Thalassa Holdings’ wholly owned subsidiary WGP Group has secured a contract from ConocoPhillips Skandinavia to acquire seismic data on the Eldfisk field in the North Sea in 2017. The survey is expected to last approximately two months. According to the company, the survey is planned to start during
The Engie-operated Cygnus gas field offshore UK has started production. Engie said on Thursday that Cygnus, located in licence areas P1055 & P1731, is expected to contribute 5% of UK gas production – supplying sufficient gas to heat the equivalent of 1.5 million UK homes. Ruud Zoon, Managing Direc
Technip has been awarded an engineering and project management services contract by Shell Australia for the Prelude FLNG project. The contract is for the provision of multi-disciplinary engineering and design services in support of the Prelude FLNG, and will allow the smooth delivery of brownfield e
Subsea 7 said it has been awarded a contract between USD 50 million and USD 150 million by Centrica for the Oda field in the Norwegian North Sea. The Oda oil field (previously called Butch) was discovered in 2011 in the southern part of the Norwegian North Sea, approximately 14 kilometres east of th
Swiss inspection company SGS has been awarded a contract to provide offshore inspectors and third party laboratory services for Shell’s Prelude FLNG project.
Following the announcement of the Borssele III and IV tender result, Dutch energy research institute ECN said that R&D and innovation play an important role in current trend towards lower cost of offshore wind power. After the price achieved at the previous tender earlier this year, won by DONG Ener
Mooreast will supply 9 units of 20-ton Mooreast MA5P anchor for a floating wind turbine demonstration project operating in the sea of Kitakyushu next year. This project is initiated by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO). Glocal Inc., a Japanese company, who
Eni’s floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Armada Olombendo has arrived at its final destination on Block 15/06 offshore Angola. The vessel was built by Keppel’s shipyard in Singapore for the Malaysian FPSO operator Bumi Armada, and chartered to the Italian oil company Eni. Eni n
The Port of Houston has used dredging to restore marshes and other beneficial use sites in the Galveston Bay area. As a component of the 1998 congressionally authorized project to deepen and widen of the Houston-Galveston Navigation Channels (HGNC), the silt, sand, shell and clay dredged during the
FSRU specialist Excelerate Energy has completed studies for the implementation of the Moheshkhali floating LNG terminal in Bangladesh, following the execution of a contract with Petrobangla.
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has started oil production from the Malikai tension-leg platform (TLP), located 100-kilometers off the coast of the Malaysian state of Sabah. The Malikai project is a joint venture between Shell (35%, operator), ConocoPhillips Sabah (35%) and Petronas Carigali (30%). Loca
Gazprom of Russia and the Iranian National Gas Company signed a memorandum of understanding outlining potential areas of cooperation.
Oz energy firm Bass Strait Oil has received approval for suspension of the work program commitment and subsequent extension of the Gippsland basin permit Vic/P68, offshore Australia. Bass said on Wednesday that the suspension of the Permit Year 3 Work program commitment for Vic/P68 was approved by t
Maersk Oil has cut costs on its Culzean development in the UK North Sea by half a billion dollars. The Danish oil firm said on Tuesday that the $500 million cost reduction was a result of higher drilling efficiency and “robust” upfront design and project planning. The company now estimates investmen
