Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. Ltd (JAPEX) and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) announce that Kangean Energy Indonesia Ltd. (Operator), a wholly-owned subsidary of Energi Mega Pratama Inc. (JAPEX and MC each makes a 25% investment in Energi Mega Pratama Inc.) based in Republic of Indonesia, has started
Seawork has been chosen as the venue for Blyth Workcats to launch a boat that promotes it into a new league of boatbuilding. The Blyth 17-metre is the largest to come from this long-established Essex boatyard and has been designed to supply the offshore energy sector with a practical and robust work
ESL Shipping Ltd, part of the Aspo Group, has taken delivery of a new 56,000 dwt vessel from the Korean Hyundai Mipo shipyard. M/s Kumpula is the second of two dry cargo vessels built in Vietnam, and owned by ESL Shipping. The vessel was named in a ceremony on Friday May 18. Mrs Anja Arteva, [&helli
BP Exploration Operating Company Limited (‘BP’) has extended the contract duration for the use of Safe Caledonia conducting accommodation support at the Andrew Area Development Project in the UK sector of the North Sea. The revised contract period incorporates operations at the Magnus platform and e
China Oilfield Services Limited attended the 36th IPA Indonesian Petroleum Association Convention and Exhibition which was recently held at the Jakarta Convention Center. This is the sixth year in a roll that COSL participates in the same event as one of the major exhibitors. The IPA Convention and
As of May, the new website of Damen Dredging Equipment has gone live. The new website reflects the innovative approach of Damen as a fore runner in the industry. The website shows the company’s full range of dredging gear, and its navigation has been designed to be fast, simple and user-friendly. Th
Teekay is to farm out fifty of its tankers to third party ship management in a tie-up with Hong Kong’s Anglo-Eastern The pact will be one of the world’s biggest deals between an independent ship management company and a shipowner. Anglo-Eastern and Teekay confirmed the tie-up in notices sent in the
Mustang Marine announced the merger of Mustang Marine (Wales) Ltd with Milford Haven Ship Repairers (MHSR). Currently the trading name for Milford Haven Port Authority, MHSR is to be rebranded under the Mustang Marine (Wales) Ltd name and will operate from the existing two sites, the dry dock facili
Bergen Group Dreggen has been awarded a new contract with the EPC contractor Techint Engenharia e Construção SA in Brazil. The contract has an estimated value of NOK 60-70 million, and comprises delivery of a total of 4 offshore lattice boom cranes for two fixed wellhead platforms being constructed
In the 1st Indonesian International Bid Round 2012, Eni has been awarded the East Sepinggan block with a 100% participating interest. The block, located in the offshore East Kalimantan, about 170 kilometers south east of the Bontang LNG processing facility, covers an area of 2,913 square kilometers
ESE, a security systems integrator based in Saudi Arabia has been awarded a contract for the installation of a Sonardyne Sentinel Intruder Detection Sonar (IDS) for the protection of an undisclosed key energy asset. The order also includes a specialised deployment system and a sonar head designed fo
China’s manned submersible Jiaolong will attempt a 7,000-meter dive in the Mariana Trench, stated the State Oceanic Administration. This year the submersible managed to reach 5,188 meters below the sea during its deepest dive in the Pacific Ocean. Head of the State Oceanic Administration, Liu Cigui,
Nord Stream started today the first of two all-important underwater tie-ins of its second gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea. In this complex two-week-long offshore operation, two of the pipeline’s three sections will be joined together 80 metres underwater inside a hyperbaric welding habitat on th
Nord Stream started today the first of two all-important underwater tie-ins of its second gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea. In this complex two-week-long offshore operation, two of the pipeline’s three sections will be joined together 80 metres underwater inside a hyperbaric welding habitat on th
