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Subsea 7 nets Pemex work

May 14, 2013

Pemex awarded Subsea 7's Mexican joint venture its second contract for work at the Line 67 Project in the Bay of Campeche, the E&C services company announced on 14 May 2013. The contract's value is estimated at US$90 million. The scope of work includes the engineering…

Ulstein names Blue Thunder

May 13, 2013

Ulstein Verft delivered Blue Thunder, the fourth of six medium-sized platform supply vessels of the PX121 design from ULSTEIN to Blue Ship Invest, on Monday 13 May 2013. Owned by Blue Ship Invest, a wholly-owned company in Ulstein Group…

OTC.13: Aker Arctic’s unveils newbuild arctic vessel

May 10, 2013

With construction underway on the first ever Oblique Icebreaker, research specialist Aker Arctic Technology  has unveiled a new version of a unique vessel type that will bring ice management and pollution control in thick, first-year ice to a new level…

MacGregor crane to debut on Siem Moxie

May 09, 2013

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has developed an offshore crane featuring three-axis motion compensation to carry out installations, repairs, maintenance and general service duties in the renewable energy and oil and gas markets  A 74m infield…

OTC.13: GE launches Visor Insight

May 08, 2013

GE’s Power Conversion business has announced the launch of a new supervisory system designed for remote monitoring and diagnostics of its drives, machines and control systems operating in the field. Visor Asset Management system improves GE’s unique integrated marine systems solution…

OTC.13: Subsea 7 on heated pipelines

May 08, 2013

Technology is a big focus for Subsea 7 during OTC week, with a raft of speakers from the firm talking on everything from Pipe-in-Pipe (PIP) developments to deepwater solutions.  The firm’s latest kit—including the Seven Borealis—is also on show at the firm’s booth (1641)…

OTC.13: GE launches new DP system

May 07, 2013

GE’s Power Conversion business (NYSE: GE) announces that they are bringing enhanced operability to the company’s Dynamic Positioning (DP) system. The latest version, being launched at OTC, is more energy-efficient, better integrated, and—most importantly—more ’mariner friendly’…

OTC.13: GE launches new thruster

May 06, 2013

In a move that could change the way the maritime industry views propulsion technology, GE’s Power Conversion business has increased its offshore systems portfolio with Inovelis, a podded thruster with unmatched fuel efficiency and overall performance…

EMGS wins Norwegian Sea contract

May 03, 2013

Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has signed a data licensing agreement worth USD 6.4 million for the provision of 3D controlled-source electromagnetic (CSEM) and magnetotelluric (MT) data from EMGS's multi-client data library in the Norwegian Sea…

Spectrum starts Lebanon 3D Seismic

May 02, 2013

Spectrum has announced the start of another Multi-Client 3D survey in the Levantine Basin offshore Lebanon. This new survey covers approximately 2,200 square kilometers and the acquisition will be performed by Polarcus using its 12-streamer vessel 'Adira'…

Derick Bourg takes charge of offshore construction at Chet Morrison

May 01, 2013

Houma, Louisiana-based Chet Morrison Contractors announced today that Derick Bourg is now the Vice President of the Fabrication and Offshore Construction department. He has headed the Harvey Fabrication Facility for Chet Morrison Contractors for the last 16 years…

OTC.13: IHC Merwede presents vessels, technological innovations

May 01, 2013

The IHC Merwede stand (number 2625) will feature a diverse range of innovative vessels, advanced equipment and life-cycle support activities at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference (OTC). The company is exhibiting at the annual event in Texas…

PGS' Ramform Sovereign

Apr 30, 2013

With 70m broad stern, Petroleum GeoServices' (PGS) new Ramform Titan holds the honor of being the widest streamer vessel, capable of towing 24 streamers. Before the Ramford Titan, there was the 22 streamer Ramford Sovereign. Unveiled in 2008…

Siem Offshore orders cable layer

Apr 30, 2013

Siem Offshore has entered into a shipbuilding-contract with Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A. in Poland.   The contract has been signed for the construction of a dynamically positioned Cable Lay Vessel (“CLV”) scheduled for delivery in April 2015…

PGS orders two vessels from MHI

Apr 25, 2013

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has received an order for two vessels capable of three-dimensional (3D) seismic data acquisition for sea bottom resource exploration from Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (PGS), a leading company in marine seismic and reservoir data acquisition…

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