The annual Oceanside Harbor maintenance dredging project is nearing completion, reported yesterday the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District. According to USACE, Manson Construction Company has dredged about 311,000 cubic yards of sand from the harbor’s entrance channel. The Corps repor
Saipem and Eni have signed a contract for offshore drilling activity in Mozambique, utilising the drillship Saipem 12000. The contract is of 15 months duration scheduled to start in mid-2019. It includes options up to a maximum of 45 months, not comprised in the contract value. In addition to this c
Italian duo, Eni and Saipem have signed a 15-month contract for offshore drilling activity in Mozambique, utilizing the drillship Saipem 12000.
The World Bank has selected a consortium of DNV GL, the China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute (CREEI) and the East China Investigation and Design Institute (ECIDI) to draft Offshore Wind Technical Standards in China.
Wintershall Norge has awarded Engie Fabricom new well hook ups in 2017 under the frame agreement for modification, maintenance and prefabrication services. The scope of work involves engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation and commissioning of wells on the Brage platform. Engie Fabricom
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency yesterday released for public comment its second review of the historic cleanup of PCB-contaminated sediment from the upper Hudson River. The EPA review concludes that the Hudson River cleanup is working as designed and, while not yet protective, is expected
TechnipFMC, together with JGC Corporation and Samsung Heavy Industries, all partners in the ‘TJS Consortium’, where TechnipFMC is leader, has been awarded a contract for the Coral South FLNG project offshore Mozambique. The contract covers the engineering, procurement, construction, installation, co
Australian oil and gas company Octanex started drilling the Ophir A1 well on Friday using the UMW Naga 2 jack-up drilling rig. To recall, the rig started demobilizing from its previous drilling location and headed to the Ophir field for a three-well drilling campaign at the end of May. The Ophir A1
TechnipFMC, together with JGC Corporation and Samsung Heavy Industries, all partners in the TJS Consortium, has been awarded a $2.5 billion contract for the Coral South FLNG project offshore Mozambique. The contract covers the engineering, procurement, construction, installation, commissioning and s
Italian oil company Eni has launched its Coral South floating LNG (FLNG) project offshore Mozambique. The President of the Republic of Mozambique Filipe Nyusi, the Minister of Mineral Resources Leticia Klemens, and Eni’s CEO Claudio Descalzi, participated on Thursday to the launch of the Coral South
BP has sent the first topsides unit built for the Shah Deniz Stage 2 platforms off to its offshore location in the Caspian Sea. The official sail away ceremony, held in Baku today, was attended by Ilham Aliyev, president of Azerbaijan. The Quarters and Utilities (QU) platform topsides, which was com
Seaproof Solutions has been awarded a contract by Jan De Nul to supply its export cable protection systems for offshore wind farms Borkum Riffgrund 2 and Trianel Windpark Borkum 2nd construction phase. The contract covers the design and supply of the export cable protection systems connecting the Bo
Rolls-Royce has signed a deal to supply 15 gas engines to Norwegian ferry company, Torghatten Nord, for five Multi Marine designed LNG ferries to operate between Bergen and Stord.
CGG GeoConsulting has been awarded a contract to supply digital well products to the Oil & Gas Authority (OGA) UK. The contract is a part of a wider tender for comprehensive subsurface databases and information sources to encourage further exploration in underexplored areas of the UK Continental She
