Gulf Island Fabrication, through its subsidiary Gulf Island L.L.C., has signed a contract for the fabrication of five Jacket/Piles for the Block Island Wind Farm. Block Island Wind Farm is a shallow water Wind Turbine project located in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Rhode Island being develope
TGS has entered into an agreement with PetroData Management Services for the formation of TGS-PetroData Offshore Services Limited, a joint venture entity, to provide high quality geoscience data products and services to the petroleum industry in Nigeria. PetroData Management Services is a local prov
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) signed a contract for a $1.94 billion order for the second package of the Nasr Full Field Development Project from Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO). As per the contract, HHI will undertake engineering, procurement, construction, installation and
Brazil’s Petrobras has announced that its consolidated oil and gas production, in Brazil and abroad, reached 2 million 795 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed) in October, up 0.5% from September’s production of 2 million 781 thousand boed. Oil production in Brazil rose 0.4% in relation
South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) has signed a contract for a $1.94 billion order for the second package of the Nasr Full Field Development Project from Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO). According to the contract, HHI will undertake engineering, procurement, constr
Malaysia’s Bumi Armada and Husky-CNOOC Madura Limited (HCML) have mutually agreed to further extend the period for the execution of a contract to supply an FPSO for Madura BD field offshore Indonesia. According to this agreement, the Letter of Intent for the FPSO supply will terminate on November 27
IPB Petroleum has informed that the Pryderi-1 exploration well in WA-424-P offshore Australia has reached a depth of 446 m (RT) in 17.5 inch hole late afternoon of November 11, 2014. Pryderi-1 well is located in the Browse Basin, north of Broome, offshore Western Australia. Planned operations over t
On 23 and 24 September 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway carried out an audit of BP Norge AS (BP) and Valhall Flank North located in the North Sea. The PSA says the audit was focused on working environment and emergency preparedness. Valhall Flank North is an unmanned well head platf
McDermott International has been awarded a three-year shallow water pipeline contract by Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn. Bhd. (“BSP”) to transport and install pipelines and umbilicals for the Champion and Ampa Fields offshore Brunei. Work is expected to be executed through 2017. The full scope
McDermott International has been awarded a three-year shallow water pipeline contract by Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn. Bhd. (“BSP”) to transport and install pipelines and umbilicals for the Champion and Ampa Fields offshore Brunei. Work is expected to be executed through 2017. The full scope o
The result of a tender to build an LNG import terminal at Fujairah will be announced in early 2015.
FoundOcean, the experts in subsea grouting for the offshore energy construction industry, have signed a strategic agreement with chemicals company BASF. “Marrying BASF’s world leading chemical manufacturing capabilities and FoundOcean’s extensive offshore grouting experience means that foundation in
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, has awarded a $57.6 million contract for the Ocean City Southend Beach Replenishment project to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., Oak Brook, Illinois. The contract, announced yesterday by the Department of Defense, follows October’s announcement
Mubadala Petroleum has announced that production started at its Manora oil field in the northern Gulf of Thailand on November 11, 2014. Production is expected to reach a peak rate of approximately 15,000 bopd as production wells are completed. Up to 10 production wells and five injection wells in th
