FoundOcean has been awarded the offshore grouting contract by SBM Offshore for the MOPUstor Phase 2 installation in the Yme Oil Field, North Sea. Grouting equipment has been mobilised and set up on the work vessel, and a suitable work window is awaited prior to mobilisation of the 12-man crew. The M
Rising demand for floating offshore gas terminals has resulted in the development of new technologies and specialised units, leading to a number of innovative design concepts. Based on DNV’s extensive experience in this segment, the company has prepared a detailed design and construction guidance, s
Gulmar Offshore took delivery on 3rd March 2011 of the ‘Gulmar Atlantis’- the first of its two new-build vessels from the Hanjin shipyard in Busan, South Korea. These latest generation Diving/ROV Support Vessels each have an 18-man, 300m-rated diving system with twin diving bells and twin 18-man sel
KONGSBERG has completed the world’s longest multi-sensor AUV pipeline survey using one of its cutting-edge HUGIN 1000 Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV). The pipeline inspection took place February 9th – 11th 2011, in the Hjelte fjord near Bergen, Norway and the HUGIN 1000 was operated from the Ro
SBM Offshore’s consolidated result for 2010 is a net profit of US$ 276.0 million, a 20.0% increase in comparison with the 2009 net profit of US$ 230.0 million. This result includes non recurring items which generated a net gain of US$ 9.0 million in 2010 (US$ 32.4 million in 2009). Net profit attrib
Cameron Subsea Systems has signed a non-exclusive Global Agreement with BP for the Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Operational Support for Subsea Production Systems. The Global Agreement recognizes that the alignment of standards, specifications and processes and the introduction of produ
First Hydrocarbon Nigeria (“FHN”) has today announced the appointment of Adebayo Ayorinde and Faiz Imam(photo) to the FHN Board of Directors and Ahonsi Unuigbe as Chief Financial Officer. Afren plc (“Afren” or the “Company”) holds a 45 per cent. shareholding in FHN. FHN has today announced the appoi
Greatship Global Energy Services Pte. Ltd., a Singapore incorporated subsidiary of Greatship (India) Limited (GIL), which is a subsidiary of The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited took delivery of 2009 built 350 feet jack up drilling rig, GREATDRILL CHETNA, on March 2, 2011. Greatdrill Chetna is
Yard number 288 from Ulstein Verft, the platform supply vessel ’Rem Hrist’, was delivered to Remøy Shipping at 3 March 2011. ’Rem Hrist’ is Remøy Shipping´s first vessel from Ulstein Verft. Her sister vessel, ’Rem Mist’, yard number 289, is under construction and will be delivered later this spring.
Teekay Offshore GP L.L.C., the general partner of Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (Teekay Offshore or the Partnership) announced today that the Partnership has agreed to acquire the remaining 49 percent interest in Teekay Offshore Operating L.P. (OPCO) from Teekay Corporation (Teekay) for a total purc
Nigeria on Wednesday lost over N6.4 billion as the shutdown of 225, 000 barrels per day Bonga field entered the second day. Shell … By Adeoal Yusuf (Allafrica) [mappress] Source:AllAfrica, March 3, 2011;
The manager of the Gorgon gas project insisted today that it has delivered $10 billion of work to local industry and more is on the way … By Mark Beyer (WABusinessNews) [mappress] Source:SOCO, March 3, 2011;
Gérard Mestrallet, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commented: “GDF SUEZ achieved solid results in 2010, and outperformed all its targets, in spite of the impact of de-correlation of oil and gas prices in the Global Gas and LNG business line. On top of its key positions in domestic markets, GDF
A bidding group led by Mustang Al-Hejailan Engineering, a Wood Group company, has been awarded a general engineering services (GES+) contract by Saudi Aramco. The contract establishes a long-term framework for the supply of engineering, procurement and construction management services to support the
