Norway’s TGS has entered into an agreement with PetroData Management Services for the formation of TGS-PetroData Offshore Services Limited, a joint venture entity, to provide geoscience data products and services to the petroleum industry in Nigeria. According to TGS, PetroData Management Services
On 23 and 24 September 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway carried out an audit of BP Norge AS (BP) and Valhall Flank North located in the North Sea. The PSA says the audit was focused on working environment and emergency preparedness. Valhall Flank North is an unmanned well head platf
From 23 to 25 September 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway carried out an audit of Det norske oljeselskap ASA (Det norske) and barrier management in the Ivar Aasen development project, in the North Sea. The Ivar Aasen field is situated west of the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea
GE Oil & Gas will supply its gas turbine-driven compressor train and mechanical drive technology to Malaysia’s national oil and gas company, PETRONAS, for a second floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility that is being developed off the coast of East Malaysia. “We are excited to move ahead wit
The “Viking Lady”, an offshore supply vessel in daily operation in the North Sea, is a full-scale “test laboratory”, DNV GL says. At the Greener Shipping Summit – Ships of the Future conference held in Athens yesterday (November 11), Dr Nikolaos Kakalis, Head of DNV GL Strategic Research & Innovatio
DRAGFLOW, a world player in solid pumping solutions with over 25 years of experience in manufacturing heavy duty pumps and complete dredging equipment, will be present at Big 5 Exhibition, the International Building and Constructor Show, (November 17 – 20) in Dubai World Trade Center, and will revea
At its official launch hosted by Hydro Group plc in Aberdeen last night (Monday, November 10), the newly established Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) revealed that it now has its first approved and funded projects coming on stream and is in discussion with more than 50 companies regarding technolo
CPNL Engineering received a DNV-GL status confirmation for its belmouths, monopile entry system and the regular cable protection system. This system used in 295MW Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm and nine other offshore projects has been reviewed by certification entity DNV-GL, based on the recently o
Prysmian Group has announced new investments worth over € 40 million to upgrade production capabilities in its cable plants in Pikkala, Finland and in Arco Felice, Italy. The factories are already the Group’s centres of excellence for high voltage and submarine cable production. These new investment
Hoidi International Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based offshore engineering & construction company, has won an order to supply legs for four jack-up drilling rigs.
KBAT has held a three day Deck Decompression Chamber (DDC) operator course at Samcheonpo Seoul hospital in Sacheon City, South Korea. A total of 17 students from various Korean Diving companies and operators of hyperbaric treatment chambers attended the course which was organised by Lee Chan Soo of
A tablet for use in extremely hazardous areas in the offshore oil and gas industry will be available to users for the first time in early 2015, Aberdeen-based Motion Software has informed. The company has said that it expects heightened demand for its zone 1 ATEX-compliant tablet solution followin
ABS, a provider of classification services to the global offshore industry, has granted approval in principle (AIP) for the Sevan cylindrical floating LNG (FLNG) production unit concept for offshore production, storage and transfer of LNG, LPG and condensate. The next generation FLNG design concept
Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc., a pioneer in the field of deep-ocean exploration, reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014. The company’s operations during the quarter were primarily focused on the recovery of gold from the SS Central America shipwreck and support for the su
