Technip has been awarded two contracts by Maersk Oil for the Valdemar & Roar Gas Lift project as well as the Rolf Replacement Pipeline project, located on the Danish Continental Shelf, approximately 250 kilometers offshore Esbjerg, Denmark. The scope of work will include: – fabrication and installat
The INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project has welcomed the semi-submersible pipelay barge SEMAC-1 to the Northern Territory, Australia. The arrival of the 188 metre-long Saipem-operated vessel at the Darwin Outer Port Limits signals the start of important work on the Project’s 889 kilometre gas export
KrisEnergy Ltd. has announced it has contracted the Key Gibraltar jack-up rig for development, appraisal and exploration drilling in two licences in the Gulf of Thailand. The contract with Shelf Drilling (Southeast Asia) Limited, will start around 1 January 2015 and will run for a firm six-month ter
AWE Limited, as Operator of Petroleum Mining Permit 38158 offshore Taranaki, New Zealand, reports that the Oi-2 exploration well has completed the installation and testing of well control equipment and drilling operations have resumed. As at 06:00 hours (6.00am) NZDT today, the Oi-2 exploration well
Sonde Resources has provided an update regarding the company’s operations in the Joint Oil Block. The Joint Oil Block is a 768,000 acre license, equally contributed by Tunisia and Libya, straddling the maritime boundary in the central Gulf of Gabes, about 100 km (62 mi) offshore in water depths aver
National Grid Grain LNG said it has awarded a contract for the construction of new road tanker loading facility. Once completed, the facility will cater for the commercial, industrial and road fuel markets – complementing existing services at Grain LNG terminal near London on the Isle of Grain, Kent
PetroVietnam Gas (PV Gas) and Shell have signed a framework agreement on the supply of liquefied natural gas to the Thi Vai LNG terminal, PV Gas said in a statement. The Thi Vai LNG terminal in Vietnam’s southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau will have a capacity of 1 million tonnes per annum and is s
Pura Vida Energy NL has announced an upgrade to its prospective resource assessment of the Nkembe PSC, offshore Gabon. Further technical work undertaken by the Company has revealed a significant new play in the pre-salt within the Syn-rift interval where carbonate Coquinas reservoirs are anticipated
Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai, Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Secretary Le Thanh Hai and Deputy Ambassador of Belgium in Vietnam Geert Vansintjan initiated the second phase of the Soai Rap River dredging project on Saturday, June 21, reported vietnamnews.vn. The 54 kilometer lon
Statoil has received consent to use the Transocean Leader semi-submersible drilling rig for permanent plugging of well 6407/7-3 on the Njord field. Njord is an oil field in the Norwegian Sea, around 30 km west of Draugen, in approximately 330 metres of water. Njord has been developed using a steel s
Vroon Offshore has announced that the “VOS Fabulous” has arrived safely in Aberdeen. Vroon Offshore Services Aberdeen has welcomed the vessel “home” following her long journey from Nanjing East Star Shipyard in China. VOS Fabulous is the first to be delivered in a ten-vessel newbuilding programme, w
Byron Energy Limited has advised that Byron has started drilling of the bypass wellbore, permitted as the Byron Energy SM 6 #1 BP01.
JND Thomas Company, Inc., Riverdale, CA the major sub contractor with OHL,USA, Inc., to perform the dredging and mechanical dewatering activities, is currently mobilizing onto Machado Lake, Harbor City, CA. The scope of the work for the project includes removal and mechanical dewatering of approxima
GDF Suez has recently signed a new cooperation agreement protocol with Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN), the principal Indonesian operator in the field of natural gas distribution and transportation. The agreement relates to a feasibility study for an on-shore LNG terminal in northern Java. On signing th
