U.S.-based oil & gas operator W&T Offshore will start drilling the South Timbalier 224 (ST 224) lease in the Gulf Of Mexico in mid-October. W&T Offshore is the operator of the ST 224 lease with a 39 percent stake. Otto Energy is its partner with a 25% interest. The operator contracted a jack-up rig
Keppel Shipyard has secured a Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) conversion contract from SBM Offshore. The contract is for the conversion of a Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) into an FPSO, which upon completion, will be deployed to the Liza field, located approximately 193km o
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved the development of Statoil’s Snefrid Nord gas discovery near the Aasta hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea. “The development of Snefrid Nord gives increased income to the community and profitable workplaces on land. Norwegian supply compani
Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR) has formed a new partnership with CDI, a pipeline pig tracking, signalling and communications equipment company. This agreement will provide STR’s global customer base with access to CDI’s pipeline pig locating, tracking, and passage detection equipment. Coinciding
Siemens received an order from Pakistan for a complete power island for the new combined cycle Punjab Power Plant Jhang, under a €200 million order.
Oceanteam Solutions has recently signed a contract regarding the supply of a 5300T turntable, a loading tower and auxiliary equipment on a barge for the storage and multiple loadouts of subsea cables in the Netherlands. Furthermore, Oceanteam will accommodate a professional cable handling crew that
Jan De Nul Group’s preparations for the subsea cable laying work for ADMA-OPCO’s Nasr Full Field Development Package 2 Project off the coast of Abu Dhabi are in full swing. The service provider for the offshore and maritime industries was awarded the project last December by Hyundai Heavy Industries
Prysmian has been awarded a contract from Réseau de Transport d’Électricité to develop submarine cable links to connect the three planned offshore wind farms to the mainland power grid in mainland France. The offshore wind farms to be connected via submarine cable are Fécamp, Calvados and Saint Naza
US LNG export project developer, Tellurian has entered into a six-month time charter contract with Maran Gas Maritime for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker, the Maran Gas Mystras.
Suez, an Engie company, has been contracted to supply a wastewater treatment system for BP’s Tangguh LNG export facility in West Papua, Indonesia.
Royal IHC and Subsea 7 have signed a firm contract for the design and build of a new reel lay vessel, following a letter of intent announced in September this year. The vessel will be capable of installing rigid flowlines including pipe-in-pipe systems from shallow waters to depths of up to 3000m. W
Oil and gas company i3 Energy has submitted its Environmental Statement (ES) and development plan for the Liberator field in the North Sea to the UK authorities. Located in License P.1987, 64 km north-east of Aberdeen, the Liberator field was discovered by Dana Petroleum in November 2013. i3 Energy
Bluewater-owned FPSO Aoka Mizu, which will operate on Hurricane Energy’s Lancaster field off the UK, has arrived at a shipyard in Dubai for upgrade work. The UK-based oil and gas company informed on Monday that the FPSO unit Aoka Mizu had arrived at Drydocks World Dubai shipyard on Saturday, Septemb
London-based Ophir Energy has awarded the upstream construction contract for its Fortuna FLNG project in Equatorial Guinea to Subsea Integration Alliance, a partnership between Schlumberger’s OneSubsea and Subsea 7. The deal awarded through Ophir’s Equatorial Guinea unit is structured as an engineer