Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has been awarded its first major contract in the UK in 2014. The five year contract extension from Talisman Sinopec Energy UK is valued at $500 million USD and includes an option for two additional, two year extensions. Under the scope, WGPSN will provide engineering & modific
AWE Limited reports that as at 06:00 hours (6.00am NZDT) today, the Pateke-4H development well, offshore New Zealand, was at a measured depth of 1,507 metres and 13 3/8 inch casing had been run and cemented with the casing shoe set at 1,504 metres. The subsea tree has been successfully installed, pr
Jensen Maritime, Crowley Maritime Corp.’s Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering company, has been awarded a contract to design some of the first liquefied natural gas bunker barges in the U.S. for customer LNG America LLC, a Houston-based LNG fuel supply and distribution company. C
Maersk Drilling has taken delivery of its first ultra deepwater drillship, Maersk Viking, from the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje-Si, South Korea. Maersk Viking has started its voyage to the US Gulf of Mexico where it will commence a three year contract with ExxonMobil. Maersk Viking is
Chiyoda announced that Eni Muara Bakau has awarded Chiyoda International Indonesia a contract for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of a new Barge Floating Production Unit (FPU) for Jangkrik and Jangkrik North East Gas Field Development in Indonesia for a total amoun
Global Industries Offshore L.L.C, a company owned by Technip, has exercised their option to extend the contract for the construction vessel “Normand Commander” with one year from June 2014. Technip has option to extend the contract with further 1 year option after expiry of the firm contract. “Norma
Saipem has won new Engineering & Construction offshore contracts in Indonesia and in the Republic of Congo, for a total amount of approximately $520 million. In Indonesia, Eni has awarded a consortium led by Saipem the EPCI contract for a new built barge Floating Production Unit (FPU) for the Jangkr
Monadelphous said it has been awarded a major construction contract for mechanical works at the Ichthys Project Onshore LNG Facilities in Darwin, Australia. The agreement is with lead contractor, JKC Australia LNG, a joint venture between Japan-based JGC corporation and Chiyoda corporation, and KBR
The UK MoD’s Salvage and Marine Operations team (S&MO) invites tenders the removal of oil from the shipwreck of the World War II tanker, “RFA Darkdale”. The tanker which sank in 1941 and now lies submerged in 45m of water off the South Atlantic island of St Helena, is believed to contain up to 5,000
Elixir Petroleum Limited has been notified by Adriatic Oil Pic, as 80% Working Interest holder and operator of the Sunset Project, that it has concluded the technical evaluation of the project pursuant to the terms of the farm-out agreement entered into with Elixir on 3 September, 2013. The evaluati
The University of Gothenburg, one of the major universities in northern Europe, is looking for a contractor for the provision of hydrographic instruments. The contract is for the supply of hydroacoustic equipment for a new research vessel, and includes a multi-beam sonar, sub-bottom profiles, MRU an
Teras Offshore, along with Global Maritime and ASL Shipyard in Batam, Indonesia have completed full height jacking trials of the Teras Sunrise jack-up unit. The trials were completed on 7th February and mark another successful milestone in the Teras Sunrise reactivation project. The Teras Sunrise is
Petrobras has announced that well 9-SPS-77, in the Santos Basin pre-salt Sapinhoá Field, came on-stream Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 at 5:15 pm. The well, producing 33,000 barrels per day (bpd), is connected to FPSO Cidade de São Paulo by a pioneering system in which the output pipeline riser is sup
Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has successfully completed a contract for providing support services to Prysmian prior to the installation of HVDC cable for the Sylwin 1 project in German waters. Using the DP2 vessel,Vos Sweet, OMM cleared the route proposed for the 160km (77 miles) high-voltage di
