OCB Oilfield Services, a Gulf Capital portfolio company, has completed the acquisition of Kuiper International, as part of a four-year expansion plan to increase its business value by 300 percent. Kuiper International, established in 2010 and headquartered in Singapore, is a player in the offshore c
The Danish software and hardware engineering specialist EIVA has welcomed PT Geotronix Pratama Indonesia to its network of representatives as of January 2016. Geotronix, a survey technology provider, will offer its customers in Indonesia both EIVA hardware and software solutions. This cooperation sh
Offshore contractor Jan De Nul will install two 115 kV cables, supplied by Nexans Norway, for the Marjan Gas Oil Separation Plan (GOSP’s) project executed by McDermott, the company said on Thursday. Both cables, with a total cable weight of 8,500 tonnes have been loaded and will now be transported a
Cameron has reported net income attributable to its stockholders of $125 million for the fourth quarter 2015, down from $254 million in the corresponding period in 2014. The company posted fully diluted earnings per share, excluding discontinued operations and other costs, of $1.08 for the fourth qu
An oil and gas industry skills and workforce development body, OPITO, has appointed Graham Gall as new managing director to lead its international business. Gall is a former managing director of Falck Safety Services in Brazil. Prior to joining Falck, he was also standards and approvals director for
Lankhorst Ropes has been awarded a contract by Shell to supply the mooring lines for the Appomattox development to be located approximately 140 nautical miles Southeast of New Orleans in the Gulf of Mexico. The semi-submersible four-column production platform will be moored in approximately 7,200 fe
Dynamic Industries secured an award for the refurbishment of a 500-ton production platform and 300-ton jacket for Eni’s Nene field. The offshore production facility is expected to be loaded out in May 2016 for Nene field located in The Republic of Congo. The Nene field, which is expected to contain
Goodtech, an engineering company from Norway, has won a contract with Teekay Offshore for the FPSO Petrojarl I bound for Atlanta field, in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. The work will be performed by Goodtech’s Projects & Services business area that provides technical solutions in the fields of a
Dutch provider of offshore access solutions Ampelmann, has secured its first contract with Petra Resources Sdn Bhd, with end client Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd in Malaysia Ampelmann will supply offshore access services in Sarawak waters during the monsoon period. Stretching from October to February, the
ABB has won orders worth over $22 million from Vattenfall Eldistribution AB to upgrade the world’s first commercial high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission link, which ABB installed in 1954. The orders were booked in the fourth quarter of 2015. The 150-kilovolt (kV) link has the capaci
Specialist submarine cable installation company, Louis Dreyfus TravOcean, has ordered two Saab Seaeye Leopards for touchdown monitoring and support. The Leopard ROVs, with eleven thrusters and iCON intelligent control system should provide TravOcean with a stable work platform particularly in strong
Dynamic Industries, an offshore services company, has announced a new award for the refurbishment of a 500 ton production platform and 300 ton jacket for Eni’s Nene field, offshore Congo. Dynamic said it would be using its inventory of used structures. The offshore production facility is expected to
Red Marine has completed a programme of qualification testing on a new subsea landing string valve system for FMC Technologies. Used during workover operations, the valve allows rapid redistribution of high pressure oil and gas within the landing string system to allow for emergency riser disconnect
Finland’s Wärtsilä has signed a maintenance agreement with Ensco, an offshore drilling contractor, to create savings by optimising Ensco’s assets and improving predictability through condition monitoring services and parts supply management for Ensco’s four drillships equipped with six Wärtsilä 32 e
