Subsea 7 Inc, one of the world’s leading subsea engineering and construction companies, announced today that it has been awarded a contract by BP Norge AS for general subsea construction works in the Skarv and Idun fields in the Northern North Sea. The contract is valued in excess of US $140 million
StatoilHydro has today, on behalf of the Morvin license group, awarded Aker Kvaerner a contract for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a complete subsea production system for StatoilHydro’s Morvin field in the Norwegian Sea. The contract, worth approximately NOK 1 billion, is a t
Total announces that phase 1 of the Sisi-Nubi gas fields offshore East Kalimantan in Indonesia has come on stream. Lying roughly 25 kilometres from the Mahakam Delta in 60 to 90 metres water depths, the two fields are located in the Total-operated Mahakam and Tengah blocks.
Technip and Wieland announced today that they have entered into an agreement to jointly market innovative enhanced heat transfer solutions for liquefied natural gas (LNG) and ethylene plants. Developed jointly by Technip and Wieland, these solutions provide improved energy efficiency through an incr
The US has formally protested to China over its refusal to allow a number of US ships to dock in Hong Kong. The ships had been scheduled to dock for Thanksgiving, and hundreds of family members had flown out to greet the 8,000 sailors on board.
China has said US navy ships were not turned away from Hong Kong because of a misunderstanding, but because the US had “harmed” relations with China. A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said US arms sales to Taiwan and Washington’s award of a medal to the Dalai Lama had damaged relations.
On behalf of the Morvin licence group, StatoilHydro has decided to award the contract for the Morvin subsea production system to Aker Kværner Subsea AS. Morvin is a combined oil and gas field on the Halten Bank in the Norwegian Sea. It is located approximately 20 kilometres west of the Åsgard B plat
Volvo Ocean Race TV (www.VolvoOceanRace.tv) continues to roll back the years with the release this month of yet more footage from the glory days of the world’s premier ocean race. Recently added to the archive is the tale of Sir Peter Blake’s all-conquering feats in the 1989-90 Whitbread aboard Stei
Today, NCL Corporation announced the appointment of two senior executives to its management team. Kevin Sheehan will join NCL, effective today, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and Gregory Hunt will join NCL on December 3 in the newly created position of Executive Vice
We are pleased to announce the acquisition of AHTS Acqua Azzurra. The vessel will be renamed “Kudos Express” in early December and will continue its present charter with a major Italian energy company.
India has been elected to the executive council or governing body of the International Maritime Organisation for the term 2008 – 2009, signalling a change in international perception of India as an emerging maritime trade power. India polled 127 votes, more than the traditional European colonial mar
A small fire broke out on Shell’s North Cormorant platform in the early hours of today. It was quickly extinguished and there was no need for any of the 106 staff onboard to be evacuated from the North Sea facility.
The Royal Navy’s newest and most powerful Type 45 destroyer – Diamond – was today launched from BAE’s shipyard at Govan, on the Clyde. Several thousand members of the public attended the launch, including over three thousand local school children. The Type 45 destroyers are the larger and more power
Plans of Ministry of Transport of Azerbaijan for expansion of new Baku International Sea Trade Port (in Alat settlement of Garadagh region) effected projecting of Caspian Shipbuilding Factory. Azerbaijani Government informed Fineko/abc.az that expansion of new port does not allow to determine defini
