It’s December and it is once again time to look back on the past year, while paving the way into 2020. Ampelmann is revisiting a year of successes, game-changing innovations, and expansion into new territories.

The Supervisory Board of Fugro has decided to reduce Fugro’s Board of Management, which currently consists of three persons, to the CEO and CFO positions only.

The MaRINET2 project has awarded €1.3 million worth of free lab, tank and open-sea testing to 38 offshore renewable energy developers. The results of the project's fourth call bring the total amount provided by MaRINET2 for free testing access to €4.8 million. High-quality testing of devices and components is an essential part of accelerating the development of wave, tidal and offshore wind technologies.

Subsea 7 S.A. has been awarded a sizeable⁽¹⁾ contract by Offshore Oil Engineering Co. (COOEC), for CNOOC’s Lingshui 17-2 Gas Field Development Project - Steel Catenary Risers Installation Services. The field is located in the South China Sea approximately 150km offshore Sanya, Hainan province.

Maersk Drilling has entered into an agreement with a subsidiary of Shelf Drilling, Ltd. to sell the jack-up rig Maersk Completer for USD 38m in an all-cash transaction. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, and the rig is expected to be delivered in January 2020.

Newton Labs M series underwater laser scanners have the ability to execute both high-resolution internal scans and fixed-line scans with IMUs at depths up to 4000 meters. These scanners are the only ones in the world that can do both at depth.

BP announces that its recent three-well drilling campaign offshore Mauritania and Senegal has further confirmed the world-class scale of the gas resource in the region.

N-Sea, a leading IRM subsea services provider, has experienced a prosperous year reporting an increase in sales with contract wins with new clients.

Maersk Drilling has secured a three-well contract for the semi-submersible rig Maersk Discoverer with BP for development drilling at the Matapal project offshore Trinidad and Tobago. The contract has an estimated duration of 322 days and is expected to commence in July 2020. The value of the firm contract is approximately USD 78m, including a mobilization fee. The contract contains an additional one-well option.

DNV GL, the technical advisor to the global oil and gas industry, has been awarded a framework agreement by DNO ASA to provide a broad portfolio of engineering and management support and verification services to support the operator, as it expands operations and developments in the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). DNV GL will support DNO in enhancing safety, maintaining compliance and reducing its environmental footprint as it seeks to achieve its ambitions in the region.

VesselsValue sounds the alert on MODU values following 2 sales of modern premium jack up units to separate buyers at historic lows.

Forum Energy Technologies has completed a three-month upgrade to its hyperbaric testing facility, which will result in an operational time saving to clients of more than 35%.

The end of the year is the perfect time for reflection, so VV are taking this opportunity to look back on the biggest and most valuable deals of 2019 in the Cargo and Offshore sectors.

Damen Shipyards Group has delivered two vessels to RAK Ports in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The deliveries took place on 5^th December at the Ras Al Khaimah Cruise Terminal. The vessels in question were a Damen Multi Cat 1908 and a Stan Tug 1907.

DecomWorld – part of Reuters Events- has announced the confirmation of over 30 international E&P delegations to attend their 12^th Annual D&A Summit (March 31 – 1 April, Houston).

Damen’s new Ultra Shallow Shoalbuster 3815 SD has successfully completed sea trials and bollard pull testing. The newly designed vessel achieved 18.6 tonnes of bollard pull, while still being able to operate in extreme shallow waters. Despite this impressive show of power, noise levels inside all the cabins did not exceed 53dB.