Diamond Offshore Drilling and Trelleborg's offshore operation have announced a joint development agreement to develop, manufacture and market Helical Buoyancy riser technology developed by Diamond Offshore. According to Diamond, its patented…
Japan-based Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) entered into a deal to aquire 25% interest EMAS Chiyoda Subsea Ltd. (ECS). The agreement between NYK, Ezra Holdings and Chiyoda Corp. will see the shareholding structure of ECS change to Ezra 40%…
BP and Det norske oljeselskap have combined their Norwegian businesses to create Aker BP – a move that is expected to organically grow production to more than 250,000 boe/d by the early 2020s. Image from BP…
Vancouver-based EnerGulf Resources entered into a letter of intent (LOI) with Houston-based Texas South Energy, to participate in six offshore Gulf of Mexico (GoM) prospects owned and operated by GulfSlope Energy. GoM operations…
The European Commission (EU) has awarded more than US$4.4 million (€3.9 million) to support tidal energy testing and demonstration in Orkney waters. Magallanes test turbine installation at EMEC…
PGS’s newest Ramform Titan-class survey vessel, the Ramform Tethys,has made her first project a new world towing record by drawing the world's largest seismic spread. Image of the Ramford Tethys…
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has issued orders to UK giant BP for its aging facilities on the Ula and Valhall fields in the North Sea. According to the order, BP must systematically review and map all areas and systems in respect of materials handling…
InterMoor has successfully completed the final tensioning and chain cutting operations on the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, Turritella, for the Shell Stones project, located in the Walker Ridge protraction area in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM)…
Mermaid Maritime’s subsidiaries, Seascape Surveys and PT Seascape Surveys Indonesia have been awarded six different subsea contracts in the Asian region with an estimated US$15 million. The various work scopes include subsea survey, inspection…
CORTEC, a leading manufacturer of high quality API compact ball valves and manifolds, has expanded its CORTEC Manifold Systems (CMS) Lafayette manufacturing facility and relocated to new premises in Port Allen, Louisiana. According to Stephen Corte…
Singapore-based Swiber secured three new contracts worth a total of US$215 million for separate projects in the Middle East and Southeast Asia regions. Swiber was awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI)…
The design and technical features of Finland's newest icebreaker Polaris (IB Polaris) were presented in Helsinki as part of the CIMAC World Congress. IB Polaris is an environmentally friendly diesel-electric icebreaker. It will be powered…
Atlantic Petroleum entered into a US$1.1 million (DKK 7 million) sale and purchase agreement with Bridge Petroleum for its 25% interest in the Orlando development, offshore the UK. The deal also includes a deferred consideration in the…
Statoil has awarded DNV GL - Oil & Gas a master service agreement (MSA) that includes a broad scope of studies on topics such as safety, platform technology, structural reanalysis and pipeline technology. In addition, it offers hull and structural inspection services…
Helix Energy Solutions completed its contract renegotiations with Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) and has entered into amendments to its well intervention services contracts for its two chartered vessels, the Siem Helix 1 and the Siem Helix 2…
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