Damen Shiprepair Den Helder (The Netherlands) was rewarded a contract for modification activities on the ‘Polarcus Adira’ operated by Dubai-based Polarcus, a company owning one of the biggest fleets of Seismic Vessels. Polarcus is operating an ultra-modern seismic fleet incorporating advanced mariti
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) summoned shipowners, drilling contractors and drilling service contractors to a joint meeting on Wednesday last week. The topic was the responsibilities and roles of the contractors in connection with risk of well control incidents on the Norwegian shelf.
Marine Scotland Science invites tenders for the supply of a sonar altimeter range, depth and distance run system. The system will be used for measuring the height a towed camera platform is above the seabed, the depth of the towed camera platform is below the surface and the distance the towed camer
Oljedirektoratet (OD) is seeking seismic data collection services offshore Norway. In 2012 OD collected a considerable amount of 2D seismic data in the Barents Sea. As a continuation of this, OD is now planning further collection of seismic data in these waters. OD therefore invites companies to a t
The Statfjord field was yesterday inaugurated as a cultural monument at the Norwegian Petroleum Museum in Stavanger. The Directorate for Cultural Heritage has chosen the field as one of several symbols significant in the development of modern Norway. Eirin Sund, member of the Storting and deputy cha
IKM Testing has been awarded a contract by Dragados Offshore, a company that services to the Oil and Gas industry from the three main business centres: the headquarters’s office in Puerto Real and the Yard in Algeciras, in Spain, and the Yard of Tampico in México. The company has earlier been involv
The research cooperation MIMAS, a project in collaboration between the University of Greifswald, the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research and eight further partners with scientific and industrial backgrounds, came third in competition for the first North German Research Award. The
Germany’s Federal Minister of Economic Affairs and Technology, Dr. Philipp Rösler, visited the submarine cable manufacturer Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW) in Nordenham. During the minister’s guided tour of the company’s facilities and factory, NSW’s Managing Director Rudolf Stahl showed him t
A Swedish research foundation has granted MARIS at Södertörn University funds to develop non intrusive methods for deep water archeology together with MMT. This is as part of the initiative to promote cooperation between the industry and the academic world. The project focuses on developing new tech
Wood Group Kenny has been awarded the Gas Export Pipeline Front End Engineering Design (FEED) by Chevron North Sea Ltd for their Rosebank West of Shetland development. “This is excellent news and keeps us positioned as leaders in the design of pipeline systems in the extreme and hostile environment
Stork Technical Services, the leading global provider of knowledge-based asset integrity services for the oil and gas, chemical and power sectors, today announces it has secured a global frame agreement with Subsea 7 to deliver a range of inspection and expediting services. The agreement, over the n
Swire Oilfield Services, the leading global supplier of cargo carrying solutions, modular systems, offshore aviation services and fluid management, has officially opened its new £4 million global headquarters in Aberdeen. The new headquarters are part of an overall investment in the business of £50
Parties of the German ruling coalition agreed yesterday to lower the limit on damages that grid operators must pay for delays when connecting offshore wind farms to the grid, Joachim Pfeiffer from the Christian Democratic Union told Bloomberg. The limit on damages when grid companies are found negli
Four J D Neuhaus type EH50 air operated monorail hoists have been supplied and mounted by Westcon Løfteteknikk AS of Bergen to the Maersk offshore rig Guardian. These products have been specified for the synchronised lifting and handling of an 18.3/4” 15,000psi BOP unit before and after drilling ope
