ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS (COPSAS) has been granted consent to use the 2/7-D well head facility at Embla and the associated subsea pipeline to Eldfisk through until the end of 2028. Embla is an oil and gas field that is situated in block 2/7 in the southern part of the North Sea. It has been dev
Cameron and Schlumberger announced that OneSubsea™, a joint venture to manufacture and develop products, systems and services for the subsea oil and gas market, has received all required regulatory approvals. The parties will close the transaction making OneSubsea operational on June 30, 2013. Camer
The production of 360 conical and cylindrical parts has been awarded to Kersten Europe. The cylinders and cones will be used as nodes for the Converter Deck, AUX Power Deck, GIS Deck, Reactor Deck, HVAC Deck and the Top Deck of HelWin beta. The HelWin Beta platform is developed by Heerema Fabricatio
Market leading energy production technology services company Proserv has strengthened its global position with the acquisition of pioneering subsea engineering firm Velocious. The deal for the business, based in Perth, Australia, will see Proserv integrating more than 20 members of staff specialisin
The delivery of the ‘Aquarius-G’ and her sister ship ‘Astra-G’ to offshore services company Rederij Groen (Scheveningen, the Netherlands) marked a milestone in Offshore Support Vessel construction. Never before, such Chasers have been purpose-built. The vessels have been designed by Saltwater Engine
The people of Giglio received positive news from the Observatory on the recovery of the Costa Concordia during the last, periodic information meeting on the progress of operations for the removal of the wreck. The Observatory stated that water condition in the island of Giglio is good. Such findings
Pietro Fiorentini SPA, a group that specializes in creating technologically advanced products and services for natural gas distribution and use, has recently published a video of their Subsea Flowatch Multiphase Flow Meter. The Subsea Flowatch Multiphase Flow Meter has been developed with the same t
Skipsteknisk was recently awarded the design contracts for 4 newbuildings by China Oilfield Services Limited(COSL), and consider these contracts as a breakthrough in the Chinese Offshore market. Skipsteknisk started to work on the Chinese market in 2007 and signed the first contract for design of a
Co-chair of the Applied Technology Workshop on Marginal Field Development, held in Langkawi, Malaysia this week, Ken Crawford, General Manager for Aquaterra Energy Asia-Pacific, delivered a valuable insight into rig installable Conductor Supported Platforms (CSPs). Talking to 119 international deleg
Two sizes of MacGregor’s offshore cranes have each been specified for Marine Assets Corporation’s new series of four accommodation support vessels being built at Fujian Mawei shipyard in China. MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured a contract that will see eight cranes fitted on board a new serie
In recent months, Deltares has tested a new foundation structure for offshore wind turbines in the Atlantic Basin in Delft and optimised a design for scour protection. The study showed that scour protection can be a lot cheaper than was thought, which makes it more likely that the idea will be used
Bosch Rexroth marked the opening of its new Marine and Offshore Technology and Service Center in Houston with a ribbon-cutting and facility tour for customers and local officials, including Houston Mayor Pro-Tem Ed Gonzalez. The new technology and service center provides engineering services, produc
Ithaca Energy Inc. (“Ithaca” or the “Company”) announces that the appraisal well (7225/3-2) being drilled on the Norvarg discovery, located in PL535 in the Norwegian sector of the Barents Sea, has confirmed the presence of hydrocarbons in the Kobbe formation based on the results of wire line logs an
Rosneft and ExxonMobil announced the achievement of several milestones under their 2011 Strategic Cooperation Agreement, including joint venture formation for the Kara Sea and Black Sea projects, and establishing foundations for joint ventures to explore seven other licenses in the Russian Arctic an
