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PGS Ramform Tethys sets seismic record

Jun 09, 2016

PGS’s newest Ramform Titan-class survey vessel, the Ramform Tethys,has made her first project a new world towing record by drawing the world's largest seismic spread.  Image of the Ramford Tethys…

Petrofac bags Bumi Angola gig

Jun 09, 2016

Petrofac has been awarded a three-year contract to provide a condition monitoring program for Bumi Armada’s Olombendo floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit bound for offshore Angola. Currently under conversion in Singapore…

KCA Deutag sells last mobile offshore unit

Jun 09, 2016

Drilling and engineering contractor KCA Deutag has sold its jackup drilling unit, the Ben Rinnes, to an integrated energy and services company for an undisclosed sum.    Built in Clydebank, Scotland, in 1973 and acquired by KCA Deutag in 2005…

NPD continues deep sea mapping

Jun 08, 2016

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) will continue to acquire geological samples and deep-sea minerals in the Norwegian Sea this summer. The objective is to increase understanding of resources and the geological development of the North Atlantic…

InterMoor completes Turritella work

Jun 08, 2016

InterMoor has successfully completed the final tensioning and chain cutting operations on the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, Turritella, for the Shell Stones project, located in the Walker Ridge protraction area in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM)…

Douglas-Westwood: floating production on the rise

Jun 07, 2016

Last year was a challenging year for the floating production systems (FPS) market. The low oil price threatened the commerciality of numerous projects, delay announcements for FPS units under construction arrived regularly and overall only four orders were placed…

Palfinger bags Sleipnir work

Jun 07, 2016

Palfinger Marine Winches and Offshore Equipment has been awarded a contract by Sembcorp Marine to supply of the bulk loading stations for Heerema Offshore Services’ semisubmersible crane vessel Sleipnir. The delivery consists of two complete bulk loading stations…

Wartsila powers Finnish icebreaker

Jun 06, 2016

The design and technical features of Finland's newest icebreaker Polaris (IB Polaris) were presented in Helsinki as part of the CIMAC World Congress.  IB Polaris is an environmentally friendly diesel-electric icebreaker. It will be powered…

Tullow to drill Rome with Borgland Dolphin

Jun 03, 2016

Tullow Oil Norge (TONAS) has received consent from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to drill an exploration well in Block 16/5 in the North Sea. The well will be drilled in a prospect named Rome, with the designation 16/5-6.…

DOF in multiple contract wins

Jun 02, 2016

DOF Subsea has been awarded several ROV and diving contracts for the Skandi Achiever vessel in the North Sea and the North America region, securing utilization of the vessel until end-October 2016.   Following completion of ongoing commitments in the North Sea…

Rosneft, Statoil begin drilling at Sea of Okhotsk

Jun 02, 2016

Rosneft and its partner Statoil have started drilling on the Ulberikanskayaat prospect in the Lisiansky license in the Sea of Okhotsk. The Nanhai_9 rig, from Rosneft. Well Ulberikanskaya…

Helix, Petrobras renegotiate vessel deals

Jun 02, 2016

Helix Energy Solutions completed its contract renegotiations with Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) and has entered into amendments to its well intervention services contracts for its two chartered vessels, the Siem Helix 1 and the Siem Helix 2…

Remacut completes McDermott VLS at new workshop

Jun 01, 2016

Italy's Remacut is due to deliver its first system from its new assembly workshop in Genova.  The delivery will be a portable 150-tonne vertical lay system for McDermott, to be used initially on the firm's V108 vessel for Inpex's Ichthys project off Australia…

Caley supplies Ultra Deep Solutions newbuilds

Jun 01, 2016

Offshore handling systems firm Caley Ocean Systems is supplying Singapore based, diving and subsea equipment company Flash Tekk Engineering with saturation dive bell handling systems for its client Ultra Deep Solutions’ vessels Deep Installer and Van Gogh dive support construction vessels (DSCV)…

Subsea 7 vessel loses operating license

Jun 01, 2016

Subsea 7 has had its day-rate contract for the pipelay support vessel Seven Mar terminated early after the vessel lost its operating license. Brazilian maritime law prioritizes Brazilian-flagged vessels over international vessels of a similar specification…

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