Technip officially named its latest new state-of-the art pipelay vessel on Friday 3rd May at Florø, Norway. During the ceremony held at Westcon’s Yard, the Deep Energy was named  by the vessel's godmother, Patricia Pilenko, wife of Thierry Pilenko, Technip’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

 FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it was recognised at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) with the presentation of two Spotlight on New Technology Awards. The awards, which honour innovative technologies that significantly impact offshore exploration and production, are in recognition of FMC Technologies' subsea boosting system developed in cooperation with Sulzer Pumps Ltd. and FMC Technologies' Condition and Performance Monitoring (CPM) system.

  Technip was awarded by Statoil a contract for the removal and replacement of the two oil-loading systems at the Gullfaks field. This field is located in the North Sea, offshore Norway, at a water depth of approximately 130 meters.

  Technip was awarded by Statoil an engineering, procurement, construction and installation lump-sum contract for the Norne field development, located in the Norwegian Sea at a water depth of approximately 380 meters.

  Subsea 7 S.A. (Oslo Børs: SUBC) has announced that it has signed a contract to build a new heavy construction vessel which will be delivered in 2016.

  Technip officially named its latest new state-of-the art pipelay vessel on Friday at Florø, Norway. During the ceremony held at Westcon’s Yard, the Deep Energy was named  by the vessel's godmother, Patricia Pilenko, wife of Thierry Pilenko, Technip’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

 FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a two year extension to an existing contract by Island Offshore Management AS (Island Offshore) to provide Light Well Intervention (LWI) services.

 LOGIC, a not-for-profit organisation established to improve competitiveness throughout the UK oil and gas industry, is marking both the tenth anniversary of its Master Deed system, which streamlines commercial processes between licence holders on the UK Continental Shelf, and the expansion of its on-line service.

 Total announces that the Ivoire-1X exploration well, located in the western portion of Block CI-100 in 2,280 meters of water, encountered 28 meters of net oil pay in a series of about 100 meters of Cretaceous reservoirs. The oil in the abrupt margin geological play is light 35  API oil.

 Technip, leader of a 50/50 consortium with Techint, was awarded by PNBV(1) a substantial(2) contract for the topside construction and integration, the commissioning and start up assistance of the P-76 floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit. Located in the Santos Basin pre-salt area offshore Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this unit will produce 180,000 barrels of oil and 7 million cubic meters per day of gas.

  Saab Seaeye has expanded its international presence by opening an office in Houston, Texas.

 Oil & Gas UK has secured The Rt Hon Edward Davey MP, secretary of state for energy and climate change, to address delegates at its breakfast briefing in London on 9 May. He will speak on the subject of 'Delivering a Successful UK Offshore Oil and Gas Industry - Government Policy in Practice'.

  MacArtney Norge has a long standing relationship with ROV manufacturer SAAB Seaeye Limited - and the two companies have worked together on numerous projects related to the production, maintenance and sale of the versatile Sea Owl 500 observation class ROV system. Now MacArtney and SAAB Seaeye have developed an upgraded XTi version which, while staying within the realm of the original and proven Sea Owl 500 design, features significant upgrades of all system facets.

  Offshore Installation Services (OIS), an Acteon company, has named Mike Earlam as president. Based in the company’s Aberdeen office, Mike will be responsible for driving the development and growth of OIS and will play a key role in exploiting opportunities to work together with other Acteon companies. 

  The largest indoor test facility ever before dedicated to the development of unmanned underwater vehicles has been opened by Saab Seaeye.