The awards will be presented on 5, May 2013, at the annual Offshore Technology Conference dinner in Houston, Texas.Award winners are:OTC Distinguished Achievement Award for IndividualsKen Arnold is being recognized for his outstanding…
Statoil and its partners have chosen a development concept for the Skrugard field in the Barents Sea.The concept includes a floating production unit with a pipeline to shore and a terminal for oil from the Skrugard field at Veidnes outside Honningsvåg in Finnmark…
Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions has established a new office in Houston, Texas in response to increased client demand for its newbuilding and aftermarket products and services.WTS is targeting increased business from the local offshore industry…
Toisa Ltd. signed a contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI for the construction of a Multipurpose Offshore Construction Vessel (MOCV) designed by Ulstein. The vessel, with X-BOW hull line design was built in Korea with a customized version of Ulstein's Deepwater Enabler design…
Technip name subsea construction & flexible pipelay projects vessel 'Deep Orient' in Vigo, Spain.During the ceremony held at the Metalships & Docks (MSD) shipyard in Vigo, the ship was named by the vessel’s godmother, Véronique Delormel, wife of Frédéric Delormel…
A stripped-down wind-energy proposal backed by Maryland’s governor gains traction in the legislature.The proposal may be the first step in creating a network of offshore turbines and sub-sea cables spanning the U.S. Atlantic coast, reports Bloomberg…
Baker Hughes Incorporated announce the international offshore rig count for January 2013 was 307, up 8 from the 299 counted in December 2012.The count is unchanged from the 307 counted in January 2012.The average U.S. offshore rig count for January 2013 was 53…
The Marguerite Fund has acquired a 22.5% stake in the German greenfield Butendiek offshore wind farm.The Butendiek project is a 288 MW greenfield offshore wind farm located in the North-Sea in the German exclusive economic zone, 32 km west of the German Island of Sylt…
Technip in a Joint Venture with MMHE awarded substantial contract for the Malikai Project in Malaysia.Technip in a joint venture with Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Sdn Bhd (MMHE) has been awarded a substantial contract by Sabah Shell Petroleum Company Ltd (SSPC) for the engineering…
Noreq to deliver Wind Turbine Platform Cranes (WTPC) for use on the Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm.The contract is with DONG Energy, a company Noreq has worked with before on other offshore wind farm installations. Two private investors…
Sembcorp Marine subsidiary SMOE secures a Letter of Intent for an EPC Contract to build an offshore platform integrated topside. The contract worth about S$900 million, is from Det norske oljeselskap ASA, Norway, for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the process…
Power systems for seven new oil and gas ultra deepwater drilling vessels to be built and operated in Brazil goes to ABB for $160mABB won orders worth $160m from Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd. for the design, supply, supervision of installation…
GL Garrad Hassan marked the 20th anniversary of the launch of 'Bladed' software at the recent EWEA Conference in Vienna.GL Garrad Hassan pioneered the development of design tools for wind, wave and tidal energy devices and Bladed is now…
Jack-Up Barge awarded MirTac a new contract for consultancy and Star IPS implementation at its new build self elevating platform, the JB-118. The contract includes business consulting and the set-up of all required documentation, instructions…
Lamprell signs contract to build & equip a LeTourneau designed, self-elevating Mobile Offshore Drilling Platform.The mobile platform is to a Super 116E (Enhanced) Class design, for operation in water depths of up to 350 feet and will have a rated drilling depth of 30…