Offshore Energy News


GE Oil & Gas Win Petrobas FPSO Contract

Jan 16, 2013

GE Technology will be used on 4 new Floating Production, Storage & Offloading Units (FPSOs) for the Santos Basin (São Paulo State), in the Pre-Salt Fields.GE Oil & Gas wins the contract worth more than US$500-million to supply turbomachinery equipment and services to Petrobras…

Ocean Rig Charter Out 'Erik Raude'

Jan 15, 2013

Ocean Rig UDW Inc., a global provider of offshore deepwater drilling services, signs contract with an oil major for the semi-submersible drilling rig 'Erik Raude'.The drilling contract is for a one-well program, with an estimated duration of up to 6 months…

Deep-sea Submersible Purchase by OceanGate

Jan 15, 2013

OceanGate Inc., provider of deep-sea manned submersible solutions, buys 3-person, diesel-electric submersible 'Lula'f rom Portugal's Rebikoff-Niggeler Foundation.The submarine, which can operate at a depth of 500 meters (1,640 feet), was…

MMA Ink OSV Charter with BHP Billiton Petroleum

Jan 15, 2013

Mermaid Marine Australia Limited (MMA) awarded offshore marine support contract for FPSO operations off NW coast of Australia.The vessel to service the contract, the Mermaid Cove is currently under construction in Singapore, and will commence operations in 2013 in the meantime…

Frigstad Orders Ultra-deepwater Semi-submersibles

Jan 15, 2013

Subsidiaries of Frigstad Deepwater Ltd sign construction contracts for two ultra deepwater semi-submersible drilling units from CIMC Raffles in Yantai, China.The 7th generation drilling units are of the Frigstad D90™ design, developed by…

Shell's 'Kulluk' Rig Accident: WWF Canada Urge Better Planning

Jan 14, 2013

A close call for the 'Kulluk': better planning needed before more oil and gas traffic in Arctic waters comments WWF Canada.The Kulluk, a conical, Arctic-class drill ship, was being towed from the Beaufort Sea in Alaskan Arctic waters back…

Norway's Scana Energy Call on Consultants

Jan 14, 2013

Scana Industries ASA engage consultants to evaluate strategies for Scana Energy's further growth and international development.Scana Industries ASA has engaged Bridgehead AS and its Swedish partner Avantus Corporate Finance AB, to assist…

Braemar Adjusting Appoints Grant Smith

Jan 14, 2013

The Board of Braemar Adjusting is delighted to announce the appointment of Grant Smith as Group Managing Director of the company with immediate effect.His appointment is an important stage in the streamlining of the business and will enable…

Aker Solutions Sign UK Continental Shelf Frame Agreement

Jan 14, 2013

Aker Solutions secures a 5-year frame agreement to execute contracts acrossTalisman Sinopec Energy UK Ltd's offshore brownfield projects.Although the contract contains no firm spending commitment, the anticipated multi-million pound agreement…

LNG-FSRU Vessel: BW Place Samsung Contract

Jan 14, 2013

BW Maritime inks contract with Samsung Heavy Industries for BW’s first Liquefied Natural Gas Floating Storage Regasification Unit (LNG-FSRU).Expected to be delivered in 2015, it will be the latest addition to BW's fleet of 16 LNG carriers…

Oil Spill Response Organizations Merge Operations

Jan 13, 2013

Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) and Clean Caribbean & Americas (CCA) join up to meet the needs for global oil spill response.Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) is an industry-owned cooperative which exists to respond effectively to oil spills anywhere…

Subsea Contracts Galore for Ezra

Jan 13, 2013

Ezra Holdings announces multiple contracts, worth + US$160-million, for its subsea, offshore & energy services divisions.Ezra divisions, EMAS AMC, EMAS Marine and EMAS Energy have been awarded multiple contracts for projects in the North Sea and Asia Pacific…

Greene's Energy Group Names Farnsworth CFO

Jan 11, 2013

Greene’s Energy Group (GEG), a provider of integrated testing, rentals and specialty services, has named Brad Farnsworth as Chief Financial Officer, announced Chief Executive Officer Bob Vilyus.  Based in Houston, Farnsworth will report…

Subsea Construction Services Contract for 'Aker Wayfarer'

Jan 11, 2013

Aker Solutions subsidiary Aker Oilfield Services signs a contract to provide subsea construction services offshore Brazil. An undisclosed customer will utilise Aker Oilfield Services' subsea construction vessel Aker Wayfarer for a period of 230 days…

Wärtsilä Powered FPSO Passes Load Tests

Jan 10, 2013

The new P-63 Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) is powered with Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines which passed load tests.This FPSO is the first such ship to utilize gas engines to produce more than 100 MWe of power. The tests were carried out at the Cosco shipyard in Dalian…

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