Van Oord has been awarded the EPC contract for the replacement of a dual 10 km long oil export line. The client is Shell Gabon. The execution period runs from November 2014 to the summer of 2015. The export line runs from the Gamba terminal, 200 NM south of Port of Gentil, to a pipeline […]
As reported last week, Teekay’s Petrojarl Knarr floating, production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) left the Aibel yard in Haugesund, Norway. Teekay Corporation has published a video of Petrojarl Knarr’s sailaway. The FPSO Petrojarl Knarr last week received an Acknowledgement of Compliance (A
Bluestream Offshore and Sky-Futures have announced a partnership providing a turn key offshore inspection service to the Dutch North sea Oil and Gas market. The move further enhances both companies’ positions as leaders in the offshore oil and gas inspection market. The relationship will provide cli
DSME ordered 54 Wartsila dual fuel engines to power the 172,600 cbm icebreaking LNG carriers built for Yamal LNG project.
Songa Offshore has informed that its semi-submersible rig Songa Dee is scheduled to leave the yard in Invergordon, Scotland in the week starting November 10, 2014. The rig is expected to be back on day rate 4-5 days after departure from yard to continue its contract with Statoil. To remind, Songa De
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Seattle District will prepare, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act, an environmental assessment (EA) for the Seattle Harbor Navigation Improvement Project. The largest container vessels calling at West Coast ports today have roughly twice the capacity o
The EU-funded Mare Nostrum Project is holding a special training workshop focusing on applying the principles of PPGIS (Public Participatory GIS), to encourage coastal conservation and improve spatial planning in the Mediterranean Sea. The workshop, hosted by Mare Nostrum’s Maltese partner Integrate
Ezion Holdings Limited, a provider of liftboats & service rigs and offshore logistics support services, has completed the sale of the Ezion’s marine supply base business to AusGroup Limited. The completion of the sale is following the approval granted by shareholders of AusGroup for the expansion of
Westports Malaysia has decided to embark on the “Container Terminal 8 Expansion Plan” which is critical in ensuring the continuous growth of the company moving forward. The company recorded a 12% surge in its container volume throughput to 6.18 million TEU in the first 9 months of 2014. The company’
Østensjø Rederi won a tugboat contract at Melkoya terminal for Statoil.
Baker Hughes Incorporated has posted the international rig count for October 2014 on its Investor relations website. The international offshore rig count is up by 10 rigs when compared to last year. The international rig count for October 2014 was 1,308, down 15 from the 1,323 counted in September 2
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 230, has completed drilling of wildcat well 7227/10-1, in the Barents Sea. Statoil was granted a drilling permit for well 7227/10-1 from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) in October, 2014. The name of the prospect is “Saturn”. The well was
Primeline Energy Holdings Inc. has confirmed the financing for its share of the costs of the LS36-1 gas field development. The LS36-1 gas field is located in 84m of water in the East China Sea about 150km from the major city Wenzhou. The field was discovered by Primeline and has been developed by CN
A joint venture between national construction, asset management and project investment firm GRAHAM and civil engineering and building contractors Lagan Construction Group, has been awarded a £100 million contract to carry out construction at the Green Port Hull site on Alexandra Dock. The work was a
