MAN Diesel & Turbo has won the contract to provide a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system for each of 6 × MAN 16V32/44CR engines. The engines will power the ‘Petrofac JDS 6000’ deepwater derrick-lay vessel ordered in January 2014 by Petrofac, the international oil and gas services provider. At
BP has awarded Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson, a contract in excess of $40 million to be the Main Automation Contractor for the Shah Deniz Stage 2 development project in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea. Emerson will provide integrated control and safety systems to
BP has awarded Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson, a contract in excess of US$40 million to be the Main Automation Contractor for the Shah Deniz Stage 2 development project in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea. Emerson will provide integrated control and safety systems t
SpeedCast, a satellite telecommunications service provider, has been awarded a satellite service contract by Allseas, a provider of offshore pipeline installation and subsea construction. The contract covers Allseas’ flagship vessel, the Pieter Schelte, the world’s biggest ship, which took to the se
Mooreast Asia has secured order to supply the entire 8-point spread mooring system to Offshore Terengganu oilfield in Malaysia. The 8-point spread mooring system consists of Mooreast designed chainstoppers, mooring chains and 15 ton Mooreast MA5P anchors. The respective mooring components will recei
Canadian-based Barrick Gold Corporation recently purchased a DSC Wolverine Class dredge. Barrick is a global company, located on five continents and involved in projects such as mine operation, advancing exploration and project development. The Wolverine will be used in Pueblo Viejo, the Sanchez Ram
The INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project has begun integration of the lower turret with the Project’s floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility. Having travelled from Singapore, the unique 4,200 tonne, 31 metre-tall turret structure was safely inserted into the hull of the FPSO, whic
Teekay’s Petrojarl Knarr floating, production, storage and offloading vessel has left the Aibel yard in Haugesund and is now on its way to the Knarr field in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. The newbuild vessel, built by Samsung in South Korea, had arrived in Haugesund in September where it unde
At today’s PILOT Share Fair, Oil & Gas UK celebrated achieving a record-breaking 500 members, with Dundee-headquartered business SafeHouse Habitats (Scotland Ltd) becoming the milestone company to join the offshore oil and gas industry’s trade association. Malcolm Webb, chief executive of Oil & Gas
From 16 to 18 September 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway carried out an audit of work by OSM Offshore (OSM) to identify and follow up groups at particular risk and emergency preparedness on board the Haven jack-up accommodation vessel. The PSA says that groups at particular risk hav
The safe installation of the 6,500 tonne structure by the deepwater construction vessel Aegir marks the beginning of the Project’s major installation campaign in the Browse Basin, offshore Western Australia. Ichthys LNG Project Managing Director Louis Bon said the RSS is the largest subsea structure
Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG project reached yet another milestone with the installation of the RSS tower at the Ichthys Field.
South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has begun integration of the lower turret with the Ichthys LNG project’s floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit. The unique 4,200 tonne, 31 metre-tall turret structure, which travelled from Singapore, was inserted int
SeeByte has successfully demonstrated their Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) software using a L-3 Klein Associates sonar payload (L-3 Klein UUV 3500, dual frequency 455/900 kHz) on an Iver-3 vehicle. This process involved the ATR software being tuned to the Klein sonar in order for the software to
