The semisubmersible platform by Aker Solutions for the Gjøa oil and gas field offshore Norway, today started on its journey from the yard at Stord to the North Sea, where installation will take place. Production start-up is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2010. Gjøa features innovative solutions
Talks between neighboring Mideast emirates Qatar and Bahrain over potential liquefied natural gas shipments have stalled, a Qatar energy min… [mappress] Source: zawya, June 14, 2010
The first of three offshore gas production platforms, known as ‘QW8’ for the Qatargas 3 and 4 ventures has been handed over to Qatargas … [mappress] Source: thepeninsulaqatar, June 14, 2010:
THE Rudd Government may turn a blind eye to the coal seam gas (CSG) to liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects and exempt the industry from the… [mappress] Source: gladstone observer, June 14, 2010;
Qatargas has taken a major step towards completing work for its Qatargas 3 and Qatargas 4 ventures with the ‘Mechanical Acceptance’ and handover of the first of three offshore gas production platforms, known as ‘QW8’, from contractor, J. Ray McDermott (JRM). A signing ceremony has been held recently
The Swiss-based Allseas Group S.A. has awarded the building contract for the dynamically positioned platform installation / decommissioning and pipelay vessel Pieter Schelte to Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co., Ltd., Korea. The contract value is 454.5 million Euros on a total building
British energy firm BG Group, has acquired a 60 per cent stake in Ophir Energy Ltd, a company licensed to explore and produce liquefied natu… [mappress] Source: allafrica, June 14, 2010;
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) announced its sixth oil discovery in exploratory block CB-ONN-2003/1 (CB 10 A&B), awarded under the NELPV round of exploration bidding. The well CB10A-T1 was drilled to a total depth of 1500 meters in Part A of the block,with the objectives of exploring the play fai
RBG, the leading provider of fabric maintenance and construction support to the global energy industry, has secured a contract worth more than £500,000 for the manufacture of two risers for Apache North Sea Ltd. The two 130 metre long risers, constructed at RBG’s Invergordon, UK facility, will be us
On a quiet overcast morning on Lake Ontario a three-pronged white metal structure is the only thing visible off the Scarborough shoreline. [mappress] Source: insidetoronto, June 11, 2010;
Transpower orders its third powerful offshore grid connection. The contract with the consortium of Siemens Energy and Prysmian Powerlink is the starting signal for the third innovative major project of its kind. The high voltage direct current (HVDC) connection “BorWin2“ with a capacity of 800 Megaw
Gov. Chris Christie has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the federal government and fellow East Coast governors to promote the… [mappress] Source: globest, June 11, 2010;
Gov. Chris Christie has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the federal government and fellow East Coast governors to promote the… [mappress] Source: globest, June 11, 2010;
The Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) has awarded a Dh350 million ($95.3 million) port systems contract to Al Jaber GIS joint venture, for… [mappress] Source:adpc , June 13, 2010;
