ShawCor Ltd. announced that its pipecoating division, Bredero Shaw, has received a letter of intent from Mitsui & Co., Ltd. to provide pipeline coatings and related products and services for the gas export pipeline on the Ichthys Gas Field Development Project. The letter of intent is conditional on
Oceaneering International, Inc. announced that its wholly owned Norwegian subsidiary, Oceaneering AS, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AGR Field Operations (AGR FO) from AGR Group ASA and FieldCo Invest AS. AGR FO, headquartered in Bergen, Norway, is a provider of inspection, maint
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. (Forum) announces the sale of five Perry XLX Heavy Work-Class Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) systems to Marine Platforms Limited (MPL). MPL offers diverse oil and gas services to the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry in West Africa from their Lagos and Onne F
The giant Pazflor development, which lies 150 kilometres offshore Luanda in Angola, was inaugurated today at a ceremony attended by José Botelho de Vasconcelos, Angola’s Minister of Petroleum, Manuel Vicente, Chairman and CEO of Sonangol, Christophe de Margerie, Chairman and CEO of Total, Yves-Louis
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has announced that recent modifications to its Azipod propulsion unit frame design have seen hydrodynamic efficiency improved by more than two per cent. The modifications include a newly optimized Azipod fin shape and a new pod cap structure, c
More than 500 years after Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition crossed the Pacific Ocean on its way to circumnavigating the globe, robot … (msnbc) [mappress] Source: msnbc, November 22, 2011; Image: liquid robotics
Leading international oilfield services company Expro has achieved the Shell Goal Zero award for 1,980 days without any recordable incidents as of July 31, 2011 for its Malaysian operations. The award is given to the contractor at every 180-day cycle when the period is achieved without any recordabl
With a Vancouver-based company now licensed to open the world’s first undersea mine off the coast of Papua New Guinea, a new Canadian-led… By Randy Boswell (vancouversun) [mappress] Source: vancouversun, November 22, 2011; Image: Nautilus Minerals
The Energy Institute (EI) has published new guidelines for improving reliability and obsolescence in subsea systems with the support of Subsea UK. These guidelines provide a framework for reliability assessment and use of field data as well as the management of obsolescence to help support continued
Octanex N.L. advises that the acquisition phase of the new Kingfisher 2D seismic survey has been completed. The Kingfisher survey, located in the WA- 421-P permit, is the first of six 2D and 3D seismic surveys being acquired within six of the Company’s eight Southern Bonaparte Basin permits offshore
Mercon launches a new product during the EWEA Offshore Wind in Amsterdam on 29/30 November and 1 December, together with partner ALE. Visit their stand and learn all about their new innovation EMI – for Eco Metmast Installation. EMI is an eco-friendly and economical way to install metmasts offshore.
MT Højgaard, the company who have deployed most offshore wind foundations globally, have teamed up with foundation specialists Seatower to offer “cranefree” gravity foundations. The new foundations have been developed specifically for the deeper waters and bigger turbines that will soon become preva
Scottish, Irish and Northern Irish ministers will meet later this week to discuss the issues raised in a major study on a future offshore … (scotland) [mappress] Source: scotland, November 22, 2011;
Florida scientists and veterinarians studying the causes of sea turtle deaths in the Gulf of Mexico have been awarded $227,793 for… NOAA [mappress] Source: NOAA, November 22, 2011;
