AMC Connector AS, a joint venture between Aker Solutions and Emas Offshore Limited, has agreed to sell subsea construction and cable-lay vessel Lewek Connector (previously called AMC Connector) to Ocean Yield AS. In October 2010, Aker Solutions announced that it would sell its offshore construction
Commissioning ceremony of scientific expedition ship Akademik Treshnikov took place at JSC Admiralteyskie Verfi shipyard on Oct 10. The solemn flag-hoisting ceremony was attended by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Akademik Treshnikov is a scientific expedition ship ordered by Federal Service
At 0600 hrs WST, Karoon advises that a production test string was being installed in the Boreas-1 well. After the installation is completed in the coming days, production testing will commence and continue through the coming week. The Transocean Legend semi-submersible rig is drilling the exploratio
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, announces that it has secured a £1 million contract to supply its POS-GRIP technology wellhead equipment to new customer Lotos Exploratio
Oceanografia S.A. de C.V., one of Mexico’s largest leading vessel operators specializing in underwater survey, diving, pipe laying construction and maintenance operations has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the OSA Goliath from CarVal Investors. Oceanografia has successfully ope
Welltec and Aker Well Services will deliver solutions for equipment deployment and maintenance in horizontal wells on more than 40 installations on the Norwegian continental shelf. This technology is important to increase recovery on Statoil’s fields offshore. Statoil has, together with its partners
The Crown Estate, advised by Pinsent Masons, has announced the award of development rights for the first three offshore renewable energy sites in Northern Ireland’s coastal waters. Following a ten-month competitive tender process, companies have now been awarded the rights to develop three sites off
Polarstern returned from the Central Arctic expedition “IceArc“ to Bremerhaven on 8 October 2012 after a good two months. 54 scientists and technicians from twelve different countries conducted research on the retreat of the sea ice and the consequences for the Arctic Ocean and its ecosystems over a
Reef Subsea today announced that its subsidiary company, Reef Subsea Norway, based in Bergen, has been awarded an ROV service contract for seabed gravity and subsidence monitoring on Statfjord, Mikkel and Ormen Lange subsea fields offshore Norway operated by Statoil and A/S Norske Shell. The 21 day
STX OSV Holdings Limited (“STX OSV”), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announces that Siem Offshore has declared options for the design and construction of two additional Offshore Subsea Construction Vessels (“OSCV”). The vessels will be equippe
Marinette Marine Corporation will on Oct. 13, 2012, hold a christening and launching ceremony for the Research Vessel Sikuliaq. This 261-foot oceanographic research ship, formerly known as the Alaska Region Research Vessel, will be owned by the National Science Foundation and operated by UAF. The na
Ashtead Technology Offshore, a leading international subsea equipment solutions specialist, has announced its move to new global headquarters in Westhill, Aberdeen. The investment in the new premises follows on from the recent appointment of Allan Pirie as CEO. The new facility has doubled the compa
TCO AS and TCO UK, a provider of well completion technologies to the global oil & gas industry, has announced the acquisition of UK firm i-Quip Technology for an undisclosed sum. This acquisition alone is estimated to give an additional turnover of £2million in 2013 to approximately £9million in 201
Decom North Sea (DNS), the offshore oil & gas decommissioning forum, held its annual general meeting last night in St Andrews, with 10 new directors elected from across all sectors of the decommissioning industry. The meeting heard that the supply chain body now has 213 fee paying members. Attendees
