Oil & Gas UK has issued a call for papers to be presented at its major offshore safety conference next summer, which will mark the 25th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster. Piper 25 will be a three-day event held at Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre from 18 to 20 June 2013. Starting with
Equipped with a 2000MT crane, the barge is designed to provide offshore construction support and has underwater pipe-lay capability.
Lamprell, a leading provider of diversified engineering and contracting services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas and renewable energy industries, announces that Nigel McCue is standing down as Chief Executive and as a director of the Company. Peter Whitbread, former Chief Executive who was wit
Douglas-Westwood (DW) forecast that between 2013 and 2017 $91bn will be spent on floating production systems (FPS) – an increase of 100% over the preceding five-year period. This growth is driven by factors such as a larger proportion of newbuilds and conversions compared to redeployments, a greater
On 7 September 2012, Det norske oljeselskap ASA announced the discovery of hydrocarbons in the Salina prospect in production license 533, operated by Eni. The operator has now completed the drilling of well 7220/10-1. The well confirmed the existence of gas in two reservoir units; in the Cretaceous
Reef Subsea today announced that its subsidiary company, Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical, based in the North-East of England, with offices in Aberdeen, has launched a new innovative subsea Trench ROV in Newcastle upon Tyne. Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical’s new Q1000 Jet Trencher was unveiled today (4 O
Subsea 7 S.A. announces the award of a contract valued at approximately US$ 100 million from Apache Australia Pty Ltd for the Julimar Development Project, offshore Western Australia. The project includes the transportation, installation and pre-commissioning of subsea umbilicals, manifolds and diver
Bridge, the AIM and Oslo Axess listed oil and gas exploration and production company, has completed the acquisition of a 1.55% working interest in the producing Boa field from OMV (U.K.) Limited for an adjusted consideration of $18.1m (the “transaction”) with an effective date of 1 January 2012. The
Platform supply vessel Far Solitaire (UT 754 WP) has today been delivered from STX OSV Langsten to Farstad Supply AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Farstad Shipping ASA. The vessel, recently awarded a «Ship of the Year 2012» title by Skipsrevyen, will start a term charter contract with Statoil with a
Shell has kicked off exploratory drilling at its prospect in the Beaufort Sea, offshore Alaska, the company yesterday announced on its website. On October 3, 2012, at approximately 2:45PM AKDT, the Kulluk began drilling at Shell’s Sivulliq prospect. Shell has noted that the occasion is historic in t
Today, Hemisphere GPS introduces the Vector VS330™ and Vector VS131™ GPS compass products that provide high performance heading, position, heave, and attitude data. The new Vector products are designed for professional marine applications such as hydrographic and bathymetric surveys, dredging, oil p
Affiliates of US Joiner (“US Joiner”) announced today the acquisition of Infinity Offshore Marine, LLC (“Infinity”). Infinity is a leading provider of turnkey marine joiner solutions to the offshore oil and gas market. The company’s headquarters is in Houston, TX and it has operations in Brazil. Thi
Prosafe has today entered into a Letter of Intent for the construction of a semi-submersible accommodation rig at Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd (“JSPL”) in Singapore. The rig, which is of similar design as Safe Boreas presently in construction at JSPL, will be built to comply with Norwegian regulations. T
Rialto reports that the Company’s Managing Director Jeff Schrull has informed the Board that he intends to relocate back to Perth, Western Australia from the Company’s current base of operations in London by mid-2013. The decision by Schrull is further to a number of ongoing Rialto Board discussions
