Fossil Energy
Expro Reports Successful Year in the Middle East
International oilfield services company Expro has announced a highly successful year for activity in the Middle East and anticipates further strong growth in 2013. The company saw significant demand for a range of its services in the region, particularly its Drill Stem Testing (DST) and Meters offer
GE Oil & Gas to Provide Turbomachinery for Petrobras FPSOs
GE Oil & Gas has won a contract worth more than US$500 million to supply turbomachinery equipment and services to Petrobras, a world leader in deep-water oil production. The contract will serve the four new floating production, storage and offloading units (FPSOs P-74, P-75, P-76 and P-77) in the Ce
GSP Appoints New Offshore Senior Operations Manager (Romania)
Simon James has joined GSP in January, becoming the Senior Operations Manager for the Offshore Construction Department. Simon James is a highly motivated and dynamic Chartered Senior Manager with a strong academic background. He specialized in Mechanical Engineering, holding Master Degrees in Projec
Subsea 7’s Seven Borealis Nominated for Ship of the Year
Subsea 7’s flagship ‘Seven Borealis’, a customised SOC 5000 design designed by ULSTEIN has been nominated for the prestigious Ship of the Year Award organised by the Offshore Support Journal. Voting is open until close of business on 25 January via this link: www.surveymonkey.com/s/13SVVOTE. The Sev
Reef Subsea Charters Subsea Construction Vessel (Norway)
Reef Subsea today announced they have signed a five-year plus options charter for a new-built dynamically positioned subsea construction vessel from Olympic Shipping AS in Norway. The vessel, to be named “Olympic Reef, built by Kleven Maritime in Norway, is to be delivered in August 2013. The vessel
Norway: Energy Ministry Puts 51 Licences Up for Grabs
The award of new licences is vital for effective, long-term resource management, says Minister of Petroleum and Energy Ola Borten Moe.
Ezion Secures Liftboat Charter Deal (Singapore)
Ezion Holdings Limited, a company based in Singapore, has been awarded a letter of intent from a South East Asian State-owned corporation for the charter of aLiftboat over a 4 year period with an approximate contract value of up to US$ 116.8 million. The Liftboat is expected to be deployed in the wa
Swiber Secures $140 Mln Worth of Contracts (Singapore)
Singapore’s Swiber Holdings Limited, a world class integrated construction and support services provider to the offshore industry, announced that it has clinched sizeable contract wins worth approximately US$143 million. This comprises an approximate US$100 million contract for offshore construction
Songa Trym Yard Stay Costs Hit $260 Million (Norway)
Songa Offshore, a Cyprus-based drilling contractor, has informed in its December 2012 fleet update that its Songa Trym rig has completed its yard stay at CCB shipyard in Norway. The drilling contractor reported that non-conformities identified in the Petroleum Safety Authority’s (Petroleumstilynet)
Fugro GEOS to Exhibit at Offshore Middle East Event (Qatar)
Fugro GEOS is to showcase its specialist capabilities in the offshore oil and gas industry of the Middle East. Exhibiting at the Offshore Middle East event in Qatar this month, the company’s event highlights include offshore and environmental systems and services which meet the specific challenges o
Norway to Enhance Energy Ties with Iran
The Norwegian Ambassador to Iran Jens Petter Kjemprud says his country is ready to enhance its energy ties with the Islamic Republic. The ambassador made the remark during a meeting with Eshaq Rouyvar, the director of public relations of Iran’s Oil Ministry, Iran’s SHANA news agency reported. The No
No Seismic Surveys in World Heritage Area, Australian Gov’t Says
Australian authorities have rejected Apache’s application to undertake a three-dimensional (3D) marine seismic survey in Commonwealth and Western Australian waters, located in Exploration Permit WA-155-P and Petroleum Retention Lease TR/3 with ingress into surrounding areas, including the Muiron Isl
OSX Receives SPIE Certification for OSX-1 FPSO (Brazil)
OSX, an offshore and shipbuilding integrated solutions company belonging to the EBX Group, has obtained the certification for Inhouse Equipment Inspection (SPIE) through the Brazilian Institute of Oil, Gas and Biofuels – IBP. The certification refers to the operation of the FPSO OSX-1, the company´s
Plexus Supplies POS-GRIP to Glencore Off Cameroon
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, announces that it has agreed to supply its high pressure/high temperature (‘HP/HT’) POS-GRIP wellhead equipment, subject to finalisation