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Netherlands Offshore Oil & Gas News

Dockwise, Boskalis boards reach merger agreement

Dockwise’s board of directors is backing the company’s merger with Boskalis and have recommended acceptance of Boskalis’ latest share price offer.

Stork wins IRM dive jobs in North Sea

Stork Technical Services has won more than £15 million ($23 million) in work for a major North Sea operator.

Van Oord adds shallow water pipelay vessel to fleet

Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors’ first shallow water pipelay vessel has undergone a naming ceremony at the COSCO shipyard in Nantong, China.

Scheldepoort converting jackup rig to accommodation unit

Scheldepoort Repair & Conversion Yard has won a contract to convert the jackup drill rig Shelf Explorer into offshore hotel accommodations.

Wärtsilä to power six newbuild pipelay vessels destined for Brazil

Wärtsilä will supply the power and positioning systems for six newbuild offshore pipelay vessels being constructed for Petrobras use in Brazilian waters.

dGB debuts OpendTect 4.4

New OpendTect 4.4 software is now available from dGB Earth Sciences.

Fairstar receives Forte

Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) has taken delivery of the Forte submersible transport vessel from Guangzhou Shipbuilding International.

Milestone for crew transfer apparatus

Ampelmann Operations has achieved its 100,000th crew transfer to an offshore platform.

Heerema orders record-size underwater pile driver

Heerema Marine Contractors has ordered what will be the world’s largest, heaviest hydraulic underwater pile-driving hammer from Menck.

Total adopts SKUA as stand-alone application

Total has adopted Paradigm’s SKUA 3D modeling as a stand-alone application.