ALE is approaching the final stages of its load-out operations for the Upper Zakum 750 Island Surface Facilities (UZ750) Project, based 84km offshore, northwest of Abu Dhabi, UAE. The heavy lifting contractor secured the scope to deliver almost 100 different modules to the north…
Noble Corp. and Shell have entered a deal to amend contracts for three ultra deepwater drillships, due to today's challenging environment, that will prove to be beneficial for both companies. Image of the Globetrotter I…
SeaBird Exploration has signed an agreement for the Northern Explorer vessel for an upcoming 2D seismic survey in South America. The project is anticipated to commence in late December 2016 and will have a duration of approximately 45 days.
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) has extended the licenses for Blocks 48/22b and 48/23a in the Southern North Sea (SNS) containing the Blythe gas discovery (P1736) until 31 December 2017, following discussions with the UK Oil & Gas Authority…
Zilift, a developer of permanent magnet technologies for innovative artificial lift applications for the energy sector, has successfully achieved the installation, operation and retrieval of a slim-line cable deployed electrical submersible pump (ESP)…
Global Marine Systems secured a contract from Tampnet. The contract is designed to further enhance inter oil-field communication networks in the North Sea. Work will be undertaken in 2018 by one of the company’s key installation vessels…
Mitra Energy has changed its name to Jadestone Energy, effective immediately. 'We are moving in a new direction and we want to be defined by our actions in the years ahead rather than by the past,” said Paul Blakeley, executive chairman…
Novenco has signed a contract with Singaporean contractor SMOP for delivery of all HVAC Equipment related to in-line installation for the Culzean gas field in the UK sector. The deliveries include dampers, sound attenuators, cabin units/extract-supply devices…
Offshore marine and engineering consultancy Aqualis Offshore has been contracted by A2SEA to perform engineering consultancy services for its offshore wind farm installation work at the Horns Rev 3 wind farm offshore Denmark. Aqualis…
Aker Solutions completed the acquisition of 70% of Brazilian CSE Mecânica e Instrumentação Ltda. The agreement includes an option for Aker Solutions to purchase the remaining 30% of the company three years from now. The acquisition…
CGG has delivered the near real-time imaging results for a 4200sq km BroadSeis 3D marine seismic survey acquired offshore Morocco. CGG delivered the very fast-track (VFT) RTM PSDM volume to the client only 4 days after the last shot. The crew of the CGG Geo Caspian worked in a safe…
Wood Group and Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for joint efforts to offer wellhead platform development, from design to installation, hook-up and commissioning, to clients on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS)…
Shareholders of both US-based underwater tech firm FMC Technologies and French engineering house Technip have voted to approve the proposed business combination of the two companies, the firms announced today (5 December). The merger was announced back in May…
Fugro has decided to no longer pursue the divestment of its subsea services business in Asia Pacific to Shelf Subsea. On 4 August 2016, Fugro announced that it had signed an agreement for the sale of its subsea services business in Asia Pacific to Shelf Subsea…
Offshore Wind Consultants Ltd. (OWC) has been appointed by a Taiwanese renewables company to provide consultancy services related to wind turbine installation vessels and their suitability for different wind turbines and site locations offshore Taiwan…