Members of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) with vessels active in US waters, together with their clients, have expressed serious concern over the hasty proposals by the Customs and Border Protection agency to revoke…
Deep Sea Supply has been awarded extensions of the time charter contracts for the PSVs Sea Flyer and Sea Forth, in addition to a six month (plus options) contract award for the PSV Sea Tantalus for operations in the UK Continental Shelf for Apache North Sea…
Subsea 7 has taken delivery of the Seven Arctic and Seven Kestrel, successfully completing a substantial and targeted fleet investment program that has added six newbuild vessels to the Subsea 7 fleet since 2014. Image of the Seven Kestrel…
Dolphin Drilling has agreed to an extension of its current contract with Chevron North Sea for the semisubmersible Blackford Dolphin in a US$2.6 million deal. The extension covers ongoing operations with Chevron beyond early February…
The floating production systems market remains challenging. Will cost-cutting measures made over the past two years help projects reach final investment decision in 2017? Infield’s Catarina Podevyn assesses the market. Johan Castberg…
Norway’s deepest yet oilfield development is bringing a string of firsts to the Norwegian Continental Shelf, not least when it comes to the field’s flowlines. Elaine Maslin reports. BuBi pipe fabrication at Vigra…
Using expertise developed for the oil and gas industry, Seaproof Solutions has carved out a market in offshore wind. Seaproof’s J-tube interface. Images from Seaproof Solutions. In a short period of time…
DOF subsidiary Norskan Offshore has secured three contracts with Brazilian giant Petrobras. The first, is a one plus one year contract for the Skandi Botafogo, which is set to start 15 February. Skandi Botafogo is an anchor handling tug supply vessel…
Aker BP has received consent from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to remove the emergency response vessel at the Alvheim field. Aker BP wants the Alvheim field to be included in the area contingency planning for the Sleipner-Utsira area…
Statoil has received consent from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to use the Songa Encourage mobile drilling facilityfor well activities at Norne, Norne satellites, and Alve in the Norwegian Sea. Statoil is the operator of the Norne field in the Norwegian Sea…
International compressor supplier Tamrotor Marine Compressors (TMC) has been awarded a contract by Sembcorp Marine to supply compressed air systems to the new build Heerema Sleipnir crane vessel. The scope of work includes manufacturing…
GE Energy Connections has been chosen to supply its MV7Series 5 Level (MV7-5L) drive, which will sit topside on a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for the Greater Enfield project. Located 60km off Exmouth in Western Australia…
Global science-based technology company, 3M has completed a global oil and gas industry first by deploying its Ceramic Sand Screens using a light well intervention vessel instead of a full rig. The North Sea contract was the first time…
Ulstein Verft has signed a contract to build a DP2 (dynamic positioning) construction support vessel (CSV) for the Netherlands based Acta Marine. The vessel is primarily aimed at the offshore wind market and carries the SX195 design from Ulstein Design & Solutions…
After jackup vessel Seajacks Scylla’s first successful assignment on phase 1 of the Veja Mate Offshore Windpark project, the vessel upgraded its mooring system at the Rotterdam Offshore Group (ROG) terminal in the Waalhaven. ROG worked…
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