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
Hydroid, Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, the leading manufacturer of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), announced that it has delivered two REMUS 100 AUVs to the Royal Norwegian Navy (RNoN). The REMUS AUVs were procured by the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organization (NDLO) Naval Syste
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
Dolphin Geophysical announces the appointment of R. Gareth Williams, PhD, as Chief Geophysicist. Reporting to Tim Wells, Gareth will be responsible for ensuring that all geophysical aspects of our surveys are of the highest standard. Since joining the seismic industry in 1981, Gareth has global expe
HvS Dredging Support BV, marine support company from Harlingen (The Netherlands) informs that, in addition to their current Support Vessel “Zwerver I”, a new unique Multi Purpose DP-1 Support Vessel is built, which will be called “Zwerver III”. The vessel is especially designed for supporting Wind f
Ofgem E-Serve has announced a short list of four bidders competing to own and run links to a further three offshore wind farms. The shortlisted bidders for the second tender round are competing to own and run connections to the Gwynt y Môr, Lincs and London Array (phase 1) offshore wind projects. Th
In accordance with announcement made on March 25, 2011, and in relation to the listing of Sevan Drilling ASA, Mr. Jan Erik Tveteraas will retire from the position as CEO of Sevan Marine ASA to take on the position as CEO of Sevan Drilling ASA. Mr. Tveteraas was a founding shareholder of Sevan Marine
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) will carry out acquisition of 2D seismic data in the waters around Jan Mayen this summer. The acquisition activity will start around 10 June and will last up to three months. Last fall, the Norwegian government resolved that an impact assessment would be mad
On 27 April the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) presented its 2010 report regarding the risk level on the Norwegian shelf (RNNP). The report is largely in line with Statoil’s own reports regarding health, safety and environment on the shelf. “This report is important for us. It shows where w
