Aibel in Singapore has been awarded the E&P contract for modifications on Woodside Energy’s Ngujima-Yin floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) off Western Australia. The FPSO will undergo modifications to the topsides, hull and turret, along with installation of a new custom water flood m
Quadrant Energy, an Australian oil and gas exploration company, has experienced drilling challenges that resulted in a delay during drilling operations at its Outtrim East-1 well, offshore Australia. The Outtrim East-1 well is located within the WA-155-P(1) exploration permit in the North West Shelf
Primo Marine, the subsea cabling and pipeline engineering specialist, has been awarded a contract to provide a cable burial and risk assessment (CBRA) and installation & burial expertise, for the Viking Link. Viking Link is a proposal to build a high voltage direct current (HVDC) interconnector betw
UK-based petroleum exploration and production company, EnQuest, has completed drilling of the Eagle exploration well in the UK North Sea and confirmed it as a discovery. In the second quarter of 2016, EnQuest undertook the drilling of Eagle exploration well on a 100% working interest basis. Eagle wa
Ice class Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) Severnaya Dvina, which will maintain navigational depths and provide safe shipping in the Arkhangelsk Seaport basin and approaches, has been delivered to FSUE Rosmorport. Damen tailored the TSHD 2000 design to meet the high specifications required to
HBC Offshore Solutions, part of the HBC Group, has been awarded with the contract to support Fugro with the installation of the array cables on the Rampion offshore wind farm project. Fugro will lay and bury 122 array cables with its construction and installation vessels Fugro Symphony and Fugro Sal
James Fisher Subsea Excavation (JFSE), a subsidiary of James Fisher and Sons, has been awarded a trenching contract in the Persian Gulf. The contract is JFSE’s first award offshore Iran and it will see the company utilise its excavation equipment to trench 15 kilometres of cable. Launched in October
ExxonMobil said on Thursday that drilling results from the Liza-2 well, the second exploration well in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana, confirm a ‘world-class discovery’ with a recoverable resource of between 800 million and 1.4 billion oil-equivalent barrels. “We are excited by the results of a
Qatargas, the world’s largest LNG producer, has signed a 20-year contract with Global Energy Infrastructure (GEIL) of Pakistan for the supply of liquefied natural gas.
Maersk Drilling’s jack-up drilling rig, the Maersk Highlander, has set off on its voyage to the Culzean gas field in the UK sector of the North Sea. The newbuild harsh environment jack-up rig will work for Maersk Oil on its operated Culzean gas field. Maersk Drilling informed through social media ch
Norwegian oil company Statoil on Thursday marked the start of construction of the Johan Sverdrup riser platform at the Samsung Heavy Industries yard in South Korea. Johan Sverdrup is an oil field located in the North Sea, offshore Norway. The riser platform is the largest of the four platforms const
inApril, the Norwegian offshore technology company, has struck a deal, potentially worth $25-30 million, for Venator, its node-based seabed seismic acquisition system. The company has signed the letter of intent (LOI) with the Kazakhstan company Geo Energy Group (GEG) to supply a Venator system, sta
Following the completion of the Thinadhoo and Feydhoo schemes, Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) HAM 318 has moved to another location and is now busy with the dredging and reclamation of Male’ Industrial Village. The Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure, Maldives, has just release
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a maintenance dredging contract June 24 for the Naples to Big Marco, Gordon Pass located in Collier County. The federal channel is about 4.5 miles long and has an authorized depth of 12 feet. The Corps’ Jacksonville District awarded the contract to Southwind
