Lady Sponsor Gretchen H. Watkins, COO at Maersk Oil, has named Maersk Drilling’s newest jackup, the Maersk Highlander, at a ceremony at Invergordon, Scotland. Image of Watkins, from Maersk. Maersk…
Sparrows Group and SPIE Oil & Gas Services have entered into a global agreement to work in collaboration to support the energy sector. The deal will see the companies work together to initially deliver their collective service offering…
Utility ROV Services (URS), has unveiled two new custom ROV (remotely operated vehicle) systems at their base in Glenrothes, Scotland demonstrating a US$7.8 million (£6 million) investment in the company. As a result of the additional capacity the extra systems will provide…
GE Oil & Gas subsidiary, PT. VetcoGray Indonesia, has been awarded a field decommissioning contract with Premier Oil Indonesia, to support the shut-down of four subsea wells in the Anoa field, offshore Indonesia. The deal will see GE…
Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Holdings Berhad (MHB) subsidiary Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering (MMHE), and Eastern Pacific Industrial Corp. Berhad (EPIC) have formed the joint venture MMHE EPIC Marine & Services to provide repair services of marine vessels…
Siccar Point Energy, a joint venture owned by Blue Water Energy and funds managed by Blackstone Energy Partners, has acquired 8.9% interest in the Greater Mariner Area from JX Nippon E&P UK. The Mariner Field, the centerpiece of the Greater Mariner Area…
Kuala Lumpur's Mitra Energy acquired 30% interest in two blocks, Block 05-1B and Block 05-1C offshore Vietnam, from Inpex subsidiary Teikoku Oil in a US$14.3 million deal. Image from Inpex. Block 05-1…
Total E&P Services awarded Emerson a 10-year contract to provide control and safety system maintenance services that will support Total’s global upstream oil and gas operations. The 10-year frame agreement is part of Total’s Integrated Control and Safety Systems standardization strategy…
Det norske has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) to use the Maersk Interceptor jackup to drill production wells at Ivar Aasen. Ivar Aasen is an oil and gas field in the North Sea, around 175km west-southwest of Karmøy in Rogaland county…
Semco Maritime is conducting a heavy lift for the 147-room complete hotel module on board the Maersk Guardian to finalize a major conversion of the upcoming hotel rig. Image of the Maersk Guardian…
Italian giant Eni has gained operatorship of frontier exploration licence (FEL) 3/04 in the southern Porcupine Basin after supermajor ExxonMobil elected to withdraw from the license, according to partner Providence Resources. Following ExxonMobil’s withdraw…
Russia’s Lukoil is moving the jackets for the offshore ice-resistant stationary platform #2 from the port of Astrakhan to the Filanovsky field in the Caspian Sea. The platform is intended for drilling and operation of wells within the second stage of field development…
PJ Valves (PJV), a valves manufacturer and supplier, has been awarded more than US$1.3 million (£1 million) worth of contracts to supply over 1000 valves to Maersk Oil’s Culzean field in the UK North Sea. PJV will manufacture forged…
Gloucestershire-based Arc Energy Resources, the weld overlay cladding and fabrication company, has acquired precision machining company CLG Engineering, based in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Arc Energy Resources provides corrosion-resistant weld overlay cladding services…
InterMoor's Brazilian subsidiary successfully completed its involvement in the decommissioning operations of the OSX-1 FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading). InterMoor was responsible for the disconnection of the submerged turret production system (STP)…