The seismic support vessel (SSV) Thor Magni is currently on a long term charter with Norwegian seismic player PGS. The vessel is owned by Faroe Islands-based P/F Thor and was previously christened and delivered in Turkey, this year in February. The vessel, the first in a series of four for P/F Thor,
The French research vessel, Marion Dufresne II has arrived at Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque for a project that will extend her life by a further twenty years. The work will span a total of 4 months. On March 30, the vessel went into dry-dock for a 6-week period, during which the yard will carry out an
Singapore-listed offshore O&G contractor, Ezra, saw its second quarter 2015 (2Q2015) profit after tax (PAT) drop 79% from $22.1 million in the corresponding period of 2014 to $4.7 million, after three months ended February 28, 2015. Revenue for the quarter increased slightly (1%) to $302 million, co
Woodside announced that the Pyxis-1 exploration well in production licence WA-34-L has intersected approximately 18.5 metres of net gas within the Jurassic sandstone target. The well reached a total depth of 3347 metres. Wireline logging has confirmed the discovery through the recovery of gas sample
DOF Subsea, a provider of integrated subsea services, will stage the European launch of a new addition to its suite of services next week. During the Ocean Business event at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK from April 14th to 16th, the company will showcase its newest service, uti
Uptime International has entered into contract with Ulstein Verft AS for delivery of two active motion compensated gangways. The walk to work systems will be mounted during first half of 2016 on two new built wind turbine service operation vessels (SOV) ordered by Bernhard Schulte and their affiliat
Nautilus Minerals has signed a contract with Gardline CGG to provide exploration services for Nautilus’ 2015 program in the Solomon Islands. The vessel MV Duke will be used to generate targets to expand Nautilus’ Seafloor Massive Sulphide (“SMS”) prospect inventory within its 100% owned Solomon Isla
Bibby Subsea, Bibby Offshore’s Houston-based division, has commissioned two HD work-class ROVs (Remote Operated Vehicles) designed by FMC Technologies Schilling Robotics. Capable of operating at depths of up to 3000m. These underwater vehicles will be working in the Gulf of Mexico on Bibby Subsea’s
Deep Down, an oilfield services company specializing in deepwater and ultra-deepwater oil production distribution system support services has been awarded several contracts for deepwater work in the Gulf of Mexico from undisclosed operators. As the company informs, the work will be completed over th
McDermott announced that the consortium between McDermott and a consortium partner has been awarded the SURF engineering, product supply and installation scope for the Atlanta Early Production System (EPS) in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil by Queiroz Galvão Exploração e Produção S.A. (QGEP). McDer
Deepwater expenditure is expected to increase by 69%, compared to the preceding five-year period, totalling $210 billion from 2015 to 2019, according to Douglas-Westwood’s (DW) World Deepwater Market Forecast 2015-2019. Report author, Mark Adeosun, commented: “As production from mature basins onshor
Danish Wavestar is a wave energy device that converts the rising and falling movement of the floats to produce electricity. Wavestar A/S, the company behind Wavestar wave energy device, aims to develop a commercial wave energy device that would have the capacity of 600 kW, and would consist of 20 fl
Osiris, part of James Fisher and Sons, has successfully completed a long-term project started in spring 2014, carrying out a wide-range of services with cross-trained personnel on the 219MW wind farm, Humber Gateway, based 8km off the Holderness coast in East Yorkshire. Osiris provided a Cougar-XT R
Oslo-listed seismic contractor, Dolphin, has secured additional contract work and industry funding for new multi-client projects. According to the company, the total amount of work will be 5-6 vessel months of 3D seismic acquisition and 5 months of 2D seismic acquisition. The work is scheduled to be
