Subsea
USA: Halliburton Introduces Changes in Legal Leadership
Halliburton announced that Robb Voyles will become executive vice president and general counsel effective Jan. 1, 2014. He will assume the position from Bert Cornelison, who will retire pursuant to company policy in April 2014. Cornelison will remain with the company until his retirement to assist w
Ocean Rig Expands Fleet with New Drillship
Ocean Rig UDW Inc., a global provider of offshore deepwater drilling services, announced yesterday that it had took delivery of its newbuilding drillship, the Ocean Rig Skyros, on Friday, December 20, 2013. The drillship, built by Samsung Heavy Industries Shipyard in South Korea, is currently mobili
Aquatic Shares Its Know-How with Graduate Trainees
Industry experts from Aquatic Engineering & Construction Ltd, an Acteon company, have presented the company’s work and subsea operations to support DeepOcean UK’s graduate training programme and new conversion engineering programme. Martyn Conroy, Aquatic EMEA and Americas business development manag
Deep Down Secures New Orders Worth $4.2 Mln
Deep Down, Inc., an oilfield services company specializing in complex deepwater and ultra-deepwater oil production distribution system support services announced it has received two orders for flying leads, umbilical termination heads (UTH) and semi-rigid jumpers. The first order was received from a
Cabling Work Begins at West of Duddon Sands OWF (UK)
A rock placement vessel ‘Seahorse’ is now at the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm site and will start to lay rocks as a scour protection around all of the turbine bases. ‘Maersk Responder’ is currently in Liverpool for mobilisation and can be expected to arrive on site early next week to carr
Managing Director of EMEC Presented with ‘Outstanding Contribution’ Award
The managing director of the world’s leading marine energy test facility has been recognised for his outstanding contribution to the renewable energy industry at the Scottish Green Energy Awards last night. Neil Kermode, managing director of the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, was pr
Preparations for Subsea Expo UK Underway
Preparations for Europe’s leading annual subsea conference and exhibition are well underway with up to 5,000 delegates expected to attend from across the globe, reaffirming the world-leading status of the British subsea supply chain. Subsea Expo will run from 5-7th February at the Aberdeen Exhibitio
Petrobras Announces P-62 Works Completion
The President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, and Petrobras’ CEO, Maria das Graças Silva Foster, attended the work completion ceremony for the P-62 platform, on Dec. 17, at the Atlântico Sul Shipyard, in Ipojuca (state of Pernambuco). Before the ceremony, Rousseff, Graça Foster and their entourages visit
FES International to Supply Fluid Swivels for TOTAL’s Subsea Moho Nord Project
UK-based oil and gas engineering firm, FES International, has been awarded a major contract to supply four high pressure fluid swivels for TOTAL’s subsea Moho Nord project in Congo, West Africa. The contract is valued at £598,000. The Moho Nord project is to develop major discoveries, Marine 2 and 3
Bumi Armada Bags USD 1.4 Bln Kraken Field FPSO Contract
Malaysia-based international offshore oilfield services provider, Bumi Armada Berhad announced that its nominated whollyowned subsidiary, Armada Kraken Pte. Ltd. has signed a bareboat charter contract with EnQuest Heather Limited, EnQuest ENS Limited, First Oil and Gas Limited, Nautical Petroleum Li
Cooperation Agreement Enables Further Development of Deep Well AS
The owners of DeepWell AS (DW), where Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) have an ownership share of some 40%, have entered into a cooperation agreement with HitecVision AS (HV) to enable further development of the company. DW will in the near future do a share issue towards HV of NOK 285 mill. The share is
Iv-Consult Contributes to Design of Jacket Lift System of Pieter Schelte Vessel
In close cooperation with Allseas, Iv-Consult designs the tilting lift beams for the Jacket Lift System (JLS) of the Pieter Schelte vessel. Pieter Schelte is a unique, single-lift offshore platform installation/decommissioning vessel capable of lifting topsides of up to 48,000 tons and jackets of up
The Underwater Centre Launches New ROV Course
Internationally-renowned subsea training facility, The Underwater Centre, Tasmania, is responding to increased worldwide demand for skilled ROV personnel by offering a new course designed specifically to cater for the oil and gas industry. As spending on ROV work class operations in the global secto
Boa Marine Services Extends Charter Contract for Polar Queen
GC Rieber Shipping announces today that Boa Marine Services Inc. has exercised its second option to extend the charter party for the subsea vessel “Polar Queen” with one year, until April 2015. The vessel has been on charter with Boa Marine Services since October 2012. The Polar Queen is a purpose-b