During the period 11 – 13 March 2013, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Eni Norge AS’ (Eni’s) compliance with requirements for establishment and implementation of technical and operational barriers in the Goliat project. The objective of the audit was to verify how
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has signed a data licensing agreement worth USD 6.4 million for the provision of 3D controlled-source electromagnetic (CSEM) and magnetotelluric (MT) data from EMGS’s multi-client data library in the Norwegian Sea. These revenues will be recognised in the secon
Clariant Oil Services announced that it’s investment in a new laboratory facility is on track for completion in Q3 2013. The facility will be in the new Clariant Oil and Mining Services global headquarters campus, located in The Woodlands, Texas. “The 64000 square foot complex, including offices, la
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a two year extension to an existing contract by Island Offshore Management AS (Island Offshore) to provide Light Well Intervention (LWI) services. The LWI services will be performed from Island Offshore’s Island Constructor vessel on wells op
Ezra Holdings Limited (“Ezra”, the “Group”), a leading global offshore contractor and provider of integrated offshore solutions to the oil and gas (O&G) industry, announced that its subsea division, EMAS AMC, has been awarded a subsea engineering, procurement and offshore construction contract from
Höegh LNG of Norway said it has signed an agreement with GDF Suez which will form the basis for facilitating their use of the GDF Suez Cape Ann as the first floating storage and regasification unit in China. The vessel will serve the Tianjin project under a sub-charter between GDF Suez and China Nat
Gardline’s Marine Wildlife’s Department has been contracted by E.ON to carry out construction phase environmental surveys for the Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm. The wind farm will be located 8km off the East Yorkshire coast and will have 73 turbines, with a capacity of up to 219MW. Prior to cond
Petrobras announces that it has signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) for the sale of the 20% stake the company holds in exploratory blocks KC 49, 50, 92, 93, 94 and 138 in the US Gulf of Mexico. These blocks make up the asset known as Gila, and the operator is British Petroleum (BP). […
PA Resources has announced that the Carla South exploration well in Block I,in Equatorial Guinea, has encountered oil in good quality sandstones at the target level. The well will shortly be side-tracked to an adjacent target. The Carla South (I-7) exploration well, operated by Noble Energy, in Bloc
In April, MacGregor, part of Cargotec, signed an order with Norwegian shipyard, Havyard Ship Technology AS, for two MacGregor offshore cranes. Both will be installed on a new Havyard 857 subsea inspection maintenance and repair (IMR) vessel being built for Nigerian offshore oil and gas company, Mari
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C. signed a commercial and contractual agreement with Sempra Energy’s Cameron LNG unit to supply up to 200 megawatts of additional power to the proposed Cameron LNG liquefaction project in Hackberry. In 2012, Sempra Energy announced plans to develop a natural gas l
Alcatel-Lucent and a consortium composed of Vodafone Group, Dialog Axiata, Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat), Reliance Jio Infocomm, Omantel and Telekom Malaysia, have signed a turn-key contract to deploy a new 100 Gigabit-per-second (100G) submarine cable system to connect Oman, th
Deep Down, Inc., an oilfield services company specializing in complex deepwater and ultra-deepwater oil production distribution system support services yesterday announced it has received a contract from a major international controls manufacturer for the manufacture of Loose Steel Tube Flying Leads
Siem Offshore has entered into a shipbuilding-contract with Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A. in Poland. The contract has been signed for the construction of a dynamically positioned Cable Lay Vessel (“CLV”) scheduled for delivery in April 2015. The associated gross project cost for the first vessel, read
