Singapore’s Swissco Holdings Limited, a marine service provider for the shipping and offshore Oil and Gas industries, has secured charter contracts worth an aggregate of S$27.0 million for its new vessels. The two new 60-meters anchor handling tug and supply (“AHTS”) vessels will be deployed immedia
TAQA, the international energy company from Abu Dhabi, has appointed Michael T. McGuinty as General Counsel and Company Secretary. McGuinty, 51, takes over the role in January and will be based in Abu Dhabi. He succeeds Steven Phillips, who retires at the end of 2013. McGuinty will report to Carl Sh
Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited has informed that its business units serving the Middle East has recently been awarded a suite of subsea services contracts for air diving services including air diving for pipeline freespan correction and a subsea cable lay contract. All contract awards were
Vallianz Holdings , an integrated offshore marine solutions provider in the offshore oil and gas industry, through its subsidiary, has been awarded US$150 million worth of chartering contracts by a leading company in the Middle East. Platform Supply Vessels (“PSVs”) will be chartered out from the fi
Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad (Hibiscus Petroleum) has announced that its jointly-controlled entity, Lime Petroleum Plc (Lime), through its subsidiary Masirah Oil Ltd (Masirah), has begun drilling an exploration well in Masirah North North #1 (MNN #1), located in the Block 50 Oman concession, on 25 Nove
Ampelmann, the Dutch-based leading supplier of Motion Compensated Gangway (MCG) systems to the offshore energy sector has expanded its global footprint through the acquisition of Dutch Offshore Solutions. Financial details for the transaction were not disclosed. Ampelmann provides systems to safely
Topaz Energy and Marine, a leading offshore support vessel company with primary operations in the Middle East and Caspian, today announces the win of two contracts with BP in Azerbaijan’s largest oil and gas fields worth approximately US$ 100 million. Topaz has acquired two European built Platform S
Topaz Energy and Marine, a leading offshore support vessel owner with primary operations in the Middle East and Caspian, announces that it has won the ‘Workboats’ award at the recent Seatrade Middle East and Indian Subcontinent Awards held at Atlantis, The Palm in Dubai. Accepting the award on behal
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Unique System FZE, a Unique Maritime Group company, which is one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solutions provider, engineered and supplied a monitoring system that will provide the Abu Dhabi Oil Company Ltd. (Japan) with meteorological and oceanographic data to aide o
McDermott International, Inc. has secured an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) project for a client in the Arabian Gulf. The value is approximately US$ 200 million and will be included in McDermott’s fourth quarter 2013 backlog. The contract includes the fabrication, tra
The winners of OPITO’s annual global oil and gas workforce safety awards have been announced in the presence of Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei, the Minister of Energy for the United Arad Emirates. SBM and MSTS/Falck Safety Services Malaysia were yesterday (Tuesday 19th November) named Employer of the Ye
OPITO is heightening its campaign for common global training standards across the oil and gas industry to dramatically improve safety with the launch of a short film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJkXuysJAM4&feature=player_embedded Following its world premiere at the OPITO Safety and Competence
Dana Gas, the Middle East’s leading regional private sector natural gas company, announced today that Adyard Abu Dhabi, a subsidiary of Interserve plc, has been awarded a $17 million contract for the fabrication of an offshore platform for the Zora Field Development Project which spans the territori
