Offshore handling systems specialist, Caley Ocean Systems has begun assembly and construction of the world’s largest, turntable cable installation system for subsea construction contractor, Blue Offshore NV, at the former Swan Hunter shipyard facilities at Wallsend, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK). Designe
The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited announces that COSCO (Nantong) Shipyard Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of the Company’s 51% owned subsidiary, COSCO Shipyard Group Co. Ltd., has secured a contract valued over USD 220 million from an Asian company to build two Self Propelled Pi
Petrofac and Schlumberger announced that their Integrated Energy Services (IES) and Schlumberger Production Management (SPM) divisions respectively have signed a Co-operation Agreement under which these divisions will establish a working relationship to deliver integrated and high-value production p
BW Gas and InterEnergy Holdings have agreed to form a joint venture to build a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal in San Pedro de Macoris, in the Southeastern coast of the Dominican Republic. The terminal will be part of an all-encompassing logistics solution to bring natural gas to the country. T
From 3-6 October 2011, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of management of operation and maintenance on Heimdal and the Heimdal riser platform (HRP). Objective The objective of the activity was to assess aspects of the management of preventive and corrective maintenance
Repsol has signed the deal on the acquisition of 100% of the Russian company Open Joint Stock Company Eurotek, which holds exploration and production licences in West Siberia. The transaction has been preapproved by the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation. Repsol will pay a total
Aker Solutions has been awarded a job by Statoil for the engineering, procurement and construction of a subsea production system for the Svalin project on the Norwegian continental shelf. The contract value is approximately NOK 400 million. Scope of work includes two subsea trees, one four-slot inte
WestSide Corporation Limited and Meridian SeamGas joint venture partner Mitsui E&P Australia Pty Ltd have executed an agreement to fast-track access to gas to aid fulfilment of existing contracts and reduce payments to remedy shortfalls. The agreement with a leading market participant provides the M
Polarcus Limited announces that the Company has received a Letter of Award from an undisclosed client for a 3D seismic acquisition project offshore Greenland. The project will commence in July 2012 and is expected to run for approximately 70 days. About Polarcus Polarcus is a pure play marine geophy
Thiess has won a $60 million contract to deliver infrastructure for the Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project in Western Australia. Thiess will construct a 1.2 kilometre long tunnelled shore crossing under the ocean which will connect two offshore gas reserves with Chevron’s greenfield LNG plant at As
Iranian Offshore Engineering and Construction Company (IOEC) says phases 17 & 18 of the South Pars gas field will be operational until September 2012. “The phase 17 is scheduled to become operational in July and the phase 18 of the South Pars gas field will be launched in September 2012,” IOEC manag
WorleyParsons, a world leader in Engineering and Project Management Services, has taken over the contract for Owner´s engineering services for the Nabucco Pipeline Project. WorleyParsons will work in close collaboration with NIC and the NNCs on the review and verification of design, the review and m
Thiess has won a $60 million contract to deliver infrastructure for the Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project in Western Australia. Thiess will construct a 1.2 kilometre long tunnelled shore crossing under the ocean which will connect two offshore gas reserves with Chevron’s greenfield LNG plant at As
At the request of Innogy Nordsee 1 GmbH, Gardline Geosciences Limited performed a marine soil investigation for the proposed offshore wind farm Innogy Nordsee 1 which is located off the German coastline and 40 km to the north of the island of Juist. The projected area of the proposed site was 145.6k
