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Intertek on Ichthys

Sep 18, 2013

Intertek has been awarded the dimensional control contract for INPEX Ichthys floating production storage offloading (FPSO) turret development.   The contract invoves the assurance and verification of fabrication and integration of the FPSO turret…

Barrier buys Aquaseal stake

Sep 18, 2013

Barrier Group has acquired a 49% stake in a North East-based rubber product manufacturing company. The Wallsend-based company has bought the share in Tyneside’s Aquaseal Rubber with the aim of helping to expand the business’ presence in to wider markets…

Bristow wins contracts from GoM to Tanzania

Sep 18, 2013

Bristow Group has secured a number of new multi-year contracts for offshore oil and gas services across Europe and in other established and emerging markets. In total, the contracts are for 12 large and three medium helicopters, expected to generate up to US$850 million in revenue…

Serica in Morocco, Namibia drilling

Sep 17, 2013

Serica Energy has said a drilling campaign will start offshore Morocco in October.  Drilling will be carried out on the Foum Draa and Sidi Moussa blocks in October, and H1 2014 respectively.  The well on the Foum Draa block (operated by Cairn Energy…

Enochdhu gets green light

Sep 17, 2013

A plan by ConocoPhillips (UK) and co-venturer Chevron North Sea to develop the central North Sea Enochdhu field has been approved by the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).  ConocoPhillips, operator, expects first production to start in late 2014…

Jumbo Wins Pipelay Contract From Sigur Ros

Sep 16, 2013

Jumbo announced that it has been awarded a contract by Malaysian pipelay contractor Sigur Ros. Under the contract, Jumbo will oversee transportation and installation of 126 gravity anchor spreads in water depths up to 1400m (4593ft), using the heavy-lift vessel…

Xodus gains consent for MeyGen tidal project

Sep 16, 2013

Xodus Group gained consent for Europe’s largest tidal energy project in the Pentland Firth at the Scottish Renewables Marine Energy Conference. As lead consultant in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)for the 86MW Phase 1 MeyGen tidal energy project…

New player gets US$150 million backing

Sep 16, 2013

A newly formed UK-focused exploration company has secured US$150 million of funding from Norwegian private equity outfit HitecVision.  Oyster Petroleum's management team comprises of Richard Morgan as CEO, along with former colleagues Nigel Platt and David Went…

OE13: ExxonMobil and GL seminars filmed

Sep 16, 2013

As part of SPE Offshore Europe 2013, ExxonMobil Fuels & Lubricants and Caterpillar Marine & Petroleum Division (CAT) joined forces for an interactive breakfast seminar, hosted by Offshore Engineer’s Paul Hutton.  Maintenance and engineering…

Cortez works on FPSO

Sep 16, 2013

Subsea services and technology company Cortez Subsea has been awarded £1.5million of contracts across its pipeline installation and decommissioning services during Q3, 2013. The Aberdeen-based firm has completed the first phase of work on a North Sea floating production…

Bridge agrees Spike takeover

Sep 16, 2013

Directors of Aberdeen-based independent oil exploration and production company Bridge Energy have recommended the approval of a £103 million takeover bid from Norway’s Spike Exploration. The deal would see Spike Exploration acquire the…

Falklands farm-out hampered

Sep 16, 2013

Desire Petroleum has said a farm out process on its Falklands acreage has been held back by uncertainty over the timing and scope of the development of the Sea Lion oil field. A lack of a firm date for the mobilisation of a rig to the…

Bulgaria well boost for Petroceltic

Sep 16, 2013

Petroceltic International has announced the successful tie-back of a new production well on the Kaliakra gas field, offshore Bulgaria. The well was completed with a subsea wellhead and connected to the existing Kaliakra pipeline for export via the Galata platform…

Wave energy first approved

Sep 16, 2013

Scottish Ministers have approved plans for the first first tidal energy project in Scotland's Pentland Firth. MeyGen's project will be the largest tidal array in Europe when it is built. It will be installed in stages, beginning with a 9MW demonstration project of up to six turbines…

Fugro buys DCN Global

Sep 13, 2013

Abu Dhabi-based subsea engineering and diving services firm DCN Global has been bought by Fugro Subsea Middle East. The company, which will be renamed Fugro Subsea Services (Middle East), has primarily operated in the Middle East, Caspian and African regions…

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