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Honeywell buying oil-gas automator Enraf Jul 20, 2007Process automation company Honeywell has notched 17 percent higher net income for second-quarter 2007 year-on-year, a $611 million result that coincides with a buy-up in its process solutions unit.
Multi-beam echo sounder to survey pipeline Jul 18, 2007Lloyd's Register EMEA, in conjunction with Caledonian Geotech Ltd and the Maritime Institute in Gdansk, has recently conducted what is believed to be the first offshore North Sea pipeline in-service survey using a multi-beam echo sounder (MBES).
Clough secures new subsea construction vessel Jul 17, 2007Clough Limited has entered into an agreement for an eight year charter of a new subsea operational support vessel. The as yet unnamed vessel will be ready for service in June 2008. Once operational the vessel will be deployed on various projects and contracts, primarily in the Australasian and SE Asian regions.
Dassault dives deeper into oil-gas market Jul 16, 2007Sub-sea engineering firm JP Kenny has bought a design software license package from Dassault Systems to improve its design and installation operations for large Western Australia gas-field projects. By WILLIAM STOICHEVSKI
Kimu field seismic survey underway Jul 13, 2007Cue announces that line preparation for seismic acquisition over the Kimu gas field in PRL-08, Papua New Guinea has commenced.
NPCC wins Saudi Aramco contract Jul 12, 2007Saudi Aramco has awarded a major multi-million U.S. Dollar contract for the Tie-in Platforms and Scraper Decks Project to National Petroleum construction Company (NPCC) of the United Arab Emirates.
EMGS to ply offshore Canada for $10M Jul 9, 2007Electromagnetic Geoservices has been awarded a contract by an unnamed energy company to determine the hydrocarbon content of potential reservoirs offshore eastern Canada using seabed-logging technology.
Delmar delivers Perdido MODU Moorings Jul 6, 2007Delmar Systems, Inc. under an EPCI (Engineer, Procure, Construct, Install) contract with Shell Exploration & Production Co., Inc., delivered preset MODU (mobile offshore drilling unit) moorings for the Perdido Deepwater Development located in Alaminos Canyon, Gulf of Mexico. Using the latest in deepwater mooring technology, Delmar provided multiple mooring systems for this development drilling project.
Technip to tackle Canadian oil sands upgrade Jul 5, 2007Paris-based process specialist Technip will transform heavy oil into crude at Fort Hills Oil Sands project near Edmonton, Canada after being awarded a contract by Fort Hills Energy on Thursday.
Wellstream, Seastream JV bags Pyrenees contract Jul 4, 2007Wellstream International Ltd and its Seastream JV announce the receipt of contracts from BHP Billiton for the Pyrenees development, offshore Western Australia. This development covers three separate fields; Crosby, Ravensworth and Stickle all to be tied back to an FPSO in water depths of 250m.
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Ivanhoe invents efficient heavy-oil upgrader Jun 28, 2007Heavy oil technology developer Ivanhoe Energy of California has performed a test on ConocoPhillips bitumen from Athabasca, Canada, showing the engineer sent by bankers that a lighter, more valuable crude is obtained by its trademark HTL process.
Cooper announces Tunisia Bargou 2D Marine Seismic Program Jun 25, 2007Cooper Energy announces that a contract to acquire just less than 1,000 km of 2D marine seismic in the Bargou Permit in the Gulf of Hamammet has been executed with CGG Services.
i-Tech announces multiple contract awards Jun 22, 2007Subsea 7 Inc. through its i-Tech division, today announced the award of four new contracts with an estimated total value of $ 30m.
Petrobank shows Oslo 1,000 bpd oil sands demo Jun 18, 2007Oslo-listed Canadian oil-sands player, Petrobank, has fired up a third well-pair at its Whitesands project, where the “wells” have long been heated in anticipation of this summer’s firing.
Ability rig order marks Norwegian walk in desert Jun 18, 2007Norway-based Ability Drilling has executed an option and ordered an onshore drill rig and a workover rig from southwest Norwegian TTS Marine Drilling equipment, a business of Sense EDM of Kristiansand.
Hydro forms “permanent” seismic joint venture Jun 15, 2007Hydro Technology Ventures has formed a joint venture company with Input-Output, Inc. and Reservoir Innovation to develop, pilot test, and commercialize a full-wave seismic system for the permanent monitoring of offshore reservoirs.
Statoil, Odfjell agree drill-tech development deal Jun 15, 2007Norwegian oil company Statoil and drilling contractor Odfjell have agreed to develop new sub-sea technology together much like the energy company has with other large supplier contractors.
Badger Explorer bites into derrick with IPO Jun 13, 2007A Stavanger-based oilfield services company boasting a drilling machine that bores into sub-soil like a mole, free of a derrick, listed on the energy-focused Oslo Stock Exchange’s start-cap Axess this week.
Subsea 7 Launches Seven Seas Jun 11, 2007Subsea 7’s newbuild deepwater pipelay, the Seven Seas, was launched successfully at Merwede shipyard, nr Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on Friday the 1st of June. The Seven Seas will have the ability to perform a wide variety of offshore and subsea operations in addition to its main pipelay role.
ABB electrifies NCS, clinches $72M cable Jun 8, 2007ABB in Norway has won a NOK430-million ($72-million) contract to electrify Statoil’s Gjoa platform by sub-sea cable from gas-fired power plant at Mongstad, it was announced late Friday.
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