Archive for: November, 2011

USA: Siemens Unveils New Propulsion System for Offshore Service Vessels

USA: Siemens Unveils New Propulsion System for Offshore Service Vessels

  Siemens Industry, Inc. today announced it has improved upon its popular Siship Blue Drive with the launch of its Blue™ Drive Plus C system, a new diesel electric propulsion system now available in the United States. Developed by Siemens Marine Solutions Global Center of Competence in Trondheim, Norway, the innovative Blue™ Drive Plus C [...]

Australia: FMC Technologies to Supply Subsea Systems for Chevron's Wheatstone Project

Australia: FMC Technologies to Supply Subsea Systems for Chevron's Wheatstone Project

FMC Technologies, has signed an agreement with Chevron Australia Pty Ltd for the design, manufacture and supply of subsea production systems to support the Wheatstone Project. The contract has an approximate value of $325 million in revenue to FMC Technologies. The Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project comprises the Wheatstone and Iago gas fields, located offshore Western Australia [...]

Shell Halts Production from EA Field Offshore Nigeria

Shell has halted production from its EA offshore field in Nigeria on November 9. The field, located offshore Nigeria’s southern Bayelsa State is expected to remain shut for several weeks. Shell spokesperson informed Reuters that the company shut down the FPSO, and halted production as a part of planned maintenance. EA Oil field can produce [...]

USA: Nexen, CNOOC Enter Gulf of Mexico Partnership

USA: Nexen, CNOOC Enter Gulf of Mexico Partnership

  Today, Nexen Inc. , an independent, Canadian-based global energy company has entered a joint venture with China’s CNOOC Limited in the Gulf of Mexico. The joint venture will provide CNOOC Limited with a working interest in up to six deepwater exploration wells in the Gulf of Mexico. Among the prospects included in the deal [...]

Morocco: Tangiers Excited about Tarfaya Block Potential

Tangiers Petroleum Limited said that  the ongoing interpretation of the re-processed 2-D seismic data from prospects in Tarfaya Block, offshore Morocco is producing excellent results. Three new prospects and multiple additional leads have thus far been identified. The new prospects have been named Apollo, Hermes and Hercules. These prospects sit in the Lower Cretaceous Tan [...]

Russia: Ilya Klebanov Becomes Chairman of Sovcomflot's BoD

Russia: Ilya Klebanov Becomes Chairman of Sovcomflot's BoD

The Board of Directors of OAO Sovcomflot held a meeting on 25 November 2011 and considered a number of organisational matters. Ilya Klebanov was unanimously elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Elena Titova was elected as Chairman of the Board Committee on Strategy; Charles Ryan was elected Chairman of the Audit Committee; Marlen [...]

Otto, Limin Establish Joint Venture Company in Singapore

Otto, Limin Establish Joint Venture Company in Singapore

Otto Marine Limited announced today that  Otto Ventures Pte. Ltd (“OVPL”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company had entered into a Joint Venture Agreement  with Limin Marine Private Limited . Limin is in the business of ship owning, managing and operating, ship brokering, ship building and repair and shipping agency. Under the terms of the [...]

UK: SeeByte , SMD Team Up to Improve ROV Abilities

UK: SeeByte , SMD Team Up to Improve ROV Abilities

SeeByte,a company focused on creating smart software technology for unmanned systems, and Soil Machine Dynamics Limited (SMD), a manufacturer of remote intervention equipment, have announced their intention to enter a partnership commencing in early 2012. SeeByte and SMD will work together to develop advanced control algorithms for remotely operated vehicle systems, building on SMD’s experience [...]

Norway: Statoil Wants i-Tech ROVs on COSL Rigs

Norway: Statoil Wants i-Tech ROVs on COSL Rigs

Subsea 7, through its i-Tech division, announces today the award by Statoil ASA for the provision of ROV services onboard China Oilfield Services Ltd (COSL)’s new build Innovator and Promoter rigs currently under construction in China. i-Tech’s workscope includes the provision of two new build Centurion QX work class and two existing Tiger observation class [...]

Ivory Coast: Rialto, Petroci Submit Gazelle Field Development Plan

Rialto Energy Limited, an operator of Block CI‐202 offshore Ivory Coast, in which it hold an 85% interest, has together with its JV partner Petroci, submitted the Field Development Plan (FDP) for the Gazelle field to the Hydrocarbon Directorate (DGH) in Abidjan. The FDP was submitted on 4 November 2011 and approval is anticipated by [...]





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