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First Geo inks Det norske work

Jun 01, 2016

Det norske oljeselskap awarded a framework agreement to First Geo for delivery of a broad range of subsurface and well engineering services. Under the contract, First Geo will provide personnel within the technical areas such as subsurface specialists…

Mermaid wins 7 subsea gigs, delays newbuilds

May 27, 2016

Mermaid Maritime’s Western Hemisphere business unit (MSSW) has been awarded seven different subsea projects in the Middle East with an estimated value of US$11 million. In addition, Mermaid has also secured extensions for three newbuild deliveries…

Vallourec opens Singapore facility

May 27, 2016

Vallourec subsidiary that specializes in the production and repair of accessories for oil and gas wells, Vallourec Tube-Alloy, opened a new plant in Singapore, to be known as Vallourec Tube-Alloy Asia-Pacific. This new site will support…

Aqualis gains ONGC extension off India

May 25, 2016

Aqualis Offshore has been reappointed by United India Insurance Co. to provide marine warranty services to ONGC’s assets, offshore India. This is the third one-year contract Aqualis has received after the company first started working for United India Insurance and ONGC in 2014…

RINA acquires Edif Group

May 24, 2016

Testing, inspection, certification and consulting engineering group Rina has purchased the Edif Group, which includes the ERA engineering consultancy and the NDE testing, inspection and certification business. Image of Salerno (right) and Tim Dunn…

ThinJack wins largest Egypt project

May 24, 2016

Aberdeenshire-based ThinJack has entered into a deal with a Middle East oil and gas company for the removal of multiple well Christmas trees on surface platforms in the Gulf of Suez, Egypt.  The deal could be ThinJack’s largest ever agreement in the region…

HBW to manage and grow RPSEA

May 23, 2016

The Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA) has engaged HBW Resources to manage and grow its capabilities and opportunities to focus research on the development and deployment of safe and environmentally sensitive technologies to efficiently deliver domestic energy resources…

Siemens gets Beatrice wind order

May 23, 2016

Siemens has received a further order for an offshore wind power plant in Scotland. The company is to supply, install, and commission 84 wind turbines, each with a 154m rotor diameter designed to generate 7MW of power, for the 'Beatrice' project…

Airswift forms Ducatus Partners

May 23, 2016

Global workforce solutions provider for the energy, process and infrastructure, Airswift, has formed an executive search firm, Ducatus Partners. The new company will operate independently of Airswift, delivering executive search, market intelligence…

A new CEO for Petrobras

May 20, 2016

Brazil's interim president, Michel Temer, has named a new CEO for the country's national oil company Petrobras.  Petrobras announced today that it was informed Thursday, 19 May, of the decision to appoint Pedro Parente, an engineer, to Petrobras' board and to the position of CEO…

Siem acquires Secunda Canada

May 18, 2016

Siem Offshore has become the 100% owner of Secunda Canada, as the Canadian company took delivery of the Avalon Sea anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel last week. As part of a recapitalization of Secunda, Siem acquired Birch Hill’s 50% ownership interest in Secunda Canada…

Novatek, PTT ink E&P, LNG MoU

May 18, 2016

Russia’s Novatek and Thailand’s PTT signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to cooperate and study potential joint opportunities in the exploration and production of hydrocarbons, the implementation of LNG projects, the supply of LNG and the development of LNG markets…

Majors join forces in engineering JIP

May 18, 2016

Fifteen leading offshore companies, including Shell, Chevron, and McDermott International, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish engineering industry standards known as the Standardization Unified Joint Industry Project (JIP)…

Statoil, Trelleborg ink six-year deal

May 16, 2016

Statoil entered into a six-year framework agreement with Trelleborg’s offshore operation in Norway for the supply of Elastopipe, corrosion protection, Passive Fire Protection (PFP) as well as Thermal Insulation (Vikotherm R2, S1 and P7). Elastopipe is the first corrosion-free…

Airborne TCP FMECA for Libra

May 16, 2016

The Libra consortium has invited Airborne Oil & Gas to perform a failure mode, effect and criticality assessment (FMECA) for a TCP (thermoplastic composite pipe) Riser that could be used at the giant Libra field offshore Brazil. The request…

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