AGR Group ASA has signed an agreement whereby BR Industrier AS, acquires 100% of the shares in AGR Well Services AS and AGR Cleanup AS in a combined transaction. The companies are a part of AGR’s Tools & Technology division. The purchase price for the two companies is MNOK 43,2. The transaction will be completed [...]
![Danish High Technology Revolutionizes the Cleanup Process after Oil Disasters]()
Oil accidents prompt Danish industries and research to cooperate on new groundbreaking sonar technology. For the first time ever it will be possible to get a detailed picture of oil in the water column and on the seafloor. The technology will be able to prevent fatal environmental disasters caused by oil extraction – as recently [...]
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![GoM oil Spill: BP Provides Update on Oil Collecting and Flaring for July 7 and 8]()
Subsea operational update: • For the first 12 hours on July 8 (midnight to noon), approximately 8,565 barrels of oil were collected and approximately 3,940 barrels of oil and 28.3 million cubic feet of natural gas were flared. • On July 7, total oil recovered was approx. 24,575 barrels: • approx. 16,655 barrels of oil [...]
![Chapman Freeborn Delivers Skimmer Boats to Help Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response]()
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering Inc has completed a high-profile cargo charter from Nantes in France to New Orleans, USA, to deliver seven skimmer boats to help tackle the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The Fort Lauderdale-based aircraft charter specialist arranged the flight of an Antonov AN-124 – one of the world’s largest cargo planes [...]
![USA: Update on Improvements to Vessels of Opportunity Program]()
Doug Suttles, Chief Operating Officer of BP Exploration and Production, met with Vessels of Opportunity (VoO) participants to view operations and discuss a number of enhancements made to the VoO program. Through these modifications, the program will more effectively deploy boats to oil recovery activity and better utilize local commercial and charter fishing vessels to [...]
