Singapore-based Pavilion Energy, a Temasek company, signed a deal with Malaysian state-owned Petronas to collaborate in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) business. Under the memorandum of understanding signed on March 30, Pavilion Gas and Petronas LNG, both units of the two companies, will collaborate
Construction work on the Exeter flood defense scheme has reached another key milestone as work around the Quay area of the city is halted to avoid disruption to visitors and businesses over the summer. The Environment Agency announced today that the work on the Quay will resume from October 2017. Ac
First production from the Castex Energy-operated Hummer project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico is expected in late third quarter of 2017. The Hummer gas/oil field extends over Main Pass Blocks 270, 273 and 274, in the Gulf of Mexico, offshore Louisiana, U.S.A. Petsec Energy, a partner in the project, in
Cowes Harbor Commission (CHC) is working on a ‘Sustainable Maintenance Dredging Management Plan’, which will be suitable for, and involve all dredging stakeholders in the harbor. According to CHC, the main aim is to develop the plan by the end of the year. All dredging stakeholders will be invited t
Duval County beach nourishment project will reinitiate next week, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District. The goal of the project is to restore protection features prior to the start of hurricane season, June 1. The additional dune-work, funded by the City of Jacksonvil
Nido Petroleum has started drilling operations at the Galoc-7 appraisal well offshore The Philippines. The company is using the Deepsea Metro I drillship for the well located in Block C1 of Service Contract 14. According a recent statement by Odfjell, the Deepsea Metro I has been contracted for one
The Kitselas First Nation has signed benefits agreements with the British Columbia government, formally backing up proposed LNG export facilities on B.C.’s north coast. The Kitselas LNG benefits deal “provides funding for community and economic development projects, and funding and land transfers” l
Marine Solutions provider Malin Group has been awarded a turnkey contract by Minesto to provide concept, design, fabrication and delivery of an offshore support platform for the Deep Green 500 tidal generator project at Holyhead Deep, off the coast of Anglesey, North Wales. The offshore unit will pr
Swedish biogas specialist, Puregas Solutions, has won a contract to supply to supply a biogas upgrading plant, capable of producing bioLNG and LNG, to Finnish energy solutions provider Wärtsilä.
Odebrecht Oil and Gas (OOG) and Teekay Offshore Partners held a departure ceremony in Singapore for the FPSO Pioneiro de Libra on Tuesday. The FPSO owned by the 50/50 joint venture between the two companies is heading to Brazil on a voyage expected to last around 65 days, ending in early June. Pione
Van Oord’s new trailing suction hopper dredger, the Vox Amalia, has been successfully launched at the LaNaval shipyard in Bilbao, Spain. This vessel is the first of two new midsize hopper dredgers being built for the Dutch company. According to Gerard Alkema, Project Manager Plant Design & Construct
Aker BP-operated Tambar re-development project in the North Sea off Norway has now been approved. The re-development will consist of two additional wells and gas lift. Aker BP has a 55% interest in the field while the remaining 45% is held by Faroe Petroleum. The Tambar unmanned wellhead platform is
Italian oil company Eni will be increasing oil reserves on its Goliat field in the Barents Sea by drilling two wells to start production from the Snadd discovery, which is located between two already producing Goliat reservoirs. According to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), a government ag
Aberdeen-headquartered Exceed, a well management and performance improvement specialist, has secured four new North Sea contracts in the first quarter of 2017 with a combined revenue of approximately £5.5 million. The work includes a new contract for Exceed’s Performance Improvement division, a well
