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CIS Installs Conductors in Southern North Sea

Jan 12, 2016

Conductor Installation Services Ltd (CIS), an Acteon company that provides hammer services to install conductors and drive piles, announced that it has completed its second conductor installation operation during the last 12 months for a North Sea oil and gas operator…

BP to Slash Payroll as Downturn Weighs

Jan 12, 2016

BP plans to cut 4,000 jobs in upstream operations, 600 in North Sea.British oil and gas company BP announced plans on Tuesday to slash 5 percent of its global workforce in the face of a continued slump in oil prices.It said it aims to reduce its global oil production…

Kay Appointed CEO of Beach Energy

Jan 12, 2016

Beach Energy Ltd has appointed Matthew Kay as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective July 17, 2016 or such earlier date as is available and mutually agreed.Kay holds tertiary qualifications in economics and a Master of Business Administration…

Nominations Sought for NOIA Safety Awards

Jan 04, 2016

The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) announced it is accepting nominations for the 2016 Safety in Seas Awards competition. The Safety in Seas Awards honor excellence in offshore safety culture and practices.  'Even during tough times brought on by low commodity prices…

Polarcus Extends Collaboration with Turkish Petroleum

Jan 04, 2016

Polarcus Limited announced a two-year extension of the support services agreement with Turkish Petroleum covering seismic data acquisition management, maritime management and crewing support. Reference is made to the stock exchange notice…

USCG Assists Fish and Wildlife Departments Patrol Crab Opening

Jan 02, 2016

The Coast Guard assisted representatives of the Washington and Oregon Departments of Fish and Wildlife patrol the waters of the Pacific Northwest during the pre-soak period of the commercial Dungeness Crab season, which opens Jan. 4, 2015…

Cheniere Begins Production At Louisiana LNG Terminal

Jan 01, 2016

Houston-based Cheniere Energy Inc has began production at what will become the first U.S. terminal to export natural gas from shale formations.  It has officially flipped the switch at its liquified natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Louisiana…

Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller Bullish on Arctic

Dec 30, 2015

Gazprom has completed the construction of the Gates of the Arctic offshore offloading terminal that would pave the way for year-round oil supplies from the Novoportovskoye field in Yamal. Gazprom takes the leadership position in the Russian petroleum industry…

Abu Dhabi Ports and Gulf Marine Services Announce New Partnership

Dec 28, 2015

Abu Dhabi Ports – the master developer, operator and manager of ports and Khalifa Industrial Zone in the Emirate ― has signed a contract with Gulf Marine Services (GMS) that will see the creation of a state-of-the-art facility at Zayed Port…

New Appointments for Subsea UK Board

Dec 24, 2015

Subsea UK has unveiled its new Board, following a members’ ballot at the industry body’s Annual General Meeting.  Following an unprecedented number of member nominations, two new Board members were appointed and seven members reelected.Cameron Mitchell…

Dozens Rescued at Sea after Abandoning Indonesian Ferry

Dec 20, 2015

Dozens of people with life jackets were found floating in Indonesia's Gulf of Bone on Sunday, some clinging to a fish trap, after abandoning their ferry in rough seas off Sulawesi Island, said officials, adding that two passengers had died…

SBM Offshore Responds to Brazilian Reports

Dec 18, 2015

The Company responds to news that CEO Bruno Chabas and member of the Supervisory Board Sietze Hepkema appear on a list of (former) Petrobras executives, former sales agents and (former) SBM Offshore executives who may be prosecuted in Brazil in relation to a corruption scandal…

Brazil Prosecutors Charge 12 in SBM Offshore Graft Scheme

Dec 17, 2015

Brazilian prosecutors on Thursday charged 12 people with a bribery scheme involving Dutch firm SBM Offshore NV, the world's top leaser of oil production ships, and state oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA .  Police said they had four arrest orders as part of the scheme…

Bibby HydroMap’s First Apprentice Becomes Category B Certified

Dec 17, 2015

Twenty-year-old Emma Lamont has recently graduated top of her Hydrographic Survey Category B course with Skilltrade in the Netherlands.   Lamont joined Bibby HydroMap in 2012 as a hydrographic surveying apprentice, and has since played…

Veiseth appointed CFO of EMG

Dec 17, 2015

Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has appointed Hege A. Veiseth (38) as acting CFO of the company effective from 1 January 2016, following the resignation of Svein Knudsen. Hege has worked for EMGS since 2007 and is currently the Group Finance Manager of the company…

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