Inventor of the Bowflex®, Tessema Shifferaw introduces The Shifferaw Oil Ocean Leak Prevention System, SOOLPS, guaranteed to put both environmentalists and oil companies at ease. Shifferaw designed this system in response to the lackluster solutions for the disastrous Gulf oil spill. Now, a year lat
A new vessel will be visible off the North Norfolk coast over the coming weeks as further work continues on the installation of the foundations for the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm. The ‘Oleg Strashnov’ is a state-of-the-art crane vessel designed for heavy lifting operations, and its key feat
EnerMech has been awarded a contract to provide Petrofac Offshore Engineering & Operations with power tools, plant and equipment and lifting gear services. The three year contract, with two one-year options, is estimated to be worth £1 million. EnerMech is already a provider on a Petrofac managed as
BMT Scientific Marine Services (BMT) announces the opening of a new office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Trading as BMT Scientific Marine Services Ltda, BMT will operate in Rio de Janeiro as an extension of its existing offices in California and Houston. The local presence provided by this new base in
In April 2011, the Laverda North-2 appraisal well was drilled and discovered a gross interval of 18 metres of new oil-bearing sands. Wireline sampling from the new zone recovered more than 20 litres oil to the surface. As expected, the well also intersected a gross interval of about 10 metres of oil
CENTRICA, the energy group whose businesses include British Gas, has signed a long-term lease that will enable it to build an operation and maintenance base at Grimsby docks to serve its wind farms in the Greater Wash. The facility will be completed by the end of this year. Centrica operates the 194
CENTRICA, the energy group whose businesses include British Gas, has signed a long-term lease that will enable it to build an operation and maintenance base at Grimsby docks to serve its wind farms in the Greater Wash. The facility will be completed by the end of this year. Centrica operates the 194
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded a major brownfield contract by BP Azerbaijan, covering both their onshore and offshore assets in the region for five years with two possible four-year extensions. The US$600 million Engineering and Small Projects co
WFS Technologies announces an agreement with EV Offshore, to provide wireless capability for EV’s new subsea video camera; the Neptus WSC, launched at OTC 2011 in Houston. WFS Technologies founded in 2003, is the world’s leading supplier of Radio and Acoustic Solutions for communication, navigation
Siemens and Østensjø Rederi have developed a new diesel-electric propulsion system that uses less fuel and will set new environmental standards for offshore vessels. The new system will reduce NOx and emissions of greenhouse gases, more than today’s systems using gas operation. The system will be in
Siemens Energy has been awarded several contracts for the supply of topside solutions including power generation, water injection and power distribution packages for a Brazilian FPSO (Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading) project. Purchaser for the power generators and power distribution sys
Petrobras’ CEO, José Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo, granted a press conference yesterday (03/05) during the 2011 Offshore Technology Conference, in Houston, United States. Gabrielli was accompanied by the executive manager for Petrobras’ Research Center, Carlos Tadeu Fraga; the executive manager for t
Paradigm Oilfield Services today announced it has secured a $400,000 contract to supply equipment for a drilling operation in Greenland. The Aberdeenshire headquartered company revealed at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston that it is this week delivering the shipment, which includes its
KCA DEUTAG, the leading international drilling and engineering contractor, has won a competitive tender for a new drilling contract from the international energy company Statoil to provide drilling services at the Kvitebjørn gas and condensate field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The contract i
