Van Oord’s new DP2 cable-laying vessel Nexus was successfully launched at Damen Shipyards in Galati, Romania on 30 June 2014. The 123m multipurpose vessel will be deployed installing electrical cables for offshore wind farms. With a beam of almost 28m and a dynamic positioning system…
Energistics, the upstream oil and gas open standards consortium, has published the Unit of Measure (UOM) Standard V1.0. This new standard includes the Unit of Measure Dictionary and the Unit Symbol Grammar Specification. This standard is a harmonization of several industry UOM standards…
The Energy Industries Council (EIC) announced today that Azman Nasir is to become the EIC’s new Head of Asia Pacific. Azman, who has 24 years’ experience in the transport, railway, oil & gas and marine industry sectors, will be based…
Aibel announced it has secured a contract from Statoil for FEED and Engineering & Management Assistance (EMA) of substructures for the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park offshore wind farm. The contract has an estimated value of approximately NOK$40 million…
Drydocks World announced the completion of a major refurbishment carried out on National Drilling Company’s (NDC) offshore drilling rig Al Ghallan. The project is part of a series of four rig repair and refurbishment projects signed with NDC in 2013…
Applus RTD announced it has launched an innovative research and development program to incorporate augmented reality systems into its industry-leading technology range. To demonstrate the value and capabilities of the system, the company has integrated the technology into its RTD IWEX system…
Huntingdon Fusion Techniques Ltd. announced it has developed a line of low-cost pipe weld purging systems for purging pipes and tubes that need to go through high temperature thermal cycles before, during and after the welding process. When…
The Siemens Industry Automation Division announced it has extended the range of functions of the Simatic WinCC Scada (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) software in its latest version 7.3 and added the Simatic WinCC/WebUX V7.3 option package for mobile applications…
KCA Deutag group company RDS has been awarded a US$10 million contract to carry out front-end engineering design (FEED) work on Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup development in the Norwegian North Sea. The FEED work will be undertaken by the RDS team in London…
A slowdown in the Norwegian maintenance and modifications (MMO) market has led Aker Solutions to seek alternative work for more than 200 staff at the business. About 100 engineers are to be transfered to a new subsea engineering hub in Stavanger…
Global Tubing, a Texas-based, worldwide provider of coiled tubing products for the oil and gas industry, has achieved API Monogram licensing for its entire line of coiled tubing products. The API Monogram is a warranty to purchasers that…
Xcite Energy has agreed a memorandum of understanding with Norway's Aibel, setting out the principles for executing the engineering, procurement and construction self installing platform for its UK North Sea Bentley heavy oil field. The platform…
Total E&P UK has picked Technip to perform work on the West of Shetland Edradour subsea development. The development will form part of a new West of Shetland hub, taking in the Laggan-Tormore, Edradour, and Glenlivit fields, all…
UK-based exploration junior Enegi Oil says a self-installing floating tower (SIFT) would be the best development option for the central North Sea Phoenix discovery. Enegi’s preference for a SIFT follows a work program by Azimuth Limited…
A cost reduction program has meant Total has now decided to move forward with its West of Shetland Edradour subsea development, the French oil major said today. Edradour, in Block 206/4a, in about 300m water depth, 75km northwest of the Shetlands…