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Barents activity remains high

Oct 09, 2013

A busy 2013 seismic acquisition season is continuing in the Barents Sea, with CGG announcing the completion of its second Broadseis campaign and Dolphin Geophysical launching a new survey. The increase in seismic acquisition activity in the area…

Jumbo Kinetic vessel launch in Croatia

Oct 08, 2013

Jumbo shares this footage from the launch of its new K3000 vessels at Brodosplit Shipyard in Croatia. The vessels have large, unobstructed hold and flush decks and are certified 1A Finnish Swedish Ice Class, for operations in Arctic areas…

Viking takes stake in Saatsea

Oct 08, 2013

Life-saving equipment firm Viking has bought a major stake in IT startup Saatsea. The firm, which will be renamed Viking Saatsea, provides cloud-based onboard training and competence management systems to industry.  It was set up…

Maersk Oil Qatar jacks-up Al Shaheen

Oct 07, 2013

Maersk Oil Qatar (MOQ) and Gulf Drilling International (GDI) have signed two new contracts; one two-year contract for the GDI jack-up drilling rig (rig B-341), and another three-year contract for a new GDI offshore accommodation jack-up. The…

North Sea ocean bottom node contract win

Oct 07, 2013

Seabed Geosolutions has secured a two year contract with Total E&P for its ocean bottom node seismic data acquisition technology. The contract utilises a 'call-out' mechanism for each acquisition survey with the option to extend the contract for an additional 24 months…

Keppel, PEMEX to develop Mexican yard

Oct 04, 2013

Keppel Offshore & Marine signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with PEMEX Exploración y Producción (PEP) and PMI Norteamérica, S.A. de C.V. (PMI) to jointly develop, own and operate a yard facility in Mexico specializing in construction…

Ceona contracts ROVOP for ROVs

Oct 04, 2013

Subsea construction firm Ceona has awarded a five-year contract worth over £45million to ROV provider ROVOP. The contract will see ROVOP provide hydraulic, work-class ROV services on board Ceona’s fleet of new, purpose-built deepwater…

Wärtsilä introduces new thrusters

Oct 03, 2013

Wärtsilä introduced a new series of both steerable and transverse thrusters. The new Wärtsilä Steerable Thruster series (WST) is being introduced to replace the company’s Modular Thruster and Compact Thruster series, while the new Wärtsilä…

GDF Suez wins LNG work off Uruguay

Oct 03, 2013

GDF SUEZ signed a 15-year BOOT (build, own, operate and transfer) contract with Gas Sayago SA for LNG storage and regasification services in Uruguay.  The GNL del Plata plant is located offshore in the Punta Sayago area, near Uruguay's capital Montevideo…

Oceaneering orders new subsea support vessel

Oct 02, 2013

Oceaneering International, Inc. has commissioned the construction of a subsea support vessel from BAE Systems. Expected delivery of this vessel is by the end of 1Q 2016. This vessel will be US-flagged and documented with a coastwise endorsement by the US Coast Guard…

Cameron wins Lula FPSOs supply

Oct 01, 2013

Cameron was awarded the contract to supply SBM Offshore with gas processing packages for floating production, storage & offloading (FPSO) vessels to be used at the Lula field, located in Brazil’s offshore pre-salt area. The FPSOs, Cidade de Maricá and Cidade de Saquarema…

Odfjell contracts additional four gas tankers

Oct 01, 2013

Norway-based Odfjell SE signed shipbuilding contracts with Nantong Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering Co., Ltd., of China, for construction of four 17,000 cbm capacity LPG/Ethylene gas tankers. Odfjell also secured various options for delivery of up to four additional tankers…

New pipelay vessel, Sapura Diamante, heading to Brazil

Sep 27, 2013

IHC Merwede has successfully named and launched the pipelaying vessel SAPURA DIAMANTE in a ceremony at the company's shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands. The naming of the innovative offshore vessel was carried out by Mrs Christina Lucia Duarte Pinho…

New record set for freefall lifeboat drop

Sep 27, 2013

Norsafe ASA has set a new world record for freefall lifeboats, dropping its own GES52 model from a height of 66.8m (220ft). The GES52 freefall lifeboat is 52ft long and has a capacity for at least 70 persons of 100kg. Norsafe says the boat will be certified for heights up to 51m…

Aqualis Offshore hits the market

Sep 27, 2013

A new offshore marine and engineering consultancy has been launched with the backing of a Norwegian investment outfit and the company's own management. Aqualis Offshore was set up earlier in the summer and now has 40 staff and offices in offices in London…

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