First oil from the Sankofa development project, located offshore Ghana, is reportedly anticipated in the second half of 2017, and first gas output early in the following year. The startup is expected to rapidly increase Ghana’s oil and gas output, an official said. The project, located in the Offsho
UAE-based Marine Engineering Diving Services (MEDS) has completed its first IRM campaign for British Gas India operated platforms in Panna and Mukta fields. A four-year inspection, repair and maintenance contract was awarded to the company earlier this year. The scope of work includes the provision
Subsea World News has gathered all the highlights to bring you a summarized version of the most popular articles from the previous month. The greatest highlight last month, and so far this year, was the merger announcement between the largest provider of subsea equipment to the industry, FMC Technol
Last week, Rosmorport’s newest trailing suction hopper dredger, the ‘Sommers’, successfully completed her sea trials. The vessel is the first in a series of three 1000 m³ TSHDs, under construction at the Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard. The Sommers, named after the island in the eastern part of the Gulf o
Mermaid Maritime has, through its subsidiary Seascape Group, been awarded six different subsea works in the Asian region. The contracts have an estimated aggregate value of USD 15 million. The work scopes under the contracts include subsea survey, inspection, repair and maintenance using saturation
AGR has reached an agreement with the Norwegian development and production company, OKEA, to support the life cycle of its upstream assets on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. OKEA was launched in late 2015 with the sole focus of unlocking value in conventional oil and gas discoveries that have been
China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL) said on Monday it has been awarded a contract for 3D seismic acquisition in the Far East. COSL, which currently operates a geophysical fleet of five 3D vessels, intends to send its 78 meters long, 6-streamer vessel HAI YANG SHI YOU 718 to carry out the survey.
Singapore-listed EPCI contractor Swiber has secured three new contracts for projects with a total value of US$215 million in the Middle East and Southeast Asia regions. Swiber has been awarded an EPCI (engineering, procurement, construction and installation) contract from an undisclosed European oil
SCT&E LNG on Tuesday informed it has signed a binding 20-year fixed price natural gas supply agreement to support its future LNG facility to be constructed on Monkey Island in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
Japan’s Toho Gas said it has entered into a sale and purchase deal with Diamond Gas, a Mitsubishi Corporation unit, to buy liquefied natural gas from Cameron LNG export project in the U.S. This deal follows the heads of agreement the two companies signed in April last year. Under the agreement, Toho
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) has scheduled the appraisal well on the Skipper oil discovery, which lies in the Northern North Sea, to be drilled in July 2016. In January, IOG postponed the drilling of the Skipper well, that lies in Block 9/21a in licence P1609, due to low oil price and bad weather i
VBMS has been awarded a contract by EDF Energy Renewables to provide the subsea connection between the offshore turbines and the onshore grid for the Blyth offshore wind farm. Reportedly, this will be the first project to use the new 66kV cable technology. The standard voltage for array cables until
Aker Solutions has won a three-year contract extension from Total to provide maintenance and operations services at the Elgin and Franklin fields in the UK North Sea. According to the company, the work is valued at more than NOK 400 million ($49 million). “We have a healthy order backlog and solid f
DP World has won a 50 year concession for the development of a greenfield multi-purpose port project at Posorja, Ecuador, 65 kilometers from the country’s main business city of Guayaquil. The $500 million initial investment (Phase 1) will include the purchase of land, dredging of a new access channe
