Oil and gas well performance and downhole tool specialist, READ Well Services, has divided its operations in to two sister companies and appointed an additional chief executive officer. READ Expandables Ltd will focus on developing the company’s expandable well integrity and downhole isolation produ
Viktor Lenac has completed the conversion and repair of the crane-pipe laying vessel “Seminole“, owned by Italy’s Subsea Oil Services (part of Micoperi Srl from Ravenna). The shipyard built and outfitted a complete new superstructure weighing some 450 tons, including accommodations for 250 crew memb
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that John T. Gremp, President and Chief Executive Officer, will address attendees at Howard Weil 39th Annual Energy Conference. Live webcast and accompanying presentation slides will be available at the time of the event and can be accessed at https://ir.fmctechnolog
Global Industries, Ltd. announced that it has been awarded a project from LLOG Deepwater Development Company, L.L.C. for the installation of a deepwater subsea development in the Gulf of Mexico. The project, which will take place in Blocks MC 503/547, is located in 3,000 FSW and is scheduled to begi
Coral reefs are large, long-lived bio-geological structures that include all associated marine plants and animals. Although Coral Reefs are robust and have often withstood the forces of storms, climatic change, sea level change and predators, the living elements are just a very thin veneer of delica
Everybody involved in process, drinking and waste water, will be in Amsterdam in November 2011, celebrating the 23rd edition of Aquatech Amsterdam. The thriving success of the international trade exhibition will again generate further growth, attracting more visitors and exhibitors alike. The event
Leading international oilfield services company Expro has secured a £1.5million contract with an international oil and gas operator in its Europe CIS region. The year-long contract will involve well testing with cased hole logging work and has been secured mainly in the Southern North Sea. The contr
Taiwan began building its first undersea earthquake sensor yesterday in a project to give earlier warnings of the quakes and tsunami that frequently hit the region. In the wake of the 9.0-magnitude quake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan, the head of Taiwan’s seismology centre said the
Qatar Petroleum and Shell announced the first flow of dedicated offshore gas into the Pearl GTL plant located in Ras Laffan Industrial City in the State of Qatar. Shell, which is the operator of the Pearl GTL plant developed under a Production and Sharing Agreement with QP, has opened natural gas we
Thrustmaster of Texas, Inc. received a contract from Hyundai Heavy Industries for the supply and installation of multiple sets of 5MW azimuth thrusters for the next generation deep water drillships being built at Hyundai’s shipyard in Ulsan, Korea. The vessels are of the Gusto P10,000 design and are
Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Statoil to supply control umbilicals to the Norne field located in the Northern part of the North Sea. The contract value is approximately NOK 200 million. The scope of work for the Fossekall-Dompap project includes a control umbilical system with a total of
The Board of Directors of Havila Shipping ASA has in Board Meeting at 22. March 2011 approved the annual accounts for 2010. There are no changes of result from the preliminary accounts, other than the presentation of the Profit and Loss account, where net foreign gain or loss from forward contracts
A panel Hawaii lawmakers is advancing legislation that would make Oahu electricity customers pay the unknown cost of an expensive undersea… (oregonlive) [mappress] Source:oregonlive , March 23, 2011;
Vyksa Steel Works in February 2011 made the qualifying party of large diameter pipes on the specifications of the project South Stream… (steelguru) [mappress] Source:steelguru , March 23, 2011;
