Minister of National Infrastructures Uzi Landau told “IDF Radio” (Galei Zahal) today that Israel will speed up construction of the gas pipeline from the offshore Tamar field. “We’re organizing the matter, and quickly. The Tamar field gas pipeline will be connected during 2013. We’re also preparing a
Statoil has received consent to conduct exploration drilling of well 16/7-10 in the central part of the North Sea using the mobile facility Ocean Vanguard. The well will be drilled in production licence 569, approx. 17 kilometres northeast of Sleipner. The well coordinates are N 58° 29′ 56.56″, E 02
CB&I reported net income of $50.5 million, or $0.50 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2011, compared with $42.2 million, or $0.42 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2010. Revenue for the quarter was $954.3 million compared with first quarter 2010 revenue of $869.3 million. New awar
KBR announced that it has been awarded a contract by Chevron U.S.A. Inc. to execute detailed design engineering for the Jack & St. Malo floating production unit (FPU) located in the Lower Tertiary trend in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The Jack and St. Malo fields are located within 25 miles (40 km)
L&N (Scotland) has been awarded two contracts worth in excess of £1.2 million by GE VetcoGray. The Aberdeen-based engineering and fabrication company will manufacture and supply 110 subsea control products to be deployed on various North Sea subsea projects. The award reinforces L&N’s decision to fo
In early 2011, the BGP Challenger successfully performed a 2D seismic survey in eastern offshore of Oman for Circle Oil. The work area is located in Block 52, and close to the water areas of Somalia and Yemen, the piracy-prone areas. To make sure the project to be operated smoothly, BGP made rigorou
UTEC Survey has announced the opening of a new office in Newfoundland, Canada. The new office will compliment UTEC Survey’s Calgary office, while giving the company a stronger presence in Eastern Canada. Cory Goodyear will head up the new operational center as the Regional Manager of Atlantic Canada
Deep Sea Supply announces that we have been awarded time charter contracts for the AHTS vessels “Sea Jaguar”, “Sea Cheetah”, “Sea Ocelot” and “Sea Hawk 1” with Gazflot for operations in the Sakhalin area. The duration of the contracts are 6 – 7 months. The vessel “Sea Hawk 1” is time chartered from
Statoil ASA has declared all remaining 3 years options for the Ocean King. The firm period is now until 2nd July 2014. Ocean King is relocated to the Norne field with Sandnessjøen as base and Crew change port. Statoil’s declaration shows that vessel and Crew have served Statoil in an excellent manne
OceanTools, which designs and manufactures products for the subsea ROV and robotics industry, has made a million pound investment in new build headquarters in Aberdeen. The custom built offices, situated within the Aberdeen Science and Technology Park, are almost four times as large as the company’s
As scheduled, April 23, 2011, Vyksa Steel Works, part of United Metallurgical Company (OMK), completed its deliveries of large-diameter pipes (LDP) for the construction of Phase 2 of the international gas pipeline Nord Stream. From May 2010 to April 2011, more than 200 thousand tonnes of pipes of 1,
Police have charged the skipper of a boat who was arrested on Saturday while protesting against oil exploration off the East Cape of the… (radionz) [mappress] Source: radionz, April 26, 2011
Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, announced the successful completion of full load performance testing of a 6.6 kV, 3.5 MW, high-torque subsea electric motor. This 4-pole motor is one of the world’s largest oil-fill
Schilling Robotics, LLC, experts in subsea systems, announced the award of a contract for two ROV systems from specialist subsea service company DOF Subsea. The award is for one (1) 200hp UHD™ ROV system and one (1) 150hp HD™ ROV system. Deliveries of the ROVs are scheduled to commence in the third
