The AMEC Tekfen Azfen (ATA) consortium has been awarded a contract totalling $974 million for BP-operated Stage 2 development of the Shah Deniz gas field in the Caspian Sea. AMEC will contribute its project and construction management expertise to the consortium. The contract covers the fabrication,
Spectrum and CGG announced that the acquisition of high-end BroadSeisTM 3D multi-client survey program offshore Brazil in the Foz do Amazonas Basin has commenced. As communicated earlier, the two companies are working as equal partners on this project which has received high prefunding from a number
Claxton, an industry leader in riser provision, played a key role in the success of a new development in the UK North Sea in water depths of approximately 90 meters. This development includes a floating production, storage and offloading vessel, which was specially modified to meet the field’s requi
North Sea Systems and Kongsberg Maritime Ltd have partnered to successfully monitor subsea acoustics at an Isle of Wight tidal renewables energy site. North Sea Systems collaborated with Kongsberg Maritime to conduct a passive acoustic monitoring programme at the Isle of Wight Nursery site. Located
Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee took part in the Board of Directors meeting of the South Stream Transport B.V. joint company in Amsterdam (the Netherlands). The Board members noted a significant progress of the project. They approved the signing of pipe supply contracts f
China’s first 300-meter saturation dive experiment has been completed successfully on Saturday. Six divers came out after staying in the living chamber for 380 hours, China Daily reported. According to Shen Hao, head of the Shanghai Salvage Company, the divers dove to a depth of 313.5 meters on Janu
The Board of Mediterranean Oil & Gas Plc provids operational update for the 3 month period ended 31 December 2013. Production: MOG’s total net production for Q4 2013 was 4.24 MMscm (equivalent to 0.15 Bcf, or 26,980 boe). This represents average net production of 46,133 scm per day or 293 boe per da
Global oil and gas service company AGR is aiming to build on a highly successful year of offshore activity by further expanding its involvement in field abandonment projects. Having delivered several successful plug and abandonment contracts for exploration wells in the North Sea and the Norwegian S
The Parliament of the Republic of Ghana has ratified the Petroleum Agreement among the Government of Ghana, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), GNPC Exploration and Production Company Limited (Explorco) and AGM Petroleum Ghana Limited (AGM), to explore and operate the South Deepwater Tano B
Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the UK and Norway, announces the results of the Novus exploration well (Faroe 30%). Operated successfully by Faroe, the exploration well 6507/10-2S
Tidal Lagoon Power Limited, the development company behind the proposed Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon, has successfully completed two-dimensional physical model testing. With planning applications due to be submitted shortly, a section of bund wall has been constructed to scale in a 1.2 metre deep flume
Salamander Energy provides the following update on repairs at the Bualuang oil field. On 8th January the company announced that, due to damage incurred to the risers during bad weather, production from the Bualuang oil field had been temporarily shut in. Since this date, a full inspection has been c
Gas detection was reported on Statfjord C at 03.30 Sunday morning. The alarm was triggered by an oil leak. The site of the leak has been identified and the leak has been stopped. The crew of 270 people mustered at the lifeboats, but they could quickly return to their living quarters. No personnel we
The Port of Hastings Development Authority has hit the ground running this year with summer seagrass, water quality and water bird sampling underway, Minister for Ports David Hodgett announced. “We have got a busy year ahead for the Port of Hastings container expansion project and we are getting on
