Swire Oilfield Services has officially opened two new plants in Brazil鈥檚 Macaé region. The first, a sling manufacturing facility, will produce a range of wire rope products including lifting sets for cargo carrying units (CCU) The second, a DNV 2鈥
Tenaris and Simas have signed a strategic agreement to supply state-of-the-art hot induction bends to the offshore industry. Through alliances with key vendors 鈥 such as the recent agreement signed with CRC Evans 鈥 Tenaris is looking to offer a one-stop-shop solution鈥
Weatherford International has completed the acquisition of completion tools specialist Petrowell. The two companies have been aligned in a global partnership to develop and commercialize 鈥榞ame-changing technologies鈥 since 2008.
The WGP Group has signed a new joint venture agreement with P-Cable 3D Seismic for the commercialisation of its new, patented High Resolution 3D seismic technology. The JV will trade as WGP Survey.
Open markets can be a powerful ally for a world seeking to manage short-term disruptions to energy supply and meet long-term demand, BP group chief executive Bob Dudley declared at the June launch of the BP Statistical Review of World Energy鈥
The US oil & gas industry grew across several categories in 2011, including a 38% increase in exploration and development spending, according to new analysis from Ernst & Young. Russell McCulley reports.While total capital expenditures among鈥
OE's analysis of current rig market data is updated monthly using statistics provided by Rigzone.comUtilization for the worldwide competitive mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) fleet remains steady at 86%.Although demand for all rig types has grown by 57 rigs over the last twelve months鈥
Regulatory enhancements prompted by the macondo disaster now require operators to submit a worst-case discharge (WCd) scenario report prior to obtaining a drilling permit in US offshore fields. How to model WCd for offshore wells in compliance鈥
ABB鈥檚 former Commerce Street site in Aberdeen has relocated to Altens to become the group鈥檚 UK base for oil & gas, marine and turbocharger service and spare parts as well as strengthening its consultancy organisation. ABB said it planned to鈥
The new 云顶赌场老虎机 Technical Committee of ABS held its first meeting in Houston last month, with CTO Todd Grove enthusing afterwards that the class society had 鈥榤ade an excellent decision鈥 in separating the marine and offshore groups to concentrate鈥
Aker Solutions has agreed to acquire National Petroleum Services鈥 NPS Energy business unit, which employs approximately 900 people and provides well intervention services in the Middle East and North Africa.
CTC Marine Projects, Trico 云顶赌场老虎机 and Deep Ocean AS, all subsidiaries of Norway鈥檚 DeepOcean Group Holding, have been rebranded DeepOcean. 鈥楾he move is more than a name change,鈥 said group CEO Bart Heijermans. 鈥榃e will operate as one company鈥
The new Hydro-Ram yard facility opened by IHC Merwede in Broussard, Louisiana, will also serve as the Dutch group鈥檚 North America regional office for the piling markets. The facility will house a large rental fleet, maintenance operation and鈥
High-performance subsea cables and umbilical systems supplier JDR Cables has completed its £30 million investment in its state-of-theart UK manufacturing plant in Hartlepool (OE September 2009). JDR, the UK鈥檚 sole supplier of sub-sea array cable鈥
A new Goliath gantry crane that will increase yard lifting capacity from 350t to 800t and enable two topside projects to be worked on in parallel is among the big-ticket items in Kvaerner鈥檚 planned NKr250 million upgrade of its Stord facilities in Norway鈥
