Statoil has awarded a contract to Kvaerner Verdal worth NOK 2billion for delivery of the riser platform jacket for the Johan Sverdrup field. The company made the announcement on behalf of the Johan Sverdrup licence partners. The platform jacket its scheduled for delivery in the summer of 2017.
Keppel Offshore & Marine has won two contracts worth $48.7million. The company’s subsidiary, Keppel Singmarine, will carry out work with Seaways to build a multi-task Anchor Handling Tug (AHT) vessel suitable for a number of offshore activities. It will also complete work for N-KOM (Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine), a joint venture shipyard in Qatar, to provide technical services for the construction of a liftboat.
Wood Group's boss was inducted into the Entrepreneurial Scotland Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Glasgow last night. Bob Keiller, the Aberdeen-based energy service company's chief executive, follows in the footstep of illustrious names like Sir Moir Lockhead, Donald Macdonald and Sir Ian Wood who have all received the accolade. Established in 2002 to recognise exceptional leadership, the Entrepreneurial Scotland Hall of Fame recognises successful entrepreneurs who have made a major contribution to Scottish business life.
A former mussel farmer has been named apprentice of the year at the 15th anniversary of the UK Upstream Oil and Gas Technician Training Scheme. Michael Williamson previously completed an apprenticeship in mechanical engineering with Shetland Island Council Ferries. The 22-year-old, from Whalsay in Shetland, is currently an instrument technician at Edinburgh College and was given his award after demonstrating “outstanding ability and attitude” during his four years on the scheme, which has helped 1,500 people enter the industry already.