Total EP Norge AS, operator of production licence 535, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 7225/3-1. The well, which proved gas, was drilled in the Barents Sea, about 250 kilometres north of Melkøya. The primary exploration target for the well was to prove petroleum in Triassic reservoir rock
Cathelco have now won orders to supply seawater pipework anti-fouling systems for all three of the cantilever jack-up rigs operated by KCA Deutag, the international drilling and engineering contractor. Following the successful installation of a Cathelco system on the Ben Avon in the summer of last y
Ezion Holdings Limited, (“Ezion” or together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”), a leading provider of multi-purpose self-propelled jack-up rigs (Liftboat”) and offshore logistics support services in Asia Pacific, Middle East and West Africa, today reported that it has secured another major LNG pro
Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s largest shipbuilder and a leading construction equipment manufacturer, signed an MOU to build a construction equipment factory in Brazil with the state of Rio de Janeiro and the municipal city of Itatiaia on July 26. Under the MOU, Hyundai Heavy will make an inv
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, is pleased to announce that it has signed a contract with Gaz de France Suez E& P Ltd, a leading oil and gas company, to supply its POS-G
Interserve, the international support services and construction group, has won projects in two developments in Qatar through its associate company, Gulf Contracting (GCC), worth an aggregate £70 million. Both are at Ras Laffan, one for JGC and the other for Nakilat, and result from the country’s ong
First phase of terminal will add 450,000 TEUs of capacity to Port of La Plata. International Container Terminal Services will complete the… (joc) [mappress] Source: joc, August 8, 2011
Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) has bagged two orders worth USD 639 million from UAE. One order is from Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Limited (GASCO) for its Habshan-Ruwais-Shuweihat Gas Pipeline Project. Valued at around USD 189 million, it involves EPC installation & commissioning of 123 KM of the pipeli
Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd. has entered into an agreement to acquire the “LNG Libra”, a 126,400 cbm Moss type LNG carrier built in 1979. The seller is BGT Limited, a subsidiary of Höegh LNG’s long standing partner Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL). The vessel is to be delivered in the second quarter of 2012. The t
Golden Valley Electric Association and Flint Hills Resources Alaska have commenced engineering on a natural gas liquefaction facility on Alaska’s North Slope. The two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to exclusively negotiate agreements to construct and operate a facility that woul
Russia has been granted exploration rights for some of the world’s most potentially lucrative gold and copper fields on the Atlantic Ocean… (themoscownews) [mappress] Source: themoscownews, August 5, 2011;
Belmont-based subsea engineering and remote technology firm Velocious has won a contract for specialist subsea work on Chevron’s $43 billion… (wabusinessnews) [mappress] Source: wabusinessnews, August 5, 2011;
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) authorizing Miami-Dade County, Fla., to use up to 500,000 cubic yards of sand from the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) to restore 14 miles of shoreline eroded b
Belmont-based subsea engineering and remote technology firm Velocious has won a contract for specialist subsea work on Chevron’s $43 billion… (wabusinessnews) [mappress] Source: wabusinessnews, August 5, 2011;
