Saipem has been awarded new offshore engineering and construction contracts in the Gulf of Mexico, for a total amount of approximately US$750 million. Pemex has awarded Saipem an engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract for the development of the Lakach field…
OceanWorks International delivered a subsea dispersant fluid system (SDFS) to Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC). The system will be an integral part of the emergency response tool kit for a well control incident in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico…
OceanWorks International has taken delivery of its third node pod from CSnet for refurbishment and upgrade. CSnet's OCB subsea infrastructure, including five seafloor nodes that form the existing seafloor observatory portion of the system…
Noble Energy will resume exploratory drilling in the Falkland Islands next year after acquiring and reviewing extensive 3D seismic of its 10 million acre-position. In late February 2014, London-based joint venture partner Falkland Oil…
Dana Gas Egypt signed a gas production enhancement agreement (GPEA) with the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Co. (EGAS) and the Egyptian General Petroleum Co. (EGPC). According to the agreement, announced 30 September, Dana Gas will begin a 7-year program in the next few months…
Kongsberg Maritime’s Hugin autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) will provide offshore operation services to several survey providers including DOF Subsea of Norway, Fugro Geoservices of Lafayette US, Northwest Maritime of Norway and AXA Engehnaria Submarina of Brazil…
New York-based NEAH Global Energy Solutions (GES) USA Inc. announced its intention to acquire English maritime security specialist Graspan Frankton Maritime Ltd. Graspan Frankton is based in Newcastle upon Tyne and offers maritime security courses and services…
Singapore’s Swissco completed the acquisition of four additional mobile offshore drilling units, bringing their rig fleet to eight. Swissco’s previous four rigs have contracts for an oil major in Latin America worth approximately US$94…
Murphy Oil Corp. entered into an agreement with PT Pertamina Malaysia Eksplorasi Produksi to sell 30% of Murphy's Malaysian oil and gas assets in a US$2 billion all-cash deal. The contract will take place in two phases: the first phase…
ABB’s Measurement Products’ laboratory in Germany received accreditation for independent testing and calibration of gas analyzers. The German Accreditation Service (DAkkS) awarded the accreditation. ABB’s laboratory in Frankfurt Praunheim…
BP Egypt today (1 October) announced the start of drilling the Atoll-1 well offshore Egypt. The deepwater exploration well is the second exploration well in the North Demietta Offshore concession after the Salamat-1 significant discovery announced by BP in 2013…
The fifth biennial Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Russian Oil and Gas (ROG) Exploration and Production Technical Conference and Exhibition is set to focus on sustaining production levels by challenging the limits with technology. This year’s conference…
Norwegian exploration and production firm Noreco is facing uncertainty after its chairman resigned with immediate effect as the firm deals with significant write-downs on reserves at key production assets. Noreco says, according to updated reservoir modeling by operator Dong Energy…
UK-based engineering and project management firm Atkins has acquired Houston-based Houston Offshore Engineering (HOE) for US$73 million (approximately £45 million). HOE has specialist experience in the design of offshore deepwater floating…
According to a study published this month by US-based research and marketing company Markets and Markets, the maritime security industry will be worth around US$20 billion by 2019. The major drivers behind the exponential increase of…
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