ABB and Hitachi have agreed to form a joint venture for high voltage direct current (HVDC) system solutions in Japan. The new entity, to be based in Tokyo, will be responsible for the design, engineering, supply and after-sales services related to the DC system of HVDC projects bringing ABB’s latest
The Queensland Government will consider building two new dams and raising Wivenhoe Dam to better protect Brisbane and Ipswich families from major flood events. Water Supply Minister Mark McArdle today released the results of a wide-ranging prefeasibility study looking at potential options to improve
Dayang Enterprise Holdings has been awarded a contract by Petronas Carigali for the Provision of Brownfield Major Modification Work for Bardegg-2 and Baronia EOR Development Project, off Sarawak. According to Dayang’s Bursa Malaysia filing, the contract comprises major modification work for Bardegg-
Technip has completed the previously announced sale of its Diving Assets in the US Gulf of Mexico to Ranger Offshore. Earlier this month, Ranger also reported the closure of the previously announced agreement. Technip believes that this sale reinforces its strategy to focus on its core North America
Golar LNG agreed to sell ownership interest in Golar Eskimo FSRU to Golar LNG Partners.
Australian oil and gas company Woodside, as operator of the Browse FLNG Development, has advised that a revised schedule into front-end engineering and design (FEED) entry has been agreed by the Browse Joint Venture. To remind, Woodside is progressing floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) as the pre
Lekoil has informed that production from Otakikpo Marginal Field in oil mining lease (OML) 11, offshore Nigeria, adjacent to shoreline in the eastern part of the Niger Delta, is expected months ahead of schedule. Lekoil, the Technical and Financial Partner in the Otakikpo project (Lekoil: 40 per cen
French oilfield services provider Technip has completed the previously announced sale of its Diving Assets in the US Gulf of Mexico to Ranger Offshore Inc. According to the company, this sale reinforces Technip’s strategy to focus on its core North America subsea business lines of high technology an
Oslo-listed seismic player, SeaBird Exploration, has received an adjustment to the time charter for the Munin Explorer. The M/V Munin Explorer joined SeaBird in 2007. The vessel can operate as either 2D Long offset or Source vessel. The vessel is currently rigged as Source vessel. SeaBird said that
Major renourishment project aimed to restore dunes that were hit by the winter storms has been underway at Sandy Neck. Each year, high winds and waves cause damage to the front dune at Sandy Neck, and sacrificial sand is put in place to protect the parking lot and shoreline. About 5,500 cubic yards
Reach Subsea and MMT Sweden AB have announced today that after one week of offshore testing from the vessel Edda Fonn, a survey ROV called the Surveyor Interceptor is performing according to expectations, and “both on speed and the survey data quality”. To remind, Reach has together with its survey
Salix, together with Crawley Borough Council and Jacksons Civil Engineering, is about to complete the Ifield Mill Pond & Water Gardens project, the area’s most important wetland and a designated Site of Nature Conservation Importance (SNCI). The 12-month program of improvements began in April 2014 a
Husky Energy and CNOOC Limited have started production at the Liuhua 34-2 gas field in the South China Sea, the second field to be brought online at the Liwan Gas Project this year. The Liwan 3-1 field began production in March 2014. “Liuhua 34-2 will contribute to the ramp up of Liwan next year,” s
Italy’s Eni has completed the production test on the Minsala Marine 1 NFW, located in the Marine XII Block offshore Congo, 35 kilometers from the shoreline and 12 kilometers from the recent Nené Marine discovery. Eni made an oil discovery in the Minsala Marine exploration prospect in October this ye
