McDermott International, Inc. announces a substantial* contract award from a Middle East customer for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) services in the Arabian Gulf.

A major UAE operator has recovered from stuck pipe by severing its drill string in just 2.5 hours, reports Churchill Drilling Tools, a global oilfield service company specializing in drilling innovation.

Survitec has secured a three-year contract extension with oil and gas services provider, Petrofac, to supply aviation immersion suits and lifejackets for personnel making helicopter transits to offshore oil platforms from Norwich Airport in the UK.

Offshore wind is one of today’s most promising interventions to make a significant difference in reducing carbon emissions.

International oilfield services company, Expro, announces the appointments of two key executive management roles.

NKT has handed over the 163 km long high-voltage cable system powering the Norwegian oil and gas field Martin Linge from the shore. The cable solution is the world’s longest submarine HVAC cable installed and will help save 200,000 tonnes CO₂ annually.

On behalf of the Johan Sverdrup license, Equinor is awarding a contract for constructing and installing the subsea production system for project phase 2 to TechnipFMC. The production system consists of five templates and a total of 18 X-mas trees with associated components.

ExxonMobil says that it is providing $300,000 to aid agencies to support disaster relief and recovery efforts in Mozambique following Cyclone Idai, which made landfall on March 14.

Furuno turned heads in 2018 with the release of the FM4800, a 5-in-1 unit featuring VHF Radiotelephone, Class D DSC, GPS Receiver, AIS Receiver, and Simplified Loud Hailer with Intercom.

Oceaneering International, Inchas launched a new digital radiography solution for the oil and gas sector, the Trip Avoidance X-ray Inspection (TAXI™) system, aimed at reducing the number of unplanned shutdowns.

Bakker Sliedrecht has been the first to develop a generator protection system (CDG-protection) for dual fuel vessels which operate with a dynamic positioning system (DP) 2 and 3. The system has been successfully tested by classification society DNV GL.

UK shipbuilder Wight Shipyard Co is continuing to build on its solid reputation in the commercial ferry build sector by becoming involved with a new company set up to build the most capable and efficient explorer vessels available on the market.

Sea Machines Robotics, a U.S.-based developer of autonomous vessel control systems, announced today that it has opened a new advanced technology center in Boston.

Sparrows Group is supporting one of its Aberdeen managers who is hoping to raise £50,000 for charity by becoming the first person to complete a solo row across the Atlantic, from Canada to Scotland, in a boat he is building himself.

Since the start of 2008, 153 exploration wells have been drilled in the SE Asia exploration hot spot of NW Borneo. 3.5bnboe has been discovered in 37 commercial discoveries, 94% of which is gas. Westwood has analyzed exploration performance in both the Sarawak and Sabah basins and reviewed the potential for new frontier plays that are needed to replace reserves and maintain current levels of production.

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