The Glengorm gas condensate discovery announced last week could be the biggest in the UKCS since 2008. It will reignite interest in the high temperature, high pressure plays in the North Sea and heralds a mini renaissance in UK exploration.

Endeavor Management announces that it has entered into an agreement with B-in Partners for mutual cooperation in a Global Alliance. B-in Partners, based in Houston and Rio, is a Brazilian group of Ultra-Deep Water experts, the large majority of which have retired from Petrobras.. B-in Partners’ mission is to support investors in oil and gas opportunities in Brazil.

ROVOP, an independent provider of subsea remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services, has appointed Lee Wilson to the newly created role of Head of Technology.

In the past year, there were many observations that the offshore rig market had “turned the corner”, and while Westwood highlighted a few areas of improvement, they were mostly isolated, and Westwood simply did not share that opinion. However, now that 2018 is over, it is time to look at where the market stands heading into the new year.

ExxonMobil has made two additional discoveries offshore Guyana at the Tilapia-1 and Haimara-1 wells, bringing the total number of discoveries on the Stabroek Block to 12. The discoveries build on the previously announced estimated recoverable resource of more than 5 billion oil-equivalent barrels on the Stabroek block.

National Ocean Industries Association President Randall Luthi t issued the following statement regarding the nomination of David Bernhardt as Secretary of the Interior:

Scottish energy minister, Paul Wheelhouse will attend Subsea UK’s annual flagship event in Aberdeen this week, where industry experts will gather to explore why disruptive and enabling technologies hold the key to greater levels of transparency, efficiency, and performance.

Marine Ventures International, (MVI), a provider of marine environmental, technical personnel and equipment for coastal and offshore field operations and data acquisition, have announced they are collaborating with MSEIS to store passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) kits at their office in Stuart, FL.

McDermott International, Inc. has signed a contract with Woodside Energy Ltd. to undertake a front-end engineering and design activities for a floating production unit (FPU) for the Scarborough field gas development in Western Australia.

Chevron Corporation has named Pierre Breber Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective April 1, 2019. Breber replaces Patricia Yarrington who has elected to retire after 38 years of extraordinary service with the company.

Saab Seaeye, a world leading manufacturer of electric underwater robotic vehicles is expanding its business operations with the appointment of Ryan Lumsden as Business Development Manager.

C-Kore Systems are introducing a new subsea testing tool, the C-Kore Sensor Monitor. The Sensor Monitor can be used in decommissioning, fault-finding and construction campaigns to provide feedback from subsea sensors, such as wellhead pressures and temperatures, even when a subsea datalink is not available.

For more than 20 years, numerous digital chart producers (Hydrographic Offices, Waterway Authorities, and other organizations) have used SevenCs validation tools for quality control and quality assessment of digital charts such as ENCs, IENCs, and AMLs against the relevant standards.

L3 ASV announces the successful delivery of a long-endurance autonomous vessel known as the C-Enduro to the Royal Navy. The C-Enduro will be used for military data gathering trials by the Mine countermeasures and Hydrographic Capability (MHC) program as the Navy seeks to exploit autonomous technology.

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i-Tech Services, a Subsea 7 company, has taken on 13 new people in Houston following a successful twelve months which saw the office secure a series of new contract awards in the Gulf of Mexico.