The first offshore pile installation operation with the StabFrame, a newly developed subsea pile-stabilising template, has been successfully completed in the OGX Waimea field in Brazil’s Campos Basin. Jointly developed by Large Diameter Drilling Ltd. (LDD) and MENCK GmbH, the StabFrame stabilises pi
Aker Solutions has signed a frame agreement with Tullow Ghana Limited to provide well intervention services for the oil company’s Jubilee and Tano deepwater fields offshore Ghana, West Africa. The initial contract period is for three years, with two additional one-year options (3+1+1). Aker Solution
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced that the MOL-operated containership MOL Summer rescued 116 survivors from the ferry Rabaul Queen, which sank about 17 km east of Papua New Guinea. According to local reports, the Rabaul Queen with about 350 passengers aboard was under way from the port of Ki
Schilling Robotics, LLC, experts in subsea systems, announced today the opening of a service and support operations in Brazil. This is a newly built 3000 ft 2 (278m 2 ) facility on the FMC Technologies campus in Macaé. This new facility is dedicated to providing customer support for Schilling produc
Edith Maersk, the largest container ship in the world, arrived on Friday January 13 at Deurganck dock in Antwerp. It arrived to Antwerp as first port in Europe, coming from the Far East via the Suez Canal. After loading containers in the Far East with the last port of Tanjung Pelepas (Malaysia), the
When a 204-meter cruise vessel suffered an oil leak in its stern tube seal assembly, Hydrex was asked to carry out a permanent seal replacement. The repair was carried out with the Hydrex flexible mobdock technique and performed in stages to allow the ship to keep the tight schedule of the cruise it
BG Egypt announced gas production had started on 30 January 2012 from the second stage of West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) Concession Phase 7, representing another successful milestone in the phased development of WDDM. Managed by the Joint Operating Company (JOC) Burullus Gas Company S.A.E. (EGPC 50%,
Aberdeen-based experts Ecosse Subsea Systems are preparing to showcase their innovative subsea technology at Europe’s largest conference and exhibition for the industry. During the Subsea 2012 event at Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre (AECC) on February 8th and 9th, Mike Wilson and his team w
Aberdeen-based experts Ecosse Subsea Systems are preparing to showcase their innovative subsea technology at Europe’s largest conference and exhibition for the industry. During the Subsea 2012 event at Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre (AECC) on February 8th and 9th, Mike Wilson and his team w
Wright’s Well Control Services (WWCS) announces the award of a contract from an operator in the Gulf of Mexico for the surface plug & abandonment of sixteen wells. Work on this project will commence in the first quarter of 2012 and is expected to be completed by the end of June 2012. WWCS will use [
Wright’s Well Control Services (WWCS) has been awarded a contract from an operator in the Gulf of Mexico for the surface plug & abandonment of sixteen wells. Work on this project will commence in the first quarter of 2012 and is expected to be completed by the end of June 2012. WWCS will use its [&h
Petrobras announces it has commenced the deployment of the Environmental Monitoring Plan in the Carioca Nordeste area, in the Santos Basin, where a pipeline ruptured last Jan. 31 on a vessel platform performing an Extended Well Test. This plan, designed to assess possible environmental impacts cause
The newest MAGNUM advanced management training class will now turn their attention to the goal of “winning new business”, and helping to shape the future of their industry in the high growth emerging markets in which APM Terminals has committed to approximately $3 billion USD in new infrastructure d
Searcher announces Duvalia 2D Non-Exclusive Seismic Survey in Carnarvon Basin, offshore Australia. The Duvalia Survey comprises approximately 3,700km of new, long-offset 2D seismic data. The survey provides coverage over Proposed Areas 8 and 9 slated for inclusion in the May, 2012 Federal Acreage Re
