Chevron North Sea has started production at Alder, a high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) gas condensate field in the Central North Sea. A final investment decision for the Alder field was reached in January 2014. Chevron North Sea operates the project and has a 73.684 percent interest and its co-
Forum Energy Technologies UK has secured a contract with University of Limerick, Ireland for the provision of remotely operated vehicle (ROV) systems suitable for inspection and intervention on marine renewable energy infrastructure. In addition, iXBlue, as part of the lot 2 of the tender, has been
The Cherry Grove Dredging Project is finally underway with the contractor, Orion Marine working near the ‘G Canal’, located between 44th and 45th Avenues North. According to the City of North Myrtle Beach, last week one dredge worked in the ‘E Canal’ and another was several blocks down in the Minor
Atwood Oceanics, an offshore drilling contractor, has mobilized its ultra-deepwater drillship Atwood Advantage to Israel and began drilling on the Tamar gas field for Noble Energy. The Atwood Advantage left the Gulf of Mexico on September 17 and began its operations in Israel on October 21. The dril
FMC Technologies and Technip alliance has received an integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract from Statoil for its Trestakk field in the Norwegian Sea. The contract was won based on an optimized subsea field layout, accomplished through close collaboration
Australian oil and gas company Quadrant Energy has begun drilling operations at the Phoenix South-2 appraisal well offshore Western Australia, in line with the schedule announced last week. Carnarvon Petroleum, Quadrant’s partner in the project, said on Friday that the Phoenix South-2 well drilling
Neptune Marine Services has been awarded a diving contract by Oil Search under its existing Master Services Agreement for inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) works in Papua New Guinea. The contract, for which the engineering phase has started, includes the provision of diving services for facil
Exploration & production company VNG Norge has decided on the preferred development solution for the Pil & Bue discoveries, located in license PL586 in the Norwegian Sea. VNG is the operator of the license with 30% interest, Spike Exploration Holding also has 30% while Faroe Petroleum Norge holds 25
One of the world’s most modern shipping terminals, Liverpool2, will be officially opened today, November 4th 2016, at the Port of Liverpool by the Secretary of State for International Trade, Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP. The £400 million investment by Peel Ports will provide a state-of-the-art ocean gatewa
Danish oil company Maersk Oil has decided to relinquish its share in the Buckskin project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, citing its new strategy to focus on fewer geographical areas. While moving away from the Buckskin in the U.S. Gulf, Maersk Oil, however, is not giving up on the Chissonga project in
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredge CURRITUCK will be in Ocean City Inlet this weekend for the maintenance dredging works. According to USACE, the dredge will be working in the inlet over the weekend, targeting shoaling hot spots as part of the Corps’ ongoing efforts to maintain safe navigation
Oil and gas company Apache Corp. has achieved its ‘third consecutive exploration success’ near the Beryl field in the UK sector of the North Sea with a discovery in two separate fault blocks at the recently drilled Storr prospect. Apache said in its 3Q 2016 report on Thursday that results were in li
Van Oord has been awarded two contracts by international contractor Subsea 7 for the construction of a landfall and the execution of subsea rock installation works in Egypt. The projects are part of the West Nile Delta project, which comprises the development of a series of gas fields, located 65 km
Van Oord has been awarded two contracts by international contractor Subsea 7 in Egypt. The assignments include the construction of a landfall and the execution of subsea rock installation works, the company informed. The projects are part of the West Nile Delta project, which comprises the developme
