Friede & Goldman (F&G), a Houston-based engineering firm specializing in the design and development of innovative offshore solutions, has won a new engineering assignment for the conversion of a semi-submersible offshore drilling unit (MODU) into an accommodation vessel.
Vantage Drilling International, a Bermuda-exempted offshore drilling contractor, has struck a deal to postpone the expiration date of a conditional letter of award (CLOA) with an undisclosed client regarding a potential job for one of its ultra-deepwater drillships.
South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean has signed a contract with its affiliate Hanwha Philly Shipyard to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier under a joint-build model.
Malaysia’s Yinson Production has tucked a new achievement under its belt for a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel deployed at a gas project off the coast of Ghana.
Two tugs are on their way to join the rest of Kotug International’s fleet providing marine support services for a project offshore Senegal operated by the UK’s energy giant BP.
Marine Masters, a Dutch provider of salvage, transport & installation, and decommissioning solutions, has finished its decommissioning assignment related to oil field infrastructure that reached the end of its service life, securing a new lease on life as part of a rig-to-reef project off the coast
JGC France, a subsidiary of Japan’s JGC Holdings Corporation, has won a preliminary contract for a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project in Africa.
UK-based upstream oil and gas player Serica Energy has wrapped up the acquisition of a compatriot player, Parkmead (E&P) Limited (PUK), from Parkmead Group, expanding its North Sea portfolio with two additional licenses on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).
Norway’s oil and gas company Pandion Energy has signed an agreement to sell its stakes in three assets offshore Norway to Inpex Idemitsu Norge, a subsidiary of Japan’s Inpex.
Keeping the remaining potential for exploration and recovery in mind, a fresh oil and gas discovery, which was drilled with a Noble Corporation-owned rig in the Baltic Sea, has aided the operator of the Wolin license block off the coast of Poland to infer that this find is one of the largest convent
Southeastern Europe’s integrated energy player OMV Petrom and NewMed Energy Balkan, a subsidiary of Israel’s NewMed Energy, have inked a rig contract with Noble Corporation for a drilling assignment in the Black Sea, offshore Bulgaria.
Brazilian oil and gas player Brava Energia has returned to production mode two additional wells at an oil field off the coast of Brazil.
CNOOC Limited, a subsidiary of Chinese state-owned oil and gas giant China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), has started production at a shallow oilfield located in the southern Bohai Sea.
Members of the Subsea Integration Alliance (SIA), United States’ OneSubsea and United Kindgom’s Subsea7, have delivered and installed a structure forming the base of a project being developed by Norway’s oil and gas company OKEA in the North Sea.
