VERIPOS has recently been awarded a new three-year contract by Technip, a global project management, engineering and construction company serving the energy industry. The contract is for provision of services aboard eight of Technip’s fleet of subsea construction vessels and represents a continuatio
The new directors for Exploration & Production, José Miranda Formigli, and Gas & Energy, José Alcides Santoro, took office this Tuesday morning (Feb. 14) during a ceremony held at Petrobras’ main office building, in Rio de Janeiro. Taking part in the event were Petrobras’ CEO, Maria das Graças Silva
Rotterdam-based T.O.S. (Transport & Offshore Services) has entered 2012 with an expansion of its services in the Oil & Gas industry. Early this year Michael Koops was appointed as Business Development Manager Oil & Gas to strengthen the positions of T.O.S. in this industry. Koops commented “T.O.S. i
Ukraine’s shipyard Zaliv has renewed its cooperation with Damen Shipyards Bergum (the Netherlands). By the order of Damen, Zaliv will build two highly outfitted hulls of platform supply vessels of project PSV 3300. Zaliv’s marketing director Mr. Yuriy Dovgiy said, “Damen Shipyards Bergum is long sta
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has delivered two offshore utility helicopters to China Southern Airlines’ Zhuhai Helicopter Branch company, with a third delivery to occur next week, to support the offshore oil operations in the South China Sea by Zhuhai’s customers. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Techn
Eni announces a new giant natural gas discovery at the Mamba North 1 prospect, in Area 4 Offshore Mozambique, encountering a mineral potential of 212.5 billion cubic meters (7.5 tcf) of gas in place. This new discovery, in addition to the Mamba South discovery from October 2011, further increases th
FMC Technologies, Inc. yesterday reported fourth quarter 2011 revenue of $1.5 billion, up 36 percent from the prior-year quarter. Total inbound orders of $1.8 billion were up 14 percent from the prior-year quarter and included $1.3 billion in Subsea Technologies orders. Backlog for the Company was $
Schilling Robotics, LLC, experts in subsea systems, announced today the delivery of two (2) 150hp, 3,000m-rated HD™ ROV systems to Subsea 7. The HD™ ROV offers comprehensive work-class ROV performance in a compact configuration, while providing extensive onboard space for tooling systems. “We are ve
Technip has been awarded a pipeline installation contract by Woodside Energy Limited for the Greater Western Flank Phase 1 Project located 130 kilometers North West of Karratha in Western Australia. This pipeline will link the Goodwyn GH and Tidepole fields via a subsea tie-back to the existing Good
ShawCor Ltd. yesterday announced that its pipecoating division, Bredero Shaw, has received a contract with a value in excess of US$400 million to provide pipeline coatings and related products and services for the gas export pipeline on the Ichthys LNG Project. This contract was signed with Mitsui &
Marathon has received consent to use the Transocean Winner drilling rig for drilling of production well 24/6-B-5 on the Alvheim field. The Alvheim field is developed with the Alvheim FPSO mobile production facility and subsea wells. Well 24/6-B-5 will produce oil from one of the three discoveries co
Brazil’s President, Dilma Rousseff, was in Rio de Janeiro today (Feb. 13) to attend the inauguration of the new CEO of Petrobras, Maria das Graças Silva Foster and she is now the Company’s has its first female CEO in its 58 years of Petrobras existence. An engineer and a 32-year career employee at t
STX OSV Holdings Limited, a major global designer and shipbuilder of offshore and specialized vessels headquartered in Norway generated operating revenue of NOK 3.11 billion in 4Q 2011 and NOK 12.40 billion for FY 2011 with the successful delivery of 23 vessels during the year. The Group’s 4Q 2011 o
Kvaerner, a specialised engineering, procurement and construction company providing services to the oil & gas industry, reported operating revenues of NOK 3 004 million in the fourth quarter 2011. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) amounted to NOK 249 million, resu
