Norwegian authorities have handed out a drilling permit for an exploration well in the North Sea off Norway, which is expected to be spud this month using one of Odfjell Drilling-managed semi-submersible rigs.
MODEC has confirmed the start of the construction phase for an FPSO, which is destined to work on ExxonMobil’s oil development off Guyana.
Trident Energy has decided to brake off the deal with Island Drilling for the 2012-built semi-sub rig, citing safety concerns.
Petrobras has come back to Africa’s oil and gas exploration playground, thanks to the acquisition of interests in three exploration blocks.
Shearwater GeoServices has been hired to conduct a 3D seismic survey assignment off the east coast of India by ONGC.
The duo is combining forces for participation in worldwide tendering activity, which entails EPC projects in the oil and gas arena.
CRP Subsea has tucked a new contract under its belt for an ultra-deepwater oil field development project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
Shell is set on employing a cloud-based master data build and optimization software from ABL across various new projects to achieve asset management efficiencies.
DNV has taken steps to undertake a significant revamp of the standard used for the design and planning of marine operations.
Japan’s energy giant JERA and PT PLN Energi Primer Indonesia (PLN EPI), a fuel procurement and transportation operator for Indonesia’s power giant PT PLN (Persero), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development of an LNG value chain. The MoU provides for collabora
Diamond Offshore has secured a new job in the UK sector of the North Sea and a contract extension in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
China’s oil and gas giant China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) has rolled out the country’s first locally-made subsea Xmas tree. CNOOC reported that the first China-produced subsea Xmas tree was officially put into use on February 6. The subsea tree is 3.5 meters long, 3.2 meters wide, and 3 me
Maritime equipment manufacturer Straatman has secured a contract to supply a ship-to-shore link system for Petronas’ third floating LNG project, or ZFLNG, offshore Sabah in Malaysia. As part of its partnership with Samsung Heavy Industries, an EPCC contractor in the project, Straatman will supply it
As Ocean Installer pools resources with ALP Maritime Services, the collaboration puts three new vessels at its disposal.
