Spectrum ASA, a Multi-Client services company, announces the appointment of a new Executive Vice President (EVP) for NW Europe, Kim Maver. Kim will join Spectrum in this role as from January 2013, based in Spectrum’s Oslo office. He has over 20 years of industry experience and was previously working
Northern Offshore Ltd. announced Tuesday that the company has received early notification from Maersk Oil and Gas that the Energy Endeavour will be released at the end of the well in progress on May 1, 2013. The rig’s accommodation unit does not meet new Danish Energy Authority requirements and its
FLOODrisk 2012, the second European Conference on flood risk management, was opened on Tuesday November 20 by Harry Baayen, general director of Deltares. FLOODrisk 2012 was organised by Deltares en HR Wallingford and is being held in Rotterdam from 20 to 22 November. FLOODrisk 2012 will explore rece
Reef Subsea today announced that its subsidiary company Reef Subsea Power and Umbilical Ltd., with offices in Stockton-on-Tees and Aberdeen, has successfully completed a contract with UK energy company Centrica Energy. The contract saw Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical assist with seabed excavation serv
Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has been selected by Ukraine’s National Joint-Stock Company, Naftogaz, as the winner of a tender to construct two semisubmersible drilling rigs and will be entering into further contract negotiations with Naftogaz. “A further announcement on the
The Ferguson Group, specialists in the rental of containers, accommodation modules and engineering modules to the offshore energy industry around the world, is set to promote its range of products and services to delegates at the Offshore South East Asia (OSEA) exhibition and conference in Singapore
Naming ceremony of the first ship in the series of dual RS/ABS class bulk carriers for OAO NOVOSHIP was held on 19 November, 2012 at the shipyard Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co Ltd, Republic of Korea. The ship was named NS ENERGY. Main particulars: length – 225 m width – 32.25 m freeboard depth – [&hellip
Aberdeen-based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore has opened a project engineering centre in Liverpool and employed five subsea engineers to remotely support its core business in Aberdeen. The decision to develop this innovative approach to the resource shortage in the Aberdeen region is
OW Bunker, one of the world’s largest suppliers and traders of marine fuels and lubricants, announced Tuesday the launch of a new supply vessel in the North America; the 2011-built doublehulled Elisalex Schulte, which will operate offshore in the Gulf of Mexico lightering zones. The Elisalex Schulte
Virgin Oceanic team has over the summer done a half dozen more test dives learning about the sub’s behavior. Things like locking in the buoyancy seem simple, but were vexing and the team would have trouble initiating a descent, then in the same dive be heavy and have a challenge returning to the sur
Aberdeen-based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore has opened a project engineering centre in Liverpool and employed five subsea engineers to remotely support its core business in Aberdeen. The decision to develop this innovative approach to the resource shortage in the Aberdeen region is
Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven AG is experiencing another end-of-year rush – but that’s regularly par for the course at the German shipyard. Three big cruise ships are in Bremerhaven in the coming days and weeks to be spruced up for the 2013 cruise season. They are the MS “Braemar” and the MS “Balmoral”, b
The dredging program at the Saluda Lake is nearing its completion, reports greenvilleonline.com. According to Joel Ledbetter, general manager of Easley Combined Utilities, this cleanup project should be wrapped up by December 1. Ledbetter stated that the Saluda Lake dredging project will have an eco
State acceptance trials of the new-generation research ship Seliger are going on in Novorossiysk. Black Sea Fleet (BSF) specialists and representatives of the manufacturing shipyard test serviceability of all onboard systems at sea under different weather conditions. As of design features and the ca
