Offshore & subsea

Neptune is to provide the full suite of Neptune's services to clients within the Gulf of Mexico.

The new company will manage the operations of five Rowan jack-up rigs currently in Saudi Arabia.

The oil and gas industry is known for being cyclical, however, the current reality of a ‘lower for longer’ oil price has made sanctioning large offshore projects financially unviable.

The company will deliver a range of units to operators, oilfield service and subsea engineering customers.

Onshore and offshore FEED services will be provided by Xodus to the Midia Gas Development.

Decommissioning Insight 2016 provides a picture of anticipated upcoming activity in the UK and Norwegian decommissioning markets.

In-depth technical knowledge, cost estimation and determining decommissioning risk liabilities make it easier for companies to plan and execute with confidence against a challenging low oil-price market.

CGG deploys a cutting-edge technology toolbox to tackle this complex frontier.

UK companies will be pitching their subsea technologies to a panel of operators and Tier 1 contractors including Apache, Bibby Offshore, Chevron, Nexen and Technip at Subsea UK’s second Springboard event.

BP and GE have announced the start-up of Plant Operations Advisor (POA), a new digital solution designed to improve the efficiency, reliability and safety of BP’s oil and gas production operations.

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, organised its first hackathon "Hack the sea" on 11 - 13 November 2016 at the Interschalt Maritime Education & Training Centre, in Schenefeld, Germany.

Radhika Panday and Teresa Melfi, Lincoln Electric Company, demonstrate the importance of the proper selection of consumables in semi-automatic welding and use of high strength steels.

The 3D Motion Compensator (3DMC), is a flexible retrofit device, which is designed to enhance the load-handling precision of an offshore crane even in challenging sea states.

According to GlobalData, the UK will claim the highest number at 22, followed by Norway and Denmark with nine and one respectively.

Subsea cable and connector specialist Hydro Group has announced the appointment of William (Bill) Mildon, as president of newly formed Hydro Group Systems Inc.