Lundin Malaysia, Nio Petroleum and Petronas Carigali have been awarded blocks SB307 and SB308 offshore Sabah, East Malaysia by Petronas; Great South Land Minerals (GSLM), a subsidiary of Empire Minerals, has received approval to proceed with explorat...

Extensions to seismic surveys have added lustre to the Asian marine geophysical market which has also seen recent fleet expansion . . .

Malaysian state operator Petronas has joined the Low Frequency Seismic Partnership (LFSP), a three-year joint industry LF seismic technologies R&D project led by Spectraseis . . .

Norway-headquartered Spectrum has agreed to purchase Australian Seismic Brokers (ASB), boosting its modern 2D multi-client data library in the Far East . . .

Optimism is evident as shipyards remain busy delivering vessels, take on a broad range of projects and continue to both expand existing facilities and acquire new sites . . .

The Schahin Oil & Gas semisubmersible drilling rig Amazonia, under construction at Yantai Raffles Shipyard, China; Drydocks World has been commissioned by Hallin Marine to construct a newbuild groundbreaking compact semisubmersible subsea operations ...

TDW Offshore Services has successfully completed a key pipeline pressure isolation; Oil and gas resourcing firm Mentor IMC Group has signed a labour agreement with Australian immigration authorities; Petrotechnics is deploying its electronic integra...

Under a collaboration agreement with Independent Data Services, Samit Enterprises will introduce; With the official inauguration of its new Shanghai technology centre on 28 May, Metso said; Global NVOCC (non vessel operating common carrier) CargoGulf...

PetroVietnam is reported to be preparing to conduct a feasibility study; Ezra Holdings has entered into a shareholders agreement with; Subsea Services International, parent of Offshore Joint Services (OJS), has formed; David Evans has been appointed ...

Technip has garnered a flexible pipe supply contract from China National Offshore Oil Corporation; Fluor has been awarded an engineering and related management services contract for an undisclosed sum by Samsung C&T Corporation for the; Woodside Ener...

Hewlett Packard (HP) and Shell are collaborating to develop a wireless sensing system; Mokveld Valves has developed an axial flow valve concept that provides a streamlined; Claxton, an Aberdeen-based Acteon company, is launching a new camera to assis...

Having launched its Fluor Offshore Solutions arm in 2008, Fluor has been busy situating itself to win subsea work when the offshore oil & gas market starts its uptick . . .

Continuous Flow Analysis (CFA) diagnostics generate actionable alerts to identify abnormal flow profiles, upstream blockage, deposit build-up within a meter, and the existence of liquid hydrocarbon in gas . . .

The trend toward putting more and more production equipment on the seabed – and in increasingly deeper waters – strongly challenges the offshore construction industry to continuously improve their ability to perform such activities in a safe and cost...

Deliberately designing pipelines to buckle – but in a controlled manner – is the Safebuck joint industry project team’s recommended solution to today’s ever more challenging deepwater pipeline requirements . . .