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PJ Valves awarded Culzean contract

Aug 04, 2016

PJ Valves (PJV), a valves manufacturer and supplier, has been awarded more than US$1.3 million (£1 million) worth of contracts to supply over 1000 valves to Maersk Oil’s Culzean field in the UK North Sea.  PJV will manufacture forged…

InterMoor completes Brazil FPSO decom job

Aug 03, 2016

InterMoor's Brazilian subsidiary successfully completed its involvement in the decommissioning operations of the OSX-1 FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading). InterMoor was responsible for the disconnection of the submerged turret production system (STP)…

Boldman develops mobile ballistic test cell

Aug 03, 2016

Modular aluminum profile manufacturer Boldman has developed a mobile ballistic test cell to help increase efficiency and reduce costs in oil and gas industry testing.  The cell uses a lot of the innovations that are used in Boldman’s existing large fixed cells…

Osbit delivers Siem Helix 1 equipment

Aug 01, 2016

Osbit has successfully completed and loaded out US$3.96 million (£3 million) worth of well intervention equipment to Helix Energy Solutions, for installation in Schiedam on Helix’s chartered Siem Helix 1 vessel.  The multi-million dollar…

Seeing in the deep

Aug 01, 2016

Assessing the condition of pipelines, especially as they get older, is an increasing task. John Sheehan surveys potential solutions. Tracerco’s Discovery tool. Image from Tracerco.  The…

Getting smarter

Aug 01, 2016

Could we on the verge of embracing the industry 2.0 era? Intelligent energy, or the digital oilfield, is set to be discussed in Aberdeen next month. We take a dip into the debate. Image from iStock…

Changing the game

Aug 01, 2016

In advance of OE’s 2016 Deepwater Intervention Forum, held in Galveston, Texas, Audrey Leon discusses the next game-changing technologies with the forum’s board members. The Helix Well Enhancer…

Morgan Advanced Materials adds Hafnium offering

Jul 25, 2016

Morgan Advanced Materials, a materials engineering company, has added Hafnium Oxide (HfO) to its portfolio of advanced materials for the oil and gas sector as it aims to expand its market offering in line with evolving market demands. The material…

FET opens Houston Syntech plant

Jul 25, 2016

Forum Energy Technologies (FET) has opened a new plant near Houston expanding its syntactic foam manufacturing capabilities. The six-acre facility in Bryan, Texas, brings Forum’s Syntech product line closer to clients in the oil and gas industry and has the capacity to support future growth…

ROS releases new ROV products

Jul 19, 2016

Remote Ocean Systems (ROS) has released three new products for ROVs, research, and oil and gas. The L350 Full Range Dimming LED is an underwater LED floodlight that allows full range dimming up to 7500 Lumen. Designed with the offshore operator in mind…

AFGlobal to acquire MHWirth subsidiary

Jul 15, 2016

Houston-based AFGlobal Corp. has agreed to acquire Managed Pressure Operations (MPO), a subsidiary of MHWirth. The resulting combination of companies will offer technologies covering both onshore and offshore applications, including deepwater managed pressure drilling (MPD)…

OneSubsea wins Woodside supply

Jul 14, 2016

OneSubsea has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract totaling approximately US$300 million from Woodside Energy. OneSubsea will supply a subsea production system and a dual multiphase boosting system for the Greater Enfield Project…

FORESEA to fund ocean energy testing

Jul 14, 2016

The US$12 million (€11 million) FORESEA project is bringing together European ocean energy test facilities to help demonstration of tidal, wave and offshore wind energy technologies in real-sea conditions. The project is funded by the Interreg NWE (North-West Europe) program…

Centrica exec to lead new technology organization

Jul 14, 2016

Senior Centrica Energy executive and former ConocoPhillips executive Colette Cohen is to lead Aberdeen's new Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC). The organization, backed by industry stalwart Sir Ian Wood's Wood Foundation, is setting…

Trelleborg inks BorWin3 floatover installation

Jul 06, 2016

Trelleborg’s engineered products operation has been awarded a contract by Petrofac for its first floatover installation of an offshore converter platform - BorWin3 wind farm project. BorWin3 topside illustration…

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