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Two thousand jobs maintained through four-year drilling contracts

Equinor, on behalf of the partners, is exercising two options to extend contracts with Archer AS, KCA Deutag Drilling Norway AS and Odfjell Operations AS for a total of four years. The options for drilling services on fixed installations on the Norwegian continental shelf provide jobs for 2000 people per year, and have an estimated …

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PALFINGER opens its first site in Australia for maximum customer focus

PALFINGER, the leading producer and provider of innovative crane and lifting solutions, has opened a new site in Perth, Western Australia. With this strategic move, the company is strengthening its local presence to consistently delivering on its promise of maximum customer focus and service quality in the marine segment. It is the first official PALFINGER …

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Bengal Energy announces maturation and development plan in australia

Bengal Energy Ltd has announced the completion of its Field Resource Maturation and Development Plan for its Tookoonooka Potential Commercial Area 332 (PCA 332). The PCA 332, in which Bengal has a 100% working interest, covers a 343 km2 prospect area and was granted for a 15-year term effective January 30, 2023. The Plan includes …

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Triple contract success marks Decom Engineering’s entry to Australian decommissioning sector

Decom Engineering (Decom) has strengthened its position in AsiaPac with the execution of three market entry Australian contracts worth in excess of £500,000. The decommissioning specialist was commissioned to supply and operate its chopsaw cutting technologies on behalf of a major Operator in Victoria’s Bass Strait as well as contract awards from two other clients …

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Ruland manufacturing chooses the flexxbotics solution for advanced robotic machine tending

Flexxbotics has announced that Ruland Manufacturing Company, Inc. (Ruland), a precision manufacturer of high-performance shaft collars and couplings, has selected Flexxbotics for robot-driven manufacturing with autonomous process control in its FANUC RoboDrill workcells for “lights out” production operations. The advanced robotic machine tending solution from Flexxbotics enables Ruland’s Universal Robots to communicate directly with the …

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Deal signed to deliver water sourced heat pump to Mersey Heat Energy Centre

A deal has been signed with Star Refrigeration Ltd to provide a £2.5m water source heat pump to the Mersey Heat Energy Centre currently under construction at Peel Water’s Liverpool Waters at Princes Dock in Liverpool. Led by Peel NRE’s district heat network specialist Ener-Vate and being built by Vital Energi, the project is set …

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Equinor secures new helicopter capacity

Equinor has secured 15 new helicopters for passenger traffic on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) through contracts with helicopter manufacturers Bell and Leonardo. After an extensive process, Equinor has qualified new helicopter types for passenger transport on the NCS. Under these contracts, Equinor will receive ten new Bell 525 helicopters and five AW189 helicopters. “These …

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Castrol launches new Transaqua SP-HC hydraulic control fluid

Castrol, one of the world’s leading lubricant brands, has launched Transaqua™ SP-HC, a new hydraulic control fluid under its Transaqua range. The fluid has been formulated for use as the control fluid in subsea production control systems, delivering all-round subsea production system protection. Castrol Transaqua™ SP-HC is suitable for Electro-Hydraulic Multiplex (EH-Mux) or direct hydraulic …

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University of Strathclyde appoints new CEO of its Power Networks Demonstration Centre

The University of Strathclyde has appointed a new Chief Executive Officer to lead its Power Networks Demonstration Centre (PNDC). Dr Will Drury, currently the Executive Director for Digital and Technologies at Innovate UK – part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) – and Challenge Director of the Driving the Electric Revolution Challenge Fund, will take …

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