Oceaneering, a global oilfield provider of engineered services and products primarily to the offshore oil and gas industry has received an order from Brazilian oil giant Petrobras, for the supply of approximately 200 kilometers, or 125 miles, of thermoplastic production control umbilicals for field development projects offshore Brazil in the Santos Basin. The contract, which [...]
Brazil’s state controlled oil company Petrobras announced that a combined domestic and foreign oil and natural gas output in March stood at an average 2,599,969 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed). Output in Brazil averaged 2,346,477 boed and foreign output stood at 253,492 boed. Of total domestic output, oil amounted to 1,993,222 barrels/day and [...]
Fairmount Marine’s tug Fairmount Sherpa has towed the rig ODN Tay IV from Las Palmas towards al location offshore Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For this job Fairmount Marine was contracted by Odebrecht Oil and Gas for the third time in a row. ODN Tay IV is a semi submersible drilling rig for deep water operations [...]
Apache Corporation reported record worldwide production in the first-quarter of 2012 as the company benefitted from higher prices for oil and natural gas liquids and its balanced approach helped it weather the continuing deterioration of North American natural gas prices. Daily production increased 7 percent over the same period the prior year, adjusted for dispositions. [...]
The C-NLOPB, a regulator that manages the petroleum resources in the Newfoundland offshore area on behalf of the Federal and Provincial governments received a report of a small fire that occurred in Power Generator C onboard the Husky Energy operated SeaRose FPSO on May 3, 2012. Personnel on the SeaRose observed smoke and a small [...]
GMC & Horton Wison Deepwater confirm Joint Venture for ground breaking Shallow Water Buoyant Tower Design and Supply – First contract secured and underway
Superior Energy Services of Houston, Texas, took delivery of one of the most advanced maritime training simulators ever developed, in April 2012. The next-generation simulator from Kongsberg Maritime will be used to provide integrated, real-time training for Superior’s offshore marine personnel at its new facility in Anchorage, Alaska. Under the terms of the contract, signed [...]
The role of the UAE’s energy sector, particularly ADNOC Group, in furthering the US-UAE bilateral trade relationship was underscored at a reception in honor of visiting delegations in Houston, Texas for the 2012 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC 2012). The reception, hosted by the Bilateral US-Arab Chamber of Commerce was attended by UAE trade delegates led [...]
Brastec Technologies S.A, a Brazilian-based engineering and equipment producer for flexible pipe and cable manufacturing, is acquiring 100% of the Dutch company SAS, a leading provider of high quality equipment for the offshore market. The acquisition is complementary in product scope, services, engineering, and brings a deep “know-how” of offshore projects required for the high [...]
Two Incat Crowther 55m Catamaran Crew Boats, to be named SEACOR Lynx and SEACOR Leopard, are under construction at Gulf Craft LLC in Louisiana, USA. The vessels’ operator, SEACOR Marine, is a progressive company that pioneered the use of fast catamarans in the offshore industry with the commissioning of SEACOR Cheetah in January 2008, and [...]
