Global inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) company Harkand, has started decommissioning work in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf supporting Maersk Oil UK’s work in the Leadon field. Earlier this year, the IRM firm secured a 12-month frame agreement with Maersk Oil in the region for the prov
Erin Energy Corporation, formerly known as CAMAC Energy, has started production from the Oyo-7 well located in OML 120 offshore Nigeria. Erin Energy is the operator of the Oyo field and has a 100% interest in the block. According to the company, Oyo-7 was drilled to a total depth of approximately 8,
In the north of Rio de Janeiro state, Boskalis is working on the Açu Superport industrial complex, the largest port-industry enterprise in Latin America, rising out of a greenfield. The scope of the work includes the dredging of an access and inner channel, turning basin and harbor basin as well as
JDR has been awarded a contract by energy company, E.ON, alongside partners the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB), to supply its subsea cabling technology and services for the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm. The contract, which started in May 2015 and is expected to last 17 months, will see JDR design and
Construction at the new $500 million container terminal being built at the Port of Liverpool has reached an advanced stage. Work to reclaim 12 hectares of land has passed the first stage with further infilling due to take place over the summer. The majority of 296 steel piles have been driven into t
Mubadala Petroleum announces that production at its Nong Yao oil field, located in the southern Gulf of Thailand, started on Wednesday, June 17. Production is expected to reach a peak rate of approximately 10,000 bopd as more production wells are completed. Oil from Nong Yao will be sold for local u
A new video has just been released on the Panama Canal Expansion Program, the largest infrastructure project since the waterway’s original construction. The Expansion Program will create a new lane of traffic along the Canal through the construction of a new set of locks, increasing the waterway’s c
Eni Norge has reported that final preparation of the Goliat platform, the circular floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, is well under way in the Barents Sea. With more than 600 people now working offshore at the Goliat field, activity levels are high in order to prepare for pr
MMT has been contracted by ABB to perform a pre-lay and UXO survey for a cable laying project between Caithness and Moray in northern Scotland. ABB will provide the Caithness-Moray high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission link, which will connect the electricity grid on either side of t
Following a new agreement with the Government of Malaysia and Kuantan Port Authority for a 30‐year port concession, the Kuantan Port Consortium (KPC) will develop, operate and manage the Kuantan Port, which covers the existing port and a new deep water terminal (NDWT). According to the agreement sig
Joint venture partners in the Bagpuss Prospect are working towards a spud date for the Bagpuss well, located in block 13/24c of the UK North Sea, in H1 2016. The JV partners in the Bagpuss Prospect are Premier Oil (operator) with 37.5% interest, Maersk with 25%, EnCounter Oil plc with 15%, Groliffe
Blyth Workcats has won a contract from the Associated British Ports (ABP) to build a new 14-metre survey vessel at the company’s yard on Canvey Island, Essex, UK. The new boat will be based on one of Blyth Workcats’ survey craft models but tailored to meet the specific requirements of ABP’s hydrogra
Romica Engineering Ltd (REL) has signed a contract with Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC) to provide a triple drum winch and tooling deployment A-Frame system. The equipment will support the overboard deployment and recovery of diver tools supporting subsea work. It will be be fitted on the c
InfraStrata plc, an independent petroleum exploration and gas storage company, has made progress with reprocessing of two 3D seismic surveys in the Petroleum Licence P1918, offshore Dorset. The Pre-stack Depth Migration reprocessing of two offshore 3D seismic surveys was done in relation to the nort
