Keppel AmFELS Inc., the US wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M), has delivered the first of four EXL rigs to Rowan Drilling Company, Inc. (Rowan) safely, on time and within budget. The rig, christened Rowan EXL I at the yard last Saturday, is expected to be deploy
Baker Hughes has installed Centrilift XP™ enhanced run life electrical submersible pumping (ESP) systems in six vertical subsea boosting stations located on the seafloor at Shell’s Parque das Conchas (BC-10) Field in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil. The ESP systems at BC-10 – located approximately
Oil services firm OEG Offshore has announced several key appointments to head up the operations team at its Aberdeen base. The company – which specialises in the design, build and rental of cabins and cargo-carrying container units for the offshore oil and gas market – has recruited three new employ
Normand Ranger for Solstad Offshore is delivered from Ulstein Verft. Completion of the anchor handling vessel has been a challenging task but the shipyard delivers the project to the agreed terms within time. Ulstein Verft won the contract with GIEK and Sparebank 1 SR-Bank for completion of the anch
Bourbon Offshore Maritima, formerly Delba Maritima Navegacao, the BOURBON subsidiary inBrazil, has strengthened its position on the Brazilian market by signing contracts with Petrobras for 13 new vessels. The contracts cover: – 1 Bourbon Liberty 200, an 80-tonne traction AHTS (Anchor Handling Tug Su
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC) today announced that they are recipients of the Distinguished Achievement Award presented by the Offshore Technology Conference for their groundbreaking Independence project in the ultra-deepwaters of the Gulf of Mexico.
A home-made 3,000-meter offshore oil drilling platform, owned by China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), is expected to come on-stream in 2011, a spokesman with the China Petroleum Pavilion at the ongoing Shanghai Expo said during the weekend. According to the spokesman, the platform is the
Dockwise Ltd. today announces two major awards for transport and installation projects and for two routine marine infrastructure transport. Total revenues for the various commitments are expected to reach almost USD 65 million. Dockwise has agreed a letter of intent (LOI) with one of the oil majors
AMEC, the international engineering and project anagement company, has been selected by Chevron subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Ltd (CABGOC) to perform front-end engineering design (FEED) for a significant portion of the Mafumeira Sul development project, offshore Cabinda Province, Angola. The c
During the OTC Conference & Exhibition in Houston from 3-6 May 2010, Van Oord Offshore will open its new representative office in the U.S.A.. The office is located in Houston, Texas, the oil and gas capital of the Western Hemisphere and home of many major oil and gas companies, engineering firms and
Northern Offshore, Ltd. reported today that upon completion of the third well of a five-well drilling program for VietGazprom offshore… [mappress] wthr, May 4, 2010;
Mr M. Vijayakumar, the State Minister for Ports, has laid the foundation stone for setting up of a Bollard Pull Test Facility for Cochin… [mappress] thehindubusinessline, May 4, 2010;
Held annually in Houston, Texas (USA), the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) is the world’s foremost event for the development of offshore resources in the fields of drilling, exploration, production, and environmental protection. From May 3 to 6, MTU presents its latest generation of power and p
Leading international oilfield service company Expro will be showcasing some of its latest award-winning technology at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston and demonstrating its ability to offer customers integrated solutions across the lifecycle of their wells. Expro’s Chairm
