Statoil has signed an agreement with Polenergia to acquire a 50 % interest in the two early phase offshore wind development projects in Poland, Bałtyk Środkowy III (BSIII) and Bałtyk Środkowy II (BSII).

KLAW, the leaders in Marine Breakaway Coupling technology, has released a Whitepaper providing advice and detailed explanation on how to reduce hose fatigue on offshore reel transfer systems.

GE Renewable Energy unveiled its plan to develop the largest, most powerful offshore wind turbine: the Haliade-X. Featuring a 12 MW direct drive generator and an industry leading gross capacity factor of 63 percent¹ the Haliade-X will produce 45 percent more energy than any other offshore turbine available today².

Despite one hurricane, one winter storm and wave heights of up to 8,2 meters, Hywind Scotland, the world’s first floating wind farm, performed better than expected in its first 3 full months in production.

Oceaneering International, Inc. announced that one of its wholly owned subsidiaries has acquired Ecosse Subsea Limited, a provider of offshore engineering, seabed preparation, route clearance and trenching services to the renewable energy and oil and gas industries, for approximately 50 million pounds sterling.

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) has announced it has received official approval from the Government of Mozambique for the Golfinho/Atum Field Development Plan. The Development Plan outlines the integrated onshore project from the reservoir to the LNG market and is a culmination of the substantial progress made to date on the technical and commercial aspects of the Anadarko-operated Mozambique LNG development.

Bibby Offshore, a leading subsea services provider to the oil and gas industry, has successfully completed a contract worth more than £2million for BP in the North Sea.

Global Diving and Salvage announces that Daniel Pierson, Vice President of Operations has been re-elected to the Association of Diving Contractors International (ADCI) board for a new three-year term. In addition, Global Vice President of Casualty and Emergency Response, David DeVilbiss has been elected as the new American Salvage Association (ASA) Vice President.

Petronas’ subsidiary, PC Gabon Upstream S.A. (PCGUSA) announced new oil and gas discovery from its Boudji-1 exploration well in Block F14 (Likuale), located in South Gabon.

On January 24, 2018, a unique seminar took place on board the SS Rotterdam berthed in the port of Rotterdam. For the third time, DNV GL - Oil & Gas the Netherlands organized an 'Upstream Knowledge Exchange' seminar. This year the seminar was organized in collaboration with Bluestream from Den Helder.

Damen Marine Components (DMC) and Van der Velden Marine Systems (VDVMS) recently announced a merger. As of 1st January the two companies are operating together as Damen Marine Components Netherlands (DMC NL).

IMCA has updated the US Gulf of Mexico vessel data associated with its authoritative study ‘Marine Construction Vessel Impacts of Proposed Modifications and Revocations of Jones Act Letters Related to Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Activities’ submitted to the US Customs and Border Protection agency in early April of last year. This supplement is part of a tracking exercise and focuses on the US GoM vessels of interest to IMCA’s members, and can be found here.

Calm Before the Storm

Derrick Equipment Company and STEP Oiltools have been awarded a contract to supply Dual Pool^® 626 VE shale shakers and a bespoke flow divider for the Statoil^® Njord A platform.

Statoil and its partners have contracted the West Phoenix rig for exploration drilling on the UK and Norwegian continental shelves from the summer of 2018.

Downhole technology specialist, Well-SENSE, has continued its expansion in the US with the launch of a new business and a key appointment.