The Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG Project has reached a milestone by completing the offshore mooring system pre-lay in the Browse Basin, located off the northern coast of Western Australia. Inpex, a Japanese energy company, said on Wednesday that part of the mooring system for the project has been set
Premier Oil, and UK-based oil company, is set to break its 2016 production guidance ceiling. In its trading update on Wednesday, Premier Oil said that strong production to April 30, of 57.3 thousands of barrels of oil equivalent per day put the company on track to deliver at or above upper end of 20
Norwegian pump supplier, Eureka Pumps, has been awarded a service contract for pumps from Det norske oljeselskap. The frame agreement is related to scope of work on the new built offshore production facility named Ivar Aasen and the operating FPSO named Alvheim. Eureka said it will provide support t
Sweden’s Lundin Petroleum has returned to profit in the first quarter of 2016, reporting a net result of $114.3 million. For comparison, the group reported a net loss of $230 million in the corresponding quarter a year ago. The company said the profit in the first quarter of the year was mainly driv
The Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger HAM 318 has started dredging and land reclamation operations at Addu City Feydhoo, Maldives. Under the contract with the Maldives’ Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure, the HAM’s work will consist of dredging, reclamation and civil works in the Feydho
Multinet Pakistan, Omantel and Xtera Communications have signed a supply agreement for the new subsea cable system Silk Route Gateway 1 (SRG-1). The new cable will directly link Muscat in Oman to Karachi in Pakistan, with a future extension to Gwadar in Pakistan. “The SRG-1 project is our ambition t
Oil company Shell on Tuesday marked the delivery of the third LNG powered Offshore Supply Vessel – the Harvey Liberty – in Port Fourchon, Louisiana. According to Shell, the vessel, chartered from company Harvey Gulf International Marine, will join its sister ships, the ‘Harvey Energy’ and ‘Harvey Po
Maritime Developments (MDL) has delivered a new flexible pipe deployment and retrieval system for Magma Global, which is, reportedly, set to reduce the costs and risks of light well intervention for the offshore oil industry. The m-IDP (integrated deployment package) was unveiled at the company’s as
French oilfield services company Technip has been awarded an engineering services contract by Woodside, an Australian energy company. Technip will provide Woodside with multi-disciplinary engineering services as part of an engineering panel. The contract, Technip says, covers all Woodside operated o
Two subsea templates for Wintershall’s Maria field have arrived in Kristiansund onboard the heavy load carrier Meri, the company informed through its social media. The two subsea templates host installations in the area. The reservoir will be linked via a subsea tieback to the Kristin, Heidrun and Å
ELA Container Offshore GmbH has been revealed as the Platinum Sponsor of the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2016. This exhibition will take place at the Rai Amsterdam Convention Centre in the Netherlands from October 25 – 26, 2016. The Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference addresses the t
Cammell Laird has selected a Rolls-Royce design for the UK’s new £200 million polar research ship. Rolls-Royce will also supply machinery and equipment for the vessel in a deal worth £30 million ($43.2 million). The 128 meter long ship, which will be named RRS Sir David Attenborough, will be built a
Fugro, Dutch geotechnical subsea company, has begun a three-year period of metocean and ice data collecting as part of the Barents Sea Metocean and Ice Network Project. In a statement from Tuesday, Fugro said the data collected will help operators better understand relevant operational uncertainties
Norwegian offshore facilities designed Sevan Marine will keep on working on a design for a cylindrical Floating LNG unit. The company on Tuesday said, referring to the paid FLNG feasibility study announced in Q3 2015 for the use of Sevan Marine’s cylindrical hull for a specific FLNG development, tha
