Statoil secures rig for high impact opportunities supporting the company’s ambition for international growth. Statoil has signed a three year contract for the Stena Carron drillship for exploration drilling in the pre-salt blocks (Blocks 38 and 39) in the Kwanza basin in Angola. The agreement being
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted A/S Norske Shell a drilling permit for well 6406/9-3, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 6406/9-3 will be drilled from the Transocean Barents drilling facility in position 64°25’15.97″ north and 6°58’42.79″ east following
Aker Solutions has signed a contract with ExxonMobil for the supply of subsea umbilicals for the Erha North phase 2 development in Nigeria. The Erha North Phase 2 development is an extension of the existing Erha subsea system and infrastructure located approximately 97 kilometres offshore Nigeria in
VideoRay and WFS Technologies announced a formal co-marketing agreement to jointly promote their Pro 4 seatooth® wirelessly – enabled data gathering system. The new partnership will enable low cost and low risk underwater ROV based wireless data gathering. This partnership brings together two global
Deep Down, Inc. (“Deep Down”), an oilfield services company specializing in complex deepwater and ultra-deepwater oil production distribution system support services announced that it has received an order in excess of $1.3 million for the design and manufacture of reels and cradles for a deepwater
Vos Prodect Innovations secures another order from Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW), for the design and supply of cable hang-off systems of an offshore wind farm, located in the United Kingdom. The cable hang-off systems are scheduled to be delivered during summer time in order to increase the
Wärtsilä has signed a five year maintenance agreement with Finnish ship owner, Viking Line. The agreement, which became effective from March 1, is for maintaining and servicing the recently launched ‘Viking Grace’, the largest passenger ferry ever to operate on liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel. The
EMAS AMC, the subsea services division of EMAS, a leading global offshore contractor and provider of integrated offshore solutions to the oil and gas industry, announced that it has won a contract from Statoil for the transport and installation of subsea templates for the Norwegian Sea’s deepest off
Ezra Holdings Limited (“Ezra”, the “Group”), a leading global offshore contractor and provider of integrated offshore solutions to the oil and gas (O&G) industry, announced that its subsea services division, EMAS AMC, has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI)
DOF Subsea Group has entered into an agreement where the 1978 built vessel Geobay is sold to a Middle East buyer. The selling price is slightly above book value of the vessel. The sale is expected to be completed after the ongoing project utilizing the vessel is finalized in May 2013. [mappress] Pre
McDermott International, Inc. announced that certain of its subsidiaries have entered into an agreement in which McDermott has acquired all of the outstanding shares of the DeepSea operating companies. Terms of the purchase are not being disclosed. Headquartered in London, England, with engineering
Wood Group Kenny has been awarded a contract by Saipem for the engineering analysis and configuration design of the steel lazy-wave riser (SLWR) system for the Sapinhoa Norte pre-salt field, approximately 300km off the coasts of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo states in Brazil. This award follows tende
JGC Corporation said that jointly with its Malaysian subsidiary, JGC Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., it has been awarded a contract by PETRONAS LNG 9 Sdn. Bhd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of PETRONAS for the Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning (EPCC) work for the construction of the 9th LNG
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has been awarded its largest boulder clearing and multi-pass trenching contract to date by Siem Offshore Contractors. ESS will deploy its SCAR plough system for clearing and pre-lay trenching operations on a 90km route on the EnBW owned Baltic 2 offshore wind farm project
