Subsea
Briggs Marine Diving Division Gets ISO Certifications
Briggs Marine announces that their Diving Division, which launched in April of this year, has recently been awarded accreditation of ISO 9001, 14001 and OHSAS 18001 by NQA, the UK’s leading assessment, verification and certification body. Alistair Blue, Dive Superintendent said: “Our personnel, equi
Suksan Salamander FSO Receives First Oil at Bualuang Field
Salamander announces that first oil has been received in the tanks of the newly converted Suksan Salamander Floating Storage and Offtake Vessel (“FSO”) at the Bualuang field in the Gulf of Thailand. This is the culmination of the planned upgrade to the field’s facilities which targets a reduction in
McDermott to Support Anadarko’s Red Hawk Decommissioning in GoM
McDermott International, Inc. announced that one of its subsidiaries has entered into an agreement with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to provide construction and decommissioning support services on the Red Hawk project. McDermott will supply its Derrick Barge 50 (“DB50”), for decommissioning suppor
Mermaid Starts Rebranding of Subsea Business Units
Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited announces that it has commenced the rebranding of the subsea business units which will be collectively operated under “Mermaid Subsea Services”. The Company’s subsea business currently operated globally under separate brand names, namely Subtech (“Subtech”) in
BASF MasterFlow 9500 Obtains DNV GL Certification
BASF A/S, the Danish legal entity of BASF’s Construction Chemicals Division, are the first company to obtain the Type Approval Certificate (TAC) from certifying body DNV GL for the company’s offshore grout MasterFlow 9500 used in the grouted connections of offshore wind turbine foundations. MasterFl
Seafarer Adds Another Boat and Crew to Its Fleet
Seafarer Exploration Corp, a company focused on archeologically sensitive exploration, research and recovery of historic shipwrecks announced that they have added a second boat and crew to increase search and potential recovery capacity. The second boat and additional crew will help Seafarer in its
Blue Offshore to Participate at Offshore Energy 2014
Blue Offshore announced that it will attend the Offshore Energy 2014 Exhibition and Conference in Amsterdam on 28 and 29 September 2014. Visitors at the stand number 9.048 will have the opportunity to learn more about Blue Offshore and their modular offshore equipment solutions and services. The Off
IWCF to Offer Free Online Well Control Course
Oilennium™ Ltd., a Petrofac Training Services (PTS) company that provides eLearning training services to the oil and gas industry, has been retained by the International Well Control Forum (IWCF) to produce a new eLearning course to explain the life cycle of a well, with primary emphasis on well con
PGS Makes Organizational Changes
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS), a seismic industry focused company, announces organizational changes in its team. PGS’ General Counsel Rune Olav Pedersen’s role is expanded to also include the following departments from corporate communications; investor relations (IR), internal and external communica
Atkins Appointed as Client’s Engineer for Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon
Atkins has been appointed by Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay Plc to act as the client’s engineer for its Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project in Wales, UK, the first renewable energy scheme of its type in the world. Under the contract, Atkins will provide specialist design and engineering support acting on beh
BOEM Seeks Public Input on Issued Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on Risk Management, Financial Assurance, and Loss Prevention to seek public input as it considers modernizing its risk management program and bonding regulations for offshore oil and gas operations o
Petrex Manages Causeway Subsea Water Injection Project for Ithaca
Petrex announces that it has successfully managed Causeway subsea water injection project for Ithaca Energy. The Causeway and Fionn field has been developed as a tie-back to TAQA’s North Cormorant (NC) platform comprising two ESP driven production wells (Causeway & Fionn) and a single water injectio
Rosneft, Statoil Begin Pingvin Drilling in Barents Sea
Rosneft together with Norwegian company Statoil Petroleum AS started exploration operations at the Pingvin License PL713 prospect in the Norwegian section of the Barents Sea. The first exploration well Pingvin-1 will be drilled by the Transocean Spitsbergen rig. The water depth is 422 meters and the
ABB to Provide UK Grid Connection for Phase I of MeyGen Tidal Project
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has been awarded a contract by Atlantis Resources Limited to provide the onshore grid connection for Phase I of the MeyGen tidal stream project in Scotland’s Pentland Firth. The MeyGen tidal stream project is at the forefront of world marine en