ABB wins Statoil order to install high voltage power subsea cables to the 'Troll' A gas platform on the western coast of Norway.The Troll A concrete deep water structure is the world’s largest natural gas production platform, 473 meters tall and weighs 1…
Damen Offshore Carrier (DOC) 7500 design introduced: a smaller heavy transport, offshore installation & ro-ro platform.Damen developed the new vessel in cooperation with Singapore based heavy lift transport specialist Hans van Mameren, managing director of Ha-Ce Engineering Pte Ltd…
Aker Solutions wins contract to supply drilling equipment packages for a series of six deepwater drillships for the Brazilian market. The six new vessels will be operated by Norwegian drilling operators Seadrill and Odfjell Drilling (3 each) under 15-year charter contracts from Petrobras…
Greenpeace personnel board Russia's Gazprom Prirazlomnaya platform in the Pechora Sea. The activists aim at disrupting the platform’s operation and bring focus on climate change in the Arctic.The activists set off in three inflatable…
Indian Ocean Islands, Seychelles & Mauritius join forces to manage exploitation of world's largest offshore continental shelf area.With the help of the Commonwealth Secretariat Seychelles and Mauritius have established a joint commission…
Scientists aboard Swedish icebreaker 'Oden' prepare Danish claims as they reach the North Pole.Denmark is one of three Arctic nations that are collecting data to prove that the seafloor under the North Pole belongs to them. The two others are Russia and Canada…
Cape Wind announce it will base its operations headquarters on Falmouth Harbor on Cape Cod.Cape Wind President Jim Gordon said, “Cape and Islanders once lit the lamps of the world by harvesting whale oil. Pretty soon, every morning, workers…
Malaysia's Nam Cheong wins contracts for a Platform Support Vessel (PSV) & two Anchor Handling Towing Supply (AHTS) vessels.The total value of the contracts is worth US$43.81-million, and the vessels are scheduled for delivery between fourth quarter of 2012 and first quarter of 2013…
Russia’s largest oil company is establishing a permanent Arctic base of rescue personnel & divers in Amderma, a village on the Kara Sea coast.The base, which is to support the company’s ongoing exploration activities in the Kara Sea, will include a team of divers and a MI-8 helicopter…
VERIPOS, wins a three-year contract from Neptune Marine Services (NMS) of Perth, Western Australia for its GPS augmentation service. The contract, which represents a continuation of a long-standing working relationship between the two companies…
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, 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 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…
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 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…
