Newcastle-based facilities engineering company, Fabricom Offshore Services, announced that it has been awarded a major contract valued at more than £1million by EnQuest Britain Ltd, one of the UK’s leading independent oil and gas players. Fabricom…
Gulf Island Marine Fabricators to construct a 335-Class semi-submersible for Montco Offshore.Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.subsidiary, Gulf Island Marine Fabricators, L.L.C. is to fabricate the 185 feet long by 135 feet wide by 15 feet deep…
With the opening of its Stockton-on-Tees engineering office Aker aims to create up to 100 jobs in NE England.Aker Solutions' drilling technologies business will be the main occupant in the new office, which is located right next to the company's…
GE Oil & Gas signs record contract of nearly US$1.1-billion with Brazilian energy company Petrobras.The contract, announced at the 2012 Rio Oil & Gas being held September 17-20 in Rio de Janeiro, includes the delivery of approximately 380…
Transocean Ltd. issues fleet update summary, new & changed contracts, OofS times, etc.Total backlog associated with new contracts or extensions since the August 15, 2012 fleet update summary is approximately $1.7 billion. Estimated out of service time for 2012 increased by a net 36 days…
Technip wins INPEX CORPORATION commissioning contract worth approximately €210 million, for the Ichthys LNG Project in the Browse Basin, Western Australia.An integrated team will work on all activities related to the preparation and execution of the offshore commissioning for the floating…
Statoil, on behalf of the licence owners, issued a Letter of Intent (LOI) to Samsung Heavy Industries for a permanent floating oil storage unit (FSU).The contract is worth an estimated US$ 230-million and includes options to buy two additional units…
PGS in cooperation with TGS begins data acquistion on a new 20,000 km MultiClient 2D survey over the Northeast Newfoundland Shelf.The M/V Sanco Spirit has returned to Newfoundland and Labrador once again utilizing PGS GeoStreamer® broadband technology…
Sembcorp Marine (SMOE) acquires, from Smulders Group, SLP Engineering Limited (SLP) based in Lowestoft, UK.SLP will be renamed Sembmarine SLP Limited (Sembmarine SLP) and will be held through newly incorporated company Sembmarine North Sea Limited (Sembmarine North Sea)…
Offshore Service Vessel 'Far Skimmer' delivered from STX OSV Vung Tau in Vietnam to Farstad Shipping Pte. Ltd. in Singapore.Upon arrival in Australia, the vessel will commence its long term commitment to Shell Australia related to their Prelude drilling campaign…
Mexico's Oceanografia S.A. de C.V. signs multi-million dollar contract with Kongsberg Maritime Simulation’s Mystic, CT, USA office for supply of maritme simulators.The contract is for the supply of a suite of offshore anchor handling, Dynamic Positioning…
Offshore Marine Management Limited (OMM) to sell its agency Main Source Offshore People Limited (MSOP) to Atlas Services Group Energy Limited.Atlas Services Group Energy has been operating in the Energy and Marine industry for more than 30 years…
US-based subsea technology company OceanWorks International names Billy McKeown as General Manager in Istanbul, Turkey.Billy Mckeown becomes General Manager for Aykor Teknolojik Ürünler Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi (OceanWorks Aykor) in Istanbul Turkey…
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) will investigate the recent stability incident on the mobile rig 'Scarabeo 8'.Scarabeo 8 is a semi-submersible drilling facility owned by Saipem SpA Norwegian Branch (Saipem). The facility is currently…
Petrobras's floating production, storage and offloading platform, FPSO BW Pioneer begins production from record depth.FPSO BW Pioneer, moored some 250 kilometers off the coast of the State of Louisiana in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, is the first FPSO to produce oil and gas in the Gulf…
