Decommissioning solutions specialist, Decom Engineering (Decom), has strengthened its management team with the appointment of two leading entrepreneurs to its board. Established in 2011, the Northern Ireland-based engineering company has developed technologies which provide greener, faster and safer solutions for decommissioning in the energy sector. Ian Bailey, Group Chairman of the Anglo Saxon entities within the SIEMAG TECBERG Holding Company, …
Ampelmann, the Dutch offshore access provider, has signed a contract to support maintenance work on a floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO) in Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire). An A-type motion compensated gangway has been fitted to MMA Offshore’s DP2 vessel, the MMA Privilege, and has arrived at location. In the coming years, an A-type gangway will ensure smooth and …
Petrofac, a leading international service provider to the energy industry, has been awarded a two-year Operations and Late Life Asset Support contract extension with Spirit Energy, building on its decade-long relationship with the Operator The contract includes the provision of Operations and Maintenance support for Spirit Energy’s York platform in the Southern North Sea, and Engineering, Project, and Consultancy services …
Energy maps publisher GreySellsGlobal announce the release of their brand-new energy map covering the Northwest Europe Offshore Energy Resources, topically and timely, Tracking The Transition. The Northwest Europe region is undergoing a massive transition away from fossilised fuels towards renewable ‘green’ energy sources and a carbon neutral footprint. Over many years, since the first oil and gas fields came on …
Traditional highway surveys are expensive and risky. Safety of both the workforce and the public is priority number one when it comes to the planning and design of highway surveys, and in most cases, significant traffic management has to be established – during the day or overnight – to allow surveyors to capture the data required. In some cases, the …
Intelligent lifting equipment specialists, LMS (Load Monitoring Systems Ltd), has today (March 16th), announced its collaboration with subsea communications experts Aquatec Group. The joint venture between Aberdeen-based LMS and Aquatec Group has been designed to reduce the cost of subsea installation, maintenance, and decommissioning in the Offshore Wind and Oil & Gas industry. The specifics of the working partnership were …
Claxton, the lead brand for Acteon’s drilling and decommissioning segment, has signed an agreement with Oceaneering to acquire decommissioning personnel and assets from them. From the anticipated closure date of 30 March 2022, certain Oceaneering staff based in Norway will transfer to Claxton, along with decommissioning assets including well and pile abrasive cutting and recovery systems and associated tooling. Conductor …
Ampelmann, the Dutch offshore access provider, has sold its first W-type gangway system to offshore shipping company Olympic Offshore Wind AS. The system will be installed on the Olympic Orion in early 2023 when the vessel will complete its conversion to a Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV). Though this is not Ampelmann’s first engagement with the SOV/CSOV market, the new …
Petrofac, a leading international service provider to the energy industry, has won its first new energies project in Egypt with an in-country subsidiary of Egypt-focused Mediterranean Energy Partners (MEP). The project is an early-stage study assessing the feasibility of a new green hydrogen to ammonia facility that will target the production of 125,000 tonnes of green ammonia a year for …
MENTO AS, one of Norway’s leading oilfield service companies, and SCOTGRIP® INTERNATIONAL, the market leader in the design and manufacture of offshore and onshore anti-slip safety products, are pleased to announce a joint business cooperation. This strategic agreement will enhance each other’s business activities in their respective target markets and will enable the supply and distribution of SCOTGRIP® INTERNATIONAL’s anti-slip …