An offshore jacket completed two weeks ago at Kvaerner’s Verdal yard, yesterday left the yard and is now on its way to be installed in the Norwegian North Sea. The jacket, destined for the Lundin Petroleum-operated Edvard Grieg field, weighs 14 500 tonnes. The jacket will stand up 134 metres in vert
Saipem has been awarded two contracts in Angola by Total, for a combined total value of more than $4 billion. The main contract is worth more than $3 billion, and is an EPCI for the engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning of two converted turret-moored Floating Production Storage an
Spain’s TECADE will be responsible for the construction of flotation tanks for an oil platform in the North Sea. The project consists of two sets of floatation tanks in letter H, for the positioning of the jacket of the Mariner project in the UK sector of the North Sea. Each set consists of 4 subset
Hallin Marine, a Superior Energy Services company, starts new subsea field development project in the Bay of Bengal working in support of Subsea 7. The project began in March and is expected to take three months. It is located in the G1 deepwater region of the highly productive G1-GS15 offshore prod
Hurricane Energy plc, the UK-based oil and gas company focused on hydrocarbon resources in naturally fractured basement reservoirs, has started the mobilisation process for the Transocean Sedco 712 semi-submersible drilling rig to its West of Shetland location. The planned operation is to drill and
Sterling Resources today announced that the Cladhan development in the UK North sea, is proceeding satisfactorily, slightly behind schedule but within budget. First production from the TAQA-operated project is expected around the end of the first quarter of 2015. According to Sterling, which owns a
Australian energy company WHL Energy Limited informed that the Republic of the Seychelles has signed formal documentation approving Ophir Energy plc’s previously reported farm-in to WHL Energy’s large offshore Seychelles exploration position. Under the agreement Ophir is farming-in to earn a 75% int
Australian energy company WHL Energy Limited announced that the Republic of the Seychelles has signed formal documentation approving Ophir Energy plc’s previously reported farm-in to WHL Energy’s large offshore Seychelles exploration position. Under the agreement Ophir is farming-in to earn a 75% in
Bilfinger has received an order from Linde for the manufacture and installation of system modules and piping technology for the new natural gas terminal in Emden. The order is valued at about €30 million. The natural gas terminal in Emden is a key distribution station for gas that is imported from t
The Coast Guard federal on-scene coordinator (FOSC) for the Deepwater Horizon Response completed the transition to the “Middle Response” (“Middle R”) process today and opened active National Response Center (NRC) cases for three miles of coastline in Louisiana. “Our response posture has evolved to t
Technip and Heerema are taking part in the development of Total’s Kaombo project offshore Angola. The consortium, comprising Technip and Heerema Marine Contractors (Heerema), was awarded a major lump-sum contract by Total E&P Angola for the engineering, procurement, construction, installation (EPCI)
Simek has informed that the outfitting of the hull of Yard no. 127 multi purpose support vessel that will be delivered to Krúnborg Offshore is in progress. The helicopter deck is nearing completion and will be installed onboard Tuesday 15th of April. The vessel, designed by Multi Maritime AS in Førd
Prysmian Group has been awarded a major project worth in excess of € 250 million by the Dutch-German grid operator TenneT for the grid connection of offshore wind farms in Germany. The project involves supply, installation and commissioning of a High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) 320 kV extruded sub
Seamec Limited and Sea Horse General Contracting Establishment, UAE, Dubai, have extended the charter hire contract for the diving support vessel “Alliance”. The contract has been extended until April 30, 2014. The vessel, which is under bareboat charter with Seamec, will be working in offshore Egyp
