Fugro GEOS has secured two large metocean (meteorological and oceanographic) measurement studies for Statoil in the Norwegian and North Seas. These highlight the importance of accurate metocean data at the design stage of development of offshore fields, and for life extension of existing fields. The
AVEVA one of the world’s leading providers of engineering design and information management solutions to the plant, power and marine industries, announced that STX OSV AS has signed an agreement to purchase the full AVEVA Marine solution suite. This deployment will provide STX OSV AS with a powerful
Further expanding its technology presence in Brazil’s deepwater exploration and production sector, GE Oil & Gas has received two contracts with a combined value of more than $50 million to supply a total of 171 subsea wellhead and installation tooling systems to Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras),
Scotland’s First Minister, Alex Salmond, MSP, was given a tour of pipeline engineering specialist STATS Group, as the company revealed 2011 turnover would exceed £17.5 million ($28.2 million). Mr Salmond was invited to visit STATS’ headquarters in Kintore, near Aberdeen, in recognition of his suppor
For Ship Equip 2011 has started off with a bang as the total number of installed SEVSAT systems passed 900. Add to that a record order backlog of more than 230 SEVSATS and it is easy to see that the future for Ship Equip looks bright. “We have anticipated this for a while” says CEO […]
Questions have been raised recently about the safety situation on the Gullfaks field. Statoil is holding a press meeting today to review the HSE factors at Gullfaks and to review the field’s geology, well conditions and recovery strategy. Safety takes top priority “Our people must be safe at work, t
American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC), a global power technologies company, today reported record financial results for the third quarter of its fiscal year 2010 ended December 31, 2010. Revenues for the third quarter of fiscal 2010 increased 42 percent to $114.2 million from $80.7 mill
Carrying a full capacity of 208 passengers together with 146 crewmembers, Seabourn Spirit cruise ship docked at Muara Port yesterday for a day.
McDermott International, Inc., announced today that one of its subsidiaries was awarded a contract to fabricate a 15,000 ton platform for Noble Energy’s Alen Gas-condensate Development Project (“Alen project”) off the East coast of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. “This is a significant win for our
The price of Brent crude oil has hit $100 (£62.87) a barrel for the first time since October 2008 and David Hunter, an analyst from UK-based purchaser of energy M&C, has commented: ‘All traders needed was a specific reason and the spreading of North African political unrest towards the Middle East h
Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council (UPC) has completed the construction of the 53 Kms long Mussafah channel project, and handed it over to … [mappress] Source: ameinfo, February 1, 2011
Past Whitbread competitor, Berge Viking, will be in Alicante to take part in the Legends Regatta and reunion this year. Olympic medallist Peder Lunde Jr, who heads the Norway Round the World project, will sail the Swan 57to Spain in November, joining other confirmed participants Copernicus, Great Br
Enbridge Inc. announced today that it plans to expand the condensate processing capacity of its Venice, Louisiana facility. The estimated cost of the expansion is approximately $150 million and is expected to be in service in late 2013. The expanded condensate processing capacity will be required to
BP boosted its profit in the fourth quarter last year to US $4.614 Billion compared with $3.447 Bn a year ago on a replacement cost basis.
