Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® method of wellhead engineering, announces that Eni S.p.A, the Italian oil and gas major, and Oil States Industries Inc. a subsidiary of Oil States International Inc., a leading USA ma
Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of a contract valued at approximately $95 million in the UK Central North Sea with an international oil and gas operator. The contract scope includes the project management, engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of a 7.5km pipeline bundle containing
Marinette Marine Corporation (MMC), a Fincantieri company, on June 16 launched the Reuben Lasker, a fisheries survey vessel that the Wisconsin shipyard is building for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Pamela A. Lasker, the daughter of the ship’s namesake and its sponsor, c
Nautilus Minerals Inc. announces that a number of meetings have taken place with the Independent State of Papua New Guinea (the State) over the last two weeks aimed at resolving the parties’ dispute relating to the Company’s Solwara 1 project and discussions will continue until a conclusion is reach
As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to safe and responsible offshore energy exploration and development, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director Jim Watson traveled to Portland, Ore., for a firsthand look at Shell’s capping stack–a key piece of safety equipment th
Aibel is to carry out even more work on the Norne vessel in connection with the fast-track development of the Skuld field. Statoil has exercised several options in the contract at a total value for Aibel of around NOK 150 million. “The contract will be extended by eleven months and 100,000 man hours
Online visitors registration for a free visit to Offshore Energy 2012 Exhibition is open. The fifth edition of this two-day, international offshore and energy event on Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 October 2012, takes place in the Amsterdam RAI, the Netherlands. The 5th edition of Offshore Energy Exhi
CNOOC Limited announced that its parent company, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has signed a production sharing contract (PSC) with Primeline Energy China Limited (PECL) and Primeline Petroleum Corporation (PPC) for Block 33/07 in the East China Sea. Block 33/07 is located about 390
Leading marine contractor Gardline Geosurvey has selected Sonardyne International’s Ranger 2 USBL tracking system as part of a multi vessel upgrade programme. By equipping its survey vessels with Sonardyne’s latest generation acoustic technology platform, Gardline will now benefit from Ranger 2’s ab
Offshore Marine Group, owners of Offshore Marine Management (OMM), has announced that due to the growth and success of its personnel department it will soon rename, rebrand and launch the existing department as “Main Source Offshore People LTD” (MSOP). MSOP was launched at the RenewableUK Global Off
Ocean Installer has successfully completed survey and intervention work at the Balder field, as contracted by ExxonMobil Exploration & Production Norway AS. The work was performed in May 2012, according to schedule and in line with Ocean Installer’s quality and HSE standards and requirements. The co
FoundOcean announced that Ambienta SGR, Europe’s largest private equity fund focused on the environmental sector, has signed an agreement to acquire a 35% stake in the company. Jim Bell, Managing Director at FoundOcean explained, “We are delighted that Ambienta has chosen to invest in FoundOcean as
Leading international oilfield service provider Expro will provide a full well services contract to a large operator in Australia in a huge multi-million dollar contract estimated in the region of $20million (£12.8miilion). Expro will provide well test, wireline, surface sampling, drill stem testing
A First World War British submarine that executed one of the most daring raids during the war was found 94 years after it was abandoned, The Telegraph reports. HMS E14 was located on the ocean bed in the Dardanelles after a search that began in January. This submarine sailed beneath a minefield and
