Archive for December, 2009

The 427-foot NO102 should enable J. Ray to be an immediate player in the flexible pipe installation market

Dec 21, 2009 No Comments by cDiver.net Staff

HOUSTON, Dec 21, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) — J. Ray McDermott, S.A. (“J. Ray” or “the Company”), a subsidiary of McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE:MDR) (“McDermott”), announced today the completion of a vessel transaction with Oceanteam ASA (OSL: OPU) for the subsea construction vessel, North Ocean 102 (“NO102″) and a new build vessel, North Ocean 105 (“NO105″). [...]

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Leg sawed off, diver body pulled out

Dec 18, 2009 1 Comment by Adam

Discuss this in the cDiver.net forums Purulia, Dec. 16: Diver Mukesh Kumar’s right leg was sawed off and his lifeless body pulled out, 72 hours after his foot got sucked into a drainage pipe in an underwater chamber. “All efforts were made to save him but we regret that they failed,” said Surajit Dutta, the [...]

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Foot stuck in four-inch pipe for two days, hope of dam diver’s survival fades

Dec 18, 2009 No Comments by Adam

UPDATE: Diver body pulled out Discuss this in the cDiver.net forums Purulia, Dec. 15: All attempts to extricate the right foot of diver Mukesh Kumar, stuck in a pipe inside a pitch dark and submerged chamber of a Purulia power project’s reservoir since Sunday afternoon, remained unsuccessful till late Tuesday night. It is feared that [...]

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Shell Shipping Houston Jobs Overseas

Dec 18, 2009 1 Comment

Royal Dutch Shell has publicly announced it will slash 5,000 jobs by year end–including “hundreds” in Houston–as part of a sweeping reorganization new CEO Peter Voser said is needed to make the company more competitive. But under a separate program, the European oil giant has been quietly transferring additional office jobs from Houston and elsewhere [...]

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Iraq Poised to Transform Oil Market in Next Decade

Dec 17, 2009 No Comments

Political and security issues in war-torn Iraq have been the focus of the world’s attention for more than six years. Now, the country’s oil reserves are doing the talking. After a string of recent deals between the Iraqi government and foreign oil majors, experts believe that Iraqi oil will transform the global oil market over [...]

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Rapidly growing IMCA moves to larger headquarters

Dec 17, 2009 No Comments

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), the trade association representing offshore, marine and underwater engineering companies, has moved to new and larger offices. Their new address is: IMCA – International Marine Contractors Association, 52 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0AU, UK. Their telephone and fax numbers and email address remain unchanged – Tel: +44 (0) 20 [...]

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Deep Down Secures Two New Contracts for $4 Million

Dec 16, 2009 No Comments

HOUSTON, Dec. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Deep Down, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: DPDW), today announced the signing of two contracts in excess of $4 million for work in West Africa. These contracts, for buoyancy products made by our subsidiary Flotation Technologies, Inc. and umbilical services at Deep Down’s Channelview, Texas facility, will be completed over the [...]

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Acergy S.A. announces investment in new state-of–the-art pipelay ship

Dec 16, 2009 No Comments

London, England – Acergy S.A. (NASDAQ-GS: ACGY; Oslo Stock Exchange: ACY) announced today that it has acquired the Borealis, a strategic enabler, which is expected to drive superior returns for future activity. This differentiating asset, currently being built at the Sembawang Shipyard in Singapore, is a DP3 dynamic positioning vessel equipped with a 5,000T crane. [...]

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Orion Marine Group Announces a Contract Award of Approximately $20 Million

Dec 15, 2009 No Comments

HOUSTON, Dec 15, 2009 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) — Orion Marine Group, Inc. (NYSE:ORN) (the “Company”), a leading heavy civil marine contractor serving the infrastructure sector, today announced a contract award of approximately $20 million. Orion Marine Group’s wholly owned subsidiary, Orion Construction, LP was recently awarded a contract as a subcontractor for a private sector [...]

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TECHNIP AWARDED TWO CONTRACTS FOR THE SCHIEHALLION FIELD IN THE NORTH SEA

Dec 15, 2009 No Comments

Technip has been awarded two contracts by BP for the Schiehallion field development. The field is located in the North Sea, 175 kilometers (110 miles) west of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. The first contract, which was recently completed, was on a lump sum/reimbursable basis and covered the design and manufacture of a 720 meter [...]

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Well Enhancer Completes First Well Intervention Job in the North Sea for Nexen Petroleum UK

Dec 15, 2009 No Comments

Helix Well Ops UK, a subsidiary of Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc, announced today that the newest addition to its global well intervention fleet, Well Enhancer, has successfully completed her inaugural well intervention project for Nexen Petroleum UK on the Buzzard S2 well in the North Sea, 60 miles east of Aberdeen. The Subsea Intervention [...]

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