Two oceangoing unmanned vehicles designed for long endurance scientific research were showcased at the National Oceanography Centre to potential users from across the marine scientific community, defence industry and broader marine industries. At the meeting it was announced that the National Oceano
Cargotec has announced that Eric Nielsen, member of Cargotec’s Executive Board and President of MacGregor business area will resign from Cargotec with immediate effect due to personal reasons. President and CEO Mika Vehviläinen will take over as interim President of MacGregor. The recruitment proces
Wood Group PSN has announced that it has entered into a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with ABT Oil and Gas Ltd to create a 50/50 jointly controlled entity. It is proposed that the new entity will deliver services dedicated to the development of projects for stranded and marginal hydrocarbo
Premier Oil plc has announced that it has received approval of its Catcher area Field Development Plan (FDP) from the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change. The Premier-operated Catcher area, located in the UK Central North Sea, is expected to produce 96 million barrels of oil equivalent with a
Sound Oil has announced that it has received the formal award of the D.R74.AP Permit (previously the D150DR-CS Permit) from the Italian Ministry of Economic Development. Following successful analysis of the existing seismic data and well logs, the Company plans to reach the reservoir from an onshore
Two Total Marine Technology ROVs have just passed deepwater acceptance tests to 3000m in the North Atlantic Ocean with perfect scores. The Typhoon MK2 ROVs are now on their way to Brazil as part of a five year contract with the giant Brazilian energy company, Petrobras. In total 12 TMT built Typhoon
Hundreds of people worked around the clock to successfully set up the 10,000-ton topsides on Anadarko’s floating Lucius truss spar The successful setting of the topsides brought together a tapestry of components built in Orange, Texas; Houma, La and Ingleside, Texas, among other locations worldwide.
Ross Offshore AS has announced a contract award with Rocksource Exploration Norway AS. The frame contract is for well management and Consultancy Services. Contract term is 7 years; 3 years firm and with two possible extensions of two years each. The Contract was effective as of June the 6th 2014. Ro
Baker Hughes Incorporated has announced the appointment of Greg Brenneman, chairman of CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC, and W.H. “Bill” Easter III, retired chairman, president, and chief executive officer of DCP Midstream, to its board of directors. Prior to his role as chairman, president, and CEO of DC
PETRONAS has awarded a Small Field Risk Service Contract (SFRSC) to Ophir Production Sdn Bhd (Ophir Production) for the development and production of petroleum from the Ophir field, located offshore Peninsular Malaysia. Ophir Production is a joint venture company between Octanex Pte Ltd, Scomi D&P S
PETRONAS has awarded a Small Field Risk Service Contract (SFRSC) to Ophir Production Sdn Bhd (Ophir Production) for the development and production of petroleum from the Ophir field, located offshore Peninsular Malaysia. Ophir Production is a joint venture company between Octanex Pte Ltd, Scomi D&P S
DSPComm (Thailand) recently delivered several Aquacomm underwater acoustic wireless modems and Aquatrans high performance oil filled transducers to the Seaformatics Group in Canada. The Seaformatics Group is a research arm of the Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador (MUN), Canada, carryi
Vallourec, a provider of premium tubular solutions, has announced an update of its 2014 guidance, following a significant temporary reduction in demand for its Oil & Gas operations in Brazil and in EAMEA. In Brazil, Petrobras has decided to eliminate most of its tube inventories by year end, while m
The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator is joining forces with Statoil, Statkraft, EON, DONG Energy and Universal Foundation, in close co-operation with Aalborg University, to undertake installation trials of the Universal Foundation ‘suction bucket’ offshore wind foundation. Such innovative fo
