Aker Solutions’ wholly-owned subsidiary STEP Offshore has delivered a drilling fluid and well control system to Rolls-Royce Marine, which will be used on the Yme field in the North Sea. The Aker Solutions unit made a fast and efficient delivery of an ultra compact skid mounted system for drilling fl
INPEX expressed their deepest condolences at the absolute tragedy caused by the recent massive earthquake that struck the nation’s Tohoku Region on 11 March. INPEX CORPORATION has decided to make a donation and contribution of immediate relief supplies as follows. 1. JPY 200 million (USD 2.44 millio
Transocean Ltd. announced that Steven L. Newman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the company, will address attendees at the Howard Weil Energy Conference in New Orleans, LA. Mr. Newman is scheduled to present on Monday, March 28, 2011 at 9:15 a.m., CT. A copy of the presentation materials w
At a ceremony in Bangkok on 18 March 2011, Statoil signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) of Thailand. Last November, Statoil agreed to sell to PTTEP a 40% stake in its Kai Kos Dehseh Canadian Oil Sands asset, forming a strong partnership with PTTEP. T
China’s Minmetals has joined the hunt for deep sea minerals including copper and gold, a newspaper said on Thursday… (miningweekly) [mappress] Source: miningweekly ,March 17, 2011;
Siemens is conducting an international fundraising campaign to help the victims of the earthquake and its aftermath in Japan. Through March 31, 2011, Siemens will match every euro that employees around the world donate to a special bank account opened for that purpose. The company itself will set as
Landmark Software and Services, a Halliburton business line, announced today that leading Brazilian exploration and production company, OGX Oil and Gas, will migrate all users of geophysical and geological software applications to the Landmark DecisionSpace(R) Desktop system. Introduced by Landmark
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the Consortium for Ocean Leadership (OL) announced Teledyne Webb Research, of East Falmouth, Mass., will provide coastal gliders supporting the Pioneer and Endurance Arrays of the Coastal and Global Scale Nodes (CGSN) for the Ocean Observatories In
Nemo Engineering, the subsea unit in Apply, has been awarded a contract with Statoil Petroleum AS for the delivery of two 12’’ Hot Tap Gooseneck Spools on the Åsgard Subsea Compression Project, with the purpose to ensure an extended lifetime and increased exploitation for the Åsgard field in the Nor
Minor adjustments have been implemented in the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s (NPD’s) organisation and management structure. The changes entail that Johannes Kjøde will assume the function of deputy director general. Tomas Mørch has been appointed as a new director. The NPD is a flat, team-based
Hyundai Heavy Industries group is giving ￥50 million via its Japanese branch office to the Japanese Red Cross for disaster relief efforts in Japan today. Hyundai Heavy said, “We hope this donation would be of help for Japanese people. We do also hope that Japanese people would recover its damage as
State and federal agencies are getting their ducks in a row to regulate offshore wind farms. By Valerie Myers (goerie) [mappress] Source: goerie, March 17, 2011
Nemo Engineering, the subsea unit in Apply, has been awarded a contract with Statoil Petroleum AS for the delivery of two 12’’ Hot Tap Gooseneck Spools on the Åsgard Subsea Compression Project, with the purpose to ensure an extended lifetime and increased exploitation for the Åsgard field in the Nor
Aker Solutions has entered into a contract with Intergraph using Intergraph’s Smart 3D technology. A multiyear contract, which includes SmartMarine® 3D, was signed in Oslo, Norway, this month with the first project deployment expected during the second half of 2011. “Intergraph’s Smart 3D Technology
