RDS, the engineering arm of drilling contractor KCA Deutag, has been contracted by Norway’s oil company Statoil to carry out the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for a fixed drilling rig which will be part of the Peregrino phase II project, located offshore Brazil. John Thorman, Greenfield Busine
The world’s leading lifeboat and davit manufacturer Schat-Harding has set a new freefall lifeboat record with its new generation FF1200 boat. The boat was successfully dropped from a freefall height of 60 metres. The world record drop was conducted as part of the certification tests of the boat. “Th
UK-based international oilfield services company Expro has been awarded a contract by BG Group for work in the North Sea using its AX-S subsea well intervention system. Expro AX-S Technology Ltd has signed a contract with BG Group to intervene on two wells in late 2012 as well as an extended interve
Leading international oilfield services company Expro has been awarded a contract for work in the North Sea using its ground-breaking AX-S subsea well intervention system. Expro AX-S Technology Ltd has signed a multi-million dollar contract with BG Group to intervene on two wells in late 2012 as wel
A new well control incident study reveals significant gaps between causes in investigation reports and the viewpoints cited by professionals in interviews. The industry should, among other things, investigate more well control incidents and implement more technical measures. While the results from t
Workers at BAE’s Govan’s yard pause to reflect on another milestone in the Royal Navy’s future carrier programme as their colleague Lindsay Gray prepares to get work on another giant block of HMS Prince of Wales under way. The 27-year-old pressed the button setting the plasma-cutting machine at the
Serica Energy, an oil and gas exploration, development and production company with activities in Europe, Africa and Indonesia, is in the final stage of negotiations to farm out its interests in the Foum Draa and Sidi Moussa blocks located offshore Morocco. Serica has also infromed that an applicatio
TenneT, a transmission system operator, could be pushed into a withdrawal from the German market by the Government, the Handelsblatt news site learned from unrevealed Government sources. The Government could achieve this by using the certification process, which the Federal Network Agency is current
Modus Seabed Intervention has secured a major contract on EDF Energy Renewables prestigious Teesside Offshore Wind Farm. Main contractor Van Oord’s appointment of Darlington-based Modus, to provide trenching and survey services on this high profile North Sea project, is an acknowledgement of the reg
Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS) has selected GL Noble Denton to undertake dynamic positioning (DP) assurance services across the company’s technologically advanced fleet of vessels. GL Noble Denton’s team of DP engineers will support HOS to further develop internal dynamic positioning operating sta
USA’s Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS) has selected GL Noble Denton to undertake dynamic positioning (DP) assurance services across the company’s technologically advanced fleet of vessels. GL Noble Denton’s team of DP engineers will support HOS to further develop internal dynamic positioning operati
The latest official figures show that Phase One of ADPC’s flagship Khalifa Port is 1% from completion. The Port, whose high-tech infrastructure and new semi-automated Container Terminal open on September 1st, is 99% complete. Its capacity is 2.5 million TEU containers per year. Khalifa Industrial Zo
A team of federal and university scientists on a 10-day expedition in the Gulf of Mexico has discovered Lophelia coral growing deeper… [mappress] Source: NOAA, August 13, 2012; Image: NOAA
Due to constant breakdowns of the internet cable in Kenya, the Uganda government is planning on building an alternative route for the undersea cable via Mutukula in Tanzania. According to independent.co.ug, the Director for Technical Services at National Information Technology Authority Uganda (NITA
