The International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) has formally approved Inmarsat’s ‘Fleet Safety’ solution as a new service to support the Global Maritime Distress & Safety System (GMDSS).
Equinor have been awarded 9 new licences in the 30th Offshore Licensing round, 8 as operator, as announced by the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA).
Operators are often faced with the decision of extending or concluding offshore production asset life — and pre-decommissioning planning has emerged as a key challenge for the industry. This article from Tracerco looks at a variety of diagnostics services and discuss whether lengthening or stopping asset life is the way to go…
ASCO has announced a significant contract award from Apache North Sea that builds upon a positive start to the year for the global oil and gas materials management specialist.
Siccar Point Energy has secured additional strategic acreage in the Oil & Gas Authority’s 30th Licensing Round for the UK Continental Shelf.
Bibby Offshore, a leading subsea services provider to the oil and gas industry, has secured a two-phase multimillion pound contract with a leading oil and gas and production company.
Repsol Norge AS (Repsol) has awarded a frame agreement to HydraWell to provide technology and services for the operator’s plug and abandonment on the Norwegian continental shelf.
The company will manufacture and supply the valves to the projects located offshore Malaysia and the UK North Sea.
Modulift recently refurbished two subsea spreader beams for a major subsea installation contractor before they were used to lift 260 t and 280 t manifolds for a field development offshore Libya.
Aqualis Offshore’s rig inspection work scope includes in depth surveys including new-build rig acceptance surveys, acceptance trials and final integrated endurance tests.
SIMMONS EDECO, a leading supplier of wellhead and valve maintenance, asset integrity solutions and onshore drilling services to the global oil and gas industry, announced that it has been awarded a multi-million pound contract by a major North Sea oil and gas operator.
Previously, the Benchamas Explorer FSO, owned and operated by Chevron, was installed in 1999 in Block B8/32 in the Gulf of Thailand.
The topsides comply fully with UK safety regulations for harsh-environment operations in the Culzean field, which TOTAL operates and co-owns with joint-venture partners BP and JX Nippon.
Most floating offshore assets have to have periodic surveys every 2.5 & 5 years to satisfy class society requirements.
The deal with SolstadFarstad, who have a particular focus on the offshore oil and gas and renewables sectors, is the biggest DP assurance contract in Global Maritime's history.