Fossil Energy
Subsea 7 orders Maxccess walk to work system for project off Angola
Tyne Gangway and OSBIT Power have received a multi-million pound order to provide an innovative telescopic gangway system for offshore services contractor Subsea 7. Tyne Gangway and Osbit Power joined forces to design and manufacture the MaXccess P35 telescopic gangway system, for installation at th
Statoil shuts Huldra for good
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Den Helder gets brand new helicopter simulator
The new facility will be used to provide compulsory Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET)
Baker Hughes acquires Weatherford’s pipeline business
This acquisition adds sophisticated subsea pipeline commissioning services and new ultrasonic in-line inspection technologies to the Baker Hughes portfolio
Downer lands Gorgon award. 400 new jobs created
Downer EDI Limited has secured a contract for various works on the Chevron-operated Gorgon Project, located on Barrow Island off the north-west coast of Western Australia.
SPE Aberdeen selects new Chairman
The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen Section has appointed Ross Lowdon as Chairman. He takes over from Anthony Onukwu and will hold the chairmanship until September 2015.
FSG orders MacGregor equipment for two well intervention vessels
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured a contract from German shipyard Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft (FSG) for the complete delivery of remotely operated vehicle (ROV) access doors and hatches for two well-intervention vessels (WIVs). The well-intervention vessels are destined for service wit
Fire shuts Troll B
A fire broke out aboard the Statoil-operated Troll B platform, offshore Norway, on Monday, September 1. According to the Norwegian news website Aftenbladet.no, smoke entered the room after a switch on a platform in the North Sea caught fire. Production was immediately shut. The Stavanger-based websi
MOL, Viken establish shuttle tanker joint venture
Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced that the company has decided to establish a ship-owning joint venture with Norway-based Viken Shipping AS and participate in a shuttle tanker project.
CNOOC pens partnership agreement with Mirach Energy
Mirach Energy Limited has announced that its subsidiary UniTEQ Energy Services Pte. Ltd. has entered into a Cooperation Agreement with CNOOC EnerTech Drilling and Production Co., a subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC). EnerTech’s business activities include drilling and comp
Rosneft, PetroVietnam discuss offshore projects
Rosneft Chairman of the Management Board Igor Sechin held a working meeting with PetroVietnam (Vietnam Oil and Gas Group) Chairman of the Board of Directors Nguyen Xuan Son in Moscow, Tuesday. Shortly before the meeting of the Russian-Vietnamese intergovernmental panel there was a considerable dialo
OES launches Dropped Objects Prevention Programme
The OES Oilfield Services (OES) Group has launched a new safety training and support programme of the offshore sector, the Dropped Objects Prevention Programme (DOPP). DOPP has been specifically designed to minimise the number of dropped object incidents that can occur on oil and gas projects, at th
Plexus expands Aberdeen HQ
Plexus Holdings PLC, the owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, has announced that it has doubled the size of its operational headquarters in Dyce, Aberdeen through the purchase of a c.36,000 sq.ft. work shop and office facility for £2.4 million. The new fac
Bureau Veritas diversifies offshore services. Buy MatthewsDaniel
Bureau Veritas acquires MatthewsDaniel Ltd, a global leader in loss adjusting and risk assessment services for the offshore industry. Created in Houston, Texas, in 1962, MatthewsDaniel is headquartered in London and has operations in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas. MatthewsDaniel emp