UAE-based engineering and fabrication firm Lamprell has recruited Petrofac exec Christopher McDonald to become its CEO as of 1 October 2016. McDonald will succeed Jim Moffat, who is retiring from the company. McDonald has held the…
The oil price crash brings subsea processing opportunities, says Rystad Energy’s Jon Fredrik Müller. The Åsgard subsea compressor manifold station was installed in summer 2013 with the Saipem 7000…
Statoil is applying new concepts and new thinking to the Johan Castberg development on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. It’s a DC fiber optic future, Elaine Maslin reports. Transocean’s Polar Pioneer semisub drilled the Skrugard prospect in 2011…
Osbit has successfully completed and loaded out US$3.96 million (£3 million) worth of well intervention equipment to Helix Energy Solutions, for installation in Schiedam on Helix’s chartered Siem Helix 1 vessel. The multi-million dollar…
Statoil's Aasta Hansteen Spar development substructure has reached its complete form in its yard in South Korea. The Spar will be the world's largest Spar platform weighing in at a whopping 70,000-tonne, and Norway's first Spar development…
Seaway Heavy Lifting is moving into a new league in offshore renewables, taking on contracts on an engineering, procurement, construction and installation basis. Elaine Maslin found out more. Handling foundations and transition pieces…
Malaysia’s MISC has built a minimal facilities FPSO for use on marginal fields. John Sheehan takes a look. Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering handle the conversion (fabrication, installation and integration) of the FSO MaMPU 1…
The board of directors of Singapore-based Swiber Holdings has applied to wind up the company. A hearing will be held on 19 August. The firm also applied to put the company into provisional liquidation. Staff from KordaMentha have been appointed provisional liquidators…
BP, operator of the Tangguh LNG (liquified natural gas) project, awarded Saipem a contract for offshore work related to the Tangguh LNG Expansion Project. The award is for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of offshore facilities…
McDermott International and Nakilat-Keppel Offshore Marine (N-KOM) have signed a memorandum of understanding for an exclusive cooperation agreement to pursue offshore engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) projects within Qatari waters…
UAE-based rig builder and engineering firm Lamprell says delivery of a jackup drilling rig, which had been scheduled for delivery in Q2 2016, has been delayed due to an issue with equipment supplied by an original equipment manufacturer. According to a November 2015 presentation by Lamprell…
Oceaneering International has completed its acquisition of Meridian Ocean Services. Meridian uses remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to perform surveys on mobile offshore drilling units and floating production systems that satisfy the…
Morgan Advanced Materials, a materials engineering company, has added Hafnium Oxide (HfO) to its portfolio of advanced materials for the oil and gas sector as it aims to expand its market offering in line with evolving market demands. The material…
ExxonMobil has joined a joint industry project (JIP) to develop Viper Subsea’s innovative V-IR system. ExxonMobil has joined the V-IR project, which has been established through the Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF), at a crucial…
Rig inspection consultancy Aberdeen Drilling Consultants (ADC) has been awarded a contract by BP to provide engineering services support to more than 14 countries worldwide. ADC will deliver rig site assessments at all stages of operations…