Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (January 12 – January 18). GE Oil & Gas and McDermott International have launched io oil & gas consulting, a new independent venture to transform the development of front-end solutions for offshore fie
Houston-based LNG player Cheniere said that it has entered into a note purchase agreement with EIG Management Company.
ExxonMobil PNG, operator of the PNG LNG project, and the government of Papua New Guinea have reached an agreement to supply up to 20 million cubic feet a day of domestic natural gas.
M/V Olympic Triton has been awarded a new contract, firm for one-year plus an additional optional year, up to two years total. The contract was awarded by Demar in Mexico. The vessel will perform subsea and support functions for Demar under contracts with PEMEX for work in the Gulf of Mexico. The ve
Reconstruction of the beach on Ludlum Island this spring will begin at the northernmost end of Strathmere after all, according to announcement of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Originally, construction of that northernmost tip of the beach
DEME has ordered two new vessels serving the offshore energy market. Contracts have been signed with shipyards La Naval in Spain and Uljanik in Croatia to build respectively the multipurpose vessel “LIVING STONE” and the self-propelled jack-up vessel “APOLLO”. Both vessels will be delivered in 2017.
Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has today issued a statement saying that high costs and weaker oil prices could drive necessary readjustments that will strengthen the petroleum industry over the long-term. Significant remaining resources on the Norwegian shelf provide a basis for continued value cre
Skangass said it has entered into a long-term agreement for the a new specialised bunker vessel, the Coralius which will offer greater flexibility by operating as a ship-to-ship bunker vessel, as well as a feeder.
VBMS, a strategic joint venture of VolkerWessels and Boskalis, has been awarded another contract by Wintershall Noordzee B.V. The scope of work includes the installation, burial, survey and pull-ins of an 18.5km control umbilical which connects the Ravn platform to A6-A, located in the Danish and Ge
Total has started gas and condensate production from the West Franklin Phase 2 project in the Central Graben area of the UK North Sea. The project will supply 40,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) to the Elgin/Franklin hub. “With the start-up of the West Franklin Phase 2 project, Total co
Two Missouri River Recovery Program sites have been temporarily closed to all public entry: Cranberry Bend project in Saline County and Cora Island project in St. Charles County, Mo. These closures allow construction of habitat improvement projects to commence at these locations to benefit native fi
GTT of France informed of an order for its containment system for three large liquefied natural gas carriers.
Works on a $1.31 billion Middle Harbor project at the Port of Long Beach are in full swing and in line with the construction program. The Middle Harbor will combine two aging container terminals into one of the world’s most technologically advanced and greenest facilities. The nine-year project, wil
EFC Group, a designer and manufacturer of instrumentation, monitoring, control and handling systems for the global oil and gas industry, has completed a £1.3million ($2.2million) contract to design and build a BOP and diverter control system for China based Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Co (
