First crude oil production began from the Van Ghent well located in block P11b within the Medway development area, in Dutch North Sea, reported Dana Petroleum (operator), The well, located on the Dutch continental shelf approximately 60kms north west of The Hague, will produce oil via the Dana opera
Aker Solutions has been awarded a frame agreement for engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPCI) for Talisman Energy’s maintenance and modifications projects on the Norwegian continental shelf. Scope of work includes studies, engineering, procurement, fabrication, offshore insta
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has signed a contract to deliver highly efficient engines and propulsion systems for the world’s first Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) powered tugs. The two vessels have been ordered by Norwegian company Buksér og Berging AS and will enter service in late 2013
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract for eight steel tube umbilicals by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation for the Lucius field located in the Gulf of Mexico. The contract value is undisclosed. The scope of work includes the project management, design, engineering, and manufacturing of two electro
Ryder System, Inc., a leader in commercial transportation and supply chain management solutions, today announced it has signed its first Flex-to-Green lease agreement with Source Interlink Companies, Inc., an integrated media, publishing, merchandising and logistics company that produces and distrib
Alcatel-Lucent is working with Bechtel, a global engineering, construction and project management company, to deliver essential communications and security systems for the Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project in remote Western Australia. The systems will enhance operations and support the safety and
Wood Group’s Alliance Engineering has been awarded the detailed engineering and design of the topside facilities and deck for Williams Partners’ Gulfstar FPS™ spar production platform. This wet-tree platform will be installed in block 768 of the Gulf of Mexico’s Mississippi Canyon area to produce oi
MEO Australia Limited announced that it has executed a contract with CGGVeritas Services SA for the acquisition of three marine seismic surveys including 170 line km long-offset 2D seismic in exploration permit AC/P53 and two separate 3D surveys totalling 1,108 km2 across exploration permits AC/P50
Technip was awarded by Nexen Petroleum U.K. Limited a lump sum contract, worth approximately €135 million, for the Golden Eagle development located 110 kilometers North-east of Aberdeen in 115 meters of water. This contract is the largest ever awarded to Technip for a project in the United Kingdom C
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation (MCO), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has received orders for three compressor trains and a power generation system to be used at the world’s first floating liquefied natural gas production, storage and offload
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to provide subsea systems and life-of-field services for its Lucius project. The Lucius field is located approximately 275 miles southeast of Galveston in Keathley Canyon Block 875, in water depths o
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $25 million from Statoil to supply AC subsea power cables to the world’s largest offshore gas platform, Troll A, about 70 kilometers off the west coast of Norway. The order was booked in the fourth quarter of 2011.
Subsea 7 S.A. announced that SapuraAcergy Sdn Bhd (SASB) has been awarded a contract for a subsea construction project, offshore Vietnam. The scope of work requires the installation of: 28km of 12” diameter pipeline, a 28km umbilical, PLETs and SSIV Structures, spools and pre-commissioning. The valu
The multi-component seismic company Reservoir Exploration Technology ASA (RXT) has received an contract award for an Ocean Bottom Seismic (OBC) survey for the Kvitebjørn Field in Norway for Statoil. The main objective is to improve structural interpretation and achieve better illumination of fault p
