Seatronics, a marine electronic equipment specialist in subsea services group Acteon, has named Akram Ali as regional manager in the Middle East. Ali, who will be based out of Seatronics’ office in Abu Dhabi, will be responsible for leading and developing opportunities in the Middle East region with
Magseis has together with is partner, BGP, been awarded an extension to the ongoing contract with BGP Arabia and Saudi Aramco to acquire additional ocean bottom seismic data in the Red Sea. The new survey has an expected duration of more than seven months and will begin in January 2018. The survey f
Saipem has been awarded a new E&C offshore contract by Saudi Aramco for engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) activities in Saudi Arabia, under the long-term agreement renewed in 2015 until 2021. The contract’s main scope of work includes the engineering, procurement and construction of a new
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (November 20 – November 26). Following a request for assistance from the Argentine Government, the Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Protector has been deployed to join efforts to find and rescue an Argentine
Polarcus has informed that Dr. Henrik Madsen has for personal reasons resigned from the board of directors. Dr. Henrik Madsen’s resignation is effective from November 21, 2017. He was elected as a director of the board in May 2017, for a term of two years. He is known as the former chief executive o
McDermott International has confirmed a major contract award from Saudi Aramco for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) services in the Safaniya onshore and offshore field. According to McDermott, a major contract is in range between USD 750 million and USD 1,500 million. T
CCC (Underwater Engineering) has completed a six-month contract conducting inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) services over two campaigns, offshore Abu Dhabi. The first campaign was performed utilizing CCC (UE) owned DP2 vessel ‘CCC Maritime 1’ and Seaeye Panther XT Plus 955 remotely operated
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (November 12 – November 19). GE has said it is evaluating exit options on Baker Hughes just four months after the merger of its oil and gas business with the Houston-based oilfield services company. Th
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (November 06 – November 12). The National Subsea Research Initiative (NSRI) is looking for a new director who will replace current project director, Dr Gordon Drummond, who is returning to Subsea 7 fol
McDermott International has secured a major contract award from a Middle East customer for offshore engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) services in the Arabian Gulf. McDermott defines a major contract as between USD 750 million and USD 1,500 million. “McDermott continues t
Cepsa and Cosmo Oil have, through Cosmo Abu Dhabi Energy Exploration & Production, started the production from Hail oil field in the Abu Dhabi Oil Company (ADOC) concession. Hail is the fourth offshore crude oil field to start production in the ADOC concession in shallow waters to the West of Abu Dh
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (October 30 – November 05). McDermott International has received a letter of award from Reliance Industries for the KG-D6 subsea field development in the Krishna Godavari Basin, located off the east co
McDermott has been awarded for a contract between USD $250 million and USD $500 million for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) services for an offshore Middle East redevelopment project. McDermott plans to fabricate and install four wellhead topsides, a manifold platf
The Dubai subsidiary of Scottish energy industry equipment manufacturer and service provider Flowline Specialists has recently completed work on a subsea umbilical, riser and flexible (SURF) lay project in the Middle East. Flowline Specialists FZE was contracted to assist in laying various flexible
