GE continues to expand its technology portfolio to address the challenges of offshore drilling & production and the rigors of deepwater drilling. Several GE business units showcased their latest products and services for the offshore sector in at the 2013 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC)…
Subsea 7 S.A. has contracted Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to build the new ship.The new-building will be one of the most capable heavy construction vessels in Subsea 7’s fleet of over 40 ships, and is due to be delivered in 2016…
Subsea 7 takes Nexans DEH system deeper than ever before for Chevron’s Lianzi project off SW Africa.The Lianzi development (located in a unitized offshore zone between the Republic of Congo and the Republic of Angola) will include the world’s…
The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Safety & Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), Noble Energy, Inc. and the Helix Well Containment Group (HWCG) participated in the exercise.A full-scale deployment of critical well control equipment…
IHC Hydrohammer, part of IHC Merwede has developed and tested a new technology which uses seawater instead of hydraulic oil.This sustainable product development minimises potential oil spill hazards in the marine environment and presents new…
Royal Boskalis Westminster wins a Shell Philippines Exploration contract to install an offshore Depletion Compression Platform.The contract to be executed for the Malampaya Project off the coast of Palawan Island, in the Republic of the Philippines…
Ezra Holdings' subsea division EMAS AMC, wins US$ 75 million Statoil subsea engineering, procurement & offshore construction (EPCI) contract.The contract is for subsea work on Statoil's Smørbukk South Extension project in the Norwegian Sea…
Triplex secures a new Triplex MDH 42 order from BOA offshore, including supply of Shark Jaws, Vertical Guide Pins & Spooling Block.Triplex say that BOA is the third ship-owner in Norway to opt for the Triplex MDH multi-purpose deck handling equipment on its AHTS vessels…
ABB to acquire Los Gatos Research (LGR) adding a new line of high-performance gas analyzers to its measurement business.Los Gatos Research (LGR) of Mountain View, California, is a 19-year-old, nearly 40-person company that provides analyzers…
Mabey Bridge, the U.K. wind turbine tower manufacturer and international bridge builder, appointed Gerry Voller as Sales Director,Tubular Products.Gerry joins Mabey Bridge with more than 15 years’ experience in business development, client relationship and technical project management execution…
NOAA uses data from a new current meter in New York harbor operated by New Jersey’s Stevens Institute of Technology.The system provides enhanced real-time information to mariners travelling through the nation’s second busiest port.The Stevens current meter measures the direction…
Siem Offshore contracts Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A. of Poland to construct a dynamically positioned Cable Lay Vessel (CLV).The associated gross project cost for the first vessel, scheduled for April 2015 and ready for operation, is approx…
'The slow start to 2013 is truly disappointing,' says Øyvind Eriksen, Executive Chairman of Aker Solutions ASA.Aker Solutions decided to disclose preliminary information on its financial performance in the first three months of 2013 as the…
HitecVision acquires 100% of Deep Sea Mooring, a subsidiary of Odfjell Drilling, a privately owned international drilling contractor. Deep Sea Mooring is a significant provider of rented mooring equipment, pre-lay mooring solutions and ancillary…
Salvors have successfully positioned the first port-side sponson that will be used in the 'parbuckling' stage of the wreck removal process.Operations now continue with the installation of the second sponson, and eventually they will be welded on the hull of the wreck…
