By Offshore Energy Today Norwegian oil services company Aker Solutions earlier this week won a contract extension from the French oil major Total to provide maintenance and operations services at the Elgin and Franklin fields in the UK North Sea. This contract value is more than NOK 400 million, or 49 million U.S. dollars. A…
CIMC Raffles has awarded GE’s Marine Solutions a service contract to provide the first dry-dock services on two of Gazflot’s semisubmersible drilling rigs, Northern Lights and Polar Star. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Offshore RSS Feed
The difficulties facing the oil and gas industry in the North Sea are significant. After several years of relative stability which followed the 2008 global economic crisis, the price of oil has been falling for 18 months, reaching an historic recent low of sub-$35/bbl earlier this year. Read Full Article Here For more great articles:…
Last year, Offshore’s World Survey of Stimulation Vessels showed that companies were still investing heavily in their fleets, upgrading and, in some cases, rotating out long-service vessels for new ones. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Offshore RSS Feed
Deepwater pipelines transporting corrosive fluids at high temperature and pressure must combine high strength, good strain capacity and corrosion resistance. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Offshore RSS Feed
Subsea repair of pipelines in deepwater is a complex and challenging operation that involves the use of remotely operated vehicles to deploy specialized tooling, clamps, and connectors. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Offshore RSS Feed
Flooding, cleaning, and gauging 11 production flowlines and nine water injection flowlines at water depths of 1,050-1,410 m (3,445-4,626 ft) presented a wide range of challenges for a predevelopment project offshore Angola. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Offshore RSS Feed
By NGV Global McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing, Inc. (an Oshkosh company), manufacturer of refuse and mixer truck bodies and systems and Agility Fuel Systems, developer and manufacturer of natural gas fuel systems for heavy duty vehicles, have formed a strategic alliance to deliver a comprehensive natural gas solution for North American heavy-duty fleets. “Pairing Agility’s…
Continuing lower crude oil and natural gas prices could make many Middle Eastern and Central Asian producing countries’ governments consider serious institutional reforms, speakers at a Washington forum generally agreed. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Oil & Gas Journal – General Interest
Eni Portugal B.V. has contracted Saipem for use of the Saipem 12000 offshore Portugal. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Offshore RSS Feed