The City of Tybee Island and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District hosted a Sand Throwing Ceremony October 21st to signal the beginning of work on the shoreline protection project. The event was held on the beach side of Marlin Monroe. Participating in the event were Tybee Mayor Jason
BP Group has awarded the onshore Front End Engineering and Design for the $12 billion Tangguh Expansion Project (Train 3), to two consortiums. One consortium comprises Tripatra Engineers and Constructors, Tripatra Engineering, Chiyoda International Indonesia, Saipem Indonesia, Suluh Ardhi Engineerin
Savanna Energy Services said it has signed a contract to expand its drilling operations in Australia. Savanna will deploy four Top Drive Single (TDS) drilling rigs to operate in Queensland for an existing customer to support their east coast LNG project, it said in a statement. The new design TDS 20
A VideoRay Pro 4 Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) has supported the Offshore Acceptance Testing (OAT) for two cranes on McDermott’s newest vessel, the Lay Vessel 108 (LV-108). The LV-108 is a pipe lay vessel, measuring 434 ft long and 89 ft wide. The LV-108 currently undergoing fitting and test of tw
Electromagnetic Geoservice (EMGS) has verified the contract award in Malaysia for an undisclosed client, with reference to the announcement of a letter of intent signed on October 6. According to the letter of intent (LOI) the 3D EM data acquisition contract value is $6.8 million. Following the LOI
ALS Industrial has secured the Inside Battery Limits, Structural Mechanical and Piping, Non Destructive Examination (NDE) services contract with Bechtel on Chevron’s Wheatstone LNG project in Western Australia. As a result of this contract, valued at an estimated AUD $22 million, ALS Industrial expe
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues to make steady progress on its projects authorized and funded after Hurricane Sandy struck the Northeast on Oct. 29, 2012. Together with its federal, state, local and industry partners, the Army Corps’ North Atlantic Division, which extends from Virginia to
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced that it will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in support of a potential oil and gas lease sale in Cook Inlet, off Alaska’s south central coast. The EIS analysis will focus on the potential effects of leasing, exploration, deve
Crews building a 3.5-mile-long steel barrier to protect the northern Barnegat Peninsula, which was devastated by Superstorm Sandy, have completed their steel sheet piling work in Mantoloking and are close to the end of that task in neighboring Brick. According to Department of Environmental Protecti
J.E. Borries Inc. has won a $2.3 million contract from the Jackson County Board of Supervisors to dredge key areas of Simmons, Stark and Davis bayous in the Ocean Springs. According to the Sun Herald, the work is part of a larger FEMA grant to dredge material silted in during Hurricane Isaac several
Polskie LNG, the Świnoujście LNG terminal project investor and Polish Oil and Gas Company signed a Letter of Intent aimed at expanding the plant and developing new services to be provided by Świnoujście LNG terminal. The objective of the LOI is to establish common understanding and the basis for fur
All dredging operations at the Sabetta seaport and the Gulf of Ob, that were scheduled for 2014, have been completed, according to the Federal Marine and River Transport Agency (Rosmorrechflot) report. As Rosmorrechflot reports, over 21.5 million m³ of dredged material has been removed from the site
National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) will take part in an ambitious world class project to dredge the 35km of the New Suez Canal, parallel to the existing one. The $1.5 billion contract for the project was announced on October 18th by the Head of the Suez Canal Authority, Admiral Mohab Memish and
As a partner in the WA-424-P Joint Venture, IPB Petroleum has received an update from its drilling contractor that the estimated start date for the Pryderi-1 rig contract is now due late October to early November 2014. IPB Petroleum has previously announced October 24, 2014 as the estimated start da
