Superior Energy-Marine Technical Services (MTS), a division of Superior Energy Services, Inc., received its first Certificate of Acceptance from a client for the use of their Arctic Containment System (ACS). Designed, built, owned and operated by MTS, the ACS was developed to act as a containment sy
TGS is hosting its 2013 Capital Markets Day in London, United Kingdom. The prepared program will include presentations from the TGS Executive Management team. Announcements will be made on three new surveys: – Cheyenne 3D land survey covering 1,689 km2 in Cheyenne and Kiowa Counties in Colorado in a
Large Diameter Drilling (LDD) announced the launch of LM Handling, a new business unit which has been established as a joint venture co-operation between Acteon companies LDD and MENCK. LM Handling offers global coverage in the field of offshore lifting and handling equipment and services on a sales
Aker Solutions laid the foundation stone of a new plant in Paraná that will double the company’s subsea production capacity in Brazil. The plant in the city of São José dos Pinhais in the Paraná state in Brazil will be operational in 2015. It will replace Aker Solutions’ current subsea manufacturing
Since last August an Atlas Copco HB 4100 hydraulic breaker has been deployed for underwater demolition near Giglio Island, Tuscany, Italy. The work is the first phase of a major maritime engineering operation in which Atlas Copco is closely collaborating with Sales SpA, a well known Italian construc
Chariot Oil & Gas Limited, the Atlantic margins focused oil and gas exploration company, today announces that the Ministry of Mines and Energy in Namibia has granted a one year extension for the First Renewal Phase on the Central Area Blocks, (Licence 19, covering Blocks 2312 A & B and Northern halv
As part of oceanographic surveys for monitoring the Campi Flegrei Caldera, which involves the Italian Navy and the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), Ageotec technicians and INGV researchers of the Portovenere headquarters have collaborated on design and implementation
The Crown Estate has announced plans to lease further wave and tidal sites in a bid to encourage and accelerate technology development. In line with responses to the recent industry engagement exercise, the leasing will focus on test and demonstration projects to be installed in waters around the UK
Houston-based Audubon Engineering announces the expansion of its range of offshore and subsea engineering services. Finding the right engineers to work with for subsea and offshore engineering services is important. Quality, cost, and efficiency are key factors that companies look for in engineering
Saipem announces that it has already exceeded 50% of its new contract acquisition target for 2013 in the Engineering & Construction (E&C) Business Unit. The total value of new contracts acquired from January 2013 to date in the E&C Business Unit (some of which will be communicated in the next weeks)
Det norske oljeselskap ASA is now a fully fledged oil company with exploration, development and operation. This week, the Ivar Aasen development was approved by the Storting. At the same time, production of Det norske’s first self-produced oil as operator has commenced on the Jette field. COO Øyvind
GDF SUEZ E&P Norge AS has signed a contract with Core Energy selling a 12 % share in the Njord license, PL107. It includes also the transfer of 12 % of the Noatun discovery, 3.67 % in the Kristin Gas Export Pipeline Joint Venture and 0.162 % in the NSGI Joint Venture. This makes Core […]
Global oil services provider AGR Petroleum Services has signed an £18million/ NOK 160 million contract with Genel Energy. The company is to deliver Well Management services for Genel Energy’s North/West Africa offshore drilling campaign. The contract, secured by AGR’s Aberdeen-based team, involves p
Red7Marine Offshore Ltd announced the award of a number of new contracts for 2013. Cable protection work has recently been awarded on the Paimpol-Brehat Tidal Energy Converter project, Brittany, France. The scope of work includes the installation of more than 100 concrete mattresses to provide addit
