IBM today announced it will establish a Natural Resources Solution Centre (NRSC) in Perth to help mining, LNG and petroleum companies… [mappress] Source: International Business Machines, June 8, 2010;
Canada is sending 3,000 metres of offshore booms to the southern United States to help clean up some of the oil spilled in the Gulf of… [mappress] Source:thechronicleherald , June 7, 2010:
Cargotec has signed EUR 20 million contract for MacGregor subsea load and module handling systems to be installed on Hallin Marine Subsea International PLC’s ‘ground-breaking’ design of compact semi-submersible (CSS) offshore vessel. The equipment will be delivered during the second half of 2011. “W
The Bergen based company AllMaritim AS, has in co-operation with one of its main partners, NOFI Tromsø AS, entered into an agreement with BP USA for delivery of the reputable NOFI Buster technology. The systems will be implemented in the ongoing Gulf of Mexico oil spill response. In addition both co
World’s largest niobium producer Cia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineracao of Brazil said that the firm increases the ferroniobium to 100,000… [mappress] Source: steelguru, June 1, 2010;
On Wednesday May 26, 2010, the cutter suction dredger ‘Ibn Battuta’ was delivered to its owner, on the shipyard Uljanik Brodogradiliste d.d. in Pula (Croatia). The ‘Ibn Battuta’ is the first of four large self-propelled cutter suction dredgers built at the Pula shipyard. Earlier this year, the ident
Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC)and Caverton Helicopters Limited, an indigenous company, have sealed a N93.73 billion… [mappress] Source: businessdayonline, May 31, 2010;
The Netherlands has finally been asked to help clear up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Oil spill specialists Koseq have been… [mappress] Source: rnw, May 31, 2010;
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading ship power systems integrator, has signed a contract to deliver a ship power system for a 38,000 tonnage semi-submersible heavy-lift vessel for Chinese customer Zhejiang Share-ever Business Co., Ltd. Wärtsilä’s solution was selected for its proven reliability,
RBG, the leading provider of fabric maintenance and construction support to the global energy industry, will deliver its innovative electrical rope access services as part of a new three-year contract with Chevron North Sea. Working on the Alba, Captain and Erskine platforms located in the UKCS, RBG
FMC Technologies signed in the beginning of March a contract with Statoil ASA for the manufacture and supply of subsea production equipment to support the Marulk field. The award is a call-off from FMC’s existing frame agreement with Statoil. The Marulk field is located in the Norwegian Sea, approxi
Next week will see a major milestone reached by IHC Engineering Business (EB), when their largest project to date, a 2,000t capacity J-Lay… [mappress] Source: bymnews, May 26, 2010;
Ruukki has signed an agreement with Aker Solutions of Norway to supply 24 suction anchors in September 2010 from its Kalajoki unit in Finland. Ruukki has supplied also offshore steels for the same project. The suction anchors and offshore steel plates will be used in the Goliat field in the Barents
IHC Parts & Services, part of IHC Merwede, and Wärtsilä Netherlands (WNL) have teamed up to provide life-cycle support for ships with Bolnes and Smit Bolnes engines. The companies will combine their industry knowledge, expertise and strength to maintain these dredging and other vessels worldwide in
