African Petroleum selects Paradigm Interpretation Suite on Windows AMSTERDAM   Paradigm announced today that African Petroleum has selected the Paradigm interpretation suite on Microsoft Windows as its corporate standard for seismic interpretation.  The company additionally announced that its interpretation applications

ABCO Subsea names Glattly director of sales and marketing  ABCO Subsea announced that Jeffrey T. Glattly has joined the company as Director of Sales and Marketing.  Glattly brings over 30 years of experience in strategic marketing and planning, sales, and

Aker Solutions awarded well service contract in Ghana Aker Solutions has signed a frame agreement with Tullow Ghana Limited to provide well intervention services for the oil company's Jubilee and Tano deepwater fields offshore Ghana, West Africa. The initial contract

Aker Solutions awarded frame agreement with Talisman Energy Norge AS Aker Solutions has been awarded a frame agreement for engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPCI) for Talisman Energy's maintenance and modifications projects on the Norwegian continental shelf. Scope of work

49 penguins released after NZ oil spill WELLINGTON, New Zealand Forty nine penguins rescued from an oil spill off New Zealand have been set free after being cleaned and nursed back to health by wildlife officials. The birds released Tuesday

ABB wins subsea contract for Aker Solutions ABB has won an order worth about $36 million from oil services company Aker Solutions to provide drives and transformers to their subsea power distribution system for the Asgard subsea oil and gas

Aker Solutions awarded Mongstad contract extension with Statoil Statoil has exercised an option of a three year extension of the minor modifications frame agreement contract with Aker Solutions at the Mongstad refinery, located on Norway's west coast. Aker Solutions estimates

ABB wins major oil & gas marine contract in Brazil ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently won an order to provide power supply infrastructure, systems and equipment for two new floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) units

2H Offshore announces new appointment, promotion 2H Offshore has announced two new appointments. Tim Eyles becomes the managing director of the 2H Offshore group of companies. He will also continue to share the running of 2H Offshore’s engineering office in

ABB wins marine orders worth $200 million in Asia ABB won several orders for a total of $200 million from Samsung Heavy Industries, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Keppel FELS and Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd., to supply equipment 23 new Jack Up

Aker Solutions awarded subsea contract for Kikeh project Aker Solutions has secured a contract with Murphy Sabah Oil Co., Ltd. to deliver a subsea production system for the Kikeh subsea expansion project off the coast of Sabah in East Malaysia.

Aker Solutions to conduct FEED study for Statoil's Mariner field Aker Solutions has won a contract to conduct the topside FEED (front end engineering and design) study for Statoil on the Mariner field on the UK continental shelf in the

Aker establishes new solids control sales and services company Aker Solutions is strengthening its capacity in the solids control and drilling waste management services market by establishing a new entity, which aims to offer a full range of services to

Aker Solutions awarded drilling equipment contracts Aker Solutions has signed two contracts with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for the delivery of complete drilling equipment packages for two new deepwater drillships. The contracts have a total value of about

Aker Solutions hits milestone with delivery of 100th subsea tree Aker Solutions has reached a major milestone in delivering the 100th subsea tree to the world's largest subsea field development Statoil's Troll. A subsea tree is a key technology enabling

2H Offshore awarded Big Foot riser contract Chevron awarded 2H Offshore, an Acteon company, a contract for the detailed design and delivery management of the riser systems for the Big Foot field development. 2H Offshore is responsible for the detailed

Aker signs new CLOV contract for offshore Angola Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Framo Engineering AS to supply a subsea umbilical and associated equipment for Total’s CLOV development project. Aker will supply a 6.5 mile (10.6 kilometer) multiphase

Aker finalizing specs for AMC Connector deepwater vessel AMC Connector, a future new build subsea installation and construction vessel from Aker Solutions, has finalised its vessel specs. With a total payload capacity of 9 000 tonnes of subsea power cables

Aker Solutions awarded Goliat tie in and connector contractAker Solutions has been awarded the tie in and connector scope associated with the Goliat flowlines and risers contract by Technip Norway. The contract value is approximately NOK 65 million.The scope of

Aker Solutions creates three separates companies out of core businesses International oil services, engineering and construction company Aker Solutions has decided to cultivate its core businesses by creating three separate companies. The new streamlined entities have a clear ambition to

Acergy S.A. awarded contract offshore Brazil Acergy S.A. announced today the award of a contract from Petrobras for the Sul Norte Capixaba Project, located offshore Brazil in water depths of between 30m and 100m. Acergy is working in consortium with

Acergy S.A. awarded contract in the North Sea Acergy S.A. announced the award of a contract valued at approximately $50 million from Dana Petroleum PLC on the Medway Development Project in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. This contract

ADIL awarded $2.5 million contract from Bridge Energy ASA  ADIL, the independent energy consultancy, has won a $2.5 million contract with Bridge Energy ASA to manage the development of the Vulcan East gas field, in the Southern North Sea. ADIL

Aker Solutions goes subsea for Shell in Gulf of Mexico Aker Solutions has signed three subsea contracts with Shell Offshore Inc for deliveries to the operator's Popeye and Europa fields in the Gulf of Mexico. Contract values are undisclosed. Under

Aker Solutions signs contract for Gudrun tie in to Sleipner Statoil has awarded Aker Solutions the Sleipner Modifications Portfolio Agreement and the first project specific agreements for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) for the Gudrun tie in to Sleipner

ABS to perform first TLP dry tree application for Petrobras ABS has been selected to class two of the major components in Petrobras' Papa Terra offshore Brazil field development. ABS will provide support on Petrobras’ tension leg wellhead platform (TLWP)

Aker Solutions awards Marulk tie in to Norne in Mid Norway Statoil has awarded to Aker Solutions Marulk tie in to the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Norne. Aker Solutions estimates the value of the work to be

Aker Solutions awarded subsea contracts from Petronas for offshore Malaysia Aker Solutions, through its subsidiary in Malaysia Aker Process Systems Asia Pacific (APSAP), has been awarded two subsea contracts from PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd (PETRONAS Carigali). The first is a

Abanaki's new oil skimmer material removes 56,000 gallons of oil in Gulf in one day Abanaki Corporation reported that its patent pending Fuzzy2 material being used on a disk oil skimmer in the Gulf picked up 56,000 gallons of oil in

ADX resumes drilling offshore Tunisia ADX, the operator of the Kerkouane Exploration License offshore Tunisia (Kerkouane License) and the adjacent Pantelleria Exploration Permit in Southern Italy (known as the Pantelleria Permit), has provided the following information on drilling operations on