NCS Survey, an Acteon company, was awarded a five-year contract with AKOFS Wayfarer AS, a Norwegian marine contractor, for the supply of positioning and survey services aboard the Aker Wayfarer. Since January 2011, NCS Survey has been鈥
Intertek has been awarded the dimensional control contract for INPEX Ichthys floating production storage offloading (FPSO) turret development. The contract invoves the assurance and verification of fabrication and integration of the FPSO turret鈥
Jumbo announced that it has been awarded a contract by Malaysian pipelay contractor Sigur Ros. Under the contract, Jumbo will oversee transportation and installation of 126 gravity anchor spreads in water depths up to 1400m (4593ft), using the heavy-lift vessel鈥
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has received a Letter of Intent to award a contract for a minimum US $8 million for 3D EM data acquisition in West Africa. It is expected that the 3D EM survey program will be performed using the vessel EM leader鈥
Helix Energy Solutions has confirmed an order for a second semisubmersible light well intervention rig from Sembcorp Marine subsidiary Jurong Shipyard. The US$346 million order is scheduled for delivery mid-2016, and will be built based鈥
Van Oord has ordered a new cable-laying vessel. The ship will be built at Damen Shipyards鈥 wharf in Romania and will be completed at the end of 2014. The ship is intended for the installation of electricity cables for offshore wind parks鈥
SeaBird Exploration Plc notified the owner of Hawk Explorer that it will exercise its option under the current charter agreement to purchase the vessel and related equipment for US $6.5 million. The vessel and equipment will be delivered at the end of the lease term August 31鈥
Craig Group announced the investment of £70million to build six new vessels at the Balenciaga Shipyard in northern Spain. Four D-class IMT 950 Emergency Response and Rescue Vessels (ERRV) and two F-class IMT 958 ERRVs will be delivered during 2014 and early 2016鈥
Harkand has confirmed the acquisition of the main assets and business of Veolia Marine Services (VMS). The transaction is in line with the announcement of May 21, 2013. The acquisition adds 150 onshore and offshore staff, three dynamically鈥
Maritime Developments (MDL) has launched a new portable vertical lay system (VLS) for the deployment and retrieval for subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines. The system is road transportable; can be assembled on the quayside; can be鈥
Emas AMC鈥檚 newly converted S-lay deepwater pipelay vessel Lewek Centurion has just completed its first contract since its conversion, laying pipe for Wintershall in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. The vessel was acquired from Helix Energy Solutions in July鈥
High activity levels in the North Sea are making an attractive market for Damen Shipyards. Last year, its biggest newbuild market was in tugs and work boats, with 80 delivered. Now, the firm has turned its attention to oil and gas industry support vessels with its new Damen 云顶赌场老虎机 Series鈥
Bluewater鈥檚 Haewene Brim floating production and offloading vessel (FPSO) has been in dry dock for an upgrade at the Nigg fabrication yard in the Cromarty Firth, northeast Scotland. It is the first time the yard, operated by Global Energy Group鈥
Alaska states Arctic needs Alaska鈥檚 Lt. Governor Mead Treadwell stated the case for the state鈥檚 needs at the Ice-Diminished Arctic Conference in Washington, D.C. He emphasized the need for safety, security, and economic development in the region鈥
New vessels, acquisitions, and expertise are driving Dutch growth. Elaine Maslin reports. The Dutch offshore sector is leveraging its engineering and seafaring traditions to grow its presence in the global oil and gas industry. The鈥
