Fossil Energy
NDM to deliver deck machinery to VARD Søviknes
NDM has announced the signing of a new contract with VARD Søviknes for delivery of deck machinery. The new contract is for the supply of a winch package to their NB 801, a Diving Support and Construction Vessel beeing built for Harkand Group. The vessel is of VARD 3 03 design, specially designed and
Genel: Oil presence confirmed at Cap Juby well, offshore Morocco
Genel Energy has informed that the JM-1 well on the Cap Juby prospect, offshore Morocco, has encountered oil shows.
Vallourec to deliver $100M worth of pipes to Total in Brunei
Vallourec, a provider of tubular solutions, has been awarded a $100 million contract for the supply of premium pipes with VAM® 21 connections for the offshore ML-South Project, operated by Total’s affiliate Total E&P Borneo in Brunei. After a successful exploration campaign started in 2007, Total ha
New Senior VP Business Development at Oceaneering
Oceaneering International, Inc. appointed Knut Eriksen as Senior Vice President, Business Development. In this new role, Eriksen will be responsible for leading Oceaneering’s worldwide business development efforts focused on the customers’ evolving and growing deepwater operations. Eriksen joined Oc
Eastern Shipbuilding delivers ‘Bravante VI’ PSV
Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. has delivered the M/V BRAVANTE VI platform supply vessel to Boldini S.A., BRAVANTE GROUP of Brazil.
Schlumberger launches new rotary steerable system
Schlumberger has announced the launch of the PowerDrive Orbit* rotary steerable system (RSS).
DeepWater Buoyancy re-starts flotation products deliveries
DeepWater Buoyancy, Inc. has re-launched the reliable, time-tested oceanography/marine measurements line of syntactic foam ADCP buoys, StableMoor™ floats and trawl resistant bottom mounts (TRBMs) formerly manufactured by Flotation Technologies (Flotec). DeepWater Buoyancy opened their doors on Janua
Bergen Group sells shipbuilding business. Puts focus on offshore projects
Bergen Group has decided to accelerate the process of reducing the Group’s future involvement in the shipbuilding business in favor of a more dedicated focus on offshore related activities. As a part of this process, Bergen Group has entered into an agreement of selling two of the remaining shipbuil
Trelleborg completes its first floatover project in China
Trelleborg’s engineered products operation has completed its first oil and gas floatover project in China, supplying a range of its floatover hardware for the BoZhong (BZ) 35-2 COEEC offshore platform in Tianjin.
Oceaneering names Senior VP Subsea Products
Oceaneering International, Inc. announced the promotion of Charles “Chuck” W. Davison, Jr. to Senior Vice President, Subsea Products. Davison joined Oceaneering in 2007 as Vice President, Umbilical Solutions. He previously spent eight years with the General Electric Company, holding various roles in
McDermott to install offshore jackets for Shell in Brunei
McDermott International, Inc. has been awarded a contract by Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn. Bhd. (BSP) to transport and install offshore structures for Champion Waterflood B2/3.
Heerema starts construction of Marathon Oil’s Alba Platform
The Alba B3 compression platform will consist of a 4,500 ton topside and a 4-legged 2,000 ton jacket.
SeaBird’s ‘Voyager Explorer’ to conduct seismic survey in Asia Pacific
SeaBird Exploration Plc reported that the Voyager Explorer seismic vesselhas been awarded a contract for a 2D seismic survey with a national oil company in the Asia Pacific region. The contract has an estimated duration of approximately 20 days and an estimated value of approximately USD 2 million.
Petrobras: Cascade, Chinook reach 40.000 bopd mark
Oil production from the Cascade and Chinook fields in the Gulf of Mexico has reached a 40.000 of barrels of oil per day level.