Pacific Drilling S.A. announced that their latest generation drillship, the Pacific Scirocco, has received a Letter of Award from Total E&P Nigeria Limited, subject to completion of formalities with relevant government agencies in the near future, to perform exploration and development work in Niger
Schilling Robotics, LLC, experts in subsea systems, announced the order for eight (8) Heavy-Duty™ (HD™) ROV systems from integrated offshore oil and gas solutions provider EMAS, the operating arm of Ezra Holdings Limited. The HD™ systems will be rated for 4,000m and will be supplied with 850m capaci
Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) announced that it has opened its headquarters in Houston. The offices house the day-to-day business operations as well as a dedicated emergency response center in the event MWCC is called to respond to a deepwater well control incident in the U.S. Gulf of Mexic
KBR announced that it has been named as subcontractor by Dragados Offshore, S.A. (Dragados) for the detailed engineering work on the South Arne Phase 3 Project, an expansion of the existing South Arne field located offshore in the Danish sector of the North Sea. The EPC award to Dragados includes tw
AGR Group, the Norwegian supplier of services and technology to the oil and gas sector, released its annual report on 29 April. At the end of 2010 the Group reports EBITDA of 304 million NOK. This is up from 35 million NOK in 2009. Group CFO Svein Sollund said: “During the economic downturn we made
Technip was awarded a 10-year master agreement by BP Exploration and Production, Inc. The agreement covers the design, procurement and construction of hulls and mooring systems for Spar(1) platforms to be located in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as the design of top tension risers(2) for dry tree unit
Foster Wheeler AG announced that Jon Nield, 47, has been promoted to Vice President, Project Risk Management Group (PRMG), effective immediately. In this role, he will be responsible for leading the group that sets, reviews and implements the company’s risk management policy for proposal and contrac
Oceanic Research and Recovery Inc. , a marine salvage and exploration company, announced that team members have discovered two shipwrecks in the Philippines. Preliminary investigations indicate that at least one of the ships located is believed to be a Manila Galleon that was outbound from Manila to
The multi-component seismic company Reservoir Exploration Technology ASA (RXT) has entered into a LOI with an international oil company regarding acquisition of 4C seismic data in West Africa. The intention is to conclude the final contract during May and start up of the project will be in Q2. The w
Fugro has reached agreement with JDR Cable Systems (Netherlands) Ltd to acquire JDR Cable Systems Holdings Netherlands BV and its marine cable subsidiary JDR Cable Systems BV, together comprising JDR’s Marine Cables division. JDR Marine Cables designs and produces special marine cables for oil and g
CGGVeritas announced a new joint venture with the Norwegian ship-owner Eidesvik Offshore to manage ten high-capacity 3D vessels in the CGGVeritas fleet, including the two new X-BOW vessels, Oceanic Vega and Oceanic Sirius. The joint venture, CGGVeritas Eidesvik Ship Management AS, will be based in B
FLIR Systems, Inc. announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011. Revenue was $373.5 million, up 30% compared to first quarter 2010 revenue of $287.3 million. Operating income in the first quarter was $76.6 million, compared to $84.3 million in the first quarter of 2010, and
Blue Offshore announced the appointment of Stijn Folkers to the role of Commercial Director. Folkers will be responsible for the management of Blue Offshore’s Commercial Departments. Folkers has a strong background in the offshore industry. He served most recently as Manager of Contracts at Seaway H
Statoil has responded to questions put by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) in connection with its report into the Gullfaks B gas leak on 4 December 2010. “Concern with health, safety and the environment (HSE) is our first priority,” says Øystein Michelsen, executive vice president for Dev
