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HHI, Saudi Aramco ink MOU

Nov 12, 2015

Saudi Aramco and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) have signed a general memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly collaborate on business development opportunities in Saudi Arabia. The MoU lays out a comprehensive, multi-faceted business cooperation framework in areas such as engineering…

Premier inks Subsea 7 frame agreement

Nov 11, 2015

Subsea 7 has signed a long-term partnership frame agreement with Premier Oil to provide concept engineering, front-end engineering and design, subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines project execution and life of field operations, on a preferred supplier basis…

Ceragon, Statoil sign communications agreement

Nov 10, 2015

Ceragon Networks announced that Statoil, has formally awarded Ceragon Networks a five-year frame agreement, with an option to extend for five consecutive two-year periods. Most recently, Statoil has placed orders for Ceragon's IP-20 platform…

Husky marks Indonesian milestone

Nov 10, 2015

Husky Energy has installed the jacket and wellhead platform for the Madura Strait BD gas-condensate field development, offshore Indonesia. Development drilling is expected to started soon, at the 55m water depth site, and the project remains on target for first production in 2017…

LR Energy releases Axxim solution

Nov 09, 2015

Oil and gas decision-makers are coming under increasing pressure to reduce asset downtime, according to new research. Commissioned by Lloyd’s Register Energy, the research polled 80 senior decision-makers in the oil and gas industry in October 2015…

Ashtead secures glider agreement

Nov 06, 2015

Image from Ashtead Technology. Ashtead Technology has secured a global asset management agreement with Blue Ocean Monitoring to store, maintain and supply underwater gliders for ocean data monitoring…

HFG focuses on new-tech, hi-tech at new center

Nov 06, 2015

Dutch engineering and fabrication firm Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) has opened its new Heerema Innovation Center, where it plans to develop next-generation welding robots, and use latest gaming and data processing technology.  The center is cloes to HFG's Zwijndrecht headquarters…

DNV GL releases offshore fiber rope RP

Nov 05, 2015

The results of two DNV GL led joint industry projects (JIPs) and a JIP pre-study commissioned by Statoil are now captured in a new Recommended Practice (RP) on offshore fiber ropes. With a system perspective on mooring performance, DNVGL…

Edvard Grieg green light to start-up

Nov 05, 2015

Lundin is on track to start up tohe Edward Grieg field this month after Norway's Petroleum Safety have the firm the green light for start-up and operation. The Edvard Grieg field is 35km of the Grane and Balder fields in 110m water depth…

Pilenko: Technip saw downturn coming

Nov 03, 2015

Technip CEO Thierry Pilenko. Photo from Technip. “We are in an environment where something was broken.” It’s a harsh summary but one few would dispute. Nor would many now…

Goliat FPSO mooring lines installed

Nov 03, 2015

Image: Eni Goliat illustration overview/Eni Lankhorst Ropes Offshore has overseen the installation of the mooring ropes for the Goliat FPSO (floating production storage and offloading) for Eni Norge…

Farstad gets GoM subsea contract

Nov 03, 2015

Image: Far Sentinel/Farstad Shipping Farstad Shipping has been awarded a three-year contract with up to three years options for CSV Far Sentinel by Subtec de C.V. for delivery of light construction work…

Cyberhawk ROAV inspects FPSO

Nov 02, 2015

Cyberhawk Innovations completed its first ROAV inspection of a cargo oil tank on an operational floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel.  The inspection took place on board the Gryphon FPSO, owned and operated by Maersk Oil in the UK North Sea…

Malampaya fuels the Philippines

Nov 01, 2015

Audrey Raj explains how an old deepwater field such as Malampaya continues to power the Philippines and benefit its economy. In early 2015, the Malampaya Phase 3 depletion compression platform was towed from its fabrication site in Subic Bay…

Bilfinger, Maersk Oil sign maintenance contract

Oct 30, 2015

Following a period of competitive tender, industrial services company Bilfinger Salamis UK has been awarded a contract for the provision of fabric maintenance and associated services by Maersk Oil North Sea (Maersk Oil).   Image…

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