Expro, a UK-based oilfield services company, has secured a contract offshore Canada with Statoil in the Flemish Pass Basin. The initial 4-year contract is valued at $45m with options for two 1-year extensions. The contract will include the provision of surface well testing and subsea safety systems,
Oil and gas giant Chevron informed that the first module required for the third train of its USD 54 billion Gorgon LNG project has been delivered to Barrow Island. The Gorgon project, which includes the construction of a 15.6 million tonne per annum LNG plant, is now more than 90 percent complete, C
Oil and gas giant Chevron informed that the first module required for the third train of its USD 54 billion Gorgon LNG project has been delivered to Barrow Island. The Gorgon project, which includes the construction of a 15.6 million tonne per annum LNG plant, is now more than 90 percent complete, C
FMC has chosen DNV GL to perform independent third party verification of a high pressure, high temperature (HPHT) subsea completion, production and work-over system. FMC is running this project as a joint industry program (JIP) with Anadarko, BP, Conoco Phillips, and Shell, to aim at product standar
BMT ARGOSS Ltd, the Met Office and Oceanweather Inc., have announced the launch of their joint Mid-Atlantic Current Hindcast (MACH) data set, resulting in two data sales to Shell International Petroleum Company Limited and Total S.A. The Met Office deals with data assimilation and large scale, compl
Spain’s SENER is developing a new Multipurpose Subsea Support Vessel specially designed for subsea ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) light construction duties. According to the developer, the ship will have a length overall of more than 112 m, a length between perpendiculars longer than 100 m and a br
Lamprell, a provider of engineering and contracting services, has announced the completion of construction on the jack-up drilling rig, the “Butinah”, and delivery to Abu Dhabi’s National Drilling Company (NDC). This comes following an announcement last week where NDC exercised one of its existing o
James Fisher Offshore Ltd, part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has reached an agreement with KPMG in Scotland to acquire a number of subsea assets free from encumbrances from Specialist Subsea Services Limited (S3). S3, that was acquired by the Reef Group in 2009, went into administration and dismiss
Wärtsilä of Finland informed that its 50DF marine engine has been tested and certified to run on ethane (LEG) fuel. The testing programme was carried out by Wärtsilä in close collaboration with Evergas, an owner and operator of seaborne petrochemical and liquid gas transport vessels. The capability
Wärtsilä of Finland informed that its 50DF marine engine has been tested and certified to run on ethane (LEG) fuel. The testing programme was carried out by Wärtsilä in close collaboration with Evergas, an owner and operator of seaborne petrochemical and liquid gas transport vessels. The capability
Benthic, a geosciences company form Houston, has been awarded a contract by Statoil Canada Ltd for an offshore geotechnical investigation in the Flemish Pass region off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. According to Benthic, the contract includes the provision of geotechnical services required by S
Lundin Norway has extended a contract for Eidesvik Offshore’s platform supply vessel (PSV) Viking Queen from 900 to 1.200 days. The contract was signed in January 2014 and it began in late 2014. In addition, Eidesvik entered into an agreement for installation of Energy Storage System (Battery soluti
StormGeo, a provider of decision support services and products to support weather sensitive operations, has announced two new services named OceanWatch and SpillWatch. According to the company, the new services enable oil and gas companies and renewable energy companies to make informed assessments
Planet Ocean signed an exclusive representation agreement with Brugge-based dotOcean. The agreement covers the UK and Republic of Ireland. dotOcean manufactures and supplies a range of systems for the evaluation of sediment and fluid mud for research, hydrographic & geophysical survey & dredging sup
