Upstream news

Exova, the global testing company, has been awarded a contract with McDermott to deliver a range of testing services for offshore fabrication projects in the oil and gas sector.

Rystad Energy research shows a massive workforce reduction in the oilfield service industry during 2014 to 2016, but service companies within the Shale business are now starting to recruit again and are expected to do so in offshore later this year.

The company's OneTrip® BOP Universal Test Tool is to be recognised at the Offshore Technology Conference.

Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. is pleased to announce the sale of two Sub-Atlantic™ Comanche ROVs to international diving contractor Baltic Taucherei- und Bergungsbetrieb Rostock GmbH (Baltic Diver Germany).

Decom North Sea, the membership organisation for the oil and gas decommissioning sector, has announced it will host a networking business breakfast during the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) next month.

Trendsetter Engineering, Inc. has announced the award of multiple contracts to design and manufacture subsea production equipment for Noble Energy’s Leviathan Project, in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Israel.

Trelleborg’s offshore operation launches Buoyant Uraduct®, a protection system for subsea cables, umbilicals, flowlines and hoses.

Late life-cycle integrity specialists, Well-Centric and Hunting, have been awarded an approx. £5 million contract for the maintenance, storage and recertification of equipment for a major North Sea exploration and production operator.

Forum Subsea Rentals, a Forum Energy Technologies business, announces that new multiplexer video and data acquisition technology is available to their global rental market following significant investment in MacArtney’s EMO range.

The offering combines the strength and experience of the two companies, bringing together Trelleborg’s manufacturing capability and Teekay’s operations expertise.