Subsea
SMD Kicks Off Nautilus’ Collecting Machine Assembly
Nautilus Minerals Inc. has announced that the assembly of its second of three Seafloor Production Tools, the Collecting Machine, has this week started at Soil Machine Dynamics’ facility at Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Nautilus’ CEO, Mike Johnston, said: “Having already announced in April this year, the
Total E&P Norge Granted Drilling Permit for Third Well in Licence 554
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Total E&P Norge AS a drilling permit for well 34/6-3S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 34/6-3S will be drilled from the Leiv Eiriksson drilling facility, after concluding drilling of wildcat well 35/9-6 S for RWE Dea Norge AS
Maersk Oil UK Gets Go Ahead for Flyndre and Cawdor Development
Maersk Oil UK Limited has received approval from the UK and Norwegian authorities to develop the Flyndre and Cawdor fields. The fields lie approximately 293 km South East of Aberdeen in blocks 30/13 and 30/14 of the UK North Sea (Flyndre and Cawdor) and block 1/5 of the Norwegian North Sea (Flyndre
Aquaterra Energy Partner of Choice for Cairn’s Riser Analysis Projects
Aquaterra Energy’s structured collaborative approach to delivering riser analysis support for its clients has resulted in a long-term relationship between the offshore engineering solutions specialist and Cairn Energy PLC, with Aquaterra Energy, now ‘partner of choice’ for Cairn’s riser analysis pro
Norwegian Historians Publish History of DNV
Entitled Building Trust: the History of DNV 1864-2014, this volume describes how the organisation has developed from a minor Norwegian classification society into the world’s largest enterprise of its kind with the formation of DNV GL in 2013. The book has been written by Norwegian historians Gard P
Kongsberg’s Safety and Automation Systems for Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup Platforms
Kongsberg Maritime AS has been awarded a Project Specific Agreement including a FEED contract for delivery of Safety and Automation systems to the four Johan Sverdrup field platforms by Statoil Petroleum AS. The Project Specific Agreement also includes an option for Safety and Automation equipment,
WCG to Represent Tekmar in North America
Tekmar Energy Limited, the leading supplier of cable protection systems for the offshore wind and oil & gas markets globally, has announced an agency agreement with the Massachusetts-based Whitman Consulting Group Inc. Beginning immediately, WCG will represent Tekmar as its commercial services agent
BGP Names New MD and President
BGP Inc. announces that Mr. Gou Liang has been appointed as new MD and president, replacing Mr. Wang Tiejun who has a new appointment in China National Petroleum Corporation. Mr. Gou Liang previously held the position of Vice President of BGP. He joined BGP in 1982, and has been working in geophysic
Scottish O&G Delegation to Participate at CIOTC 2014
It is reported that several enterprises of Scottish oil and gas delegation will participate as pavilion in the 4th China (Beijing) International Offshore Oil & Gas Technology Conference and Exhibition (CIOTC 2014) China’s most specialized and Asia’s most promising shows in the offshore oil and gas i
Seatronics and OceanWise to Supply Ras al-Khaimah Port with Tidal Monitoring and Display System
Seatronics and OceanWise have jointly been awarded a contract by Ras al-Khaimah Port, United Arab Emirates for the supply and support of a Tidal Monitoring, Telemetry and Display System, comprising six Valeport TideMasters and Water Level Radars and OceanWise’s data telemetry equipment, plus managem
Two Sonardyne Subsidiaries Become OHSAS 1800 Accredited
Sonardyne International Ltd. has announced that two of its subsidiary companies, Sonardyne Brasil Ltda and Sonardyne Asia Pte Ltd, have been awarded OHSAS 18001 Safety Management System Standard accreditation following audits of its sites in Rio das Ostras and Singapore. These are the first in the S
Rowan Renaissance Experiences Subsea Systems Issues
Rowan Companies plc, a global provider of international and domestic contract drilling services in the ultra-deepwater and shallow water jack-up market, informed, through its fleet contract status update, that Rowan Renaissance is experiencing issues with its subsea systems. The Rowan Renaissance ul
SRTP Uses MSC Software in Designing Rotor Blade for World’s Largest Tidal Turbine
MSC Software Corporation, a global leader in helping product manufacturers to advance their engineering methods with simulation software and services, has announced that Scotrenewables Tidal Power Ltd, based in the Orkney Islands, has used MSC Nastran and Patran with Laminate Modeler to design and a
Aker Solutions Nets Framework Contract with BP Off Norway
Aker Solutions has secured a framework agreement to provide engineering, modifications and maintenance services for BP-operated oil and gas fields offshore Norway. The contract has a period of up to two years valued at maximum NOK 1.8 billion, with options to extend the work by as many as four years