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OTC14: Baker Hughes launches Harpoon spear

May 05, 2014

Baker Hughes has announced the commercial release of the Harpoon cut and pull spear, designed for casing removal during plug and abandonment (P&A) and slot recovery operations. The Harpoon spear can be set and reset several times and enables multiple cut and pull attempts in a single trip…

OTC14: Oerlikon Fairfield debuts jacking drives

May 05, 2014

Oerlikon Fairfield will market two new jacking drives, its S1500 and its S500, at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) May 5-8 at Reliant Park in Houston, Texas. With the addition of these two models, Oerlikon Fairfield now has a…

OTC14: Sondhi joins Foundocean

May 05, 2014

FoundOcean announced that offshore structures expert Naval Sondhi recently joined the company to lead its strengthening, modification, and repair (SMR) design services division. Jim Bell, FoundOcean's Managing Director said: 'Naval’s…

OTC14: SSP shows off offshore logistics base

May 05, 2014

SSP Offshore Inc. will showcase its offshore logistics base, the SSP HUB, at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston on May 5-8. Earlier this year, Bristow Group, an offshore helicopter service provider, signed an agreement with SSP Offshore Inc…

BorWin beta topsides installed, German North Sea

May 03, 2014

OVERDICK announced that the BorWin beta topsides has been successfully installed in the German sector of the North Sea, about 53nm NNW of the island of Borkum. The step marks the completion of the most critical phase in the offshore campaign…

Noble to drill Hagar Qim off Malta

May 03, 2014

Phoenicia Energy Co. Ltd.  informed Mediterranean Oil & Gas plc (MOG) that the Noble Paul Romano deepwater semisubmersible is moored in Valletta Harbor and is undergoing final inspection and acceptance tests before it begins drilling the Hagar Qim-1 wildcat in Block 7 of Area 4 offshore Malta…

FMC breaks ground on new facility

May 02, 2014

FMC Technologies Inc. announced that it has broken ground on a new campus at Generation Park, located on the northeast corner of the Sam Houston Tollway in Houston, Texas. Within the next 10 years, the company's goal is to consolidate…

Exxon E&P Malaysia completes topside install on Tapis

May 02, 2014

ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc. has successfully installed the topsides of Tapis R offshore platform at the Tapis field off Terengganu, Malaysia. Tapis R— one of the largest offshore platform in Southeast Asia—is a part of the US$3…

North Sea activity slows

May 02, 2014

Poor weather and high costs have impacted Q1 exploration and appraisal drilling activity on the UK Continental Shelf, according to a report by Deloitte.  The report, which details activity across North West Europe during Q1, was compiled by Deloitte’s Petroleum Services Group (PSG)…

BW seals Catcher FPSO deal

May 02, 2014

BW Offshore has signed the contract with Premier Oil for the provision of a floating production, storage and offloading vessel to operate on the Catcher oil field in the UK North Sea.  The firm charter period of the contract is seven years…

Ultrasonic flow meter JIP launched

May 02, 2014

Accurate measurement of the output of wet gas fields is an important means of reducing the financial risks that exploration and production (E&P) companies face in sales gas allocation. Ultrasonic flow meter technology is proven for dry…

Deepwater buoyancy consortium launched

May 02, 2014

The UK Materials Technology Institute (MATRI), a Pera Technology company is part of a consortium of nine companies from across Europe that have announced their involvement in a European funded research project called CeraSphere.  The…

Aquatic marks 40th birthday

May 02, 2014

Aquatic Engineering and Construction, an Acteon company, celebrated its 40-year anniversary of operating in the North Sea with a celebratory event held onboard the Gulden Leeuw, a three-masted tall ship, moored in Aberdeen Harbour on 24 April…

Ocean Installer wins 1st GOM job

May 02, 2014

Ocean Installer has been awarded its first subsea installation job in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). The work will be on a large deepwater producing field, in more than 1800m water depth, and involves installting and testing umbilicals and associated equipment…

UTEC boosts AUV fleet

May 02, 2014

UTEC Survey has advanced its service offering by doubling its AUV fleet to 4 vehicles in response to increasing demand for its highly regarded AUV services, the company reports as it prepares to head to OTC (Houston). The firm now operates a fleet of four…

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