Petrofac has been awarded an engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPIC) contract by Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) for Satah Al Razboot (SARB) package 3 project, offshore Abu Dhabi.The US$500 million competitively…
Statoil has farmed down a 25% working interest in its operated exploration licence offshore Mozambique to Japanese based INPEX Mozambique, a wholly owned subsidiary of INPEX Corp.The licence, which consists of two blocks, under one licence agreement…
Aberdeen-based XPD8 Solutions has reported a strong start to 2013 after its condition monitoring team secured work worth more than £2 million and announced plans to expand its workforce.The company, which specialises in the management of maintenance systems for oil and gas producing assets…
Irish media have reported that Exxon Mobil was due to start exploration drilling offshore the country's coast this weekend.Eirik Raude (Image: Ocean Rig)The Irish Examiner said the $140m drilling programme was due to start today (Saturday) with daily rates at an estimated $1million…
Fallon to replace outgoing minister John Hayes Michael Fallon MP (Image: DECC)The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change appointed Michael Fallon its new energy minister replacing outgoing minister John Hayes, who will now serve as Minister of State without portfolio in the Cabinet office…
Premier Oil plc awarded Bond Offshore Helicopters Ltd a new contract to provide crew change flights.S-92 model (Image: Sikorsky)The contract is for three years with options to extend. Services began on March 4 with Bond's new Sikorsky S-92 aircraft…
SPIE Oil & Gas Services has announced the signing of a Joint Development Agreement with PetroSkills LLC.This agreement will allow SPIE Oil & Gas Services to enhance its worldwide competency development programs.PetroSkills LLC a worldwide training and development company has over 280 instructors…
IHC Winches, part of IHC Merwede, has officially presented its 50-tonne fibre rope traction winch, known as IDsis, to the Dutch and Belgian offshore markets. The presentation on 20 March was attended by a large group of lifting specialists,…
A year after taking delivery of its last Bourbon Liberty 200 vessel and 1st Bourbon Liberty 300 vessel, Bourbon has extended its range of services with the Bourbon Liberty 151, the very first vessel in a series of 15 next generation PSVs.PSV…
Subsea engineering firm Jee opened its first London office in January. The new location is part of the company’s strategy to create 150 jobs in the UK over the next four years. “The new location will allow us to better serve existing clients…
Aker Solutions acquired Aberdeen-based well control equipment firm Enovate Systems for an undisclosed amount. Aker plans to develop Enovate as an independent supplier of components and products that can be used for open water workover, riser workover…
In January, Spain’s Repsol announced a partnership with Netherlands-based Tocardo International, a tidal and freeflow water turbine producer, to develop offshore tidal energy. With backing from Repsol’s New Energy Ventures business, Tocardo aims to enhance its offshore engineering capabilities…
Aberdeen-based subsea marine equipment rental firm Seatronics, an Acteon company, completed the startup phase of its new facility in Macaé, Rio de Janeiro. The center will serve as an office, workshop and warehouse facility for sales, rental…
Statoil contracted Heerema Fabrication Group’s Vlissingen yard for the engineering, procurement, and construction of a fixed jacket and pre-drilling module for the Dagny field development in the central North Sea. The 16,000-ton jacket will be the largest launch jacket built at the yard.
Shell has awarded Subsea 7 a US $135 million contract for work on its Fram oil and gas development located 220km east of Aberdeen, Scotland. Subsea 7 will handle the engineering, procurement, fabrication, and installation of a4.5 km in-field pipeline bundle measuring 44in in diameter…
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