Wood has appointed Stephanie Cox as CEO of its Americas business, succeeding Andrew Stewart who has been appointed executive president of strategy and development for the global business. Responsible for the firm’s $4 billion, asset solutions business which employs around 20,000 people working acros
TechnipFMC has been awarded engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract by Woodside for the development of the Pyxis and Xena fields, located offshore North West Australia. TechnipFMC will design, manufacture, deliver and install subsea equipment including subsea producti
Baker Hughes, a GE company, has changed its name to Baker Hughes Company. The company will be known as Baker Hughes, and on October 18, 2019, its Class A common stock will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ‘BKR’. Baker Hughes’ new name and brand better reflect its current
Polarcus has secured high industry prefunding for a multi-client project in Australia. The project has an approximate duration of one month, the company informed. The project will start in Q1 2020 immediately following completion of another XArray project in Australia. The previous Australian projec
Bibby Marine, a Bibby Line Group company, has appointed Helen Samuels as its new chief executive officer. Samuels will join the Group in January 2020 from Network Rail, where she currently holds the position of engineering director. Prior to this Samuels worked as engineering director for United Uti
Woodside has confirmed it has made a positive final investment decision (FID) for the Pyxis Hub project, located in Permit Area WA-34-L offshore Western Australia. According to the company’s quarterly update, the final investment decision for the Pyxis Hub project was taken in August 2019. Pyxis Hub
RusselSmith Nigeria has acquired a VideoRay Mission Specialist Series (MSS) Defender ROV as part of efforts to strengthen its subsea services division. The MSS Defender ROV utilizes interchangeable, modular components which reside on a single, intelligent network. This modular configuration provides
Nexans has hosted the grand block ceremony that represented a key step in the construction of its new cable installation vessel, the ‘Nexans Aurora’. The vessel’s hull is currently being built at the CRIST shipyard in Poland. It will be completed at Ulstein Verft in Norway, with delivery planned for
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS), has bounced back in black in the third quarter ended September 30, 2019, as revenues hiked close to 70 per cent from same time last year. The Oslo-listed seismic player reported quarterly profit of $31.5 million, or 9 cents per share on revenues of $276.5 million, again
Maritime Developments (MDL) has returned to the Norwegian North Sea for the third year running to support TechnipFMC tie-back campaign in the basin. MDL’s horizontal spread, including a 4-track tensioner mounted on the client’s frame, Third-generation Reel Drive System (RDS) and deck deflectors were
Subsea power cables market will grow by 57% from £717 million this year to over £1.13 billion by 2023, according to a new report by RenewableUK. According to RenewableUK’s Project Intelligence team which compiled the report, global offshore wind capacity will skyrocket from 20.5 gigawatts (GW) today
Aleron Group, Aberdeenshire-based subsea firm, has appointed John Walker as new business manager. John will be looking at new business opportunities for some new product launches for the Aleron Subsea and IMPAQ Technologies product brands. He comes with a wealth of industry knowledge and experience
National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has started the assessment of the Tasmanian Gas Pipeline offshore environment plan. The Tasmanian Gas Pipeline (TGP) is a natural gas transmission pipeline system that extends from Longford in Victoria, across Bass S
The INSITE Programme has launched a collaboration between offshore industries and researchers, designed to give marine scientists access to industry-acquired ecological data. INSITE is a scientific research programme to increase understanding of the influence of man-made structures on the ecosystem
