Offshore aluminium support system provider Alphastrut has been awarded a six figure contract with Det norske to provide raised access flooring on the Ivar Aasen Northern North Sea development. The Alphastrut system will cover a total…
EMAS AMC's subsea division EMAS has secured a subsea construction contract for its newbuild flagship vessel with Apache Energy in Australia valued worth more than AUZ$130 million (approximately US$105 million). The work scope includes project management…
Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd. secured two contracts worth a total of approximately US$48.7 million. The first contract was awarded by Dubai-based Seaways International Pte Ltd. to build a multi-task anchor handling tug (AHT) vessel suitable for an array of offshore activities…
McDermott International received authorization from the Central Administration of Customs in Mexico to operate its Altamira fabrication facility near Tampico, Mexico, as a free trade zone. The Altamira fabrication yard…
The Statoil-operated, NOK 22.6 billion Valemon high-pressure, high-temperature, gas and condensate development in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea started first production yesterday (3 January). The Valemon field, containing an estimated 192 MMboe recoverable reserves…
The pressure is on to find economically viable ways to develop marginal fields, in the UK North Sea and further afield. Ben Smith and Ed Randall look at the challenges and options. More and more emphasis is being placed by operators and…
As ROVs are given tasks in more and more challenging environments, there has been a call for the industry to develop a classification system. Meg Chesshyre reports. Saipem’s Innovator ROV. Image from Saipem…
The year is 1975. OE's first cover. Jaws, The Godfather 2, Young Frankenstein, and Tommy are playing at movie theatres. Glen Campbell, David Bowie, and The Captain & Tennille are dominating the radio waves with Rhinestone Cowboy…
GlobalData’s Adrian Lara sheds light on the kinds of deepwater projects expected to advance while the price of oil continues to fall. Engineers from Jumbo Maritime deliver 25 MOF caissons for the…
Golar LNG awarded Keppel Shipyard a US$705 million contract for the conversion of a second Moss liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier, the GIMI, into a floating liquefaction vessel (FLNGV) for Golar’s subsidiary Golar Gimi. Image of Keppel Shipyard…
Ithaca Energy has appointed Roy Buchan as its Chief Operations Officer, starting 5 January 2015, and announced that Chief Development Officer John Woods is to leave the company on 31 January. The move comes as Ithaca nears first production…
EXMAR is ordering its second floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit from China’s Wison Offshore & Marine. Wison's yard. From Wison. Wison will be responsible for the turnkey engineering…
Schlumberger Oilfield UK has been awarded the contract to provide integrated drilling and well services on the Statoil-operated Mariner heavy oil development in the UK North Sea. Mariner is the largest field development on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) in more than a decade…
Nexans has provided to BP the first delivery in what will be the world's largest and most complex direct electrical heating (DEH) system to date, says supplier Nexans. The French firm is supplying a comprehensive subsea DEH system solution…
Singapore-based offshore construction and support services firm Swiber Holdings has made its first foray into the offshore oil and gas market in West Africa. The firm has secured an award from a Houston-based oil and gas company to provide engineering…
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