Global contractor Dolphin Drilling has announced it has signed an US$83 million contract with Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX).
While much of the world’s oil & gas supplies are to be found out to sea and extracted via offshore drilling rigs, there are also a number of land locked countries that have access to vast quantities of oil and gas. Specialist drilling rigs travel across land as a mobile wheeled fabrication. The drill is attached to the end of an extremely long hydraulic cylinder. Once in situ, the drill is manoeuvred from horizontal to upright and becomes a drill mast.
Aberdeenshire-based subsea firm Aleron Group has acquired electrical drive engineering specialist IMPAQ to support its expansion strategy into new technology and markets including military, defence and nuclear industries. Following the deal, the Group has been awarded its first contract in the academic sector.
Minimising the emissions of VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) from oil tankers during the fluctuating ambient conditions experienced during sea voyages is vitally important from both environmental and commercial points of view.
Transvac Systems from Derbyshire, UK, is a leading supplier of Ejector solutions, committed to pushing the boundaries of Ejector performance and finding ways to apply the technology to new applications.
Bibby Offshore, a leading subsea services provider to the oil and gas industry, reports it has successfully completed a multi-million pound contract with Maersk Oil UK, providing both subsea structure and pipeline inspection support in the UKCS.
A digital transformation of oil and gas safety-critical emergency response training is set to save the industry more than a million hours of training time per year, driving time and cost efficiencies across the sector, a gathering of world-wide industry leaders heard recently.
One of the UK’s leading providers of technical consulting and engineering services – MMI Engineering (MMI) – says it has successfully supported a globally recognised energy and services company on a project that has scooped an award at the Offshore Safety Awards hosted by Oil & Gas UK.
Hydratight reports it has been awarded DNV GL Type Approval for the lightweight MORGRIP Compact Connector, which will be deployed for topside repairs in the oil and gas industry.
