Nexans, a worldwide leading expert in the cable industry, has been awarded a 20 million euro contract by Statoil to design and manufacture the direct electrical heating (DEH) system for the subsea pipelines serving the new Fossekall Dompap oil and gas field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The Fo
KBR announced that it has been named as subcontractor by Dragados Offshore, S.A. (Dragados) for the detailed engineering work on the South Arne Phase 3 Project, an expansion of the existing South Arne field located offshore in the Danish sector of the North Sea. The EPC award to Dragados includes tw
AGR Group, the Norwegian supplier of services and technology to the oil and gas sector, released its annual report on 29 April. At the end of 2010 the Group reports EBITDA of 304 million NOK. This is up from 35 million NOK in 2009. Group CFO Svein Sollund said: “During the economic downturn we made
Foster Wheeler AG announced that Jon Nield, 47, has been promoted to Vice President, Project Risk Management Group (PRMG), effective immediately. In this role, he will be responsible for leading the group that sets, reviews and implements the company’s risk management policy for proposal and contrac
Fugro has reached agreement with JDR Cable Systems (Netherlands) Ltd to acquire JDR Cable Systems Holdings Netherlands BV and its marine cable subsidiary JDR Cable Systems BV, together comprising JDR’s Marine Cables division. JDR Marine Cables designs and produces special marine cables for oil and g
CGGVeritas announced a new joint venture with the Norwegian ship-owner Eidesvik Offshore to manage ten high-capacity 3D vessels in the CGGVeritas fleet, including the two new X-BOW vessels, Oceanic Vega and Oceanic Sirius. The joint venture, CGGVeritas Eidesvik Ship Management AS, will be based in B
FLIR Systems, Inc. announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011. Revenue was $373.5 million, up 30% compared to first quarter 2010 revenue of $287.3 million. Operating income in the first quarter was $76.6 million, compared to $84.3 million in the first quarter of 2010, and
Blue Offshore announced the appointment of Stijn Folkers to the role of Commercial Director. Folkers will be responsible for the management of Blue Offshore’s Commercial Departments. Folkers has a strong background in the offshore industry. He served most recently as Manager of Contracts at Seaway H
Statoil has responded to questions put by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) in connection with its report into the Gullfaks B gas leak on 4 December 2010. “Concern with health, safety and the environment (HSE) is our first priority,” says Øystein Michelsen, executive vice president for Dev
Technip’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, held on April 28, 2011, ratified the cooption of Marie-Ange Debon(1), which was announced in 2010. In addition, the Annual General Meeting approved the nomination of two new female directors, C. Maury Devine(2) and Leticia Costa(3), thus bringing the
Subsea 7 S.A. announced the publication of the 2010 Annual Report for its indirect subsidiary Subsea 7 Inc. for fiscal year 2010 which ended on December 31, 2010. Subsea 7 Annual Report 2010 Subsea 7 S.A. is a seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services contractor to the offshore energy
SBM Offshore announces it has been awarded the following contracts. 1. FPSO Oil Offloading System A contract relating to the Deep Water Oil Loading System required as part of an oil field development offshore West Africa. The scope of work for SBM Offshore consists of: · the engineering, procurement
Sevan Marine ASA and Sevan Drilling ASA announce the completion of the bookbuilding period for the initial public offering of the shares in Sevan Drilling. Shares will be priced at NOK 8 per share. Sevan Drilling will issue 240,625,000 new shares in connection with the Offering, representing 71.5% o
BMT Scientific Marine Services has launched a fully-qualified ROV-Serviceable Subsea Strain Sensor Assembly (SSSA) for monitoring the structural integrity of subsea structures (tendons, production risers, steel catenary risers, platform legs and braces, etc). Until now, sensors were limited to diver
