Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has signed a £10 million contract with Simon Møkster Shipping for a wave piercing offshore vessel with a striking new bow design that will go into service for Statoil in the Arctic region. The vessel is designed to pierce through the waves under harsh w
STX OSV Holdings Limited announces that it has now entered into a contract with Troms Offshore Supply for the design and construction of the Platform Supply Vessel (PSV). The vessel, of STX OSV’s own PSV 07 design, is scheduled for delivery in 1Q 2014 from STX OSV in Norway. The hull will be deliver
Further to the STX OSV’s announcement about entering into a Letter of Intent with Troms Offshore Supply, STX OSV Holdings Limited today announces that it has now entered into a contract with Troms Offshore Supply for the design and construction of the Platform Supply Vessel (PSV). The vessel, of STX
ABS, the leading provider of classification services to the global maritime industry, has established the American Bureau of Shipping Endowed Chair in Ocean Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley). Professor Ronald W. Yeung ha
Helix Energy Solutions Group announced an oil discovery at the Danny II exploration well at the Bushwood Field located in Garden Banks Block 506, approximately 145 miles offshore from Galveston, Texas. The Danny II exploration well encountered more than 70 feet of high quality net pay. Johnny Edward
Helix Energy Solutions Group announced an oil discovery at the Danny II exploration well at the Bushwood Field located in Garden Banks Block 506, approximately 145 miles offshore from Galveston, Texas. The Danny II exploration well encountered more than 70 feet of high quality net pay. Johnny Edward
Gulmar Offshore Limited, the international subsea contracting specialist, announced the transformation of its business under the Iremis brand with a strengthened Board and management team focused on becoming a leader in world class subsea IRM (inspection, repair and maintenance) services. As part of
Bloomberg forecasts that out of the largest collection of offshore wind farms, planned by the European Union to be placed in the North and Baltic Seas, 3,400 wind turbines will be operational by 2015 and 3,600 more by 2020, subject to stability of the government´s support. The offshore wind industry
EFC Group, a leading designer and manufacturer of instrumentation, monitoring, handling and control systems for the global oil and gas industry, has delivered a highly innovative mechanical handling contract to provide a Rigless Intervention System for Baker Hughes. Following a brief from the oilfie
Wright’s Well Control Services (WWCS) completed a riserless subsea plug & abandonment (P&A) using tubing to pull out of the hole from a Multi-Service Vessel (MSV) in 1,250’ WD in the Gulf of Mexico. DOF Subsea USA provided marine and subsea services. New tools where custom engineered specifically fo
Lamprell, a leading provider of diversified engineering and contracting services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas and renewables industry, announces that it has received a new contract award from Seajacks 4 Limited (“Seajacks”). The Engineering, Procurement & Construction contract,which is valu
Applied Weather Technology, Inc. (AWT), today announced its new Fuel Optimization Service to give ship operators the data they need to plan the most efficient voyages, manage total voyage costs, both pre-voyage and en-route, and easily report findings to management. AWT’s Fuel Optimization Service i
In the first half of the year sales of wind turbines decreased, despite the ambitions of Germany and the UK. This makes obvious the struggle which the offshore wind sector and its financial supporters are facing in reaching the respective countries´ goals. As the financial crisis has spread througho
Northern announces that as anticipated by Shell France on June 23rd, The Stena Drillmax ICE drillship commenced operations on the GM-ES-2, the second well on the Guyane Maritime permit on Friday 6th July. GM-ES-2 follows up on the Zaedyus oil discovery in late 2011, which encountered 72 metres of ne
