PETRONAS has launched the hull of its first floating liquefied natural gas (PFLNG 1) facility at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in Okpo, South Korea. The facility, scheduled to be completed in Quarter 4 of 2015, will be the world’s first floating LNG facility in operati
AWE Limited reports that as at 06:00 hours (6.00am NZST) today, the Pateke-4H development well, offshore New Zealand, including the sidetrack section, was at a measured depth of 4,083m with the 9 5/8 inch casing successfully installed and cemented to a depth of 3,669m. Preparations are under way for
Excelerate Energy and the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) executed the definitive agreements for the procurement, construction and operation of the Aguirre Offshore GasPort terminal. The agreements include the provision of one of Excelerate’s floating storage and regasification units (F
CGG has started acquiring a large BroadSeisTM/BroadSourceTM 3D multi-client survey in the Northern North Sea offshore Norway. The Horda survey will be the largest broadband multi-client program CGG has acquired in NW Europe as well as the largest multi-client 3D survey ever shot by any company in No
Australian energy company WHL Energy Limited has provided an update on the interpretation of data obtained from the La Bella 3D seismic survey acquired in the Otway Basin permit VIC/P67 (WHL 40% and AWE 60%), offshore Victoria, Australia, in late 2013. While further state-of-the-art and more detaile
UTEC Survey (Australia) Pty Ltd has been awarded the largest pipelay support survey and positioning contract in Australia, the company has announced. The contract was awarded to UTEC by Saipem and involves the provision of offshore survey and positioning services during the pre-lay, lay and post-lay
Foster Wheeler said that Eni has renewed for a further two years its existing framework agreement with a subsidiary of Foster Wheeler’s Global Engineering and Construction Group. Under this agreement, Foster Wheeler provides basic design and front-end engineering design for downstream, upstream, pow
Global oil and gas service provider AGR announced that its software solutions division had signed its first contract with Sakhalin Energy. The three-year deal includes the latest version of its P1™ software, as well as maintenance and support services. This software allows operators to maximise perf
Atlantis Resources Limited, a vertically integrated turbine supplier and project owner in the tidal power industry, has reached an agreement with Dongfang Electrical Machinery Co. Limited (Dongfang) for the execution of onshore tidal turbine testing in Hangzhou in the People’s Republic of China (PRC
Seamec Ltd has informed that vessel Seamec Princess will complete its charter with Kreuz Subsea in South East Asia in the second week of April, 2014. The company has entered into a charter with the French oilfield services provider Technip for the deployment of the DP2 Saturation Diving Support vess
Xcite Energy Limited, through its 100% subsidiary Xcite Energy Resources Limited (XER), has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Teekay Shipping Norway AS (Teekay), which sets out the principles of co-operation for the supply of a floating storage and offloading (FSO) facility for t
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA has provided the summary of vessel activity and utilisation for the first quarter of 2014. EMGS defines “vessel utilisation” as the percentage of the vessel charter period spent on contracted or multi-client data acquisition. Vessel utilisation for the first quarter 2
At 07.25 on 7 April, Statoil and its partners (GDF SUEZ and OMV) started production on the Gudrun oil and gas field in the North Sea. “Gudrun is the first new Statoil-operated platform to come on stream on the Norwegian continental shelf since 2005. This is a red-letter day for the company,” says Ar
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has received a Letter of Award (LOA) from North Energy ASA for a contract of $3.3 million for 3D EM data acquisition over and in the vicinity of license PL509S in the North Sea. “This contract means that EM is becoming accepted as an exploration tool in the Nor
