Australian oil exploration company Carnarvon Petroleum has been given more time to find a partner and drill a well at its Cerberus project in the North West Shelf offshore Western Australia. The Cerberus project consists of four exploration blocks, namely the EP-490, EP-491, TP/27, and EP-475. Carna
ROV operator IKM Subsea has begun mobilization of first equipment for Statoil’s Visund and Snorre B fields in the North Sea. IKM was awarded a contract by Statoil for ROV services on the Visund and Snorre B fields in August 2016. IKM Subsea said on Monday that the contract entails the provision of t
SeaBird Exploration has signed a letter of intent (LoI) for an upcoming 2D seismic survey in South America. The project is estimated to start in the first half of the third quarter and will have a duration of approximately two and a half months. SeaBird will be using the Northern Explorer to collect
Oil and gas exploration and production company Kosmos Energy on Monday announced what it claims to be a “major” gas discovery offshore Senegal. According to the company’s statement, Yakaar-1 is the first well in a series of four independent tests of the basin floor fan fairways, outboard of the prov
UK offshore oil player Hurricane Energy has been given a boost after RPS Energy Consultants released a Competent Person’s Report on Hurricane’s crown jewel – the Lancaster field, West of Shetland. The CPR attributes 2P reserves (the sum of proved and probable reserves) for the first time and details
Two affiliates of Edison Chouest Ofshore (ECO) have signed a five-year contract with Shell Brazil for light subsea construction, and inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) services from the M/V Island Enforcer, a 122-meter subsea installation and construction vessel. According to ECO, the agreemen
Russian gas company Gazprom began construction of the TurkStream gas pipeline in the Black Sea near the Russian coast on May 7, 2017. Gazprom said on Sunday that the pipelaying work was being carried out by the Audacia vessel. The vessel is owned by Allseas, the construction contractor for both stri
Southern Cross Electrical Engineering (SCEE) said its LNG-focused joint venture KSJV won additional orders for the Chevron-operated Wheatstone LNG project.
Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited (COPL) is not giving up on the Mesurado-1 well offshore Liberia. To remind, the well, drilled by COPL’s partner ExxonMobil, was declared dry in December 2016. COPL on Friday said it continued to interpret the data collected from the Mesurado-1 well. The well is lo
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (May 1-7, 2017). Damen Cutter Suction Dredger 350 Delivered to Heuvelman Ibis A Damen cutter suction dredger (CSD) 350 has been delivered from Damen Dredging Equipment in Nijkerk, the Netherlands, to start work on
Danish transmission system operator Energinet.dk is looking for a contractor to conduct seabed surveys for a new offshore pipeline in the North Sea and for two alternative routes in Lillebælt in the inner Danish Seas. The scope of work along the routes includes geophysical seabed survey, geotechnica
Baltic Connector Oy and Elering AS have invited tenders to apply for the installation of the Balticconnector pipeline, a bi-directional natural gas pipeline to connect Finland and Estonia. The scope of work includes management, engineering, construction of seabed intervention and offshore pipeline c
Norwegian ROV specialist Kystdesign has been awarded a contract to build another Surveyor Interceptor remotely operated vehicle (SROV) for a joint venture between MMT and Reach Subsea. The Surveyor Interceptor is designed to carry survey instrumentation to perform pipeline inspection, route surveys,
Subtech, a James Fisher company, has re-entered the offshore market with new contract wins in the Middle East and West Africa, after six years of focusing solely on marine and subsea services in Sub-Saharan Africa. The company has reportedly just started on a cable installation project for Saipem in
