During the period 17–18 March 2011, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) conducted an audit of the COSLPioneer facility targeting the marine technology area. The audit was carried out with assistance from the Norwegian Maritime Directorate (Sdir) and is part of the PSA’s processing of COSL Dr
Lamprell , a leading provider of specialist engineering services to the international oil & gas and renewables industry, announces that during the first four months of 2011 orders have been secured from multiple clients to undertake a number of jackup rig upgrade and refurbishment projects, with a c
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions provider, has been contracted to supply the vessel design and complete diesel electric drive installation for a new field support vessel. The ship is to be owned and operated by Sartor Shipping of Norway, and will serve the North Sea oilfields on beh
GE Oil & Gas has expanded its suite of blowout preventer (BOP) and remote monitoring and diagnostic (RM&D) technologies for the offshore drilling industry. The newly launched, technology-intensive products will help offshore drillers increase equipment performance, safety and reliability and optimiz
Saipem has been awarded new E&C Offshore contracts worth in excess of $1 billion in China and Brazil. The offshore activities for both the contracts will be performed mainly by the newly-built and highly-specialized Saipem FDS 2 vessel, in different periods between 2012 and 2013. In China, Husky Oil
Havyard Global Solutions AS has signed a contract with a foreign owner for the delivery of design and production drawings for the construction of a Havyard 832 CD Platform Supply Vessels (PSV). The hull of the ship is to be built at JSC Shipyard Zaliv, Ukraine and complete outfitting of the ship wil
Nido Petroleum Philippines Pty Ltd (wholly owned subsidiary of Nido Petroleum Limited; , on behalf of the SC 54B Joint Venture, provides the following update on SC 54B. Mobilisation activities related to the drilling of the Gindara‐1 well have commenced. Load‐out of the drilling materials is underwa
Oil States International, Inc. announced that its Oil States Industries subsidiary has launched its newly enhanced FlexJoint(R) riser connector technology. The innovative Gen II FlexJoint(R) riser design has been upgraded to extend service life at sustained high temperatures and under high-pressure
Ophir Energy plc (Ophir), an Africa-focused upstream oil and gas company, notes the announcement released on 21 April 2011 by the Ministry of Mines, Industry & Energy of Equatorial Guinea of the approval and signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) relating to the commercial structure of the L
Kish gas field reservoir holds more than 70 trillion cubic feet of gas and it is thought the exact figure to be higher, the managing director of Petroleum Engineering and Development Company (PEDEC), Naji Sadouni announced. He went on to say that development of three phases of Kish gas field had bee
Petsec Energy advises that as at 2 May 2011, the Marathon #2 well had reached a measured depth of 12,770 feet (3,892 metres) and is currently drilling ahead. The well is projected to reach its total depth of 21,000 feet (6,500 metres) within approximately 10 to 12 weeks. The Marathon #2 well is a [&
Subsea 7, a global leader in seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services, today announced that it has completed the design and build of the first commercial AIV, a technology which has the potential to revolutionise Life-of-Field projects. Subsea 7 has an ambitious plan to develop a ser
Cuming Corporation, a leading manufacturer of deep water and ultra-deep water buoyancy for more than 30 years, today announced the signing of multiple international contracts. The company made the announcement at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), May 2 – 5, 2011, at Reliant Park in Houston.
The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) presented ExxonMobil Development Company with a special citation for the development and implementation of the “Design One, Build Multiple” strategy that successfully delivered large-scale deepwater projects offshore Angola on Block 15 that achieved peak prod
