Norway’s Statoil has confirmed that the company has handed back three of its four oil and gas exploration licenses located offshore Greenland. Namely, three licenses off the west coast of Greenland were handed back by the end of 2014, but the company kept one license off the east coast where the dea
Oceaneering has entered into a two-year, multi-service vessel charter agreement with Shell for use of the Ocean Alliance in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM) starting January 1, 2015. The Ocean Alliance is a U.S. flagged vessel built in 2010. It has an overall length of approximately 309 feet (94 meters
Santos, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company based in Australia has reached a milestone with a hundredth oil shipment from the company’s Vietnam assets. The company has spread the word using social media. Santos said that its Chim Sao/Dua oilfields offshore Vietnam has shipp
ASL Environmental Sciences has a contract for a 3-year metocean-ice study program in Cook Inlet, Alaska for the proposed Alaska LNG Project terminal site. This turnkey metocean program includes program management, a PSO (protected species observer), vessel, HSE lead, data processing and analysis, an
J&P-Avax of Greece, informs it has signed a deal worth €125 million in Malta with Electrogas Malta.
Bridon Group, a manufacturer of wire and fibre rope, has acquired the moorings business of ScanRope from the Parker Hannifin Corporation. Bridon is a global business with a UK Head Office in Doncaster that manufactures wire and rope solutions for applications across several sectors including Oil and
Cairn Energy, an independent oil and gas company, has informed that first steel has been cut for the Premier-operated Catcher FPSO unit. Cairn owns a stake in the Catcher area, located in the UK Central North Sea. Cairn did not specify the exact date of the Catcher FPSO steel cutting ceremony but on
Norway’s DOF informed that Statoil has exercised its first one-year option for the LNG-powered Skandi Gamma platform supply vessel.
Jan de Nul has confirmed an order with SMD for a Quasar MkII 150hp 3000m rated work class remotely operated vehicle (ROV). The high specification system including Tophat Tether Management System, A-Frame, Umbilical Winch and dual control system (vessel bridge and control cabin) will be delivered in
Construction works on the new detached breakwater, which started back in May 2014, have been completed for the winter period, reported the Cowes Harbour Commission. Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., the contractor for the project, has completed the reshaping of the breakwater core in advance of a win
Following 3 years of successful operations, N-Sea – the Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (IMR) specialist – has extended its charter agreement with Siem Offshore, concerning its offshore subsea construction vessel, Siem N-Sea, previously Siem Stork. The agreement has a duration of up to 6 years, h
Saacke Marine Systems received an initial order from Japan-based JGC Corporation in June 2014 to deliver a complete high-temperature water boiler system for Petronas’ second floating liquefied natural gas facility.
Last week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, visited Charleston District and was briefed about the work currently being undertaken on the Charleston Harbor deepening project, better known as Post 45. During the visit, he meet with Jim Newsome, President & CEO of the South Ca
The first new-build semi-submersible drilling rig incorporating Wood Group Mustang Norway’s (WGMN’s) GG5000 floating hull design has been delivered to COSL Drilling Europe (CDE). The rig, built by CIMC Raffles, was recently on sea trials in China. The COSLProspector was designed to operate in water
