Chinese oil producer CNOOC has started production from the Enping 23-1 oilfields, in the South China Sea. The Enping 23-1 oilfields are located in the Pearl River Mouth Basin of the South China Sea with an average water depth of approximately 90 meters. The company informed on Tuesday that, in addit
Statoil Petroleum has made an oil discovery northwest of the Norne field in the Norwegian Sea, offshore Norway. Statoil was given consent to drill the exploration well in block 6608/10 with the Deepsea Bergen rig and a drilling permit for the well 6608/10-17 S in November 2016. The drilling of the C
The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has just released an update to the Master Plan Data Viewer. According to CPRA, the viewer is an online tool that lets residents learn more about their current and future flood risk. The viewer was created in response to the public’s number one
In the last two months of 2016, IHC saw an increase in the sale of its vessels, equipment and engineering packages. Almost half of the total order intake over 2016 was secured in this period. “We see market recovery in the dredging and renewables industry, and are positive that this will continue in
Cowes Harbor Commission recently reported that the harbor maintenance dredging project will be carried out in the early part of 2017. The dredging works will be performed at Shepards Wharf Marina and approaches, the Town Quay mooring basin and the Royal Yacht Squadron basin. These maintenance dredge
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) will hold several public meetings in January on the development, implementation and enforcement of the comprehensive protection and restoration Master Plan for Louisiana. In accordance with Louisiana legislation, CPRA is providing an
In just a little over one month, Moscow will be the host of the Fourth International Forum of Dredging Companies. The Forum will be held on February 15th at the Radisson Ukraine Hotel in Moscow under the auspices of the Russian Ministry of Transport and the Federal Agency for Maritime and River Tran
Sakhalin Energy, the operator of Russia’s only LNG export plant, signed a 10-year charter agreement with Gazprom Marketing & Trading for the 149,700-cbm Ob River LNG carrier.
Solstad Offshore (SOFF) has been awarded a subcontract with McDermott for the provision of light construction vessel services. The vessel, specifically the CSV Normand Reach, will be engaged in Ichthys gas field development project, located offshore Western Australia. CSV Normand Reach will assist M
Dutch oil and gas industry services firm Fugro has been awarded a contract for the giant Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG project in Western Australia. Fugro won the contract from Inpex Operations Australia Pty to provide subsea services to be executed across the Ichthys facilities in the Timor Sea, locat
Inpex has completed the installation of subsea infrastructure for the extraction of gas and condensate from the Ichthys gas field, offshore Australia. Inpex said on Friday that the final 49 kilometers of umbilicals and flying leads were laid on Thursday. The last subsea network placement was spread
Fugro has been awarded a contract from Japan’s oil and gas exploration and production company, Inpex, for subsea services to be executed across the Ichthys facilities in the Timor Sea, some 220 kilometres offshore Western Australia. The five year contract, plus options, encompasses field operations
Boskalis has over the last couple of weeks acquired a number of medium sized and various smaller projects in the Netherlands with a combined contract value of more than EUR 200 million. Today, the Dutch Directorate General for Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat) announced that it int
ExxonMobil on Thursday reported positive results from its Payara-1 well offshore Guyana. Payara is ExxonMobil’s second oil discovery on the Stabroek Block and was drilled in a new reservoir. The company said that the Payara-1 well targeted similar aged reservoirs that were proven successful at the c
