The naming ceremony for Olympic Orion, yard no 350 from Kleven Maritime, was held in beautiful Geirangerfjorden, Norway on June 23 2012. The multifunctional PSV of MT 6015 design is 94 m long, 20 m wide and with accomodation for 60 persons. The vessel is prepared for helideck and cranes, and can als
AGR, the world’s largest independent well management group, has appointed Bill Fletcher as Vice President of Well Management (UK and West Africa). Previously Operations Manager at Senergy for four years, he succeeds Ian Burdis who has been made AGR’s Executive Vice President for UK, West Africa and
Recently the launching ceremony of the third in a series multipurpose salvage vessel “SPASATEL ZABORSHCHIKOV” yard number 703, capacity 4 МW, project MPSV07 took place at Nevsky Shipyard slipway. The construction of the vessels of the series is carried out in accordance with the State Shipbuilding C
Fast-growing energy company ROVOP has won a top industry accolade after being named Promising New Business at 2012 Grampian Awards for Business Enterprise awards ceremony on Thursday, June 21. Within just a year of its inception, ROVOP has successfully carved out a niche for itself as an independent
A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Dr. Johannes Teyssen, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of E.ON took place on Friday as part of St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2012. The meeting addressed the bilateral cooperation outlook placi
Technip was awarded by EnQuest Britain Limited a contract for the development of the Alma and Galia fields, located 310 kilometers Southeast of Aberdeen, United Kingdom. The fields, which will be tied back to the EnQuest Producer floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO), are located at
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has been named the flagship project of the year for the renewable industry at the 7th British Renewable Energy Awards ceremony, held on Thursday, 21 June in London. EMEC scooped the accolade at the Renewable Energy Association event for its achievement in est
TROPOS Second Ordinary Meeting took place in Edinburgh (Scotland) at the school of engineering at the King’s Building campus. More than thirty scientists and engineers from eight European countries and Taiwan met from June 11th – 13th for the second time no more than 4 months after TROPOS started. T
Ramboll is participating in an urban development project “City to Harbour” launched in the Danish offshore capital, Esbjerg. The project is part of a large, urban renewal plan for Esbjerg, and involves ten distinct projects, which will tie city and harbor closer together over the next ten years, and
Subsea Vision has taken delivery of a Saab Seaeye Cougar XT Compact, the low profile powerful ROV specially designed for working in high current areas and where access is restricted. Subsea Vision’s immediate target market for the Cougar XT Compact is the North Sea oil and gas industry. Further appl
Survey company Geo Plus will soon be putting into service its brand new survey ship Geo Focus. This innovative, hybrid ship will be officially christened on 23 June. The 35 metre long Geo Focus, which Geo Plus commissioned, was developed through a collaboration between Studio Yacht and De Haas Maass
A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Peter Voser, Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Shell took place yesterday as part of St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2012. The meeting participants discussed the prospects for the cooperation d
The President of SPE International, a global society which aims to advance the technical and professional skills of individuals in the oil and gas industry, spent last week visiting the Aberdeen section including attending its annual awards ceremony. President Dr. Ganesh Thakur was in the city to he
Det norske announces the appointment of Mr. Alexander Krane (36) as its new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Krane has an MSc degree (”siviløkonom”) and is a Norwegian State Authorized Public Accountant. He comes to Det norske from Aker ASA, where he served as Corporate Controller. Previous positions ha
