Production on the Njord platform was shut down on April 24 as a result of operational problems with gaskets in a gas export compressor. Later the same day, during work to resume production, a gas leak was discovered in one of the risers. All production on Njord was immediately shut down and will rem
Personnel supplier iPS is opening an office in Perth, Australia. Hans Slootweg will represent iPS being responsible for the regional Maritime, Dredging and Oil & Gas industry. iPS has expertise in complex, international personnel solutions in the Maritime and Offshore industries. The company is grow
UTEC Survey has recently announced the opening of a new office in Newfoundland, Canada. The new office will compliment UTEC Survey’s Calgary office, while giving the company a stronger presence in Eastern Canada. Cory Goodyear will head up the new operational center as the Regional Manager of Atlant
Gulmar Energy S.A. (Gulmar) has appointed Mr. Patrick Chapalain (p.chapalain@gulmarme.ae) as its new Chief Executive Officer. Patrick has a worldwide experience in the subsea market with EPCI projects, and has been involved in all types of shallow and deep water offshore construction works, saturati
India’s largest shipbuilding firm ABG Shipyard Ltd is forming a joint venture to set up a large shipbuilding yard in Nigeria. ABG … By Pallavi S vccircle [mappress] Source: vccircle, April 25,2011;
Kreuz Holdings Limited (“Kreuz” or together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”), a subsea service provider for the oil and gas industry, has signed Letters of Intent for subsea installation contracts worth approximately US$4.8 million with a leading offshore company in the oil and gas business locat
Police have charged the skipper of a boat who was arrested on Saturday while protesting against oil exploration off the East Cape of the … Copyright © 2011, Radio New Zealand [mappress] Source: Radio New Zealand, April 25,2011;
Admonishing the defiant Reliance Industries, the Oil Ministry has ordered the Mukesh Ambani-run firm to immediately stop natural gas sales… PtiNews [mappress] Source:PTINews , April 25,2011;
Topaz Energy and Marine ‘Topaz’, an oilfield services group, has secured a two vessel contract offshore Nigeria for the duration of 2011… AMEinfo [mappress] Source:AMEinfo , April 25,2011:
McDermott International, Inc. , announced today that one of its subsidiary companies was awarded fabrication and installation work from Chevron U.S.A. Inc. to support the development of the Jack and St. Malo fields in the Gulf of Mexico. The project will be included in McDermott’s first quarter 2011
State oil and gas firm PT Pertamina said Monday that it is ready to set aside US$1 billion over five years to finance the development of … The Jakarta Post [mappress] Source:Jakartapost , April 25,2011;
Eurocopter’s 1,000th helicopter from its Dauphin family was delivered recently to India’s Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited, the world’s largest civilian operator of this successful twin-engine, medium weight rotary-wing aircraft. Pawan Hans’ milestone helicopter is an AS365 N3 version, configured for
Dubai-based Drydocks World said Emas, a leading offshore contractor providing construction, marine, production and well intervention … By TradeArabia News Service [mappress] Source: TrqadeArabiaNewsService, april 25,2011;
RBG has achieved 11 years, and more than 500,000 man hours, without a lost time incident (LTI) on theTriton FPSO in the North Sea. Contracted by Wood Group, RBG has delivered its expert fabric maintenance support including access solutions and specialist cleaning mechanical services since 2000. The
