Awilco Drilling Plc has signed a drilling contract with MPX North Sea Ltd for 1 firm well and 1 optional well, representing the second and third well of the SPD multi-client, multi-well 2011 drilling programme. The contract value for the firm part is approximately USD 11 million. The contract is exp
Schilling Robotics, LLC, experts in subsea systems, announced the award of a contract for two ROV systems from specialist subsea service company DOF Subsea. The award is for one (1) 200hp UHD™ ROV system and one (1) 150hp HD™ ROV system. Deliveries of the ROVs are scheduled to commence in the third
Polarcus Limited has received a Letter of Intent from Wintershall Norge ASA for a 500 square kilometer 3D seismic acquisition project over PL577 in the Norwegian North Sea, offshore Norway. The project, subject to the execution of a service contract, will be acquired during the 2011 summer season an
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has signed an agreement with Hibernia Management and Development Company Ltd. (HMDC) to manufacture and supply subsea systems for the Hibernia Southern Extension Project. The Hibernia Southern Extension Project is an expansion of the Hibernia field, loc
Production on the Njord platform was shut down on April 24 as a result of operational problems with gaskets in a gas export compressor. Later the same day, during work to resume production, a gas leak was discovered in one of the risers. All production on Njord was immediately shut down and will rem
Personnel supplier iPS is opening an office in Perth, Australia. Hans Slootweg will represent iPS being responsible for the regional Maritime, Dredging and Oil & Gas industry. iPS has expertise in complex, international personnel solutions in the Maritime and Offshore industries. The company is grow
UTEC Survey has recently announced the opening of a new office in Newfoundland, Canada. The new office will compliment UTEC Survey’s Calgary office, while giving the company a stronger presence in Eastern Canada. Cory Goodyear will head up the new operational center as the Regional Manager of Atlant
Gulmar Energy S.A. (Gulmar) has appointed Mr. Patrick Chapalain (p.chapalain@gulmarme.ae) as its new Chief Executive Officer. Patrick has a worldwide experience in the subsea market with EPCI projects, and has been involved in all types of shallow and deep water offshore construction works, saturati
India’s largest shipbuilding firm ABG Shipyard Ltd is forming a joint venture to set up a large shipbuilding yard in Nigeria. ABG … By Pallavi S vccircle [mappress] Source: vccircle, April 25,2011;
Kreuz Holdings Limited (“Kreuz” or together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”), a subsea service provider for the oil and gas industry, has signed Letters of Intent for subsea installation contracts worth approximately US$4.8 million with a leading offshore company in the oil and gas business locat
Police have charged the skipper of a boat who was arrested on Saturday while protesting against oil exploration off the East Cape of the … Copyright © 2011, Radio New Zealand [mappress] Source: Radio New Zealand, April 25,2011;
Admonishing the defiant Reliance Industries, the Oil Ministry has ordered the Mukesh Ambani-run firm to immediately stop natural gas sales… PtiNews [mappress] Source:PTINews , April 25,2011;
Topaz Energy and Marine ‘Topaz’, an oilfield services group, has secured a two vessel contract offshore Nigeria for the duration of 2011… AMEinfo [mappress] Source:AMEinfo , April 25,2011:
McDermott International, Inc. , announced today that one of its subsidiary companies was awarded fabrication and installation work from Chevron U.S.A. Inc. to support the development of the Jack and St. Malo fields in the Gulf of Mexico. The project will be included in McDermott’s first quarter 2011
