Offshore News


Reef Subsea Rebrands Its Norwegian Companies

Aug 23, 2012

Reef Subsea rebrands all its companies in Norway & extends geographical footprint to improve service to clients.Reef Subsea announce that it is set to fully rebrand and align its companies in Norway – namely Technocean and Scanmudring-Rotech…

UTEC Appoints New Louisiana Operations Manager

Aug 23, 2012

UTEC, one of the world’s largest independent offshore survey companies, announced today the appointment of Daniel Boone as its Louisiana based Operations Manager. Boone will be based out of UTEC’s Lafayette, La., office. His main responsibilities…

Technip Wins Brunei Offshore Pipe Contract

Aug 23, 2012

Technip awarded flexible pipe supply contract for Champion Field offshore Brunei.Technip has been awarded by Swiber Offshore Construction a flexible pipe supply contract for the Brunei Shell Petroleum’s Champion Field, located 40 kilometers offshore Brunei…

Offshore Structural Strength Analysis Software Launched by DNV

Aug 23, 2012

DNV Software introduces new 6.3 version of Sesam GeniE, to provide strength analysis through the entire lifecycle of fixed offshore structures.To avoid catastrophes at oil or gas field operations it is vital that a thorough strength analysis is done before a structure is operative…

Offshore Marine Management Names MD

Aug 22, 2012

Offshore Marine Management GmbH (OMM GmbH) has announced the appointment of Managing Director Klaus Klingelhöller to the company.   Klaus joined OMM GmbH in early July of this year, bringing to the role over 25 years’ experience of working within the renewables industry both on and offshore…

OMM Sells Personnel Agency

Aug 22, 2012

Offshore Marine Management Limited (OMM) will sell the assets of its recently-rebranded personnel supply business, Main Source Offshore People Limited (MSOP) to Atlas Services Group Energy Limited (Atlas).  The acquisition will see the transfer of assets including contracts and staff…

Rolls-Royce to Design & Power Buoy Tender for India

Aug 22, 2012

Rolls-Royce has secured an £8-million contract to design and power a highly specialised buoy tender vessel for India.The vessel will be built at the Cochin Shipyard Ltd. in India, and is due for delivery in 2015, to operate in remote waters…

Deepwater Oil Strike by Petrobras Offshore Brazil

Aug 22, 2012

Petrobras strikes oil deposits in a new discovery in the 'Rights Transfer Area' some 200 km off the coastal city of Rio de Janeiro.Petrobras has discovered good quality oil in the fourth well drilled in the Rights Transfer area in the Santos Basin pre-salt cluster…

Norway's DOF Group Announce Offshore Charters

Aug 21, 2012

DOF Subsea provider of subsea services to the offshore oil & gas industry worldwide announce new vessel contracts. DOF Subsea AS has entered into a contract with Helix Well Ops for the vessel Skandi Constructor. The contract is for three year's firm with three…

Keppel Contracted to Build Floatel Semi-submersible

Aug 21, 2012

Keppel and Floatel sign contract for a fourth accommodation semi at US$ 315-million.Keppel FELS Limited and Floatel International Ltd (Floatel) have finalised a contract for Keppel FELS to build a new generation harsh environment accommodation semisubmersible…

TWMA Appoints New HR Director

Aug 21, 2012

TWMA has announced the appointment of Andy Porter, HR director for the company.Mr Porter joins the company, a provider of specialised services for the international onshore and offshore oil and gas industry, as a part of its wider growth strategy…

Offshore Caribbean Deepwater Drilling Response Forum

Aug 21, 2012

Caribbean nations will come together for the first time to specifically address emergency response protocols for offshore deepwater drilling activities.Open Forum’s inaugural conference: 'One Caribbean – One Responseon' will be held September 13…

Indian Oil Seeks Arctic Drilling Team-up

Aug 20, 2012

Indian oil intends to team up with Russia's Rosneft for oil exploration in the Barents & Kara Seas.ONGC, one of the largest oil and gas companies in Asia, has formally addressed Rosneft with a partnership offer in one of the latter’s Arctic hydrocarbon projects…

Keppel FELS on Track to Deliver Offshore Wind Turbine Installer

Aug 20, 2012

Keppel to deliver one of the world’s largest multi-purpose offshore wind turbine installers.Keppel FELS say they are on track to deliver Seafox 5, one of the largest and most advanced multi-purpose offshore wind turbine installers of its kind to the Seafox Group…

Seismic Survey Offshore NW Australia by TGS

Aug 20, 2012

Geoscience providers TGS announce a fourth 3D multi-client seismic survey, 'Honeycombs'.Honeycombs, covers 2,500 km2 over the Exmouth Plateau in the Northern Carnarvon Basin, offshore NW Australia. This survey is located over acreage with…

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