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CGG completes near real-time Morocco survey

Dec 06, 2016

CGG has delivered the near real-time imaging results for a 4200sq km BroadSeis 3D marine seismic survey acquired offshore Morocco. CGG delivered the very fast-track (VFT) RTM PSDM volume to the client only 4 days after the last shot. The crew of the CGG Geo Caspian worked in a safe…

Wood Group, HFG sign NCS MOU

Dec 06, 2016

Wood Group and Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for joint efforts to offer wellhead platform development, from design to installation, hook-up and commissioning, to clients on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS)…

Shareholders approve FMC, Technip merger

Dec 05, 2016

Shareholders of both US-based underwater tech firm FMC Technologies and French engineering house Technip have voted to approve the proposed business combination of the two companies, the firms announced today (5 December). The merger was announced back in May…

Fugro, Shelf Subsea cancel agreement

Dec 05, 2016

Fugro has decided to no longer pursue the divestment of its subsea services business in Asia Pacific to Shelf Subsea. On 4 August 2016, Fugro announced that it had signed an agreement for the sale of its subsea services business in Asia Pacific to Shelf Subsea…

OWC consults on Taiwanese wind sector

Dec 05, 2016

Offshore Wind Consultants Ltd. (OWC) has been appointed by a Taiwanese renewables company to provide consultancy services related to wind turbine installation vessels and their suitability for different wind turbines and site locations offshore Taiwan…

Höegh gets Tema FSRU deal

Dec 02, 2016

Höegh LNG inked a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) contract with Quantum Power Ghana Gas for the Tema LNG import terminal located close to Accra in Ghana. The Tema LNG Project is supported by the Ghana National Petroleum Corp…

FMC, Technip gain Brazil antitrust clearance

Dec 02, 2016

FMC Technologies and Technip announced that the pending, combination between the companies has received a clearance decision issued by the General Superintendent of Administrative Council for Economic Defense, (CADE), the Brazilian antitrust authority…

Aker BP completes merger integration

Dec 02, 2016

Aker BP has completed the integration after the merger between Det norske oljeselskap and BP Norway. Aker BP now operates as one organization with considerable ambitions on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. “Aker BP has been through extensive integration work since we announced the merger…

Shell buys Centrica T&T assets

Dec 01, 2016

Centrica plc entered a deal to sell its entire portfolio of gas assets in Trinidad and Tobago to Shell E&P for an initial cash consideration of US$30 million (£24 million). The assets consist of a 17.3% interest in the producing NCMA…

Trendsetter opens new Houston facility

Nov 30, 2016

Trendsetter Engineering has opened its Global Readiness Center (GRC) in Houston that will be dedicated to providing enhanced subsea well control response capabilities to the global market. Trendsetter’s GRC is located within a designated…

Royal IHC bags Chinese reel lay work

Nov 30, 2016

Royal IHC has entered into a contract with Shanghai Salvage in China for the supply of an integrated 550t reel lay system, making it the first reel lay system in the Chinese market. Illustration from Royal IHC…

DNV GL inks Aker BP frame agreement

Nov 30, 2016

Aker BP has awarded a new frame agreement to DNV GL, covering a wide range of safety, verification, inspection and classification services across its installations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The five-year contract, which includes options for extension…

Africa Energy, Pancontinental in Namibia farmout deal

Nov 29, 2016

Africa Energy Corp. has entered into a farmout agreement with a subsidiary of Pancontinental Oil & Gas pursuant to which Africa Energy will acquire a 10% participating interest in Petroleum Exploration License 37 offshore, Republic of Namibia (PEL 37)…

Trellborg expands Houston team

Nov 28, 2016

Trelleborg’s offshore operation based in Houston has invested in a new Global Riser Analysis team to incorporate in-house mathematical simulation capabilities into its current engineering group. The Global Riser Analysis team consists…

L&T unveils spool base facility in Chennai

Nov 28, 2016

L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro, has unveiled high-tech spool base facilities at L&T’s fabrication facility at Kattupalli, in Chennai. These facilities are being employed to execute a prestigious…

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