King & Spalding said it has advised BW Gas in connection with its tender to provide Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) with LNG regasification services utilizing an FSRU in Ain Sokhna, Egypt. BW’s FSRU, named “BW Singapore,” built at Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) in Korea, will be utilised
Esso Australia, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, has wrapped up its Turrum field drilling program, offshore Victorian coast, Australia. The company drilled five new wells as part of its ongoing investment in Bass Strait to develop new gas supplies. According to Exxon, the investment valued at 335 million
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has received a letter of award (LOA) for a contract worth approximately USD 4.2 million from an oil company for 3D EM data acquisition over their operated area in Malaysia. The two parties have entered into a two-year contract, of which this LOA constitutes the
FMC Technologies recently delivered four subsea wellheads in Nigeria for Total’s Egina project, the first to be entirely fabricated in country. The wellheads were fabricated for FMC Technologies by Oiltools Africa Limited (OAL), a Nigerian company, and feature a 36-inch-diameter conductor housing an
GAS, member of Lighthouse Group, has been awarded a long-term contract from Saipem to provide offshore survey services on board the dive support vessel (DSV) Akademik Tofiq Ismayilov. The vessel will be used during the installation of the export and infield pipelines for the Stage II development of
GAC Sweden AB awarded Jumbo a contract for the transportation and installation of an underwater restaurant. The restaurant consists of an acrylic dome on a steel structure, has a weight of 410 metric tons and is the second one of its kind, the company wrote. The assembly yard of this sensitive cargo
Oslo-listed seismic contractor, SeaBird Exploration, has decided to stack Munin Explorer following its completion of the long-term time charter contract with SeaBed Geosolutions in August 2015. M/V Munin Explorer, currently sailing under Cyprus flag, joined SeaBird in 2007. The vessel, currently rig
A new generation “Antigoon” class dredger, called “Scheldt River”, being built by Royal IHC in the Netherlands on behalf of the Belgium’s DEME Group, is to be powered by Wärtsilä dual-fuel engines. This will be the first ever dredger to operate on engines capable of utilising either liquefied natura
A new generation “Antigoon” class dredger, called “Scheldt River”, being built by Royal IHC in the Netherlands on behalf of the Belgium’s DEME Group, is to be powered by Wärtsilä dual-fuel engines. This will be the first ever dredger to operate on engines capable of utilising either liquefied natura
DOF Subsea North America has been awarded an IMR contract by Freeport McMoran. The contract is for a period of 6 months firm and 2 x 6 months options. Under the contract, the company will utilize DPII Multipurpose Construction Vessel ‘Harvey Deep Sea’. The vessel, with a length of 92 meters and a be
Seaway Heavy Lifting, using its vessel Oleg Strashnov, on Sunday, August 2, installed the Process Unit (PU) topside for operator GDF SUEZ E&P UK Ltd in the UK section of the North Sea. According to the company, the Oleg Strashnov set a new lift record for Seaway Heavy Lifting with the safe installat
Totem Ocean Trailer Express has signed a contract with Keppel Offshore & Marine’s unit Keppel Shipyard for the conversion of the Midnight Sun to dual fuel LNG propulsion. This is the world’s first major conversion of a large RO/RO vessel to LNG, Totem Ocean said in a statement. The work will begin i
Totem Ocean Trailer Express has signed a contract with Keppel Offshore & Marine’s unit Keppel Shipyard for the conversion of the Midnight Sun to dual fuel LNG propulsion. This is the world’s first major conversion of a large RO/RO vessel to LNG, Totem Ocean said in a statement. The work will begin i
Soco International, an independent oil and gas company with assets in Africa and South East Asia, will start production from the H5 block in the Te Giac Trang field offshore Vietnam, ahead of its previously announced September/October plan. In a statement issued Wednesday, Soco said the Hoang Long J
