Tag: oil & gas
RICH-MAC gives chemicals a shot in the arm
The 2001 edition of RICH•MAC, International Exhibition of Chemistry and International Show of Chemical Equipment and Equipment for Analyses, Research, Controls and Biotechnologies, held at Fiera Milano, attracted researchers, engineers, chemists, clinical biochemists, laboratory technicians, biologists, physicians as well as commercial operators and managers for five intense days.
Halliburton and DSND to form new subsea company
Halliburton Subsea, Dallas, a business unit of Halliburton's energy services group, and Norwegian-based DSND Subsea ASA have signed a letter of intent to combine their subsea interests in upstream oil and gas.
Anti-flare system for Abu Dhabi
The Norwegian companies SAAS System and Aker Technology have received an order for the delivery of a system to prevent pollution from gas flaring on an oilfield in Abu Dhabi.
Technip creates engineering company in Kazakhstan
Technip and Transport of Oil and Gas (TOG), the National Oil and Gas Transportation Company of Kazakhstan, have created a joint engineering and construction company headquartered in Almaty. Both shareholders will hold a 50% stake in this company, named Technip Kazakhstan.
Sandvik develops new filler material for 13Cr pipe
Sandvik Steel has developed a super duplex filler metal which matches the properties of 13% chromium super martensitic stainless steel used for pipelines in the oil and gas industries.
Gulf Drilling acquires ITAG
Gulf Drilling & Petroleum Services (GDPS), a subsidiary of Arabian International Petroleum Corporation (AIPC) of Qatar, has purchased 90% of ITAG’s shares.
Hyundai wins ExxonMobil FPSO order
Hyundai Heavy Industries has won the contract to build a VLCC capacity floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for US oil major ExxonMobil worth USD 800 million.
Expanding plugs for stainless steel pipes
Huntingdon Fusion Techniques Ltd’s Pipestoppers Division has introduced an extension to its range of expanding plugs for sealing, stopping, testing and weld purging of stainless steel oil and gas pipes and pipework.
Dragados takes third Cantarell contract
Dragados Offshore, part of the Spanish Dragados group, has won its third contract this year at the Cantarell (Campeche) oil field in Mexico.
Bluewater wins contract for offshore facilities
Soekor E & P (Pty) Ltd, Parow, South Africa, and its partners Pioneer Natural Resources South Africa (Pty) Ltd and Petroleum Ltd have awarded Bluewater (UK) Ltd a contract for the production facilities for Sable field, in the Bredasdorp basin off South Africa.
