Offshore’s UAE yard, the company today announced. The two liftboats ‘Aryan’ and ‘Arjun’, being built at the company’s yard in RAK Maritime City, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, are scheduled to be delivered in 2016. The uni
