AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been engaged by Xcite Energy Resources Limited (XER) to undertake engineering services for the Bentley oil field in the North Sea. The companies have also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support the future field de
QGC Pty Limited has awarded a three-year incident response services contract in the Western Downs to Queensland company Corporate Protection Australia Group Pty Ltd (CPA Group). Under the A$27.5 million contract, CPA Group will provide a full-time fire and rescue team at each of QGC’s three main ope
Emerson Process Management, a business of Emerson, has been awarded contracts by Chevron Australia Pty Ltd. that are valued at US$67 million to provide control valves and valve actuators to help ensure the efficient and safe flow of natural gas at the Gorgon Project, one of the world’s largest natur
Statoil Petroleum AS has awarded a contract to Floatel International for provision of an accommodation and construction support vessel for the Gina Krog Field Development project. The Gina Krog field is located on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, approximately 250 kilometers west of Stavanger, Norwa
Leading independent survey contractor UTEC has announced the acquisition of Star Net Geomatics Limited. UTEC – with a global footprint comprising 11 offices around the world including Aberdeen, Scotland – has acquired Star Net Geomatics Limited (Star Net) which has its headquarters in Livingston, Sc
Atlantic Offshore has ordered a new vessel valued EUR 25 million from the Spanish shipyard Zamakona Yards in Bilbao. The ship is the ninth newbuilding and the company expects that there will be more new vessel in the fleet over the next few years. This is the third time the Bilbao based shipyard con
Otto Energy Limited advises that the Philippines Department of Energy (DOE) has approved a six month extension to the current Exploration Sub-Phase 3 of SC69 offshore the Visayas. The revised permit timing and status is as follows: Sub-Phase 3; 7 Feb 11 to 7 Nov 13 (Acquired 228 km2 3D seismic data)
Foster Wheeler AG announced that it has acquired Ingen Ideas (“Ingen”), a privately held upstream consultancy company located in Aberdeen, UK. Ingen specializes in field development and project decision support, focused on the evaluation and implementation of oil and gas field developments covering
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded a framework contract by BP to provide environmental and related consulting services for all of BP’s assets in their upstream, refining and marketing, alternative energy and shipping businesses worldwide. AMEC has an
KCI has been awarded with the installation assistance of tripods series 3, 4, 5 and 6 for Offshore Wind farm Global Tech I in the German part of the North Sea. In September 2012, the installation of the first tripods weighing approximately 900 tonnes each started. The tripod installation is still on
AusGroup Limited, a subsidiary of AusGroup Corporation, a leading Thailand based construction and fabrication company, announced it has been awarded the insulation contract with CUEL Limited for the INPEX Ichthys LNG project in Darwin, Australia. The approximate value of this award is THB 304 millio
Prosafe has been awarded a contract from Statoil (U.K.) Ltd (“Statoil”) for the provision of either the Safe Zephyrus or Safe Boreas accommodation support vessel at the Mariner project in the UK Continental Shelf of the North Sea. The contract has been awarded following a competitive tendering proce
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) announces that it has received a Letter of Intent (LOI) for an extension to the ongoing USD 35 million contract in Asia. The value of the contract extension is at least USD 15 million, which brings the total contract value to a minimum of USD 50 million. It is
Kentz Corporation Limited, the holding company of the Kentz engineering and construction group, announced the award of an AUD$104m (approx. US$100m) largely reimbursable contract for the underground electrical and instrumentation package for the Ichthys LNG Project in Darwin, Australia. Leighton Con
