Reef Subsea announced that its subsidiary company, Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical, has placed an order for a Heavy Duty Cable Plough, which will expand the company’s capabilities and position it as a true leading contractor in subsea trenching and cable installation. Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical, ba
SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad announced that SapuraAcergy Sdn Bhd (“SASB”) has been awarded a contract for the charter of a vessel, Sapura 3000, to Construcciones Maritimas Mexicanas S.A. de C.V. SASB is a joint-venture company equally owned by SapuraKencana and Subsea 7 S.A. The Award comprises pr
Rowan Companies plc (“Rowan” or the “Company”) announced that it has exercised its option to build a fourth GustoMSC P10,000 design ultra-deepwater drillship with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (“HHI”) with delivery scheduled in March 2015. The cost for this rig, including commissioning, project
Shizuoka Gas Company signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Malaysia LNG Sdn. Bhd. to purchase 330,000 tonnes of LNG annually for 10 years from April 2016. Shizuoka Gas has purchased LNG from Malaysia LNG since 1996. In the meantime, as the existing LNG sale and purchase agreement is set to exp
Yesterday in Vladivostok, during APEC Summit, Alexey Miller, Gazprom CEO and Ichiro Takahara, Director General of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy under the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry held negotiations and in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japan
Det norske oljeselskap ASA, has as partner in PL 554 (20 percent), received indication of hydrocarbons presence in the Garantiana prospect,where Total E&P Norge AS is the operator. Drilling operations in the reservoir section are still at an initial phase and the final results are thus not yet avail
RTE France (Réseau de transport d’électricité) seeks for advice and technical assistance for the specification, procurement, monitoring and operating of offshore geotechnical and geophysical studies in the part of the electrical connections of offshore wind farms. Eventually, advice and technical as
Klaipėdos Nafta of Lithuania, which is implementing an LNG terminal project in the Baltic country, announced a tender for ugrade works on the LNG terminal. The winner of the tender will have 25 months to complete the upgrade works, according to the tender conditions. The contract includes constructi
Offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico continue to restore production following Tropical Storm Isaac. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Hurricane Response Team will continue to work with offshore operators and other state and federal agencies until operations re
Stone Energy Corporation provided an update of the impact of Hurricane Isaac. All major facilities have been safely visited and re-manned. Damage to Stone’s facilities across the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) appears to be very minor with no significant issues or problems. Prior to the storm, Stone Energy Co
Lundin Norway AS has confirmed an option in the Edvard Grieg topside contract for Kvaerner to perform the offshore hook-up and commissioning assistance. Estimated value is NOK 525 million (approx. 89 million USD). Kvaerner was in May awarded a contract by Lundin Norway AS to perform engineering, pro
InterMoor successfully replaced (8) spiral-strand platform wires on a permanent production facility in May 2011 without requiring a platform shutdown or loss of production. The operation was completed using a single Construction Anchor-Handling Vessel (CAHV) at a significant cost savings from the tr
Det norske oljeselskap ASA, has as partner in PL 533 (20 percent), received indication of hydrocarbons presence in the Salina prospect, where Eni Norge AS is the operator. Drilling operations in the reservoir section are still at an initial phase and the final results are thus not yet available. The
GeoGlobal Resources Inc. announced that the Myra-1 well reached a final Total Vertical Depth Subsea (“TVDSS”) of approximately 5,200 metres. Based on logging performed during the drilling, sands were encountered in the Miocene but they appeared to be water saturated and no significant quantities of
