Fossil Energy
The Underwater Centre initiates Nitrox diving course
The first ever commercial diver training course in the use of Enriched Air Nitrox has been launched by the Fort William-based subsea training and trials facility, The Underwater Centre. The training is already widely available in leisure diving but until now the use of Nitrox for commercial diving,
Baker Hughes: Offshore rig count up by 16 in March
Baker Hughes Incorporated announced today that the international rig count for March 2014 was 1,345, up 4 from the 1,341 counted in February 2014, and up 77 from the 1,268 counted in March 2013. The international offshore rig count for March 2014 was 334, up 16 from the 318 counted in February 2014,
Global Energy to launch offshore diving division
Global Energy Group, international energy services company, is launching a new offshore diving division to expand its existing inshore diving operations. Representing a multi-million pound investment by the highly successful Scottish-based group, Global Diving will deliver services for the offshore
Fairfield takes over Dunlin Alpha platform from AMEC
Fairfield Energy, the North Sea focused independent oil and gas company, has taken over Duty Holder responsibilities for its Dunlin Alpha platform. The platform, which is located nearly 200 km north-east of the Shetland Isles, processes production from the main Dunlin field and the Osprey and Merlin
Scottish Tymor Marine opens U.S. office
Scottish energy consultancy Tymor Marine, which has offices in Glasgow and Aberdeen, has marked the end of its second year in business by opening its first overseas facility in the United States. The Louisiana-based offices will fulfil the needs of new and existing clients operating in the Gulf of M
AGR to provide Sakhalin Energy with latest version of P1™ software
Global oil and gas service provider AGR has announced that its software solutions division had signed its first contract with Sakhalin Energy. The three-year deal includes the latest version of its P1™ software, as well as maintenance and support services. This software allows operators to maximise
ION gets nod for seismic survey offshore Peru
ION Geophysical Corporation has been awarded permits to acquire 12,600 km of seismic data offshore Peru. The 2D multi-client survey, known as PeruSPANTM, covers the offshore margin from the Talara basin in the north, to the Pisco basin in the south. ION has developed the program in close cooperation
Hydrasun invests in subsea intervention equipment
Aberdeen-based Hydrasun has invested more than £600,000 ($994,530) in new specialist equipment and inventory, for the completion of High Pressure long length specialist Hose Assemblies for subsea intervention operations. The investment, driven by the on-going success and development of sales of the
Expro receives safety award from Italian oil company Eni
The UK-based oilfield services company, Expro, has won the Eni safety award for well testing services at a ceremony held by the Italian operator in San Donato, Milan. The award recognises a contractor that has reached the best results in the field of safety, while working with eni. The judges based
Technip hires Seamec Princess for work offshore Dubai
Seamec Ltd has informed that vessel Seamec Princess will complete its charter with Kreuz Subsea in South East Asia in the second week of April, 2014. The company has entered into a charter with the French oilfield services provider Technip for the deployment of the DP2 Saturation Diving Support vess
Kentz secures Ichthys project work
Kentz Corporation Limited has secured AUS$615m (US$570m) contract to its Australian subsidiary for the Electrical and Instrumentation (E&I) construction packages for the Ichthys Project Onshore LNG Facilities in Darwin, Australia. This contract was awarded by JKC Australia LNG Pty Ltd (JKC), a joint
XER signs MOU with Teekay for FSO at Bentley field
Xcite Energy has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Teekay Shipping Norway AS, which sets out the principles of co-operation for the supply of a bridge linked Sevan floating storage and offloading facility for the life of the Bentley field. XER and Teekay intend to work together on an e
EMGS Q1 vessel utilisation rises to 66%
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA has provided the summary of vessel activity and utilisation for the first quarter of 2014. EMGS defines “vessel utilisation” as the percentage of the vessel charter period spent on contracted or multi-client data acquisition. Vessel utilisation for the first quarter 2
BG Group moves oil and LNG marketing business to Singapore
BG Group has announced that it has moved the centre of its global liquefied natural gas and oil marketing business to Singapore from its head office in the UK, reflecting the long term importance of Asian energy markets. As part of this move, Steve Hill, President for Global LNG and Oil Marketing ha