IHC America – part of Royal IHC – has been awarded a contract for the design, construction and delivery of a spud system with Weeks Marine Inc. According to IHC, the innovative spud system will be installed on the J.S. CHATRY, a newly-built cutter suction dredger (CSD) that will be operating in coas
Kosmos Energy has completed the drill stem test (DST) of the Tortue-1 well, demonstrating that the Tortue field offshore Mauritania is a world-class resource. The DST also confirmed key development parameters including well deliverability, reservoir connectivity, and fluid composition, the company s
London-listed oil and gas company Empyrean Energy has completed 3D seismic data acquisition in Block 29/11 offshore China. Block 29/11 is approximately 1,800 square kilometers and is situated approximately 200 kilometers off Hong Kong in water depths ranging from 340-600 meters. Empyrean, a company
Singapore-based oil and gas company KrisEnergy and the government of Cambodia have signed fiscal and technical agreements for the country’s first oil field development in Cambodia Block A in the Gulf of Thailand. Earlier this month, the government approved the signing schedule for the petroleum agre
DOF Subsea has been awarded several contracts, securing utilization for several vessels in the subsea IMR projects segment. In the Asia Pacific region and the Atlantic region, DOF Subsea has been awarded several contracts and work under existing frame agreements, securing utilisation of the vessels
Statoil has awarded a test pilot for the performance of periodic structural ROV inspections using equipment developed by Stinger for mini ROV inspections offshore Norway. The contract is for Gina Krog periodic structural ROV inspection, the company noted. All the operations will be performed from th
Wintershall could make a Final Investment Decision on its Skarfjell field development offshore Norway sometime in the first half of 2018. This was shared on Tuesday by Cairn, a partner in the Wintershall-operated Skarfjell development through its subsidiary Capricorn Norge Cairn said that that the j
Ghana and Equatorial Guinea are closing in on an agreement for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to augment Ghana’s energy security.
Adani Group’s 16.5 billion dollar Carmichael coal mine project in Australia has passed another hurdle after the Brisbane Supreme Court dismissed an appeal against the project. The Queensland Court of Appeal today upheld an earlier decision that the Queensland Minister for Mines did not have to affor
Sonardyne International, UK, has been awarded the contract to supply Britain’s new polar research vessel, RRS Sir David Attenborough, with subsea acoustic tracking and position reference equipment. The Ranger 2 Ultra-Short BaseLine (USBL) system will be used by scientists to precisely track the posi
Otech Marine Services has entered into a 5+5 years contract with Songa Offshore. According to the company, the contract covers the inspection, maintenance and repair of hull and related components including valves, thrusters and anodes of the Songa’s CAT-D units in the Barents Sea and the North Sea.
The Dutch marine contractor Van Oord has assigned EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH to manufacture and deliver 31 monopiles for the offshore wind farm Deutsche Bucht. Michael Hof, COO/managing director EEW SPC said: “We are extremely pleased to be processing operations together with Van Oord on ou
Coretrax has been awarded an abandonment contract with Maersk Oil. The contract is for Maersk Oil’s well abandonment campaign in the Central North Sea and Coretrax will provide wellbore abandonment services including bridge plugs, drillable scrapers, service tools and wellbore clean up fluids. Work
A guided walking tour of Mytholmroyd to share plans for the new £30 million flood alleviation scheme proposed for the village has been hosted for ward councilors, reports the Environment Agency. They were invited to meet the Environment Agency’s project team on Friday, August 18th to share their pla
