Polarcus Limited announces that the official steel cutting ceremony of newbuild NB293, named POLARCUS ADIRA, took place in March 2011. POLARCUS ADIRA is the second of two newbuild 3D seismic vessels ordered from Ulstein Verft AS of Norway and announced by Polarcus on 18 November 2010. The vessels ar
The Directors of Mermaid Marine Australia Ltd (MMA) announces that the Company has entered into a contract to purchase a new 75 metre DP II Platform Supply Vessel (PSV). The PSV is a MT 6009 MKII diesel electric design, which delivers a high level of reliability and fuel efficiency in operation. PSV
Fugro has reached agreement with Reef Subsea AS to acquire Bluestone Offshore Pte Ltd and its subsidiaries. Bluestone Offshore Pte Ltd is a specialist provider of geotechnical services in Southeast Asia and Australia and currently operates one chartered DP deepwater geotechnical vessel in the region
Technip was awarded a full EPIC(1) contract by RWE Dea, for the Clipper South gas field development in the North Sea. The field is located 70 kilometers North-east of the Bacton gas terminal in 25 meters of water. The contract covers full project management, detailed pipeline design, installation an
Polarcus Limited announces that the official steel cutting ceremony of newbuild NB293, named POLARCUS ADIRA, took place in March 2011. POLARCUS ADIRA is the second of two newbuild 3D seismic vessels ordered from Ulstein Verft AS of Norway and announced by Polarcus on 18 November 2010. The vessels ar
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. will publish its 2011-2013 Corporate Strategy today at 10.00 CET. Peter Berdowski, CEO, will present the strategic plan through a live webcast. The English spoken webcast will commence at 10.00 CET. At the same time, the strategy update will become available through t
ConocoPhillips recently awarded Vector International a contract for the Jasmine Development Project. The awarded package includes over 2,500 Techlok clamp connectors of all different sizes. The Jasmine field is located in the UK central North Sea and is one of the UK’s largest discoveries since the
Reference is made to the reorganisation of Seadrill’s harsh environment drilling services and the establishment of North Atlantic Drilling Ltd announced on February 15, 2011. Seadrill announces that North Atlantic Drilling’s acquisition of our harsh-environment drilling activities was successfully c
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been selected by BP Exploration and Production to programme manage their existing portfolio of onshore and offshore projects in the North Sea, estimated to be worth £60 million over the four year contract. As part of the BP-AMEC
Aberdeenshire-based AMC Engineering Ltd, the main arm of AMC Global Group, has just completed a deal with Halliburton Energy Services. The deal involved the creation of two sets of five containers which form mobile workshops for initial use in the Middle East and Africa. The bespoke workshops were d
Cygnus Instruments launch their latest ROV mountable multiple echo ultrasonic thickness gauge, the Cygnus Workclass. Cygnus offers two dedicated ROV mountable thickness gauges. These units have been designed to be mounted onto most types of work class ROV with a manipulator facility. The shallow wat
With orders in excess of £9.5m, a 90% uplift against EFC’s previous 12 month booking period, leading designer and manufacturer of Instrumentation, Monitoring, Controls and Handling Systems for the global oil and gas industry, EFC Group commenced 2011 with expansion into new headquarters to facilitat
With orders in excess of £9.5m, a 90% uplift against EFC’s previous 12 month booking period, leading designer and manufacturer of Instrumentation, Monitoring, Controls and Handling Systems for the global oil and gas industry, EFC Group commenced 2011 with expansion into new headquarters to facilitat
Ecorys has been contracted by the European Commission to identify growth opportunities for the European shipbuilding industry and its marine… (ecorys) [mappress] Source: ecorys, April 04, 2011
