Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced today at the Paris Air Show that China Southern Airlines Company’s Zhuhai Helicopter Branch has contracted for a S-76C++™ and two S-92® helicopters to support the company’s offshore oil customers operating in the South China Sea. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United T
Offshore wind is the mean of a reliable, intensive and abundant renewable energy. This relatively new source of electricity generation, which is capable to meet much of the populated coastal areas need for power around the world, has been also stimulating the development of marine economies with tho
BP today announced that it has reached agreement with Weatherford U.S., L.P. (“Weatherford”) to settle potential claims between the companies related to the Deepwater Horizon accident. BP and Weatherford have agreed to mutual releases of potential claims against each other, and BP has agreed to inde
On 16 June 2011, as a part of St. Petersburg Economic Forum, Russia’s largest tanker company Sovcomflot and the State corporation “The Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)” signed a bilateral agreement on cooperation. The document was signed by SCF’s President and CEO
OGX Petróleo e Gás Participações S.A., the Brazilian oil and gas company responsible for the largest private-sector exploratory campaign in Brazil, today announced the conclusion of drilling at the horizontal well OGX-9-44HP-RJS (“Waikiki Horizontal”) and through a drill-stem test (DST), the identif
A&P Group has won a contract with an important new client, P&O Maritime Services, carrying out conversion work on the company’s impressive European Supporter cable-laying vessel. The Group’s Hebburn yard has carried out numerous repairs and refurbishments for P&O Ferries but this is their first comm
A&P Group has won a contract with an important new client, P&O Maritime Services, carrying out conversion work on the company’s impressive European Supporter cable-laying vessel. The Group’s Hebburn yard has carried out numerous repairs and refurbishments for P&O Ferries but this is their first comm
Expro announces a major new investment programme that will reinforce the group’s leading position as a supplier of innovative technology and specialist services to the upstream oil and gas sector. The programme includes expanding the group’s established fleet of Subsea Safety Tools and Well Test Pac
Aker Solutions has secured a contract for subsea compression topside modifications of the Åsgard A and B platforms with Statoil. The contract value is approximately NOK 650 million. The purpose of the modification is to supply electricity to the Åsgard subsea compressor units, which will be installe
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia announces that its 80% owned subsidiary company The National Chemical Carriers Ltd. Co. (NCC) received on Wednesday, 15th June 2011 in Korea a new chemical tanker named NCC AMAL with DWT of 45,000 tons from SHINAsb (previously SLS) of South Korea, as par
EUROPE risks losing its lead in marine energy to America unless the European Union finds urgent funds to support the fledgling industry, … By Dominic Jeff (scotsman) [mappress] Source: scotsman, June 20, 2011;
Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd. (TEN) today announced a four year time charter for the 2007-built 150,000 m(3) LNG carrier Neo Energy to a major international energy concern. The charter is expected to commence in the first quarter of next year upon expiration of the vessel’s existing employment. This
Dresser-Rand Group Inc. and Statoil announced that they have launched a joint research and development project based on Dresser-Rand’s Integrated Compression System (ICS). The ICS is an advanced technology platform that uses high-efficiency DATUM centrifugal compressor technology driven by a high sp
Dresser-Rand Group Inc. and Statoil announced today that they have launched a joint research and development project based on Dresser-Rand’s Integrated Compression System (ICS). The ICS is an advanced technology platform that uses high-efficiency DATUM centrifugal compressor technology driven by a h
