The Environment Agency, Exeter City Council and Devon County Council are working together to design and build a scheme which will reduce flood risk for the city of Exeter. The £30 million worth flood defense project has been split in two phases with the phase 1 now substantially complete. Phase 2 of
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted consent to start production on the Lundin Norway-operated Edvard Grieg field in production licence 338 in the North Sea. Lundin, the operator of the licence, was also recently given consent by the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway for the s
Singapore based Leong Siew Weng Engineering (LSWE) is set to deliver its first 15-man Single Bell Saturation Diving System complete with Surface Air Dive System to Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding for Tasik Subsea’s newbuild Subsea Operation Vessel “Tasik Toba”. The Saturation Diving System can operate in
Panoro Energy on Monday announced the completion of well operations on the Aje field on the OML 113 license offshore Nigeria. The Aje-4 well, which was previously drilled in 2008, has been completed as an oil production well, the company said. This follows the previously reported completion of the A
The Ilocos Sur provincial government and a Taiwanese mining firm have just signed an agreement for the immediate dredging of the narrow and silted Abra River which threatens low-lying areas in Metro Vigan, the Philippines. Raymund Sinay, Environment and Natural Resources Management Officer, said tha
Aberdeen-based IMES secured new contracts with Fugro and Harkand worth £750,000. IMES has been awarded a three-year contract for the provision of lifting inspection services on behalf of Fugro, covering four vessels. Second contract, secured from Harkand, is for the provision of lifting inspection,
Seismic survey specialist Polarcus has informed it has completed the largest single 3D seismic survey ever acquired offshore Australia. According to the company, the Capreolus 3D seismic survey was completed ahead of schedule after an 11-month acquisition campaign. This basin-wide broadband 3D seism
As part of the Water and Environment Management (WEM) Framework, the Environment Agency has appointed VBA, the joint venture between VolkerStevin, Boskalis Westminster and Atkins, to work on a £21 m flood defense scheme. Work to the tidal barrier scheme, which runs along the River Orwell in Ipswich,
As part of their ongoing joint venture, two geophysical companies, PGS and TGS, have completed the fifth consecutive acquisition season offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. According to PGS, the 2015 season was the biggest yet with PGS operating four vessels, two 3D and two 2D vessels, all of
Kosmos Energy announced on Thursday that the Marsouin-1 exploration well, located in the northern part of Block C-8 offshore Mauritania, has made a play-extending gas discovery. This is the company’s second major discovery of 2015. The first discovery was made in April 2015 with the Tortue-1 explora
Premier Oil, an independent exploration and production company, has curtailed its capital expenditure program in order to soften the blow of the low oil price environment. Development capital expenditure for the full year 2015 is now expected to be around $850 million, lower than previous guidance o
The growth of Queensland’s major regional bulk commodity ports will be responsibly managed, and the Great Barrier Reef protected, under legislation passed in State Parliament today. State Development Minister Dr Anthony Lynham said that the laws put into effect the government’s key port-related comm
Australia-based Civmec said that its oil and gas division been awarded work on Shell’s Prelude FLNG project by Technip.
Civmec, a provider of engineering and construction services, has secured a contract for the fabrication of subsea jumper spools for Shell’s Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) Project. The work involves fabrication of 17 subsea jumper spools and associated lifting equipment for Prelude FLN
