Proserv, a global leader in energy production technology services, has unveiled a next generation subsea cutting tool that provides complete well severance and significantly reduces in-well operational time by up to 50%. Proserv’s enhanced Multi-String Cutting (MSC) tool, which was launched today at
Product tanker BW Rhine is believed to have been captured off Togo. On 28 April 2012, BW Rhine, a 75,678 dwt product tanker built in 2008 and operated by BW Maritime, was forcibly removed from her safe anchorage position off Lome, Togo. The vessel was laden at the time. Contact was last made with [&
Lamprell, a leading provider of diversified engineering and contracting products and services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas and renewables industry, announced that it has received a US$ 227 million new contract award from an international drilling contractor for the construction of a jackup
Sanco Shipping AS has declared an option for a second seismic vessel to be built at Kleven Maritime’s yard Myklebust Verft in Norway. The vessel, to be named Sanco Sword, is to be delivered in Q1 2014. Its sister vessel Sanco Swift will be delivered from Myklebust Verft in July 2013. Kleven Maritime
Lamprell, a UAE based provider of diversified engineering and contracting products and services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas industry has received a US$ 227 million new contract award from an international drilling contractor for the construction of a jackup rig. The contract is for the con
Considerable effort is being expended to make the graphical symbols used within safety signs internationally recognised throughout the world. The meaning of some symbols is not always obvious and often training is required to ensure they are fully understood. Education can be achieved in a number of
JDR Cables, the leading provider of specialist high performance subsea cables and umbilical systems for the offshore oil, gas and renewables market, announces that it has completed investment of £30 million in its Hartlepool plant, bringing the company into a new phase of growth. The substantial inv
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that 14 foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during March 2012 after failing Port State Control ( PSC) inspection. Latest monthly figures show that there were seven new detentions of foreign flagged ships in UK ports during M
The Moerdijk Port Authority and the Port of Rotterdam Authority are changing their existing incidental collaboration into a structural commercial and operational collaboration. The aim is to strengthen the national and international competitive position of the two ports. To that end the boards of th
Dow Oil & Gas announced the launch of the NEPTUNE™ Advanced Subsea Flow Assurance Insulation System, a breakthrough technology specifically engineered to withstand the increasingly harsh conditions associated with subsea oil production. Dow Oil & Gas announces that the system is now commercially ava
Renewable Energy Holdings plc, the AIM quoted investor in, and operator of, European wind power, announced its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2011. Subsequent to the year end, the Board of Directors has reached the decision that it would be in the best interests of shareholders t
Renewable Energy Holdings plc, the AIM quoted investor in, and operator of, European wind power, announced its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2011. Subsequent to the year end, the Board of Directors has reached the decision that it would be in the best interests of shareholders t
Metocean Services International (MSI) announced that it has been awarded an 18 month contract to provide weather forecasting services to Leighton Contractors as part of their involvement in the Gorgon project. Leighton Contractors in consortium with Saipem are carrying out the engineering, procureme
Gardline project manager Joana Torres explains: “Marine mammal observations are an integral part of the work that is carried out before any wind farm installation commences, the area is monitored visually and by using hydrophonic equipment to detect the sound made by whales and dolphins. Once it is
