Endeavor Management has announced that Petrobras has retained the Houston-based consulting firm to investigate and document successful industry practices for decommissioning subsea infrastructure. Endeavor Management intends to gather information from regulators, contractors, and engineering compani
BW Offshore has received a contract extension for the FPSO BW Athena with Ithaca Energy. The primary term of the contract expires in Q2 2015, and Itacha Energy has exercised the option for a secondary term of up to five years. Ithaca Energy has the right to terminate the contract on a rolling 12-mon
Geosyntec Consultants has earned a 2014 Award of Excellence from the San Diego Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for the Brawley Solid Waste Site Final Closure and New River Stabilization project in California. The project team received the distinction at the ASCE’s 2014 Civi
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA has received a signed contract from a repeat customer worth NOK 10 million (USD 1.7 million) for 3D EM data acquisition in the Barents Sea. The survey is done in June, using the vessel BOA Thalassa. BOA Thalassa is a purpose-built 3D EM vessel with the capacity to car
Malaysian Group Tanjung Offshore Berhard and Bourbon Far East Pte. Ltd. have entered into exclusive discussions for the sale of 51% ownership of nine BOURBON Offshore Support Vessels operating in Malaysia. In parallel, Tanjung has invited Bourbon to become a shareholder in their company. Both partie
Chart Industries, a manufacturer of highly engineered equipment used in the production, storage and end-use of hydrocarbon and industrial gases, said that LNG Holdings has awarded Chart’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Chart Energy & Chemicals, a contract to provide its standard C100N LNG liquefaction pla
For the week commencing 9th June 2014, the Port of Wells dredging scheme will resume in the main channel. The port’s dredger “Kari Hege” will be engaged in dredging operations in the main channel north of number 4 buoy, between buoys 4 and 2. All material dredged from these areas will be placed on t
Ocean Rig UDW Inc., a global provider of offshore deepwater drilling services, has signed definitive documentation, following the previously announced contract award, for the 6 year contract for drilling operations offshore Angola. The contract is for its ultra deepwater drillship the Ocean Rig Skyr
Fayette County officials plan to conduct dredging of the Lake Peachtree. The dredging is necessary to remove silt and muck that has accumulated over the years on the lake’s bottom, The Citizen informed. According to Fayette County Administrator Steve Rapson, the County’s consulting engineering firm
Oregon-based Northern Construction Service has secured a contract to reconstruct half of Aurora Harbor, Juneau Empire reports. The Assembly and the Docks and Harbors board made this decision for the $9.6 million project. The scope of work includes securing new A, B, C and D floats, rebuilding approa
On 4 June, two new compressors were lifted aboard the Troll A platform in the North Sea. Once the compressors are up and running next year, they will boost recovery from Troll by more than 83 billion standard cubic meters of gas. As gas is produced on the giant Troll field, pressure in the reservoir
Statoil has fully resumed oil production from its Snorre B platform in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. According to Reuters, the news of the oil output resumption was first shared by the Stavanger-based newspaper, Aftenblad. Production from a subsea template at the Snorre B platform was shut do
The WGP Group has completed a survey in the North Sea. This is the fifth Life of Field Seismic survey to be carried out using the Group’s Portable Modular Source System over this oil field. As per previous surveys, the PMSS™ was mobilised on a field platform supply vessel that was converted into a se
The Pelican Bay Services Division of Collier County decided to endorse the Clam Pass dredging project. The commissioners will choose engineering firms to obtain state and federal permits to begin the project. Clam Pass needed repeated dredging because not enough sand has been taken out during the fi
