Oceanographer of the Navy and Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command Rear Adm. Tim Gallaudet signed an amendment extending a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with the Republic of Korea navy (ROKN), shortly following a meeting with ROKN CNO Adm. Jung, Ho-sub. The agreement allows for the
Searcher Seismic, an independent multi-client company, has started reprocessing of 2D seismic data offshore Western Australia. The company said on Friday that PDSM (Pre-Stack Depth Migration) reprocessing involves 7,000 km of 2D seismic data in the Browse Basin. This project will reprocess Searcher’
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) has spudded the Skipper appraisal well in the UK part of the North Sea and named former Fairfield Energy chief executive as its chairman. Skipper lies in Block 9/21a in license P1609 in the Northern North Sea and is 100% owned and operated by IOG. According to IOG’s upd
Bibby Offshore secured a contract with an independent UK-based E&P company to provide air diving and ROV inspection and construction services across five of its North Sea assets. The contract, which started in June 2016 and is to be completed by the end of the year, will see Bibby Offshore utilize s
SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad (SapuraKencana) has secured RM 510 million (approx. USD 126 million) contract for the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) from TANAP Doğalgaz İletim A.S. The contract is for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of offshore pipelin
Several leaders, including Congressman John Katko, Oswego Mayor Billy Barlow along with representatives from Senator Chuck Schumer’s office, gathered yesterday to celebrate the completion of the Oswego Harbor dredging project. After five weeks of work, this nearly $1 million worth dredging project w
Solstad Offshore (SOFF) and Rem Offshore (REM) have agreed to merge REM with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Solstad. The merger will be completed as a statutory triangular merger pursuant to and in accordance with Norwegian law. REM and Solstad combined will operate a total of 62 vessels. After the me
Italian oil and gas contractor Saipem has been awarded two new engineering and construction (E&C) contracts in Indonesia on the BP-operated Tangguh LNG expansion project. Tangguh LNG is a multinational project involving the development of six gas fields in the Wiriagar, Berau and Muturi Production S
Saipem has been awarded two new E&C contracts for onshore and offshore work in Indonesia on the Tangguh LNG expansion project. The contracts were awarded by BP Berau Ltd., as operator of the Tangguh LNG project. The first award is for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of of
SapuraKencana, a Malaysian oil and gas services provider, has won a contract worth RM 510 million ($125.8 million) from TANAP Doğalgaz İletim for the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) in the Marmara Sea. The company said on Wednesday that the contract was won via its wholly-owned subsidia
Italian oil and gas contractor, Saipem was awarded two contracts for onshore and offshore work in Indonesia on the Tangguh LNG expansion project in Indonesia.
Half of the River Aire at Crown Point Weir has been blocked off this week to allow the installation of a movable weir as part of Phase 1 of Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme. The Environment Agency has worked with Leeds City Council and other partners to develop Phase 1 which comprises a combination of
The 1000 m³ trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Sommers’ has begun its first dredging project in the Port of Makhachkala. Recently delivered TSHD Sommers is the lead vessel in a series of three 1000m³ TSHDs, built by Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard under the order of FSUE Rosmorport. Delivery of the other tw
Claxton, an Acteon company, has been awarded a contract with Statoil to provide ‘rigless recovery’ of seven abandoned wells on the Huldra platform, located in the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The contract was finalized in July 2016, and work is scheduled to start in December 2016 with the project du
