VSMC has been contracted by German firm RWE Innogy to lay and bury the infield cables of the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm in Germany. Recently, VSMC also won contracts from E.ON and DONG Energy to install the export cables of two wind farms along the English coast, in partnership with Boskalis Off
Unique Hydra, a Unique Maritime Group (UMG) company which is one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers has recently signed an agreement with In Situ Site Investigations (In Situ) based in Battle East Sussex, United Kingdom to offer rental Cone Penetration T
Subsea vehicle designer and manufacturer SMD were awarded the contract to build the world’s first deep sea mining tools for Nautilus Minerals in 2007. The contract included three subsea mining machines with the associated control and launch and recovery systems. Tuesday 2nd July saw the first major
Wood Group Mustang has appointed Dmitry Nefedov as the global health, safety and environment (HSE) director. Located in Houston, Nefedov will oversee the HSE global office leadership to champion HSE initiatives, programs, certifications and reporting. Nefedov brings 20 years of HSE management expert
In May, Det norske’s production increased by over 250 percent. The first well on the Jette field came on stream 19 May. Both wells at Jette are now producing stable and production figures for June is almost doubled from May. Det norske has an ownership interest of 70 percent, and Jette is expected t
Shell announces a successful exploratory well at Vicksburg in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The well is located 75 miles (120 kilometers) offshore in the De Soto Canyon Block 393 in 7,446 feet (2,269 meters) of water. It was drilled to a total depth of 26,385 feet (8,042 meters) and encountered more
On May 18, Petrobras set a new pre-salt production record, with output of 322,100 barrels of oil per day (bpd), 11,000 bpd up on the previous record of 311,500 bpd (April 17). In addition to encouraging figures for pre-salt production, the company also achieved record output in Espírito Santo, with
Wood Group announces the acquisition of Pyeroy Group Limited (“Pyeroy”), a provider of specialist coatings, access and fabric maintenance services to the oil & gas, marine and rail industries. Headquartered in Gateshead, UK, Pyeroy was founded in 1973 and employs approximately 1,800 personnel at eig
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited announces that it has placed an order for the piping requirements for the Perth Wave Energy Project. An order has been placed for the Perth Wave Energy Project pipeline system requirements with FlexSteel Pipeline Technologies, Inc. (FlexSteel), an e
Saipem informs that last night, July 1, the jack up drilling rig Perro Negro 6, due to the collapsing of the seabed under one of the three legs, suddenly tilted and suffered hull damages, causing water intake. The event occurred during the rig positioning on location prior to starting drilling opera
TAQA, the global energy company based in Abu Dhabi, announced that Pete Jones has today formally joined TAQA to succeed Leo Koot as managing director of TAQA’s UK oil and gas business. Mr Jones joins TAQA from Marathon Oil Corp. where he held the position of Regional Vice president – Wyoming. During
International energy consultancy Xodus Group has acquired the business of Dubai based Prime Energy as part of a major expansion drive in the Eastern Hemisphere. This is the first acquisition Xodus has made in the Middle East following the launch of its Dubai operations in 2012. Colin Manson, CEO of
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has recently commenced acquisition of a new GeoStreamer® MultiClient 3D marine seismic survey (Caswell MC3D), in the highly prospective Browse Basin offshore Western Australia. The Caswell MC3D approval area has an extent of circa 15,000 sq km with planned acquisition of
CIMC Yantai Raffles in China and STX Offshore & Shipbuilding in Korea have selected extensive Dynamic Positioning (DP), Automation, new generation Safety System, Integrated Navigation, Hydroacoustic positioning and latest riser management solutions from KONGSBERG. The contracts are for two new Frigs
