Velocious, an oil and gas industry specialist in subsea intervention engineering and tooling, has been successfully contracted by Subsea 7, a global seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services contractor, to provide ROV Tooling and services for the Gorgon Project in Australia. The contr
The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company Limited has announced details about the River Mersey approach channel dredging contract. The project will include deepening, and if required, widening of the River Mersey existing approach channel to the Port of Liverpool between the bar at the outer end of the c
President and Chairman of the Management Board of Rosneft Igor Sechin and President and CEO of Statoil Helge Lund today signed a Declaration on Protection of the Environment and Biodiversity for Oil and Gas Exploration and Development on the Russian Arctic Continental Shelf. Acknowledging that the A
EDF EN France is inviting tenders for offshore wind-geotechnical and geophysical survey – Vendée which will include preparation works and studies for a proposed offshore wind energy site. The purpose of this tender is to carry out an offshore geotechnical service which will consist of shallow penetr
EDF EN France is inviting tenders for offshore wind-geotechnical and geophysical survey – Vendée which will include preparation works and studies for a proposed offshore wind energy site. The purpose of this tender is to carry out an offshore geotechnical service which will consist of shallow penetr
QGC said it has awarded a contract worth more than A$80 million to Australian company Monadelphous Group for maintenance of the Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) liquefied natural gas plant. The Gladstone arm of Monadelphous will support maintenance activities on Curtis Island including supply and opera
Citadel Capital SAE, the private equity firm in the Middle East and Africa, said it has today signed a project development and shareholders’ agreement pursuant to which a group of Qatari investors, arranged by QInvest, and Citadel Capital will form a joint venture to construct and own the facilities
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been awarded yet another important order as part of the ongoing Brazilian programme to build a number of drill units (DRUs) to serve its offshore oil industry. This latest in a series of contracts won by Wärtsilä is to supp
Bridge Energy has provided an update on the progress of the ongoing 16/1-16 well on Wintershall-operated licence PL457 which is targeting four separate reservoirs: Heimdal formation, Åsgard formation (Noor), Hugin formation (Asha), and Zechstein group. The well was spudded on 24 October 2012 and dri
Subsea 7 has signed a contract to build a new Dive Support Vessel (DSV). The new vessel will be delivered in 2015. This state-of-the-art vessel will be built by Korean company Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), one of the world’s largest ship building companies. “The vessel will reinforce our leading d
Reef Subsea today announced that its subsidiary company. Reef Subsea Power and Umbilical Ltd., with offices in Stockton-on-Tees and Aberdeen, has successfully completed a contract with UK energy company Centrica Energy. The contract saw Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical assist with seabed excavation ser
MEO Australia Limited provides the following update in relation to Heron South-1 being drilled in NT/P68, operated by Eni Australia Ltd (Eni). Since the last report the 178m (7”) liner has been cleaned out, a 114mm (4½”) slotted liner has been installed to 4,453.5mMDRT and the well has been displace
Japanese utility Kansai Electric Power (KEPCO) said it has signed a long-term deal with BP Singapore to buy about 500,000 tons of LNG per year for a period of 15 years starting in 2017. The utility said that the LNG price will be linked to gas prices at Henry Hub in the U.S. KEPCO, the […]
Subsea 7 S.A. today announced the award of a $70 million contract for subsea construction services associated with pipeline replacements North East of Shetland. A key part of the project is the fabrication and installation of 27km of replacement pipeline, and associated tie-ins to the existing infra
