Operations & Maintenance
Saipem Cuts 800 Jobs
Italian oilfield services player Saipem said it will reduce workforce by some 800 at its European based facilities as it expects the market recovery to take longer than previously estimated. The company has also decided to set up five divisions for the following sectors: Offshore Construction; Onsho
Gamesa Shareholders Approve Merger with Siemens
Gamesa’s shareholders representing 99.75% of the company’s share capital ratified the merger with Siemens Wind Power during an Extraordinary General Meeting held in Zamudio, Spain, on 25 October. Through this transaction, Gamesa will absorb Siemens’s wind power assets in exchange for newly-issued sh
Gamesa Shareholders Approve Merger with Siemens
Gamesa’s shareholders representing 99.75% of the company’s share capital ratified the merger with Siemens Wind Power during an Extraordinary General Meeting held in Zamudio, Spain, on 25 October. Through this transaction, Gamesa will absorb Siemens’s wind power assets in exchange for newly-issued sh
#OEECLive: ON AIR Talk-Show from Community Square at 15:00 CET
As previously announced, Offshore WIND will today be live streaming a talk-show from the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam. The talk-show, taking place at Community Square of the exhibition floor in the Amsterdam Rai Convention Center, is themed “We’ll always have Paris”. To remin
Osbit Backs DeepOcean’s Inter-Array Cable Project
Osbit said that its quadrant handling system, designed and built for offshore contractor DeepOcean, has completed its first inter-array cable installation job for undisclosed international developer. The system has facilitated the laying of two complete cables per day in the first stage of its deplo
DONG Marks 1000th Turbine in Water
DONG Energy has become the first company worldwide to have installed 1,000 offshore wind turbines, after recently installing the landmark turbine at the Gode Wind 2 offshore wind farm in German North Sea. Developments have been moving forward at a rapid pace since the first Danish offshore wind turb
DONG Marks 1000th Turbine in Water
DONG Energy has become the first company worldwide to have installed 1,000 offshore wind turbines, after recently installing the landmark turbine at the Gode Wind 2 offshore wind farm in German North Sea. Developments have been moving forward at a rapid pace since the first Danish offshore wind turb
Pemex Hires CGG for Deepwater Perdido Shoot
CGG said it has been awarded a contract by Pemex to deliver an orthogonal wide-azimuth integrated solution designed to optimize subsalt seismic imaging in deep waters of the Perdido area. A new wide-azimuth survey, covering approximately 10,000 km2, will be acquired perpendicularly over the existing
MPI Resolution Wades Into Deeper Waters
MPI Offshore’s wind-turbine installation vessel (WTIV), MPI Resolution, is currently undergoing installation of leg extensions at the company’s Tees offshore base in Middlesbrough, UK. Following these modifications, MPI Resolution will be able to operate in water depths of up to 35m, depending upon
Keppel Set to Deliver Armada Olombendo FPSO for East Hub
Keppel Shipyard is on track to deliver, reportedly, one of the world’s largest floating production storage and offloading vessels (FPSO) to Bumi Armada for operations offshore Angola. The naming ceremony of the FPSO, Armada Olombendo, was held at Keppel Shipyard earlier this month. Keppel Shipyard c
Offshore Energy 2016 Ready for Kick-Off (Video)
The ninth Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference (OEEC) is starting on Tuesday, 25 October 2016, in Amsterdam RAI, Amsterdam. OEEC is an annual event where companies from the oil & gas and renewable industries are provided with a chance to meet for networking, knowledge sharing and business. This
NPD Gives Nod for Ivar Aasen Start-Up
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted consent for production start-up on the Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea. The operator Aker BP, a merger between Det norske and BP, has scheduled start-up for December. The Ivar Aasen field was developed with a production facility resting on the
DONG Upgrades Tendering System
DONG Energy has added a new category covering geotechnical investigation services in Northern European waters to the DONG Energy’s Tendering System (DETS). DETS has been established as a scheme in order to improve efficiency and reduce costs of sourcing various services related to offshore wind farm
East of England Businesses Invited to Explore German Offshore Wind Opportunities
East of England companies looking at investing and expanding into the German offshore wind market can meet experts from Germany Trade and Invest at a ”Doing Business in Germany” event which will be held at OrbisEnergy in Lowestoft on 3 November. Germany Trade and Invest has partnered with OrbisEnerg