Within moments of the event opening, four significant contracts were announced at Middle East Workboats & Offshore Marine 2013, the leading regional forum for owners, operators, industry professionals and suppliers, which opened at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) and runs through un
Dana Petroleum has started drilling works at the Pharos exploration well in the UK Southern North Sea. The news was announced this morning by Parkmead, which owns a 20% stake in the prospect. The Pharos gas prospect has the potential to contain up to 500 billion cubic feet of gas-in-place (86 millio
CGG announced that it has received a Letter of Award for a large high-end seismic acquisition program offshore West Africa. The survey will mobilize the Geo Coral, Geo Barents and Pacific Finder vessels to conduct a 1,484 km2 BroadSeis wide-azimuth survey. The program is scheduled to start in mid-Oc
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines announced an agreement with Kansai Electric Power Co for joint ownership of two newbuilding liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers that will sail under long-term charter contracts signed in June 2012. Kansai Electric Power will hold a 70% share in the Bahamas-based MOL subsidiary t
China Ming Yang Wind Power (“Ming Yang” or the “Company”), announced that it has secured a total of 87MW in the first tranche of tender for off-shore wind power near Zhuhai Guishan Island, Guangdong Province, China. The winning bid comprises of 29 units of 3MW super compact drive (“SCD”) wind turbin
The Marine Institute, an Irish semi-state body, has announced four separate tenders for the supply of different pieces of marine equipment for an energy project. The Institute requires the supply of: 1. a signal acquisition system for the Galway Bay Acoustic Array; 2. sensor equipment for the Galway
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an order for construction of a wide-area seabed research vessel from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), and an agreement has been signed. The vessel on order will efficiently advance wide-area research into seafloo
PT IKM Indonesia has been awarded a contract by PT McDermott Indonesia for the Kepodang Gas Field Project. McDermott won the contract from PC Muriah, which is an affiliate of PETRONAS Carigali. Under this contract, McDermott will procure, build, install and commission a 5,802t central processing pla
Total announces that it has received approval from the South African authorities and has completed the acquisition of a 50% interest in Block 11B/12B, from CNR International (South Africa) Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Natural Resources Limited. The asset is located in the Outeniqua Ba
Gaz Métro, through its subsidiary Gaz Métro LNG, L.P., and the Société des traversiers du Québec (STQ) announced they have entered into an agreement in principle for the purchase of fuel to supply three new ferries with liquefied natural gas (LNG). Currently being designed in a Québec naval shipyard
Rosneft and ExxonMobil selected CB&I UK and Foster Wheeler Energy as contractors for initial phase front end engineering and design (FEED) for a proposed Russian Far East liquefied natural gas project. Rosneft and ExxonMobil intend to finalize project design by the end of 2014, including front-end
GC Rieber Shipping has entered into an agreement with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) on the sale of the in house designed ice-breaker “HMS Protector”. This vessel has been on a bareboat charter to the buyer since the spring of 2011. The sale provides GC Rieber Shipping with an accounting gain of a
Pioneering marine renewables company Atlantis Resources Corporation has announced a new global partnership with Lockheed Martin. Having already worked closely together on a number of projects, the two companies have now signed an agreement covering a worldwide systems integration alliance, as well a
Programmed, through its marine services division, has been awarded a contract to provide vessel management, marine and construction manning, catering and logistical services to Heerema Marine Contractors for its work on the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project. The contract, worth approximately $100 m
