ABS awarded China Merchants Industry (CMI) Approval in Principle (AIP) for its self-developed Deep-sea Mining Riser and Lift System.The AIP follows ABS awarding AIP for CMI’s deep-sea mining system ...

HOUSTON, May 4-- As others prepare to field test subsea pumps for dual gradient drilling in ultradeep water, Stewart & Stevenson Service Inc.'s Petroleum Equipment Division in Houston has introduced ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Oil & Gas (NYSE:GE) announced today it has received an order for the offshore oil and gas industry’s first 20,000-psi (20-ksi) rated deepwater blowout preventer (BOP) ...

Aker Solutions contracted by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) to supply deepwater drilling riser. The 10 000 ft deepwater drilling CLIP riser system will be manufactured and delivered ...

The deep-sea drilling vessel CHIKYU, for the first time in the history of scientific ocean drilling, conducted riser-drilling operations to drill successfully down to a depth of 1,603.7 meters beneath ...

Aker Solutions has won a contract to provide a complete 8,000 feet drilling riser system to Sevan Marine's deepwater drilling rig Sevan Brasil. The contract is worth more than USD 40 million. The ...

Approximately 58 km southeast of Shingu City, Japan--Deepsea Drilling Vessel CHIKYU has resumed IODP drilling operations in the Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone off the Kii Peninsula of Japan. The ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) and Oil States Industries, Inc. today announced a strategic collaboration that combines two award-winning technology sets to provide customers ...

Aker Solutions was awarded another contract for delivery of a deepwater drilling riser system to Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. Contract value is approximately USD $35 million. Aker ...

In the post-Katrina/Rita Gulf of Mexico hurricane era, new met ocean criteria and acceptance requirements for “100-year and 1000 year” events calls for both new and improved elements to be ...

The workscope comprises three drilling riser systems, including tools and flotation, designed for use in up to 2400 metres of water. The risers will be produced at Aker Kvaerner's new facility in Rio ...

July 30, 2009—Kumano Basin off Kii Peninsula, approximately 58 km southeast of Japan— Despite harsh weather and ocean conditions, and complex geological characteristics of its drill site, the deep-sea ...