MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has established its Head office in Singapore. This ends a period of more than three years where MacGregor has operated with a virtual head office. In line with MacGregor's strategy execution the company wants to strengthen its local presence in Asia and Michel van Roozendaal, President, MacGregor will relocate to Singapore as of 1 October 2017.

Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) has announced it made a fifth new oil discovery after drilling the Turbot-1 well offshore Guyana.

Aberdeen-headquartered Exceed, a well management and performance improvement specialist, has announced it will create 20 jobs, having been awarded a contract by Alpha Petroleum Resources Limited for its forthcoming Cheviot Field development campaign.

Add Energy and DC Gruppe have combined their industry expertise to provide innovative engineering and asset support services to some of the most challenging industrial problems in Saudi Arabia.

Japan More Refinery Maintenance, While Gasoline Demand Improves

Danos and Petrofac, a London-based provider of oilfield services to the international oil and gas industry, have signed an agreement that will enable the formation of a Joint Venture (JV). The alliance will allow for the pursuit of joint opportunities to deliver services across the oil and gas asset life cycle, with a focus on supporting operations and asset management solutions in the Gulf of Mexico and U.S. shale plays.

Keppel Shipyard Ltd (Keppel Shipyard), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), has secured a Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) conversion contract from long-standing customer, SBM Offshore N.V. (SBM Offshore).

Churchill Drilling Tools, a global oilfield service company specialising in drilling innovation, and its Norwegian distributor, ToolServ, are celebrating a five-year partnership which has helped oil and gas operators in the Norwegian sector improve their drill programs.

Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) has announced it has started producing liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the Wheatstone Project in Western Australia. The first cargo is on track to be shipped in the coming weeks.

The Annual MTS Houston Section Barbecue will be held on October 26, 2017 and takes the place of the regularly scheduled monthly lunch meeting. This year’s barbecue is being hosted by SEANIC OCEAN SYSTEMS at its Houston location. This is the second row in a year that Seanic has hosted the event.

Ampelmann, a global leader in offshore access solutions, has announced an exclusive partnership with Seaqualize, a Dutch marine motion technology innovator, to collaborate on the development of its latest S-type gangway.

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) has announced a consolidation of its leadership structure. Since the beginning of 2015, Anadarko has sold nearly $7.5 billion of non-core assets in order to reposition and focus its business to deliver better returns and growth across commodity cycles. These management changes align with the evolution of the portfolio and strategic direction the company has taken.

Statoil and partners have made an oil discovery in the Verbier sidetrack well in the outer Moray Firth on the UK Continental Shelf, proving a minimum of 25 million recoverable barrels of oil in the immediate vicinity of the wellbore.

Sparrows Group has formed Sparrows Offshore Ghana Ltd, a Joint Venture (JV) with local partner Hydra Group Limited, to deliver crane, lifting and inspection services in Ghana.

CH2M has been awarded a new marine engineering support contract on BP's innovative Tortue development offshore Mauritania and Senegal. The new energy development project involves subsea gas production, a floating gas treatment facility, a pipeline with domestic gas connection points and a nearshore hub facility where the gas is converted into liquefied natural gas (LNG).

National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) Chairman David Welch has appointed four new members to the association’s Board of Directors.