Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) entered into a US$2.5 million data licensing agreement with an oil company for the provision of 3D EM data related to the 23rd licensing round in the Barents Sea. EMGS's multi-client data library in Norway now covers 44…
Shell has its sights set for Arctic exploration this year by spending US$1 billion, after being absent since 2012. Ben Van Beurden. From Shell. The supermajor announced in its 4Q 2014…
EMAS AMC's flagship ice-classed, DP3 multi-lay construction vessel Lewek Constellation is on track to turn fully operational by March 2015. The vessel, which has heavy lift capabilities, has already secured a backlog of nearly US$0.5 billion…
GE has launched GE Marine, a new organization focusing on the merchant, offshore and naval industries, to be led by Tim Schweikert, VP, GE Marine. This new organization brings together GE’s commercial and technological expertise in the…
Marine Well Containment Co. (MWCC) received delivery of its expanded containment system (ECS) for operations in the US Gulf of Mexico. MWCC Containment System in a 'cap and flow' scenario. From MWCC…
Seaway Heavy Lifting installed the last three topsides in one week for Pemex using its crane vessel Oleg Strashnov in the Gulf of Mexico. Out of a string of jackets and topsides in the Gulf of Mexico the last topside was installed on 28 January in the Bay of Campeche…
The Research & Development Corp. (RDC) is investing US$4.9 million in a multi-purpose survey, support and research and development vessel to be stationed in St John’s. The total cost to design, build and operate such a vessel over a 10…
Damen Maaskant Shipyards, part of Damen Shipyards Group, has delivered two dedicated offshore winches to survey and geotechnical services firm Fugro. The Dutch shipyard was responsible for the design, engineering and manufacturing of…
Dubai-based Gulf Marine Services has won a new long-term contract award for one of its Large Class vessels. The vessel will start a four-year charter (three years firm with a one-year option) at the end of Q1 2015 on completion of…
McDermott’s Derrick Barge 50 (DB50) completed the installation of a drilling and production platform that included the heavy lift of a 3250-tonne jacket in the Gulf of Mexico. The DB50 installation…
AeroGo debuted its portable Aero-Caster rigging kit for the oil and gas industry. The kit is designed to accommodate load configurations up to 40ft long and 64,000 lbs. It stores easily in a waterproof case and is compact. The…
COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard awarded Huisman a contract for the delivery of four customized 400mt rope luffing knuckle boom cranes and two 100mt knuckle boom cranes onboard four new subsea support vessels (SSVs) for Maersk Supply Service. MT 6027…
InterMoor completed a mooring and foundation installation campaign for bpTT’s Juniper gas project offshore Trinidad and Tobago. Image from InterMoor. According to InterMoor, this is…
Suncor Energy Norge received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway to drill at exploration well 34/4 in the Norwegian Sea. The well is located in the Suncor-operated production license 375, in Block 34/4. Drilling will begin this month for a period of 154 days…
Statoil is bringing the Transocean Spitsbergen semisubmersible back to the waters to drill a wildcat well in the Snedrid Nord prospect, after gaining consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA). Transocean Spitsbergen…
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