In April, Hydrex diver/technician team performed successful propeller blade straightening operations on two vessels at anchorage in Kalundborg, Denmark. First the bent blades of a 225–meter bulk carrier were restored. The team then straightened the damaged blades of 158-meter reefer in the same loca
Gulfstream Services Inc (GSI), provider of cutting edge equipment to the international oil and gas industry, has successfully completed two six figure decommissioning contracts with major oil and gas service companies, Helix Well Ops UK and Dof Subsea. The Helix contract was part of the BP North Wes
The US oil and gas sector could soon see a raft of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity as a result of the new regulations brought in following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. A new piece of research carried out by independent oil and gas industry technical advisory, GL Noble
A Hydrex diver/technician team mobilized to Tacoma, Washington, U.S.A. last month to remove the bow thruster of a 294-meter container vessel. The unit needed to be overhauled. Hydrex performed the operation underwater in a very short time frame. This made it possible for the owner to keep his vessel
The Gazprom headquarters hosted a working meeting between Alexey Miller Chairman of the Management Committee and Henning Voscherau, Chairman of South Stream Transport Board of Directors. The meeting participants discussed topics of the South Stream gas pipeline offshore section realization. In parti
The Asia Pacific region’s leading provider of logistics, Toll Group, opened its landmark S$300 million Toll Offshore Petroleum Services (TOPS) facility in Loyang, Singapore. It follows a five year redevelopment that makes TOPS the leading supply base for companies in the marine, offshore and oil and
Petrobras acquired the most blocks offered in the 11th Bid Round held by the National Petroleum Agency (ANP). Petrobras bought, whether on its own or in partnerships, 34 of the 289 blocks offered in the bid. It also secured, in its technicians’ opinions, the blocks with the highest exploratory poten
Kongsberg Underwater Technology, Inc. announced today that it has successfully completed negotiations with the University of Washington’s Center for Commercialization to obtain the sole rights to produce, market and continue the development of Seaglider ™ technology. Seaglider™ is an autonomous unde
Representatives from more than 40 nations have arrived in Bahrain to take part in the largest exercise ever staged to deal with the threat of mines in the Gulf region. Six ships and more than 600 sailors from the Royal Navy are taking part in the fortnight-long test of the response of the world’s na
ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer), in association with eftec, has been contracted to develop the socio-economic evidence base that will be used by Marine Scotland to complete Business and Regulatory Impact Assessments for each proposed Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area (MPA), an
International renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, part of Wood Group, has been elected as strategic advisor to the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project, the world’s first, purpose built tidal lagoon power plant. SgurrEnergy has been appointed by developer, Tidal Lagoon Power Limited (TLP), to pro
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has received a subsea equipment order from ExxonMobil Corporation (ExxonMobil) for its Julia development. The Julia field is located in the Gulf of Mexico Walker Ridge area in approximately 7,000 feet (2,100 meter) water depth. FMC Technologies’ scope of supp
New Zealand Oil & Gas has acquired a 50 per cent interest in PEP 52717 (Clipper) from Beach Petroleum (NZ) Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of ASX-listed Beach Energy. New Zealand Oil & Gas will become the operator of the permit, which is off the Canterbury coast. The partners have committed to acquiring at le
3Degrees, one of the nation’s leading providers of renewable energy and carbon offsets, announced today that it has taken delivery of the first-ever Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) from the nation’s first grid-tied tidal power facility. The RECs were generated by Ocean Renewable Power Company’s
