International oilfield service company, Expro, has been awarded a $4.5 million one year contract for the supply of 7 3/8” completion landing string services in China. This contract will enable Expro to capitalise on an emerging and highly lucrative deepwater market, which is set for major growth over the next five years. Work will commence [...]
Sweden’s Viking Supply Ships A/S (VSS) has entered into a time charter contract for one of its AHTS icebreaker vessels (Tor Viking or Balder Viking) with a major oil company. The charter agreement applies to the 2014 and 2015 seasons in sub-Arctic waters with options for 2016 and 2017. The duration of each season will [...]
Singapore’s Ezion Holdings has received endorsements for its intention to secure a land lease in Australia for the development of a marine supply base to support the offshore oil and gas industry, the company today announced. The Supply Base is near the main passage for marine activities for oil and gas projects in Northwest Australia, Papua New [...]
Norwegian energy company Statoil signed Framework Agreements with MAN Diesel & Turbo Switzerland for the supply of new turbomachinery equipment and maintenance services. The duration was set for five years with options to prolong the contracts. The Zurich-based MAN Diesel & Turbo Schweiz AG and Statoil have followed a joint subsea compressor qualification programme since [...]
Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Statoil for the supply of a subsea production system for the Aasta Hansteen field development project on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The contract value is approximately NOK 2 billion (USD 366 million). Last week, Aker Solutions signed a NOK 280 million contract with Statoil for the supply of [...]
The management of Viking Supply Ships A/S (VSS) has proposed a new organizational structure for the Danish-based offshore supply company. The move has been described as a way for the company to remain competitive and meet the weak offshore supply market. VSS has its head office in Copenhagen and additional site offices in Kristiansand (Norway), [...]
Alcoa Oil & Gas, an Alcoa business, will supply 5,300 meters (17,400 feet) of Aluminum Alloy Drill Pipe (AADP®) to Fugro McClelland Marine Geosciences of Houston and Fugro Singapore PTE, LTD for use in offshore geotechnical survey drilling projects. Fugro McClelland Marine Geosciences is a world leader in marine geophysics and seafloor mapping in support [...]
STX OSV Holdings Limited, has announced that Tidewater Inc. has acquired contracts for three Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) under construction at STX OSV in Norway. STX OSV had originally secured the contracts for the design and construction of three vessels for STX Pan Ocean Co. Ltd. in 2010, and Tidewater has now entered into an [...]
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has received an order from CNR International Ltd. for subsea equipment for the Baobab field. The Baobab field is located in Block CI-40 West Africa approximately 16 miles (25 kilometers) offshore from the Ivory Coast. FMC Technologies’ scope of supply includes six subsea trees, eight wellheads, three manifolds, [...]
Vallourec, a provider of premium tubular solutions, announces the renewal of its main frame agreement with Brazilian national oil company Petrobras
