Nord Stream AG informed that it will be conducting long-planned annual maintenance work on its twin gas pipeline system in the Baltic Sea between August 09 and 17, 2016. This routine maintenance work will require a temporary shutdown of both lines at once. The full capacity of the pipeline system wi
Magseis, together with its partner BGP Arabia, has started seismic acquisition on Saudi Aramco’s S78 project in the Red Sea. BGP won the bidding on Saudi Aramcos S78 project in January. The S78 represents Saudi Aramco’s first 3D survey project in the Red Sea region. The survey will be recorded with
Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd is getting ready to deploy a jack-up vessel to carry out repair works on the company’s meteorological mast structure in Moray Firth, Scotland, Kis-Orca reports. The works will use the jack up vessel to install a ‘collar’ around the existing monopile structure directly a
Searcher Seismic announced that PSDM reprocessing of 7,000 km of 2D seismic data in the Browse Basin, Western Australia has started. The project comprises broadband PSDM reprocessing of Searcher’s existing Vampire 2D seismic survey. “Applying broadband deghosting not only improves the end result, bu
Installation of cables for America’s first offshore wind farm, the Block Island Wind Farm, has been completed, Deepwater Wind informed. The Big Max cable lay vessel, under a contract with LS Cable and its subcontractor Durocher Marine, finalized the installation of all cables, including the four int
Serica informed that oil and gas production from the Erskine field has recommenced following the clearance of a pipeline blockage and the completion of scheduled maintenance works on the Lomond platform, in the UK North Sea. The pipeline blockage, which occurred earlier this year in the Lomond to Ev
DOF Subsea has secured a contract from Shell Australia to provide a full time underwater services and multi-purpose supply vessel (MPSV) to the Prelude FLNG facility. The contract is for five-years with 2x two year options, the company informed. Prelude FLNG will produce, liquefy, store and transfer
DONG Energy Wind Power and the UK-based recruiter Machtech have signed a 60 month framework agreement for the provision of temporary staff to DONG Energy’s Danish locations. The contract is set to start on 1 August 2016 and will run through to August 2021. Matchtech has been selected following a ten
Renewable energy consultancy SgurrEnergy has secured an operations and maintenance (O&M) contract for the Inch Cape Offshore Met Mast off the coast of Angus, Scotland. The scope of the 16 month contract includes offshore inspection and maintenance, recertification, project management, weather foreca
Baker Hughes has recognized significantly wider quarterly net loss compared to the second quarter 2015 results as the industry slowdown drove its revenue down by close to 40 percent. The oilfield services company posted net loss for the second quarter of $911 million, or $2.08 per diluted share (inc
Saipem has lowered its full-year revenue estimates by some €500 million, reportedly due to delays in the award of contracts and variations in the execution schedule of few projects. The Italian oilfield services player said it expects to achieve revenues of approximately €10.5 billion for 2016, down
French oil services provider, Technip, has bounced back in the second quarter 2016 as its cost reduction plan moves ahead of schedule. In the second quarter 2016, Paris-based subsea major generated adjusted revenue of €2.8 billion, down some 9% compared to €3.1 billion in 2Q 2015. Subsea revenues we
SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad (SapuraKencana) has secured RM 510 million (approx. USD 126 million) contract for the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) from TANAP Doğalgaz İletim A.S. The contract is for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of offshore pipelin
Mojo Maritime was contracted by Sabella to assist the company with the retrieval of its D10 tidal turbine off Ushant island, France.
