An embarked security team aboard a U.S. Navy vessel fired upon a small motor vessel after it disregarded warnings and rapidly approached the U.S. ship near Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates yesterday. In accordance with Navy force protection procedures, the sailors on the USNS Rappahannock (T-AO 204)
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Technip to supply a Mono Ethylene Glycol (MEG) reclamation plant for the Ichthys LNG Project in Australia. The contract value is approximately NOK 485 million. The scope of work includes system engineering and supply of key equipment for the MEG plant an
Wright’s Well Control Services (WWCS) completed a riserless subsea plug & abandonment (P&A) using tubing to pull out of the hole from a Multi-Service Vessel (MSV) in 1,250’ WD in the Gulf of Mexico. DOF Subsea USA provided marine and subsea services. New tools where custom engineered specifically fo
LNG vessel OB RIVER was officially named yesterday at the Keppel Shipyard in Singapore during the planned drydocking of the vessel. She has been named after the Ob River – one of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean. OB RIVER (previous name – Clean Power) was built in 2007
Lamprell, a leading provider of diversified engineering and contracting services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas and renewables industry, announces that it has received a new contract award from Seajacks 4 Limited (“Seajacks”). The Engineering, Procurement & Construction contract,which is valu
CGGVeritas announced that it has started acquiring its first StagSeisTM dual-vessel, long-offset multi-client full-azimuth (FAZ) survey in the Keathley Canyon area of the US Gulf of Mexico (GOM). This 221-block (5150 sq km) full-fold 3D seismic data survey, known as IBALT, will take approximately 6-
In three years Maersk Line has saved almost USD 90 million in energy costs by measuring the performance of individual vessels thus raising awareness on consumption. Other business units follow suit. In Maersk KPIs, Key Performance Indicators, have for years been a way of measuring how well one did i
Recently the second in a series of four Damen Stan Patrol Vessels 4207, going by the name of ‘Oriku’, has been finalized in the Pashaliman Shipyard in Vlorë (Albania) and delivered to the Albanian Coast Guard. The third Stan Patrol Vessel (SPa), called ‘Lisus’, is presently under construction. The S
Barnstaple and Aberdeen based engineering firm J+S recently returned from exhibiting at the Global Offshore Wind Conference and Exhibition at the Excel Centre in London. This is the first time that J+S have demonstrated their capabilities to the offshore wind market. J+S’ focus for the offshore wind
EFC Group, a leading designer and manufacturer of instrumentation, monitoring, handling and control systems for the global oil and gas industry, has delivered a highly innovative mechanical handling contract to provide a Rigless Intervention System for Baker Hughes. Following a brief from the oilfie
Technip was awarded a contract by Marathon Oil Norge AS for on-going expansion of the subsea drill centres at Kneler B and Volund located in the Alvheim area in the North Sea. The water depths in the area is around 120 meters, and the subsea work will be performed by use of remotely-operated vehicul
Technip was awarded a contract by Marathon Oil Norge AS for on-going expansion of the subsea drill centres at Kneler B and Volund located in the Alvheim area in the North Sea. The water depths in the area is around 120 meters, and the subsea work will be performed by use of remotely-operated vehicul
Jan De Nul Group receives new offshore contracts in Australia, Russia, Canada and the Barents Sea. New sites with a total value of more than 500 million Euros were added to the order book of Jan De Nul Group during the past month. The assignment for Chevron for the installation of the Wheatstone pip
Last week, BigLift Shipping finished the last of two challenging shipments on its vessels Happy Diamond and Happy Dover for the US Steel Corporation in Clairton, Pennsylvania, from Lubeck (Germany), to Mobile (USA). Challenges were the fact that the loading was placed inside the hold with only centi
