AGR, the world’s largest independent well management group, has appointed Bill Fletcher as Vice President of Well Management (UK and West Africa). Previously Operations Manager at Senergy for four years, he succeeds Ian Burdis who has been made AGR’s Executive Vice President for UK, West Africa and
Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom Co. announces that the two undersea cables between Taiwan’s Kinmen Island and China’s Xiamen City are expected to enter service by the end of this year, reports Taiwan News. Chunghwa Telecom stated that the fibre cables have been built on local exchange facilities from thei
On June 24, the Jiaolong, China’s deep-sea manned submersible, has begun its fourth dive in the Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean, Xinhuanet.com reports. After it reached a depth of 6,962 meters on Friday during its third dive, the submersible is set to hit its ultimate goal of 7,000 meters below sea le
Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation announced on Friday that it is supporting exploration and development of pre-salt wells in Brazil by providing Synflex® High Crush Resistant (HCR) high-pressure hose for subsea trees produced by leading oil and gas equipment manufacturers. The Sy
Recently the launching ceremony of the third in a series multipurpose salvage vessel “SPASATEL ZABORSHCHIKOV” yard number 703, capacity 4 МW, project MPSV07 took place at Nevsky Shipyard slipway. The construction of the vessels of the series is carried out in accordance with the State Shipbuilding C
Fast-growing energy company ROVOP has won a top industry accolade after being named Promising New Business at 2012 Grampian Awards for Business Enterprise awards ceremony on Thursday, June 21. Within just a year of its inception, ROVOP has successfully carved out a niche for itself as an independent
Seaborn Networks, the developer and operator of the first direct submarine cable between the United States and Sao Paulo, Brazil, announced that it has secured its second round of financing. This investment will enable Seaborn Networks to expand its sales and marketing efforts, hire additional headc
A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Dr. Johannes Teyssen, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of E.ON took place on Friday as part of St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2012. The meeting addressed the bilateral cooperation outlook placi
Technip was awarded by EnQuest Britain Limited a contract for the development of the Alma and Galia fields, located 310 kilometers Southeast of Aberdeen, United Kingdom. The fields, which will be tied back to the EnQuest Producer floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO), are located at
ANDRITZ HYDRO Hammerfest, leading tidal energy company, receives the “International Pioneer Award“ during the 9th Energy Ocean International Conference & Exhibition held in Boston, USA for their contribution and efforts in exploring marine energy. Stein Andersen, Managing Director in ANDRITZ HYDRO H
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has been named the flagship project of the year for the renewable industry at the 7th British Renewable Energy Awards ceremony, held on Thursday, 21 June in London. EMEC scooped the accolade at the Renewable Energy Association event for its achievement in est
Aquaterra Energy has been contracted to design and build a freestanding Wellhead Support Structure (WSS) for Oil Production operations offshore Peninsular Malaysia in the South China Sea. The WSS will be the first of its kind to be installed in water depths of 65 metres in Asia and will be bridge li
TROPOS Second Ordinary Meeting took place in Edinburgh (Scotland) at the school of engineering at the King’s Building campus. More than thirty scientists and engineers from eight European countries and Taiwan met from June 11th – 13th for the second time no more than 4 months after TROPOS started. T
Pacific Drilling S.A. announced that its ultra-deepwater drillship the Pacific Sharav has been awarded a five-year contract by Chevron U.S.A. Inc. for operations in the United States Gulf of Mexico. Estimated maximum contract revenue, including mobilization and client requested modifications, is exp
