Atlantic Offshore has confirmed the signing of a contract with Statoil to operate two Platform Supply Vessels (PSV) from 2014. The agreement, which consists of two contracts, has a length of six years with an option for a further three years. The vessels will be built in Norway and ensuring importan
Liquid Robotics, Inc. and Schlumberger yesterday announced the creation of Liquid Robotics Oil & Gas, a joint venture to develop services for the oil and gas industry using Wave Gliders, the world’s first wave-powered, autonomous marine vehicles. The joint venture will combine Liquid Robotics Wave G
Songa Offshore, a Cyprus based drilling contractor, reports that a firm contract for the use of Songa Mercur has been agreed and signed with Zarubezhneft, a public joint stock company of Russia. The contract covers the use of the Songa Mercur for Zarubezhneft’s upcoming drilling campaign offshore Cu
Norway based Aker Solution opens a drilling equipment facility in Macaé, the centre of the Brazilian offshore petroleum industry.
French oilfield services provider Technip has received a services contract for Ichthys project in Australia from South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering.
Paolo Tonon, MSc (Eng), (42) has been appointed Vice President, R&D of Wärtsilä Industrial Operations as of 1 June 2012. Mr Tonon will be responsible for the Research and Development of Wärtsilä products. Mr Tonon, who joined Wärtsilä in 1998, has successfully held several leading strategic, operati
Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni and Rosneft Chairman Igor Sechin signed agreements in Saint Petersburg today concerning their operation of assets in the Black Sea and the Barents Sea. The deal refers to the strategic cooperation agreement signed April 25, 2012 between the two companies, under which Eni and Ro
Apache Corporation announced it was the high bidder on 90 shelf and deep water blocks in the Central Gulf of Mexico offshore lease sale held by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in New Orleans. Of the 56 companies submitting bids for Gulf of Mexico acreage, Apache Corp. was ranked No. 1 o
Statoil and Rosneft today signed agreements on joint bidding for exploration licenses in the Norwegian Barents Sea and on Joint Technical Evaluation covering two Russian onshore assets. This concludes the first implementation agreements envisaged in the strategic cooperation that the two companies e
IHC Winches, part of IHC Merwede, has signed a contract for the design and manufacture of a riser pull-in spread to be placed on a MODEC Floating Production Storage & Offloading vessel (FPSO). The delivery of the riser pull-in spread is scheduled for Q1 2013. Part of this system will be built in Bra
ITF, the technology facilitator for the global oil and gas industry, will host a Regional Technology Conference in Perth, Australia on 25 June, where key industry players will take the next steps to unlock solutions for remote deepwater oil and gas assets. More than 60 senior figures from specialist
Polarcus Limited took delivery today, 21 June 2012, of POLARCUS ADIRA, the eighth 3D seismic vessel to date to join the Polarcus fleet. The vessel was built at Ulstein Verft in Norway and following a short shakedown will commence operations on the previously announced charter for TGS-NOPEC Geophysic
Energy Partners, Ltd., a U.S. based oil and gas exploration and production company announced was the high bidder on six leases at the Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 216/222 held yesterday in New Orleans, Louisiana. The six high bid lease blocks cover a total of 27,148 acres on a net and gross bas
An international player in offshore oil and gas marine services, BOURBON, based in France, has secured bank loans to finance the growth of its fleet. Spurred by an increasing world market oil demand, BOURBON decided to invest massively in a new large series of new generation vessels.
