The Penspen Group announced the appointment of Senior Subsea Specialist Nick Haines to its Offshore engineering stream in London. With over 23 years experience in the subsea industry, Nick brings extensive experience of equipment design, manufacture, testing & commissioning, offshore installation an
Nexans, a worldwide leading expert in the cable industry, has appointed Nicolas Badré to join its Corporate Financial Department as Deputy Chief Financial Officer. The appointment was effective from October 11, 2011. Nicolas Badré will report directly to Frederic Michelland, Chief Financial Officer
The Offshore business stream of the Penspen Group, Andrew Palmer & Associates, has been contracted to provide the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for EPC Offshore Limited (EPC) in support of Ithaca Energy’s Greater Stella Area (GSA) Development. Under the terms of agreement, Penspen will provide
Nexans, a worldwide leading expert in the cable industry, has appointed Benjamin Fitoussi as its Corporate Strategy and Business Development Vice President. Fitoussi has also joined the Nexans’ Executive Committee from October 10. Benjamin Fitoussi started his career at Gemini Consulting as a consul
Dave MacKay has been appointed Chief Executive Officer PD&MS Businesses, taking on global responsibility for the group, while Simon Rio, who was General Manager at PD&MS, steps up to MacKay’s previous role as Managing Director of Aberdeen-based PD&MS Energy. PD&MS Energy, part of the Teesside-based
During 2012 the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) is planning to acquire 2D seismic data from the Norwegian Continental Shelf North of 64 degrees North. The scope of the mapping is planned to be 10,000-19,000 line kilometres. Due to a tight timescale preference will be given to tenderers who can
TERNA SpA annonces tender for supply and laying of submarine and land connecting bipolar ± KVcc 500, 1 000 MW (cable pin 1 and 2) HVDC Italy-Montenegro, called “Monet.” This includes the supply and installation of marine electrodes and their monopolar cables electrode for operation of an emergency,
Aberdeen-based Helix Well Ops UK (Well Ops), a business unit of Helix Energy Solutions Group (Helix ESG), was at the centre of a recent… SubseaUK [mappress] Source: SubseaUK, October 21 , 2011
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has successfully commissioned a power link from the southern Norwegian mainland grid to BP’s Valhall multi-platform complex in the North Sea. The HVDC Light (high-voltage direct current) link is a highly reliable, cable based state-of-the-art p
Spectrum Geo has expanded their in-house seismic imaging solutions with an agreement to purchase licenses of the Echos™ processing package from Paradigm. Spectrum vetted the Paradigm Echos software based upon industry position as the leading commercial seismic processing system for generating 2D and
L&N have launched a new business in Aberdeen with valve-control manufacturer Paladon Systems and safety-system company HG Safety. The trio of companies are to invest a combined £1million in the new venture and are looking for offices in the centre of Aberdeen for an eight-strong engineering design t
Multi-Client seismic specialists, Spectrum, have released details of over 10,000 km of 2D Multi-Client seismic data located over the Dreki/Jan Mayen Ridge (JMR) area offshore the north-eastern coast of Iceland. These datasets are situated within the acreage being offered by the National Energy Autho
Havila Shipping announces results for 3rd quarter 2011. Summary * Havila Shipping ASA achieved a profit before tax of NOK -4.1m in Q3 2011, compared with NOK 9.8m in Q3 last year. Year to date, the profit before tax was NOK -82.3m, compared with NOK 118.2m at 30/09/2010. * Total operating income was
L&N (Scotland) Ltd has spent more than £400,000 in upgrading its Aberdeen premises and installing new equipment. The investment comes on the back of several subsea contract wins in the UK North Sea and South America and follows a recruitment surge in which staff numbers has increased from 30 to 45.
