International oil services company Aker Solutions aims to create 500 new UK jobs over the next year. In a bid to grow its business substantially, Norway-listed Aker Solutions is set to recruit 300 staff to its Aberdeen operation and create 200 positions at the company’s newly established west-London
Hamworthy is to open a new dedicated service centre in Brazil. The new service centre represents a direct investment in a market that has offered sustained growth for the company’s oil and gas handling systems and pump systems businesses in recent years. With offices in Rio and planned workshops and
Schilling Robotics, LLC, experts in subsea systems, and Gregg Marine, Inc., experts in drilling and geotechnical testing services, announced today the successful completion of the field testing of their subsea drill in the waters offshore of Vancouver, British Columbia. The Seafloor Drill was concei
Egil Boyum has been appointed president of Aker Solutions’ subsea business in Brazil. Boyum, a Norwegian citizen, has been employed by Aker Solutions since 1984 and has held a range of management roles during this time. Over the past decades, Aker Solutions has reached several offshore oil and gas e
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has issued a Letter of Intent to Technip for the engineering, construction and transport of a 23,000 ton Truss Spar hull for their Lucius field development. This field is located in approximately 7,100 feet (2,165 meters) of water, in the US Gulf of Mexico. This Letter
Dockwise Ltd. today published results for the three month and Half Year periods ended June 30, 2011. Financial Highlights Q2 2011 Revenues of USD 109 million (USD 89 million in Q1 2011); EBITDA of USD 35 million (USD 29 million in Q1 2011); Operating margin of 32% (32% in Q1 2011); Net profit of USD
Statoil ASA has declared its option for one year extended period for the Time Charter party with Eidesvik Offshore ASA, (through its subsidiary Eidesvik Shipping AS), for the environmental friendly LNG power PSV “Viking Queen”. The extended period starts primo November 2011. Statoil has further two
WesternGeco announced today that it has begun acquisition of the Bjørnøya Phase I “Ice Bear” 3D multiclient survey in the highly prospective West Loppa area of the Barents Sea. Following previous surveys in the area, the Ice Bear survey will extend the existing WesternGeco West Loppa datasets to the
SeaBird Exploration today announced second quarter 2011 results. Revenues and expenses for Q2 2011 and Q2 2010 are difficult to compare as several changes in the operating performance of the Ocean Bottom Node (“OBN”) activity and the utilisation of the 2D/3D fleet in these two quarters have affected
Mr Tony Mace has advised the SBM Offshore Supervisory Board that in light of recent events he will not stand for re-election at the next AGM on 16 May 2012. The Supervisory Board has decided that it will call later this year an EGM to propose Mr. Bruno Chabas to take over as CEO with effect [&hellip
Today in Murmansk from the shipyard of the Zvezdochka Shiprepairing Center, following the completion of all startup operations, the towing of the Prirazlomnaya offshore ice-resistant stationary platform to the Prirazlomnoye field started. The platform is transported by means of Vladislav Strizhov ve
Northern Offshore, Ltd. reported net income for the three months ended June 30, 2011 of US$4.6 million, or US$0.03 per diluted share. This compares to a net loss of US$0.5 million, or US$0.0 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2010. Revenues for the second quarter of 2011 were US$49.9 millio
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 16/2-9 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 16/2-9 S will be drilled from the Transocean Leader drilling facility at position 58°54’46.39’’N 02°26’22.80’’E following completion of
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won an order to design and equip two UT 735 SE offshore supply vessels for Brasil Supply. The order is worth £15 million to Rolls-Royce. The contract includes vessel design and an integrated Rolls-Royce equipment system including propulsion, deck ma
