Swedish polymer and syntactic foam specialist Trelleborg Offshore officially opens its new facility in Brazil next month. It will manufacture the company’s complete product portfolio, including polymer-based solutions for topside and subsea application…
Norwegian multiphase meter manufacturer MPM has opened a new hyperbaric facility at its Forus, Stavanger, plant that will enable it to test its subsea systems for 4000m water depth rating. The company, which started up in 2003 and notched up revenues of NKr230 million last year…
Two complete ROV moonpool handling systems are to be delivered by Norwegian specialist Rapp Hydema for Ezra Marine Service’s newbuild vessel Constellation. The new-generation systems are designed for work class ROV operations down to 4000m.…
The recent run of success at Denmark’s Viking Life-Saving Equipment continues, with the privately owned, Esbjerg-based company insisting it’s all down to ‘solid growth in a market that can be as turbulent as the seas for which its products are designed’ – the offshore industry…
Ocean Riser Systems has joined forces with Enhanced Drilling Solutions, a division of AGR Group, to form AGR EDS-ORS. The move follows AGR’s agreement to purchase the entire shareholding in ORS, subject to financing and board approvals. The transaction was expected to complete in late August…
Aker Solutions has acquired two Norwegian companies, Subsea House and SSH Engineering, from Subsea Holding. The deal, due to complete in 3Q 2012, includes a subsea test facility for subsea products, systems and tools.
Drill rig manufacturer Integrated Drilling Equipment (IDE) has acquired drilling control and automation specialist S&P Drives Automation Controls and rebranded it International Electric Company Automation & Controls. IDE chief executive Steve…
Oil & gas IT solutions provider Merrick has established a wholly owned subsidiary in Oslo, branded Merrick Norway.
Oil and gas field developments up to 2017 in the dynamic Norwegian, Barents and Baltic Sea areas are captured in a new mapping product from Infield Systems. To be launched with free distribution from the Infield stand (J-1060) during Stavanger’s ONS show 28-31 August…
Allan Browne and Donald Ballantyne have been appointed BDMs at Paradigm Flow Services, Browne focusing on the subsea sector and Ballantyne on topsides technologies. Browne was GM of Halliburton’s SureStream pipeline flow assurance…
Allister Langlands will step up to chairman of Wood Group and Bob Keiller will replace him as CEO when longserving chairman Sir Ian Wood retires in November. Langlands joined the group in 1991, initially as financial director, then deputy CEO before succeeding Sir Ian as chief executive in 2007…
Bill Walkingshaw has been appointed GM of Aberdeen-based QTEC International. He joins the company, which provides fluid-handling and containment services on drilling installations, from TWMA.
David Stephen has been appointed GM Europe-Africa for Positioneering, an Aberdeen startup company providing GNSS-based positioning services for the offshore market. He joins from Specialist Subsea Services where he was GM of the Caledonian-Geotech division…
John Shaw has been appointed MD of subsea connector specialist First Subsea. He joined the company in 2011 as global operations director, having previously headed up the engineered products group at Trelleborg Offshore.
Martin Grant, CEO of Atkins’ energy business, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in recognition of his ‘outstanding contribution to the energy sector’.