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Aker Solutions Moves North

The chase for oil and gas moves further north and industry follows. Today, Aker Solutions announces plans to establish a large engineering office in Tromsø as part of the their northern Norway strategy. The new office will gather knowledge and expertise related to the northern region. It will become involved in engineering and maintenance and...

Bowtech Provides Observation System For Shell

A Bowtech camera system has been successfully deployed to observe decommissioning operations on the L13FH well, which is operated by Shell in the Dutch Sector of the North Sea. Requested by Shell UK to supply a camera system,  Bowtech engineers, working with Shell, designed and supplied a complete camera and lighting system to suit....

New Rolls-Royce Contracts From Petrobras

Rolls-Royce has been awarded new contracts with a potential value of  USD 650 million to supply Petrobras with thirty-two RB211 gas turbine power generation packages, including waste-heat recovery units. The packages are destined for eight separate Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels. The FPSOs will operate in the petroleum rich Lula (formerly Tupi) and Guará...

Liebherr Combines Mobile Harbour & Offshore Crane

OOO Liebherr-Russia and OOO Lukoil-Kaliningradmorneft have signed a contract for a new combined mobile harbour and offshore crane. The new crane is to be delivered by the end of 2012 and is designed for two  different applications: on the one hand, the TCC 14000-400 D Litronic can be used in harbours as a powerful crane for...

Nitrogen Membrane Technology For Prelude Project

Shell has appointed Air Products to deliver nitrogen membrane technology for Shell’s Prelude FLNG project to be launched outside Australia. Air Products also states that the majority of all new LNG ships on order, will be fitted with their technology. “Currently, we feel an increasing focus on gas and we are proud to be one...

XPD8 Gears Up For Major Growth

Aberdeen-based XPD8 has strengthened its management team as it gears up for major growth in the next twelve months. Three new senior managers have been appointed to steer the business through this period of rapid growth. The company, which specialises in the management of maintenance systems for oil and gas producing assets, has a...

Massive EU Offshore Wind Power Plans

Over 141 GW of offshore wind energy capacity is built, under construction, consented, or planned in Europe: enough to power 130 million average EU households. The wind farms, representing 35 times more capacity than the just under 4 GW installed today, would provide 13.1% of Europe’s total electricity production. The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA)...

Norwind Installer & Ulstein Team Up For Offshore Wind Foundation Installation Vessel

Norwegian based NorWind Installer, together with the Dutch Ulstein design offices Ulstein Sea of Solutions and Ulstein IDEA Equipment Solutions as their design partners, has come up with new foundation installation vessel design for the offshore wind industry. A customised version of the Deepwater Enabler design from Ulstein, the vessel is designed for worldwide operations with a focus on pre-piling and...

Supporting US Jobs

On 2 December, 2011, Thrustmaster of Texas, Inc. will be hosting a visit by Mr Fred Hochberg, chairman of EX-IM Bank of Washington, DC. During this visit Mr Hochberg will be meeting with Thrustmaster president Joe Bekker to discuss expanding credit options that will open more doors for new credit facility with Amegy Bank...

Successful North Sea Floating Wind Measurement Trial

A full-size prototype of the floating LIDAR offshore resource assessment system, known as FLIDAR, has been successfully tested 15 km off the Belgian coast. It has been located next to a stationary LIDAR (WINDCUBE v2 LIDAR from Leosphere) on a fixed communication mast during October, in order to test survivability and validate the accuracy of...

Bibby Offshore Charters Toisa Polaris

Bibby Offshore has announced a multi-million pound investment in marine assets for its core North Sea market. From January 2012, the DP3 Diving Support Vessel, Toisa Polaris, will come under the control of Bibby Offshore. The vessel will be taken on a 2-year time charter with options to extend, including a pre-agreed purchase option. The investment...

Tick Safety Not Boxes

New research has revealed that an improved focus on competence is required if the oil and gas industry is to deliver a step-change in safety skills and performance. Over 65% of respondents believe that the current focus on compliance in companies could lead to complacency. Entitled ‘Tick Safety not Boxes’, the research commissioned by...

Xodus Group Launches The Hague Office

Energy consultancy Xodus Group has launched a GBP 5 million office in The Hague, the Netherlands, bringing a truly integrated subsurface and surface capability to the global oil and gas industry. Xodus aims to have 20 people operating from The Hague by the end of the year. Boma Pepple (left) is appointed operations director...

Hydrasun Acquisition To Open Up Brazilian Market

Hydrasun, has completed the acquisition of Brazilian company Macaé-based Remaq Ltda. The seven-figure deal is expected to create the potential for additional multi-million pound sales. Remaq Ltda is a key provider of flexible hose assemblies in Brazil, and recently signed a new three-year contract with Brazilian national oil company Petrobras. The Brazilian company will...

Petroleum In The Jan Mayen Ridge Area?

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) and the University of Bergen have acquired geological material from steep parts of the seabed on the Jan Mayen Ridge. The new knowledge reinforces the belief that there could be petroleum in the area. According to an agreement with Icelandic authorities (Orkustofnun), data was acquired from both the Icelandic...

Successfully Assist For Fairmount Glacier

Recently, Fairmount Marine‘s Fairmount Glacier successfully assisted the new build semi submergible drilling rig Scarbeo 9 around Cape of Good Hope. For this operation Fairmount was contracted by Saipem Energies directly after the successful installation of the FPSO Usan offshore Nigeria. Fairmount Glacier was contracted to sail towards a rendez-vous location offshore South Africa...

Pieter Schelte Pipe Tensioner Gearboxes Contract To Aandrijf Technisch Buro B.V.

Swiss-based Allseas Group S.A. awarded Aandrijf Technisch Buro B.V. for the supply of sixteen planetary gearboxes to be used on the four 500t tensioners of the Pieter Schelte. The planetary gearboxes with bevel input are exceeding the max. output torque of 1,400 kNm and will be produced at Dinamic Oil in Italy. The gearboxes...

Bluestream Offshore Joins Forces With Baltic Taucher

Bluestream Offshore has formed a joint venture – Baltic Bluestream Offshore GmbH – with German-based maritime service provider Baltic Taucherei- und Bergungsbetrieb Rostock GmbH (Baltic Taucher) to provide offshore wind operators in German waters with a comprehensive range of fully integrated subsea services. Baltic Bluestream Offshore will operate from Bremerhaven, for its strategic access to offshore wind...

IHC Merwede Appoints New South East Asia CEO

Denis Welch is IHC Merwede‘s new CEO for South East Asia. He will be responsible for helping the company to reinforce its regional identity and expand its Asian-centred operations – which are focussed on its offshore and marine activities. “I am delighted to join IHC Merwede at a key point in its expansion plans. I am...

New Offshore Wind Accommodation Vessel Concept

Chevalier Floatels, together with Holland Shipyards and Atlas Ship Delivery, has recently engaged in the development of a new concept for accommodation in offshore wind farms. Two identical floatels are currently being developed to serve as wind farm/offshore accommodation vessels. The vessels measure 66.40 m by 14.00 m, and offer accommodation to 49 passengers in...

Multi Wire Sheave

Offshore operations take place at greater depths, fuelling demand for single or double fall lifting. Usually this requires a larger diameter wire rope, but at the same time – depending on depth and required lifting capacity – there is a need to be able to adapt the wire diameter. Recently, Van Mechelen Lifting Gear designed and manufactured wire rope...

Next Generation Chase Vessel Deal

In the past months Dutch Saltwater Engineering designed and engineered two new generation chase vessels for fellow countrymen Rederij Groen. In addition to the technical aspects Saltwater also managed the tender process, which was concluded at the Europoort exhibition by awarding the build of both vessels to Dutch Maaskant Shipyards. On their 2013 delivery, the...

Statoil & Centrica Sign Major Gas Sales Agreement

Statoil and Centrica have entered into a long term gas sales agreement for the delivery of 5 billion cu. m per year to the UK market from 2015 to 2025 . “The agreement demon-strates that natural gas is set to play an important role in the UK’s long term energy mix”, says Statoil’s president...

More Access Months Per Year For Wind Farm Operators

In March next year Mobimar will deliver its first trimaran crew transfer vessel – the Mobimar 18 Wind – to Meriaura. The new vessel is stated to challenges current practices by making offshore wind farms accessible for 96 more days per year. “The Mobimar 18 Wind truly meets the demands of the wind farm...

Deepest Subsea Oil & Gas Well

Yesterday, Shell started producing oil from the world’s deepest subsea well at its Perdido Development. The record well is located in the Tobago field 200 miles southwest of Houston in the ultra-deep water of the Gulf of Mexico. The enhanced vertical deepwater tree (EVDT) system of FMC Technologies has set the new deepwater completion record...