Subsea News

 

ConocoPhillips hits gas at Pharos-1

Jul 17, 2014

ConocoPhillips encountered a hydrocarbon pay in the Browse basin, off Western Australia, according to partner Karoon Gas. Karoon said the Pharos-1 well, in permit WA-398-P, showed a 53m gross interval, with a 34m net pay interpreted in the gas charged Montara formation sandstone reservoir…

Harkand secures Nexen UK contract

Jul 17, 2014

Subsea inspection, repair and maintenance and light construction firm Harkand has won Nexen Petroleum UK’s 2014 ROVSV inspection services work along with a longer term frame agreement. The inspection scope covers the Buzzard, Scott, Telford…

UMG secures Blue Water Energy investment

Jul 16, 2014

United Arab Emirates-based subsea and offshore solution firm Unique Maritime Group (UMG) has secured investment from London-based private equity investor Blue Water Energy. The new partnership will allow UMG to accelerate its growth plans through additions to its rental fleet…

ERP aims to fuel Houston’s energy industry

Jul 15, 2014

Since the acquisition of the property from Schlumberger in 2008, University of Houston’s Energy Research Park (ERP) has been a central hub for rapid development in academia, industry, and entrepreneurship. One of the ERP’s most notable…

GE Wellstream continues FES relationship

Jul 15, 2014

FES International won a contract to supply 12 Diverless Bend Stiffener Connectors (DBSCs) to contractor GE Wellstream. FES International has supplied DBSCs to GE Wellstream for more than a decade. The product enables the quick, efficient…

James Fisher, KDM launch joint venture

Jul 15, 2014

James Fisher announced it has formed a new venture with Aberdeen-based company KDM Marine, called  James Fisher Mass Flow Excavation (JFMFE), to jointly offer their subsea excavation capability and resources to the offshore industry in a single entity…

MacArtney teams with Meyah Ich Ha for offshore Mexico

Jul 14, 2014

Denmark's MacArtney Underwater Technology Group announced a representative agreement with the Mexican ROV and subsea service company, Meyah Ich Ha, which is set to administer the promotion and sales of MacArtney systems and products within the Mexican part of the GOM region…

Trelleborg exhibits subsea solutions at ONS

Jul 14, 2014

Trelleborg’s subsea solutions, including its recently re-branded portfolio of thermal insulation materials and subsea seals, will be on display at the 2014 ONS Exhibition and Conference in Stavanger, Norway. Trelleborg Sealing Solutions…

EFC Group names managing director

Jul 14, 2014

Houston-based EFC Group appointed Anand Puthran as its managing director, a newly created role for the company. Puthran joins EFC Group with more than 15 years of experience working in the oil and gas industry in managerial positions…

DeepFlex new Florida facility

Jul 11, 2014

DeepFlex has signed an agreement with Offshore Inland Marine & Services, Inc. (OIMO) to set up a new unbonded flexible pipe manufacturing and qualification testing facility in the Port of Pensacola, Florida. The industrial complex will have direct access to the existing deep water quayside…

Ezra merges EMAS into EOC

Jul 11, 2014

Ezra Holdings has revealed plans to consolidate its offshore support services division, EMAS Marine, into its associated company, Olso Børs-listed EOC Limited. Once complete, the enlarged EOC Group would be one of the largest offshore support operators in Asia Pacific by asset value…

Energy consortium project marks first step

Jul 10, 2014

An energy industry consortium set up to tackle the key challenge of enhancing oil recovery from reservoirs has started its mission by holding a kick off meeting to execute its plan of action. The €3.9 million project named OPTION – Optimizing…

Ulstein delivers subsea vessel to Island Offshore

Jul 08, 2014

The Ulstein Verft shipyard announced that the newly built Island Performer was delivered today to ship owner, Island Offshore. The flexible, state-of-the-art RLWI/IMR vessel will serve its first five years for FTO in the Gulf of Mexico. “The…

Claxton completes rigless removal of stuck BHA

Jul 07, 2014

Claxton Engineering Services Ltd., an Acteon company, has completed the first rigless removal of a stuck bottom hole assembly (BHA). The work was completed during a slot recovery operation using an innovative approach at Maersk’s Tyra East field in the Danish sector of the North Sea…

4Subsea gets Viking investment

Jul 07, 2014

Norwegian private equity firm Viking Venture has acquired 40% of the shares in Norway-based 4Subsea. 4Subsea specializes in providing monitoring solutions, software, and expert services for flexible risers, as well as well intervention and wellhead systems…

Current News

Cadeler’s WTIV Newbuild Arrives to Rotterdam Ahead of Maiden Job

Cadeler’s WTIV Newbuild Arrive

LR and SHI Join Forces for Green Ammonia FPSO System

LR and SHI Join Forces for Gre

BP, Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies Pledge $500M to Boost Energy Access

BP, Equinor, Shell and TotalEn

Seatrium Delivers Fifth Jack-Up to Borr Drilling

Seatrium Delivers Fifth Jack-U

Subscribe for OE Digital E‑News

Offshore Engineer Magazine