Framo Engineering AS and Total E&P Angola have recently signed a contract to supply a subsea Pumping System for the CLOV Development Project, located in the deepwater Block 17 offshore Angola. The contract between Total and Framo represents one of four main contracts placed by Total for this Project
Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration and production opportunities in the Atlantic Margin, the North Sea and Norway,announces that it has conditionally raised £62.2 million (approximately USD $100 million) through a Placing of 37,718,024 new Ordinar
Polarcus, a leading provider of marine geophysical services, is building two seismic vessels of the new generation type SX134 at the Ulstein Verft shipyard. ULSTEIN has designed and built a number of state-of-the-art seismic vessels the past few years, and the contracts attest to the company’s leadi
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded the detailed engineering and procurement for ConocoPhillips’ existing Judy platform and the hook-up and commissioning of their new Jasmine facilities in the North Sea, 240 kilometres south-east of Aberdeen. The valu
Further to announcements made on November 5 and 8, 2010, the securing of the well has been completed and the pulling of the BOP to the surface has started. The well has been cemented and plugged according to Petrobras’ safety procedures. On deck, the BOP will be inspected and repaired and then lower
Lamprell , a leading provider of specialist engineering services to the international oil & gas and renewables industry, announces that it has received a US$ 210 million new contract award from Eurasia Drilling Company Limited (“EDC”) and issues the following Interim Management Statement for the per
Aker Solutions has signed a contract to design, build and supply heavy oil separation equipment to an FPSO vessel operated by OSX, an EBX group company, in Brazil. The contract value is approximately NOK 40 million (Approximately USD $6.8 million) . “This is a major breakthrough for our in-house hea
Sperre AS does it again: the Notodden-based hi-tech manufacturer of ROVs is developing a new ROV concept that will revolutionise remotely controlled underwater operations and make them more efficient. Sperre is currently on the look-out for a heavyweight partner in the subsea sector to push forward
Perenco confirmed that a security incident occurred last in the area of the Moudi FSO, offshore Cameroon, involving army personnel and security contractors. The incident, which is currently being investigated, tragically led to the deaths of five Cameroonian personnel, three from the Bataillon d’Int
Nexans, worldwide leader in the cable industry, has been awarded a 10 million Euro contract by FMC Technologies to design, engineer and manufacture a static subsea control and chemical injection umbilical for the Marulk gas field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). MC Technologies is carrying
Kreuz Holdings Limited (“Kreuz” or together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”), a subsea service provider for the oil and gas industry, has today announced that a Letter of Intent for subsea installation contract worth approximately US$6.2 million was signed with a leading offshore construction com
BP confirmed that, pending clarification from the UK Government on certain aspects of the new EU Regulations concerning restrictive measures against Iran, production from the Rhum gas field in the central North Sea has been suspended. This action has been taken in order to comply with the notificati
SPD, part of Petrofac Production Solutions, has successfully completed a four-well £73 million programme in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) Northern and Central North Sea utilising Diamond Offshore’s semi-submersible rig, the Ocean Nomad (photo). The sequence consisted of an exploration well, sidetr
A military raid freed 19 hostages being held in the oil-rich southern delta of Nigeria last night, a negotiator said, striking a blow to … Source: Guardian.co.uk [mappress] Source: Guardian, November 18, 2010;
