Aker Solutions said it has secured a contract to deliver its “longest-ever” umbilicals system at the Zohr offshore gas field in the Egyptian part of the Mediterranean Sea. The agreement with Petrobel, a joint venture between the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) and Eni, is worth more th
Following the first gas produced from Aminex-operated Kiliwani North field off Tanzania in April, commissioning of the power generation system and other auxiliary facilities has now been completed. Aminex said on Monday that commissioning of the gas plant and subsea pipeline started on June 1, 2016.
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 30 – June 05). Technip has been awarded a “major” contract to develop the Bahr Essalam Phase II development in the Central Mediterranean Sea. For Technip, a “major” subsea contract is ranging from
Consultancy firm Royal HaskoningDHV was engaged in May 2015 by the Port of Dover to advise on the selection of aggregate sources for the Dover Western Dock Revival project. After a year of studies, consultations and the production of an Environmental Statement running to over 1,500 pages – the prefe
Spanish LNG terminal operator, Enagás and the Port of Barcelona signed a deal to set up new logistics services for LNG at the Barcelona regasification plant. The deal involves initiatives to be developed jointly to convert the Port of Barcelona into an LNG distribution hub in the Mediterranean, acco
Malaysia’s’ Petronas said Friday that Japan’s JX Nippon Oil & Energy will buy a 10 percent stake in its unit that owns a liquefaction train within the Bintulu LNG complex in Sarawak. Petronas LNG 9 Sdn Bhd (PL9SB) owns the ninth liquefaction train, with a production capacity of 3.6 million tonnes pe
Olympic Shipping has secured a contract for inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) vessel, Olympic Delta, with an undisclosed international client. The vessel will be employed within renewable energy sector, the company informed. According to the company, the contract will start immediately and ha
GTT, the French LNG containment specialist has secured an order for two new LNG carriers to be built at South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries. The liquefied natural gas vessels will be constructed at Hyundai’s shipyard in Ulsan for Korean shipowner SK Shipping, GTT said on Thursday. The delivery of
Offshore services player, Helix Energy Solutions, has completed its contract renegotiations with Petrobras and has entered into amendments to its well intervention services contracts for its two chartered vessels, the Siem Helix 1 and the Siem Helix 2, offshore Brazil. The contract for the Siem Heli
Aqualis Offshore, a marine and engineering consultancy, has won a contract to provide positioning services for the installation of the Ichthys FPSO offshore Australia. The company will provide the services as a sub-supplier to Singapore’s POSH Terasea Offshore, which will manage the towage of the FP
ACE Winches has been awarded a six-figure contract with an operator to support in connecting the Hebron gravity based structure (GBS) and topsides. The project will see ACE Winches supply hydraulic drum winch packages for the deep-water Hebron oil field located off the coast of Newfoundland and Labr
Tekmar Energy, the offshore wind farm cable protection specialist, has been awarded a contract with DONG Energy to supply 184 of its TekLink CPS on the Walney Extension. This comes after Tekmar’s previous involvement in the Walney 1 and Walney 2 projects where the company supplied earlier generation
GE Oil & Gas has been awarded a surface wellhead & christmas tree equipment and services contract by the Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil for its Johan Sverdrup project in the North Sea. With the new multi-year agreement, GE Oil & Gas will manufacture, deliver and install its standardized surfa
U.S. energy company Noble Energy, Inc. has received approval from the Israeli authorities for the development of the Leviathan project offshore Israel. The approved Plan of Development (POD), submitted earlier this year, envisions a subsea system that connects production wells to a fixed platform lo
