NCE Subsea is now a partner in the joint industry project (JIP) Subsea Documentation Standardisation. This industry is initiated and managed by DNV-GL and the Norwegian Oil and Gas Association (NOROG). The aim is to develop a recommended practice representing the minimum set of documentation require
PanGeo Subsea has successfully completed a survey for Perenco UK Limited for their Welland Gas field Decommissioning Programme. The workscope of the contract, first announced in March this year, included carrying out both SBI and multi-beam surveys on the Welland platform and three remote wellheads
Eni Norge’s Goliat FPSO has arrived in Hammerfest, Norway, today from South Korea after a 63-day voyage covering 15,608 nautical miles. The cylindrical floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility will now undergo final preparations for the first oil production from the Barents Sea.
SeaRobotics Corporation announces the successful design, construction and delivery of two pairs of sediment sampling grabs to the field operations division of CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA), a Florida-based marine environmental consulting firm. SeaRobotics designed, manufactured and delivered a pair
The Houston-based oilfield services major, Schlumberger, is slashing another 11,000 jobs as it fells the impact of downturn in oil prices and lower E&P spending. In January this year, Schlumberger informed that the company had laid off 9,000 employees late last year, recording a $296 million charge
Plexus Holdings has secured its first contract with Cardon IV, a gas licence granted by the Ministry of Petroleum and Mines of Venezuela to Eni Venezuela B.V and Repsol Venezuela Gas, S.A., for the supply of mudline suspension equipment services for a development well offshore Venezuela. The value o
Norwegian division of the French cable giant Nexans is downsizing its workforce at the company’s plant in Halden as it reacts to market slowdown. The Halden factory, which currently has approximately 900 employees, had to let go 90 workers, after temporarily putting them on hold in January. Accordin
The Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Dredging Suez Canal, has posted on its official facebook page the latest photos of the New Suez Canal dredging program. The project was launched by the Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mamish in the presence of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sis
UK oil and gas engineering firm FES International has been awarded a contract by Subsea 7 for the supply of fully automated Diverless Bend Stiffener Connectors (DBSCs). The manufacture of the DBSCs is currently underway at FES International UK headquarters in Northumberland, UK, the company informed
Finland’s MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured contracts to supply Pusnes bow loading systems for three newbuild shuttle tankers intended for operations in Brazilian waters. Pusnes solutions provide connections that allow shuttle tankers to load oil directly from offshore facilities while holdin
Nexans, a France-based cable manufacturer for the oil and gas industry, has confirmed the launch of both temporary layoffs and downsizing at the company’s plant in Halden, Norway. To remind, based on Norwegian media reports, Offshore Energy Today on Wednesday wrote that the company would be letting
Global energy companies have joined forces to fund new research aimed at advancing tropical cyclone forecasting in Northern Australia to further improve offshore safety and mitigate costly disruptions to operations. Results from the industry-driven research are expected to enhance tropical cyclone r
Plexus Holdings PLC has won a contract from Cardon IV, a Venezuelan joint Venture between Spanish Repsol and Italian ENI, for the supply of mudline suspension equipment services. The contract will support a development well offshore Venezuela, at the Cardon IV block. The value of the order, accordin
Hughes Sub Surface Engineering of Bootle, is among the winners in the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2015. The Gold award in the annual scheme run by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) will be presented during a ceremony at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, a
