Wood Group Kenny has been appointed by BP to provide engineering design and project management services for the subsea, umbilical, riser and flowline (SURF) infrastructure for BP’s Quad 204 redevelopment project West of Shetland. Wood Group Kenny is responsible for the design of $1.2 billion worth o
Wood Group, the international energy services company, is focusing on growing its world-leading engineering, production facilities support and gas turbine services businesses following the acquisition of PSN and the disposal of its Well Support division. To facilitate engineering growth, the Enginee
Hydroid, Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, the leading manufacturer of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) systems, announces that it has been awarded a major contract to provide AUVs and seafloor docking stations for the Coastal and Global Scale Nodes (CGSN) component of the Ocean Observato
Cameron announced that it has renewed an agreement with Petrobras for the supply of aftermarket services and support for their developments offshore Brazil. This agreement is a continuation to the CAMSERV™ aftermarket services contract previously signed in 2007 and is expected to generate more than
Reinforcing its position as a leading supplier of subsea technology for North Sea oilfield projects, GE Oil & Gas announced at Offshore Europe 2011 that it will provide subsea production equipment to Valiant Causeway Ltd. for the development of the Causeway Field. GE will supply two subsea productio
GE Oil & Gas subsea systems and services have been selected by Ithaca Energy (UK) Ltd. for the Stella oil and gas field development project in the Central North Sea, GE reported at Offshore Europe 2011. Under a contract of $17 million, GE will supply an integrated package of “S” Series shallow water
Nautilus Minerals Inc has granted 900,000 options and issued 200,000 loan shares to non-executive directors as their full remuneration for 2011. The options and loan shares were granted under the Company’s Stock Option Plan and Share Loan Plan which were approved by shareholders and limit the total
DeepFlex, Inc., the world’s only manufacturer of premium all-composite flexible pipe used in challenging subsea oil and gas production environments, announced today that it has closed a significant funding agreement and completed a recapitalization to simplify its capital structure. AEM Capital of R
Deepwater drilling and performance improvement specialist Exceed is exhibiting for the first time at Offshore Europe’s Deepwater Zone (Stand 6C27) following a record year for the business. The Aberdeen-based company surpassed targets to turn over £5.2million ($8.5million) in 2010/11 and has taken on
On behalf of its co-venturers BP announces an agreement to invest up to £700 million to progress a project to develop the Kinnoull reservoir in the central North Sea. Kinnoull is the largest of three reservoirs that are being developed as part of the Andrew Area developments project, and contains 45
OAO Gazprom will start pumping gas into a $10 billion subsea natural-gas pipeline from Russia to Germany, bypassing Ukraine, where disputes… (Bloomberg) [mappress] Source: Bloomberg, September 06, 2011;
China’s application to carry out deep sea mining and exploration activities in South-West Indian Ocean Ridge has been approved by Internatio… (zeenews) [mappress] Source: zeenews, September 06, 2011;
In a detailed assessment of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, researchers led by a team from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have determined that the blown-out Macondo well spewed oil at a rate of about 57,000 barrels a day, totaling nearly 5 million barrels of oil released from the w
Aubin, a leading independent supplier of specialist chemicals to the energy industry, has successfully completed offshore sea trials for the recently launched Gel Lift System (GLS). GLS, a potentially game-changing new product that could save millions of pounds when installing offshore renewables in
