Subsea
Lankhorst Ropes’ Gama 98 Polyester Rope Ready for Shipment (Portugal)
36 kms (118,000 ft) of Gama® 98 polyester rope is ready for shipment at Lankhorst Euronete Portugal’s dedicated deepwater mooring rope factory in Portugal, where Lankhorst’s investment in new production facilities in 2012 is paying dividends. Since 1998, Lankhorst Ropes has manufactured over 370 kms
NOAA: Ocean Acidity Dissolves Snail Shells Off U.S. West Coast
NOAA has led a research team that found the first evidence that acidity of continental shelf waters off the West Coast is dissolving the shells of tiny free-swimming marine snails, called pteropods, which provide food for pink salmon, mackerel and herring. Researchers estimate that the percentage of
BG Group’s Non-Executive Director Retires
BG Group plc announces that Peter Backhouse will retire from the Board at the conclusion of the Company’s Annual General Meeting to be held on 15 May 2014. Commenting, BG Group’s Chairman, Andrew Gould said: “On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Peter for his considerable contribution to BG
BOURBON Maintains Positive Trend in 1st Quarter 2014
BOURBON confirmed its objective of 8-10% growth in revenues for 2014 with a slight increase in the EBITDAR/revenue margin. BOURBON 2014 1st quarter revenues were $443.3 million, an increase of 7.9% at constant exchange rates (2.9% at current rates). Quarterly revenues rose 7.9% (at constant rates),
Total Income Falls 10 Percent Year-Over-Year
Total has released its first quarter 2014 results. Net income was $3.3 billion, compared to $3.7 billion in the first quarter of 2013. Highlights of the first quarter 2014: • Started gas and condensate production on Itau Phase 2 in Bolivia; • Launched the ultra-deep offshore Kaombo project in Angola
Tangiers to Start Drilling Offshore Morocco in June
Tangiers Petroleum Limited informed that the TAO-1 well off the Moroccan coast is on track to be spudded in June, with the Moroccan National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines providing its final approval relating to the farm-out agreement between Tangiers and Galp Energia. The signing of the Amended
Subsea 7 Bags $160 Mln Contract Extension fom BP in GoM
Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of a three-year US$160 million contract extension by BP Exploration & Production Inc. for light subsea construction, inspection, repair and maintenance services in the US Gulf of Mexico. The contract will run from the second quarter 2014 to the third quarter 2017. T
Deloitte Forecasts Lower Activity in North Sea in 2014
Deloitte’s Petroleum Services Group (PSG) has provided detailed information on proposed new and completed wells and an overview on all licensing and deal activity in North West Europe. This review is collated from information produced by PSG’s Weekly Service, a report distributed to subscribers each
Pancontinental Explores African Prospects in Q1 2014
Pancontinental Oil & Gas NL, an oil and gas exploration company with key assets in Australia, Kenya and Namibia, has presented its March 2014 quarterly activities report. During the March Quarter, Pancontinental Oil and Gas NL progressed exploration and evaluation activities on several fronts within
Lankhorst Ropes to Showcase Mooring Systems at OTC
Lankhorst Ropes’ breadth and depth of experience in meeting the mooring challenges facing operators will be in the focus at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) 5-8 May in Houston on the WireCo WorldGroup booth, no. 1671 in the Reliant Center. Strongest Gama 98® to date The booth will fe
Trelleborg to Present Vikotherm Material Portfolio at OTC
To cater for industry demands, Trelleborg’s offshore operation has consolidated its range of high performance thermal insulation materials, to house them all under one brand – Vikotherm™. The company will present its newest portfolio at the Offshore Technology Conference, in Houston. “As subsea envi
Pulse Completes Subsea Monitoring of Gunfleet Sands OWF
Pulse Structural Monitoring (Pulse), an Acteon company, has finished a subsea integrity monitoring project for a DONG Energy offshore wind farm. Pulse supplied a system to measure the motion of a number of unsupported sections of subsea cable at the Gunfleet Sands wind farm in the UK sector of the S
Dana Petroleum: First Oil Flows from Western Isles Project
First hydrocarbons have flowed from Dana Petroleum’s flagship Western Isles Development Project. The first production well has now been successfully completed and flow tested and a further three wells have been drilled and cased to surface casing depth. All four subsea christmas trees have also been
Costa Concordia Refloating Continues, First Sponon Installed
The operations to install the first of the 19 sponsons to be positioned for the refloating of the Costa Concordia wreck have been completed. The sponson S13, the biggest in weight and size, is now positioned on the starboard side at about 11 meters in depth from the artificial seabed on which the Co