During the visit of the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to Kazakhstan on Wednesday, 2 December 2015, Van Oord announced the award of several contracts in the Caspian Sea region with a total value of more than $500 million. The first project is for the dredging of a 68-kilometer-long access channel t
Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN) has signed a turnkey contract with Amper, subsidiary Bluesky Pacific Group, to roll out a new submarine cable system spanning more than 9,700 km across the Pacific. Named ‘Moana Cable’, the system will link New Zealand and Hawaii using the latest submarine cab
Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply the complete cargo handling system including the fuel system, as well as the main propulsion system for the LNG carrier being built for Singapore-based Saga LNG Shipping.
Malaysia’s Alam Maritim has been awarded a contract from Petronas for the provision of engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) of 1 km long pipeline for Terengganu Crude Oil Terminal (TCOT) effluent discharge line extension project. The TCOT is located near Ker
Port of Gdansk Authority (PGA SA) and the Polish-Danish consortium of PRCiP and Rohde Nielsen A/S have signed an agreement for a new turning basin in the port. The agreement – concluded on November 25th 2015 between the PGA SA, PRCiP (Przedsiebiorstwo Robot Czerpalnych i Podwodnych) and Rohde Nielse
African Petroleum, an independent oil and gas exploration company, has announced that its subsidiary European Hydrocarbons Limited (EHL) has entered into the first extension period on the SL-03 licence, offshore Sierra Leone. The expiry date of the first extension period is April 23, 2017. The initi
The recently completed Coelacanth Field platform has been installed at the Ewing Bank Block 834 (EW 834) in the Gulf of Mexico. According to Walter Oil & Gas, the 1,312 foot tall, conventional 4-leg, 9-slot platform is the third largest fixed conventional platform in the Gulf of Mexico and was built
Primeline Energy Holdings has completed its drilling operations at the LS30-3-1 well, in the East China Sea, without discovering hydrocarbons. This is the second dry well for Primeline in its two-well drilling campaign in the East China Sea as the company’s first well, the LS23-1-1 well, proved to b
The photo above, sent to Offshore Energy Today by CKT Projects, shows the living quarters, built for Statoil’s Aasta Hansteen platform, being transported to Ulsan, South Korea. CKT Projects, a Dutch company building accommodation modules for the offshore oil and gas industry, told Offshore Energy To
Subsea World News has gathered all the highlights to bring you a summarized version of the most popular articles from the previous month. The first week of November was highlighted by the news about Fugro’s new round of layoffs, this time by some 500 employees. French seismic player CGG also announc
SPIE Oil & Gas Services’ Australian unit won a contract to provide maintenance services to QGC, a BG Group company, for the Queensland Curtis LNG project in Australia.
Pakistan State Oil company recently issued a tender seeking the supply of seven liquefied natural gas cargoes for delivery in January and February 2016.
Norway’s Solstad Offshore (SOFF) has secured a multi-year contract for its Derrick Lay Barge “DLB Norce Endeavour” to work on Chevron’s installation and construction program offshore Thailand. According to Oslo-listed firm, the DLB Norce Endeavour will be utilized to install multiple new wellhead pl
Oil and gas company Lekoil has agreed to buy Afren’s stake in a licence offshore Nigeria. According to the agreement, Lekoil will buy Afren’s 22.86% stake in the OPL 310 block, which contains the Ogo discovery. Lekoil will pay $13 million for the transaction. Since Lekoil already owns a share in the
