At a signing ceremony held at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) offices in Ankara, Turkey, Vladimer Gvilava, chief of mission IOM in Turkey, and Boran Bekbulat, Damen sales manager Turkey, signed a contract for the building and delivery of nine Damen SAR 1906 search and rescue boats for the Turkish Coast Guard Command.
Aberdeen-headquartered Exceed, a well management and performance improvement specialist, has announced the acquisition of Lowestoft-based Managed Pressure Resources (MPR), adding managed pressure drilling engineering and supervisory services to the Exceed portfolio.
Trelleborg will exhibit its innovative cable protection system, NjordGuard™, at the Global Offshore Wind exhibition that takes place from 25 to 26 June at the ExCeL center in London.
Survitec’s pioneering approach to safety within the maritime industry has been recognized by industry experts with two of its innovative products being shortlisted for the Safety at Sea awards.
China’s national oil companies (NOCs) are increasingly investing in Africa to secure oil supplies to help feed surging domestic energy demand.
Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, has been awarded a major grid connection project worth in region of € 140 million by the Dutch-German grid operator TenneT which will enable the connection of multiple offshore wind farms to the German grid.
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has conditionally received an order for the supply of offshore wind turbines including a 20-year full Service agreement for the 376 megawatt (MW) Formosa 2 Offshore Wind Farm Project in Taiwan. The awarding consortium partners are Macquarie Capital and Swancor Renewable Energy Co. A firm order is subject to the consortium's final investment decision.
New automated technology to accurately and safely measure and analyze flow data on offshore installations is being launched by an Aberdeenshire-based start-up.
Equinor and Barra Energia (“Barra”) have completed their transaction announced on 4 July 2018, whereby Equinor has acquired Barra's 10% interest in the BM-S-8 block in Brazil's Santos basin for a total consideration of USD 379 million.
Upon the completion of this transaction, Equinor, ExxonMobil and Galp have also completed the two further transactions previously announced on 4 July on terms equivalent to those for the Barra transaction.
As a result, Equinor’s and its partners’ interests across the two licenses for the Carcará area are fully aligned.
| BM-S-8 (after closing of transaction with Barra) | BM-S-8 (after closing of transactions with ExxonMobil and Galp) | Carcará North | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equinor | 46.5% (operator) | 40% (operator) | 40% (operator) |
| ExxonMobil | 36.5% | 40% | 40% |
| Galp | 17% | 20% | 20% |
Subsurface Imaging, part of CGG’s Geoscience division, has been awarded a landmark processing contract by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). Under its terms, CGG will perform high-end time and depth imaging of massive volumes of very high-spec data from what is believed to be the world’s largest ocean-bottom node (OBN) seismic survey to date.
ICR Integrity (ICR), a leading global provider of integrated maintenance and integrity solutions to the oil and gas, power, chemical and nuclear industries, has announced nearly $2 million of project awards since the start of the year in the Middle East and the appointment of a new Head of Sales to support the continued expansion in the region.
Rotech Subsea Ltd. has announced that it has completed a three-phase IRM scope in the North Sea sector for a major client. Rotech’s next generation TRS1 Controlled Flow Excavation (CFE) tool was mobilizsed to carry out cable de-burial and retrenching at the offshore wind farm while its new RSG1 cable grab tool was also deployed.
International energy consultancy Xodus Group has added a new principal consultant to strengthen its renewables team as the company sets its sights on a range of new offshore developments.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced the publication of a ‘Request for Competitive Interest’ for the development of the New York and New Jersey Wind Energy Transmission Line, an offshore transmission system that would deliver offshore wind energy to the onshore electric grid. The publication marks the next step in BOEM’s review and consideration of a potential New York-New Jersey Wind Energy Transmission Line.
Harvey Gulf has announced that it has signed two, one-year charters in Nigeria, Africa for the placement of two US Flag, 3250DWT DPS-2 Platform Supply Vessels, both fully capable of safely working in shallow water ports with 4.5 meters of transit depth.
The Global HSE Conference 2019 as scheduled for 30 September -3 October 2019 will be held in the Kingdom of Bahrain at The Gulf Convention Center. The conference and exhibition is organised under patronage of H.E. Shaikh Mohammad bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, Minister of Oil, Kingdom of Bahrain and is being hosted by the three major host partners i.e. National Oil and Gas Authority-Bahrain (NOGA), Saudi Aramco and Bahrain National Gas Company (BANAGAS).
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