Offshore Energy News


New Caterpillar Rig Pressure Pump Engine

Mar 17, 2013

Caterpillar's new 16-cylinder, 78 liter engine will be revealed for the first time at the 2013 CIPPE Show in Beijing.  Manufactured in Lafayette, Indiana, the new Cat 3516C (HD) engine builds on the established track record of the 3512C (HD) engine…

DOI Assess 2012 Arctic Drilling

Mar 15, 2013

The Department of the Interior (DOI) issued a press release stating that the assessment of Shell’s 2012 Arctic operations has been completed. The Report found that Shell entered the 2012 drilling season without having finalized key components of the program and did not maintain strong…

GofM Pipeline Fire Update

Mar 15, 2013

Personnel from T&T Salvage aboard the Todd Michael spud barge are on scene for cooling operations of the tank barge. Response operations continue for a tug and barge that allided with a pipeline near Bayou Perot 30 miles south of New Orleans Thursday…

LNG Offshore Mega-Project Contract for Phusion

Mar 15, 2013

UK headquartered Phusion appointed as Data Management Contractor (DMC) for the INPEX-led Ichthys LNG Mega-Project.The six-year contract is worth £11.5 million (AUD17.6m). The deal extends Phusion’s growing portfolio in Australia where the…

Airborne Oil Spill Response System May Take Off

Mar 14, 2013

An investment research report draws attention to Scout Exploration, Inc. developers of a unique airborne oil spill technology response system.The system is designed to contain offshore and shoreline oil spills, of which there are hundreds every year…

ABB Takes Stake in Tidal Power

Mar 13, 2013

ABB has led a $12 million investment in Scotrenewables Tidal Power, (of Scotland), a provider of tidal turbine systems.The funding is being used specifically to roll out a larger and more advanced tidal energy conversion system known as the SR2000…

Pipeline Fire, Bayou Perot, News Update

Mar 13, 2013

Responders prepare salvage, firefighting & pollution contingencies for a tug and barge that allided with a pipeline near Bayou Pero, south of New Orleans.The fire reportedly has reduced in size by approximately 30 percent, and there are no reports of oil in the water…

Kongsberg Offshore Vessel Simulator for Bibby Ship Management India

Mar 13, 2013

Bibby Ship Management India Pvt. Ltd contracted Kongsberg Maritime to deliver a Kongsberg Offshore Vessel Simulator (KOVS) including an upgrade of the customer’s existing Kongsberg Dynamic Positioning (DP) simulator in Mumbai. This extension…

Aker Solutions Contracted for UK Subsea Field Redevelopment

Mar 13, 2013

Aker Solutions secures a NOK 650 million (GBP 70 million) contract with BP to help redevelop one of the largest oil fields in the UK sector.The Aberdeen operation of Aker Solutions will manufacture and supply all subsea controls equipment for the Quad 204 project…

Scana to Supply FPSO Mooring Winches

Mar 13, 2013

Scana Industrier ASA subsidiary, Scana Offshore Vestby, has signed a winch supply contract with UK-based Dana Petroleum.The contract is for delivery of mooring winches for Dana Petroleum's new floating production, storage and offloading vessel…

Kværner Wins GBS Offshore Newfoundland Contract

Mar 12, 2013

Kvaerner Contractors to provide engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services for the Hebron Project gravity based structure (GBS).ExxonMobil Canada Properties has released the option for Kvaerner's joint venture company Kiewit-Kvaerner…

Japan Test Production of Frozen Subsea Gas

Mar 12, 2013

Japan to begin the world’s first offshore drilling operation to extract frozen natural gas locked under the seabed.Japan Oil, Gas & Metals National Corp., known as JOGMEC, and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology…

Offshore Floating Production: 40% Growth in Five Years

Mar 11, 2013

IMA has completed an in-depth analysis of the floating production sector – including a forecast of orders for additional floating production systems between 2013 and 2017. Highlighted below are some key findings in Floating Production Systems: assessment of the outlook for FPSOs…

GL Garrad Hassan Recognizes Wind Power PhD Thesis

Mar 11, 2013

The GL Garrad Hassan PhD Award has been presented to Iñigo Martínez de Alegría of the University of the Basque Country in Bilbao, Spain, for his thesis “Study on Full Direct Current Offshore Wind Farm.”Dr Andrew Garrad, Non-Executive Chairman of GL Garrad Hassan…

ABB's HVDC Key to Offshore Wind Energy Integration

Mar 11, 2013

HVDC is a key enabler for the efficient and reliable integration of offshore wind energy, explains HVDC busness manager.Offshore wind power generation is one of the world’s most promising renewable energy sources, and is set to play an increasingly significant role in our economic growth…

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