Malaysia-based international offshore oilfield services provider, Bumi Armada Berhad’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, Armada Offshore OSV Ltd. and Bumi Armada Ltd. received letters of award (LOA) from Interoil Angola Limitada, a leading player…
Offshore support specialist Viking SeaTech has invested in a £1.5 million equipment upgrade. The overhaul to spoolers, coilers and chain inspection machines brings the company’s stock in line with the latest EU health, safety and environment (HSE) standards…
Nova Scotia's Fundy Tidal Inc. partnered in November 2013 with Dutch tidal turbine producer Tocardo International BV and Tribute Resources Inc. of London, Ontario The three firms will work to develop a $30-million project with a capacity for 3MW of tidal power at three locations around Digby…
A US court ruling has put a key document supporting oil major Shell's Chukchi Sea drilling in doubt. Over one partial objection, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (CA9, panel based in San Francisco) ruled that selection by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management…
Gulf Coast Shipyard Group, Inc.—a manufacturer of a variety of ocean-going and inland marine vessels for commercial and military markets as well as the Trinity Yachts brand— announced signed a three-year lease with one-year options with the Port of Gulfport…
Houston-based MicroSeismic Inc. purchased the US assets of Calgary-based Reservoir Imaging Inc. (RII). The acquisition includes Geospace equipment, wireline units, and equipment for downhole microseismic data acquisition services. The…
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA signed a global framework agreement with Shell International Exploration and Production B.V. for the provision of consultancy services. The range of services covered by the agreement includes survey planning/modeling…
Offshore rope manufacturer Lankhorst Ropes has been awarded a contract by HHITECH (Hyundai Heavy Industries and Technip USA consortium) to supply the mooring lines for Statoil’s Aasta Hansteen Spar platform. The platform is destined for the Norwegian Sea…
Cobalt International Energy, Inc. announced the first discovery in the Syn-rift interval in the Bicuar 1A pre-salt deepwater exploratory well in Block 21, offshore Angola. The well was drilled to 5739m meassured depth and encountered…
Precision Polymer Engineering (PPE) developed EnDura® E90SR, a new EPDM elastomer material that provides high temperature steam resistance. EnDura E90SR is available as O-rings, T Seals and custom-molded geometries and is used in equipment such as pumps…
Cameroon's state oil company National Hydrocarbons Corp. (SNH) announced that it will offer a licensing round for four blocks, three offshore: Bomana, Lungahe, and Ndian River, all in the Rio Del Rey basin. The Bomana block covers 139…
A project milestone was achieved yesterday with the final heavy lift on Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd's Golden Eagle development platform living quarters module, currently under construction on Sembmarine SLP's Lowestoft yard, UK. The single…
The Pakistani government has announced a new petroleum policy, attracting investment of about US$2.02 billion for oil and gas exploration in the country during the last three years. The policy projects incentives including: better gas price…
Croatia’s government is planning to publish tenders for oil and gas exploration in the central and southern Adriatic Sea in Q2 this year. The announcement followed the completion of a 2D multiclient seismic acquisition survey offshore…
Middle East-based offshore support vessel company Topaz Energy and Marine has acquired two large and modern anchor handling towage and supply vessels (AHTSV) for about US$100 million. The vessels, the Caspian Challenger and the Caspian Endeavour…