Azonto has been advised by its affiliate Vioco Petroleum Limited (“Vioco”, 35% Azonto, 65% Vitol) that the President of Cote d’Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, has signed an Exclusive Exploitation Authorisation (EEA) covering the Gazelle field in Block CI-202, offshore Cote d’Ivoire. Azonto says that the
Mermaid Maritime has secured a 2-year contract for its dive support vessel, ‘Mermaid Commander’, to provide subsea construction support in the Gulf of Thailand for a repeat customer. The contract has an estimated value of USD 50 million. The 2-year contract for subsea construction will be performed
Cecon Shipping 3 AS, a subsidiary of Rever Offshore AS, has secured a USD 35 million senior bond financing deal with York for the purpose of starting the completion of Hull 719, the third in line of Cecon’s 130 meters long SURF subsea construction vessels. To enable an earlier start-up of the Hull 7
Cavache Inc., one of the leading companies in dredging industry, is using an Ellicott 1170 dredge to perform the 40ft. maintenance dredging project for Manatee Harbor. Since the works began some two months ago, the 2010 Maya Caelyn is dredging the entrance channel, turning basin and berthing areas i
Ocean Yield ASA has announced the sale of its seismic survey vessel ‘Geco Triton’ to the charterer for USD 8.2 million. Built in 1991 by Jurong Shipyard, Singapore, the ex-trawler is currently on charter with Schlumberger company, WesternGeco, until December 2015. The sales price includes full payme
IMCO General Construction, Inc. has begun works on a $2.55 million construction contract to upgrade the Port of Everett’s South Terminal, strengthening the wharf to support roll-on/roll-off cargo operations. This major infrastructure investment, made possible through a grant from taxpayers of Washin
Svitzer has extended the towage operations contract with Egyptian LNG for five years.
FSUE “Rosmorport” is planning to issue a tender for dredging works in the New Specialized Seaport in Telyakovsky Bay at Eastern Coast of Ussuri Bay, Primorye Territory, early next year. Prior to the dredging works for the project “Construction of a new specialized port at the Far Eastern coast of Ru
African Petroleum Corporation’s subsidiary African Petroleum Senegal Limited has received confirmation from the President in the form of a Presidential decree of entry into the First Renewal Period on licence Senegal Offshore Sud Profond (SOSP). According to African Petroleum, prior to entering into
NOAA has issued a call for proposals under the first federal funding opportunity issued by the NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program, which supports research in the Gulf of Mexico on long-term sustainability of the ecosystem and its fisheries. The competition seeks proposals for timely and high-quality s
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of materials handling, occupational health and safety and barrier management in the development project for the Johan Sverdrup field, in the North Sea. Johan Sverdrup is an oil and gas field in the central North Sea, around 140 kil
French oilfield services provider Technip has informed today that its vessel Estrela do Mar (eng. Starfish) has kicked off operations in Brazil. Technip reported through its Facebook page that the multi-purpose offshore vessel Estrela do Mar arrived in Brazil and subsequently started its operations.
FMC Technologies has received an order from Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited, a Chevron company, operator of the Agbami field, to provide subsea equipment for operations in the Agbami field, offshore Nigeria. According to FMC, the value of the order is $268 million. The Agbami field is located 70 n
Seamec Limited informed BSE that its multifunctional diving support vessel Seamec III has started charter contract with Leighton India Contractors Private Limited. The vessel was previously on charter with L&T Sapura Offshore Private Limited, where it worked on a project for ONGC in Mumbai High on t
