Fossil Energy
Vard establishes ship design subsidiary in Canada
Vard Holdings Limited, a global designer and shipbuilder of offshore and specialized vessels, has established a new subsidiary for ship design, engineering and sales activities in Canada. Vard Marine Inc. is a ship design and marine engineering company providing solutions for offshore and specialize
Fairmount delivers Castoro Sei to Rotterdam
Tug Fairmount Glacier has towed pipelay-vessel Castoro Sei to Rotterdam, the Netherlands, from where the vessel will start its seasonal activities on the North Sea. The Fairmount Glacier hooked-up with Castoro Sei in Genoa, Italy. The Castoro Sei is a 28,000 ton DWT 152 meters long semi-submersible
Chariot gets operatorship of Moroccan Licence
Chariot Oil & Gas Limited has been awarded a 75% interest and operatorship of the Mohammedia Reconnaissance Licence offshore Morocco in partnership with the Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (“ONHYM”) which holds a 25% carried interest. This licence area is adjacent to the Company’s Lou
AWE unable to resolve mechanical problem at Pateke well
AWE Limited reports that as at 06:00 hours (6.00am NZDT) today, the Pateke-4H development well, offshore new Zealand was preparing to sidetrack a short section of lower wellbore. The mechanical drill string difficulties experienced in the original hole were unable to be fully resolved and the lower
Drilling Tools buys Reamco
Hicks Equity Partners has announced that its portfolio company, Directional Rentals, Inc., has acquired Reamco, Inc., a company based in Lafayette, La., that manufactures, rents and refurbishes downhole drilling tools and related products used in the drilling industry. Directional Rentals, Inc., an
Suretank builds container for pipeline recovery tools
Suretank, the world’s leading provider of engineered solutions to the offshore oil and gas industry, has produced a highly specialised container for the transportation of a new range of pipeline recovery tools (PRT). The custom-built 20ft open top container has been specially fitted out to hold and
Total faces prosecution over Elgin gas leak
French oil major Total may face prosecution over the 2012 gas leak incident at its Elgin field platform in the UK part of the North Sea, 240 km from Aberdeen. According to the British media, the UK Health and Safety Executive has filed the final report on the incident to the Scotland’s Crown Office
Offshore Independents open Baku office
Next to the Dutch office, Offshore Independents has recently opened a new office in Baku, Azerbaijan to serve the Caspian region. “The Caspian area has a large number of business opportunities and has attracted the attention of the entire oil industry. Offshore Independents believes that it is cruci
South Stream Offshore Pipeline EIA gets approval in Russia
The State Expert Review Commission reached a positive conclusion regarding the Design Documentation for the Russian Sector of the South Stream Offshore Pipeline. This concludes the final stage of the review process for the Design Documentation, which also includes the environmental impact assessment
Greenpeace sues Russia for ‘unlawful detention’ of activists
Greenpeace is suing Russia for detaining its 30 activists back in September last year, for climbing the Gazprom oil rig Prirazlomnaya, in the remote Pechora sea, in the Russian Arctic. Below is the original release by Greenpeace, written by Sergey Golubok, a legal representative for the Arctic 30 be
Reflex Marine launches FROG-XT4
The new four-person device was unveiled at Reflex Marine’s regional partner EnerMech’s fifth birthday party.
Kongsberg equipment for ten pipelayers in Brazil
Kongsberg Maritime has been chosen to deliver substantial technology packages for ten new pipelaying vessels ordered by Brazilian multinational energy corporation, Petrobras. In contracts valued approx. NOK 118 Million, the scope of supply includes Kongsberg Maritime’s leading offshore vessel tech
McDermott receives Petronas HSE award for Kepodang project
McDermott International, Inc. was recently awarded “Best Contractor HSE Performer, 2013” by Malaysian oil company Petronas Carigali for work performed on its Kepodang Gas Development Project. “Industry recognition is the best way to demonstrate the success of McDermott’s Health, Safety, Environment
Dril-Quip receives FPSO equipment order
Dril-Quip, Inc. has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $110 million, based on current exchange rates, to supply subsea completion systems and related services for an FPSO development project. In accordance with the contract, Dril-Quip (Europe) Limited, a company serving the North Sea,