WFS Technologies has expanded into Houston and Brazil as the company continues to meet its growth objectives for 2019. Molly Reyes, Energy Industry sales director, joins the WFS senior leadership team to lead the new office and explore opportunities in the Gulf of Mexico and North American territori
Rever Offshore has completed three standalone contracts for energy major Total E&P UK. The contracts utilized Rever Offshore’s multi-purpose dive support and offshore construction vessel (DSV) Rever Polaris, and ROV support vessel (ROVSV) Rever Sapphire. Operating over 100 days across North Sea asse
Maritime Developments (MDL) has secured a follow-up flexible and umbilical installation job offshore West Africa. The work scope is a continuation of the EN-09 project, concluded in April 2019. The project is run by DeepOcean Ghana and the offshore execution will be performed using the Vertical Lay
Australian marine contractor MMA Offshore has appointed David Ross as its new chief executive officer with effect from 1 July 2019. Ross (previously the company’s deputy CEO) will succeed Jeffrey Weber and will initially be based in Singapore. Weber will remain as managing director, based in Austral
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has seen vessel utilization for the second quarter 2019 at 73% compared with 31% for the second quarter in 2018. In the second quarter of 2019, the company’s vessels were allocated 45% to proprietary work and 28% to multi-client projects. In the comparable quarter
Equinor has, on behalf of the Oseberg partners, made an oil discovery related to Oseberg Vestflanken. The well was drilled by the Askepott rig and the discovery will soon be put on stream via the new, unmanned and remote-operated H platform on the Oseberg field. Included in the Oseberg Vestflanken P
Hydrex has developed a new method to clean propeller blades underwater in close communication with the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management. This method complies with the environmental regulations in Belgium and the Netherlands and as a result, Hydrex has been given permission to cl
MMT has secured a contract from Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) to perform a geophysical soil investigation of the Ten Noorden van de Waddeneilanden wind farm zone. The objective of the geophysical soil investigation is to contribute to the bathymetrical, morphological and geological understa
InterMoor has been awarded a contract to supply mooring equipment for the completion of a mooring integrity project in the North Sea. The project will involve the change out of 12 mooring lines on the Alba floating storage unit (FSU) currently moored in the North Sea. According to the company’s soci
Siem Offshore has transferred the seismic node vessel ‘Hugin Explorer’ to the new owner on Monday. The charterer of the vessel paid the last installment as agreed to under the purchase obligation signed in August 2016, and the vessel has been transferred on the same day, Siem Offshore said. Siem Off
Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved the Vigdis boosting station increased oil recovery (IOR) project in the North Sea. Vigdis field, located in the Tampen area of the North Sea, has been developed with seven subsea templates and produces oil through the Snorre field. The boosti
Polarcus, a Dubai-based seismic contractor, has recorded a decrease in its vessel utilization during the second quarter of 2019. Quarterly vessel utilization was at 72 percent compared to 85 percent in the second quarter of 2018. According to Polarcus’ update, on a contracted basis the vessel utiliz
Eni has started the early production phase from the Miztón field in Area 1, located in the Campeche Bay offshore Mexico. This is the first step in the development of Area 1, estimated to hold 2.1 billion of oil equivalent in place (90% oil) in the Amoca, Miztón and Tecoalli fields. Eni acquired Area
Oceanteam Solutions said it has been awarded extension of subsea cable storage contract with one of Europe’s biggest cable manufacturers. The 6-months extension plus two times 3 months options follows two years of cable storage in Oceanteam’s 1100t carousel at its cable storage facility in Velsen, t
