Thailand’s Mermaid Maritime Public Co. has been awarded two saturation diving services contracts valued at US$40 to $45 million in the Middle East Mermaid is using the DP3 multipurpose vessel Bourbon Evolution and will additionally deploy specialized diving equipment…
Oil and gas engineering services firm Plexus Holdings has added a new board member as it looks to expand its business overseas. The firm has appointed US-based Charles Edward Jones to the board of Plexus as a non-executive director with immediate effect…
Neptune Marine Services has been awarded two subcontracts by McDermott Australia for the Ichthys LNG Project. McDermott is the appointed main contractor for the subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) engineering, procurement, construction and installation portion of the project…
Eni has discovered oil in Block 15/06, in the Ochigufu exploration prospect offshore Angola. ENI said the find was 'important' and would be fast tracked to production through the Ngoma floating production, storage and offloading vessel on the company's West Hub development…
Technip has agreed to its North American diving assets to Ranger Offshore as it looks to focus on high technology and ultra-deep water products and services. Proceeds from this divestment will be partially reinvested directly into Technip's subsea business…
Dow is introducing technologies developed for multiple oil and gas applications, including extraction, production, refining, gas treatment and oil distribution, at Rio Oil & Gas 2014. Dow says their technologies improve energy efficiency…
GE Oil & Gas is releasing industrial internet solutions at Rio Oil & Gas that include: Sealytics BOP Advisor, Field Vantage, LNG Max Reliability, Naxys A10 and System 1 Fleet Management. The Naxys A10 is an integrated acoustic solution for monitoring equipment and its surrounding environment…
McDermott International, Inc. completed the Jack and St. Malo project for Chevron USA Inc. located in the Gulf of Mexico Walker Ridge area. The just-completed project is part of the first stage of development of the Jack South, St. Malo South and St…
Petrobras awarded Aker Solutions' subsidiary Aker Oilfield Services (AKOFS) a US$465 million contract to provide subsea intervention services offshore Brazil. The five-year contract slated to begin in 4Q 2016 is for the Aker Wayfarer subsea construction vessel…
Atlantic Petroleum says the Orlando field development in the UK North Sea continues to progress to end of 2016 field oil. The field, in Block 3/3b in the northern North Sea, is being developed as a subsea tie-back to the CNR International operated Ninian Central platform…
Technip Umbilicals awarded Vallourec a contract for the Total-operated West of Shetland Edradour project in the UK. For the first industrial order, Vallourec will deliver super duplex welded tubes for umbilicals, a key component in subsea installations…
Statoil has brought on stream its two latest “Fast-track” fields, Fram H-North and Svalin C, in the North Sea. Fram H-North, north of Fram West in the Troll area, and Svalin C, in block 25/11 southwest of the Grane platform, are the eighth…
In Shell’s latest video, the supermajor shows how Cardamom is extending the life of Auger to provide as many as 50,000 more boe/d, increasing Auger’s production capacity to 130,000boe/d. OE reported earlier this week of Shell beginning…
Expro has landed a major subsea contract with BP for the Quad 204 project, west of Shetland in the UK North Sea. The seven-year multi-million dollar contract will see Expro provide its latest design vertical xmas tree landing string for the installation of BP’s subsea completions…
BP Trinidad and Tobago (BPTT) awarded Technip an engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning lump sum contract for the development of the Juniper project, off the southeast coast of Trinidad. BPTT announced the sanction of the Juniper offshore project in August…