Norwegian oil company Statoil has completed nearly 60 percent of the Phase 1 of the Johan Sverdrup project in the North Sea while further reducing the gross capital expenditure by NOK 5 billion to NOK 92 billion ($11.8B). Statoil is the operator of the project with 40.0267 percent interest. Its part
For the last couple of days, the Surfside Beach Renourishment Project has been brought to a halt due to the tropical depression running by the east coast. The town reported that beach fill operations have been delayed several days due to the weather and high seas. But, according to the Town of Surfs
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, yesterday awarded a $4.66 million contract to Orion Marine Construction for the maintenance dredging of Tampa Harbor, Hillsborough Bay, FL. According to the FedBizOpps, the project consists of the ‘base work’ with segments of maintenance dredg
Nicosia Cyprus Subsea Consulting and Services C.S.C.S. has signed an exclusive representation agreement with MetOcean Telematics. The contract gives exclusive rights to CSCS to promote, support and sell MetOcean Telematics products and services in Cyprus and Greece. MetOcean Telematics develops and
Kongsberg Maritime has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract with Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) for LNG-fueled RoPax ferry.
Aker Solutions has secured a framework agreement from Shell to provide brownfield modifications services and maintenance support for the Nyhamna and Draugen facilities in Norway. The agreement has a fixed period of four years and may be extended by up to seven years. It covers the offshore Draugen o
Saipem has secured work orders from Eni Angola in relation to the West Hub Development project as an addition to those previously assigned during 2016 and 2017. The work, which will be performed by the E&C Offshore division, encompasses the construction and installation of umbilicals, risers and flo
Baker Hughes, a GE company, has secured a second contract for Eni East Africa’s (EEA) Coral South FLNG development, offshore Mozambique. The contract was awarded in 2Q this year by a joint venture formed by TechnipFMC and JGC Corporation, the lead partner in a consortium that will provide engineerin
After the passage of Hurricane Harvey, construction operations on the Byron Energy-operated SM 71 tripod platform at the Laredo yard have resumed in Galveston, Texas. Byron is the operator of the South Marsh Island 71 (SM 71) development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico with a 50 percent working interest
The Special Economic Zone Authority in Duqm (SEZAD) and Boskalis Westminster (Oman) LLC today signed an agreement for the construction of the liquid Bulk Berth Project at Duqm Port. The new agreement, worth approximately $517 million, prepares Duqm Port to export liquid refined products and enhance
Baker Hughes, a GE company, has won more work for Eni’s multi-billion Coral South FLNG development off Mozambique. The new contract was awarded by a joint venture formed by TechnipFMC and JGC Corporation, the lead partner in a consortium that will provide engineering, procurement, construction, inst
Greek oil company Energean Oil & Gas has received approval from the Israeli Petroleum Commissioner for its Field Development Plan (FDP) for the development of the Karish and Tanin natural gas fields, offshore Israel. Energean’s subsidiary, Energean Israel, holds 100% of Karish and Tanin, which combi
Brazil’s environmental regulator, Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis (Ibama), has rejected an environmental impact study presented by Total for oil exploration in the Foz do Amazonas (Mouth of Amazon) Basin. The environmental impact study relates to the drilling
The Haines Borough in Alaska has just released latest update on the Portage Cove Harbor Expansion project. According to the update, Pacific Pile & Marine has completed the harbor dredging and will begin installing the new breakwater. Pile driving work will begin at the entrance of the harbor and mov
