Dr Marcus Jones has left his post as Chief Executive of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) in order to pursue new interests. He joined the Institute in January 2008 as Chief Operating Officer and took over as Chief Executive in May 2009. “Marcus has defined and led
Premier announces that the CRD-2X appraisal well in block 07/03 Vietnam has been drilled to a TD of 3785 metres MDRT, appraising the Miocene sands discovered in 2009 with the CRD-1X well. The well was deepened from the preliminary TD of 3109 metres MDRT to evaluate the Oligocene which was not tested
Power conversion specialist Converteam has been selected to supply its sophisticated C-Series dynamic position (DP) control systems for two platform supply vessels (PSVs) destined for operation in the oil and gas fields of Russia’s northern seas. The award for Converteam’s sophisticated automatic po
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. has awarded Framo Engineering the contract for engineering, procurement, manufacturing and delivery of complete subsea pumping systems for the Jack & St.Malo fields in the Gulf of Mexico. Framo Engineering Managing Director, Ole Gams Steine, states; “We are very proud and gratefu
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. has awarded Framo Engineering the contract for engineering, procurement, manufacturing and delivery of complete subsea pumping systems for the Jack & St.Malo fields in the Gulf of Mexico. Framo Engineering Managing Director, Ole Gams Steine, states; “We are very proud and gratefu
TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (TGS) has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Stingray Geophysical Limited (Stingray). The transaction will provide TGS with a strong position in the rapidly growing market for Permanent Reservoir Monitoring (PRM) solutions. The acquisition wi
Gondan shipyard has just signed a new contract with the norwegian shipowner Ostensjo Rederi. This contract came into force the 8th april 2011. The new vessel is a supply vessel that will support the operation of Oil Rigs operating in the North Sea. This new unit will be construction number c444 and
Hydroid, Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, the leading manufacturer of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, announced that three of its REMUS 6000 AUVs aided in the search for and discovery of wreckage from downed Air France Flight 447 nearly two and a half miles below the surface off the Atlanti
TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (TGS) has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Stingray Geophysical Limited (Stingray). The transaction will provide TGS with a strong position in the rapidly growing market for Permanent Reservoir Monitoring (PRM) solutions. The acquisition wi
The Navy may be brought in to help in a row between Greenpeace and the Brazilian oil company Petrobras… (tvnz) [mappress] Source: tvnz, April 11, 2011;
Octanex N.L. has been advised by Eni Australia Limited, the Operator of the Gawain-1 well located in the outer Exmouth Plateau permit, WA-362-P, that at 06:00 hours WST (Western Standard Time) on Monday, 11 April 2011, the well was at a depth of 3,778m MDRT (measured depth below rotary table) and ru
Tap Oil Limited has agreed to sell its interests in a portfolio of non-core assets in the Carnarvon Basin to companies in the Sydney based and privately owned Hardie Energy Group. As consideration for the assignments, the companies will pay Tap $2,000,000. Further details of the assets and the assig
UAE-based MIS Group (Maritime Industrial Services ), a diversified engineering and contracting group focused on the energy sector, has received a final payment of US$ 17.1 million, following the delivery and acceptance of MENAdrill II (Hull 110) for its client MENAdrill Investment Company (MENAdrill
Last week Statoil started oil production at the large Peregrino field offshore Brazil. Production will gradually ramp up to a plateau of 100,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. The move makes Statoil an important long-term operator and partner in Brazil’s attractive and growing oil and gas indust
