The Sarens Group has recently signed a contract for the Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG project in Darwin, Australia. The company has been awarded by JKC Australia LNG, a joint venture between JGC, KBR and Chiyoda, to perform sea lifting works for the Ichthys LNG project’s onshore LNG facilities. Within
Cairn will sell a 10% interest in the Catcher development and adjacent acreage in the UK North Sea. With effect from 1 January 2014 Dyas UK Limited (Dyas) will acquire 10% in each of the following UK Continental Shelf licences P1430, P2040, P2070, P2077 and P2086 by funding Cairn’s exploration and d
Brazil’s Petrobras has announced it has identified the presence of gas while drilling extension well 3-BRSA-1022-SES (3-SES-181), off the coast of Aracaju, Brazil. The well is located in the Discovery Evaluation Plan area of Poço Verde in concession BM-SEAL-4 in Sergipe-Alagoas Basin ultra-deep wate
Danish offshore project and engineering company Semco Maritime has received first orders for Semco Maritime Rig Projects at Invergordon, UK. To remind, Semco Maritime has in January this year entered into a strategic partnership with Scottish Cromarty Firth Port Authority to establish a centre for r
An important flood water storage lagoon on the Wentlooge levels is helping to protect communities near and far, after it has been restored by Natural Resources Wales. A team of engineers have completed a four week project to remove large quantities of silt from the lagoon, to increase its capacity t
Dredging that has been taking place in Cork Harbor on all main shipping channels since 9th September will be completed by the end of today, according to a spokesman from the port. The dredging program has led to some bad odors, particularly in the city center area. This is an unavoidable side effect
Polarcus Limited has informed that the M/V Polarcus Adira is in transit from Las Palmas to the US Gulf of Mexico to start a six month charter for TGS.
Premier Oil Norway AS has awarded Sevan Marine a FEED (Front End Engineering and Design) contract for the hull and marine systems of a Sevan type cylindrical FPSO. The FPSO will operate in the Premier Oil’s Bream field in the Norwegian Central North Sea. CEO Carl Lieungh comments: “We are both proud
Tangiers Petroleum Limited has advised that it has finalised its financial obligations in relation to the drilling of the TAO-1 well, located in the Tarfaya Offshore Block, Morocco, being a total of US$18.56m. This has been funded by the company’s cash position and leaves Tangiers with a cash balanc
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has signed a data licensing agreement with a customer worth USD 3.5 million for the provision of 3D EM data from EMGS’s multi-client data library in the Barents Sea. “It satisfying to note that our multi-client library continue to provide value for new and exis
Sweden’s Viking Supply Ships has informed the company does not expect for the EU and US sanctions to have an impact on operations and financials in 2014. Four of Viking Supply Ships’ AHTS-vessels, of which three with ice class 1A and one icebreaker, are currently operating offshore Russia in the Kar
Singapore’s Pavilion Energy, a subsidiary of Temasek, said it has signed a deal to buy liquefied natural gas from energy giant BP. Pavilion Gas, a unit of Pavilion Energy, has secured a total of 0.4 million tonnes per annum of LNG supply from BP for a tenure of 20 years starting from 2019. The LNG s
Prysmian Group has been recently awarded a new order in China by Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS), a wholly owned subsidiary of China CSSC Holding, to supply 320 kilometers of NEK 606 offshore cables for its new 2+2 CJ46-X100-D jack-up (self-elevating) drilling rigs. The CJ46-X100-D jack-up dr
ExxonMobil and Rosneft are still drilling at the University-1 well in the Kara Sea, off the Russian northern coast, contrary to the reports that the operations have been halted amid the U.S. sanctions imposed against Russia.