Lamprell, a provider of specialist engineering services to the international offshore and onshore oil & gas and renewables industries, has successfully delivered a jack-up drilling rig to its Mexican client. The contract award from Compañía Perforadora Mexico S.A.P.I. DE C.V. (“PEMSA”), a subsidiary
SBM Offshore has received a letter of interim award (LOIA) from Shell for the supply, lease and operation of a FPSO for the Fram field in the UK sector of the North Sea. The LOIA allows SBM Offshore to commence engineering and procurement of long lead items to ensure timely completion of the planned
Statoil has awarded contracts for the charter of seven new supply vessels for the NCS. The newbuildings are equipped with the latest environmental technology while some of them are specially designed for operation in the High North “The seven newbuildings solidly equip us to meet the requirements fo
STX OSV Holdings Limited (“STX OSV”), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, has entered into a Letter of Intent with Troms Offshore Supply (“Troms Offshore”) for the design and construction of one Platform Supply Vessel (PSV). Troms Offshore and Stat
Norway’s Farstad Shipping ASA, a major international supplier of large, modern offshore support vessels, has been awarded multiple charter contracts by three oil and gas majors: Statoil, Santos and Shell. Statoil has awarded Farstad Shipping ASA a long-term charter contract for two platform supply v
Malaysia’s TAS Offshore Berhad’s subsidiary has secured a new contract for the sale of a unit of Anchor Handling Tug/Oil Recovery/Support Vessel with an approximate value of RM49 million (Approximately USD 15 million) . The company has sold the vessels to one of its overseas customers who had, over
Wood Group GTS has secured an exclusive term maintenance agreement with Maersk FPSOs to support multiple Siemens gas turbines operating on their Curlew and North Sea Producer Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) units. The contract duration is five years. Maersk’s FPSOs operate in som
Recognising the benefits of Sixth Generation (6G®) acoustic technology, Sonar Equipment Services has placed its first order with Sonardyne International Ltd. Based in Great Yarmouth, UK, Sonar Equipment is a leading supplier of high grade geophysical, oceanographic, ROV and hydrographic marine surve
Hallin Marine, a Superior Energy Services company, announces a further significant step in the expansion of its subsea services capability in the North Sea and Mediterranean regions. Hallin has chartered the offshore support vessel Stril Explorer for an initial twelve months, with options to renew.
Valiant Petroleum plc announces that drilling has commenced on the Tryfan prospect (Valiant, 33.33%) located in UK Block 3/17 and operated by Apache North Sea Limited. Tryfan is an Eocene channelized sand play in the UK Northern North Sea which benefits from a strong seismic amplitude response. Tryf
STX OSV Holdings Limited (“STX OSV”), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, has received an order for the design and construction of a large, advanced Offshore Subsea Construction Vessel (OSCV) for Ocean Installer and Solstad Offshore. The contract v
Aberdeen-based oilfield services firm Coretrax Technology Limited has appointed Scott Laing as Business Development Manager. Mr Laing joins Coretrax from MI Swaco Wellbore Productivity where he was based in Egypt since 2007. He brings over 20 years of experience within the global oil industry with s
Salamander announces that, in a consortium with three other companies, it has entered into a Rig Sharing Agreement for a semi-submersible rig for Indonesian exploration drilling. Salamander will use the rig for its upcoming drilling campaign in the North Kutei basin, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The
MPX North Sea Ltd announces that, subject to approval of the DECC, it has sold its 30% interest in Licence P1606 to its co-venturer, Iona Energy Company (UK) Limited. Sorgenia E&P (UK) Ltd, the sister company of MPX, has also sold its 35% interest in the Licence to Iona. The Licence contains the Orl
