Chevron of USA said it has agreed to sell more LNG to Japan from its US$29 billion Wheatstone project. Chevron Austalia’s managing director, Roy Krzywosinski, yesterday told reporters in Adelaide that the company has signed a preliminary deal with Tohoku Electric to sell one million tonnes of LNG pe
AGR has been awarded a frame agreement with RWE Dea to provide reservoir services. As a result of recent exploration successes, E&P firm RWE Dea is looking to AGR’s Reservoir Management for the provision of subsurface services during exploration, interpretation, early field development and increased
Dong Energy, Fredericia (Denmark) and Nexans Deutschland have signed a contract for the delivery and installation of medium-voltage submarine cables for the West of Duddon Sands wind farm. The order for the wind farm located 15 kilometres west of Walney Island comprises 122 kilometres of submarine c
Decmil of Australia said it has secured a contract variation for additional rooms to be added to a fly camp for Chevron’s Wheatstone LNG project near Onslow. Value of the contract variation is $47 million. Decmil announced in October that it has won a A$70 million contract to build a 502 room Fly Ca
Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited (DOW), a subsidiary of Warwick Energy Limited, has selected ABB Limited (ABB) as the preferred supplier for the delivery of the electrical works for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm (Dudgeon) project following a competitive tendering exercise. The formal contract for thes
CNOOC Limited announced that its parent company, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has signed a production sharing contract (PSC) with Roc Oil (Bohai) Company (ROC) for Block 09/05 in Bohai. Block 09/05 is located 50 kilometers southeast of Tianjin, with a total area of 355 square kilo
Karoon Gas Australia Ltd advises that at 06:00 hours (WST) today, the Boreas-1 well was drilling ahead at 3908 m in a 12-1/4″ hole. Since the last report, drilling began in the 12-1/4″ section from the 13-3/8″ casing point at 2822m and has continued to the current depth. The Transocean Legend semi-s
Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by Tonga Cable Limited to deliver an undersea cable link between the Kingdom of Tonga and its neighbor Fiji, bringing to the Tongan islands broadband services such as streaming video and high-speed Internet access to residents and tourists alike. The 837-km link with
Final preparations for the planned well intervention on Elgin’s leaking G4 well are nearing completion. These have included the West Phoenix drilling rig positioning itself about 30 metres away from the Elgin complex ready to support the operation. Weather permitting, the well intervention should no
Tata Communications, a leading provider of The New World of Communications, and Seaborn Networks, the developer and operator of the first direct submarine cable between the United States and Sao Paulo, Brazil, announce Tata Communications’ intent to become an anchor tenant customer on Seaborn Networ
AML Oceanographic and Subsea Technologies of Houston, Texas have signed a distributor agreement with the aim of Subsea Technologies reselling the AML Oceanographic product line. Subsea will provide the AML Oceanographic products comprising CTD, sound velocity, and environmental instrumentation to it
Shark Marine Technologies Inc. (Canada) has been awarded the Underwater Navigation Integrated Sonar Units (UNIS) contract for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The UNIS contract is for the supply of 34 divers sonar reconnaissance systems. UNIS will be based on the Shark Marine Navigator and shall pro
TGS announced that its Geological Products division purchased all the outstanding shares of Volant Solutions Inc. Volant is a small, six-employee technology company based in Houston that provides integration solutions for E&P companies to address the challenges of managing ever increasing quantities
Siemens Energy said it has been awarded a contract to provide long-term maintenance services for the pioneering Santos GLNG Project in Queensland, Australia. The multi-million dollar service order is Siemens’ largest ever for its small gas turbine (SGT) product line. The customer is Santos GLNG, whi
