Aker Solutions has reached a major milestone in delivering the 100th subsea tree to the world’s largest subsea field development – Statoil’s Troll. A subsea tree is a key technology enabling oil and gas production directly from a subsea well to a processing facility. The tree is essentially an advan
Bibby Offshore Limited announce that Mr Archie Kennedy has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director to the Bibby Offshore (Holdings) Board. Most recently, Mr Kennedy was Integration Director supporting Centrica PLC throughout the transition resulting from the acquisition of Venture Production by C
Dominion Diving has been award a contract by Worthington Products Inc. to upgrade the Floating Force Protection Boom surrounding the Navy Dockyard. Dominion Diving will be involved with the complete fabrication and installation of a subsea vessel entrance gate for the Floating Force Protection Boom.
Statoil published the group’s Annual and Sustainability Report for 2010 on its website , 25 March, as well as its US Annual Report and accounts on Form 20-F. “2010 was a year of important strategic progress and active portfolio management for Statoil. We carried out a successful listing of Statoil F
Halliburton has been awarded several contracts for the provision of equipment and services on two offshore blocks in the South China Sea. This is the first ultra-high-pressure/high-temperature (HP/HT) oil and gas drilling project in Asia. The exploration campaign calls for two firm wells and one pot
In follow-up to the release no. 3 on March 1, 2011 we are happy to inform that nkt cables Group has appointed Marc van´t Noordende as CEO as per 1 June 2011. Marc van´t Noordende is 52 years old and holds a Law Degree from the University of Leiden, Netherlands, and an MBA from INSEAD […]
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) today approved a fifth deepwater drilling permit that complies with rigorous new safety standards implemented in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and resulting oil spill. This includes satisfying the requirement to
The Tyrihans subsea field in the Norwegian Sea is making a considerable contribution to Statoil’s production on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The field will be officially opened at a ceremony in Trondheim on Thursday 24 March. The field consists of Tyrihans South, a gas-capped oil field, an
Nautilus Minerals Inc ended 2010 in a strong financial position with US$165 million in cash and cash equivalents, and after making significant progress in the development of its pioneering seafloor resource project in the Bismarck Sea of Papua New Guinea. The company has released its 2010 full year
The newest and latest state-of-the-art Saudi Aramco Repair Barge (ARB-3) recently arrived in the Kingdom after construction in Singapore’s Jurong Shipyard. The barge joins the Safaniya Offshore Producing Department. At 110 meters long, 42.5 meters wide and 9 meters deep, the barge is designed to ope
ARKeX, the provider of geophysical imaging services, has begun a BlueQube Marine gravity gradiometry survey in the Red Sea. The survey for Saudi Aramco covers three blocks off the Western coast of Saudi Arabia. “We are delighted to have been awarded the contract from the largest oil company in the w
Schilling Robotics, LLC, experts in subsea systems, announced today the agreement of the lease of a new 15,000ft2 (1,393m2) building at Kirkhill Commercial Park in Aberdeen, Scotland. This investment reinforces Schilling’s sales and service centre expansion for their regional customers. Schilling Ro
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) approved a fourth deepwater drilling permit that complies with rigorous new safety standards implemented in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and resulting oil spill. This includes satisfying the requirement to demo
In April 2012 Aker Solutions opens the doors to the company’s new 2 000 square metre technology experience centre in Oslo, Norway. The centre aims to demonstrate the art of engineering at its best, and show how science subjects contribute towards development of technology and what this means to soci
