Octanex N.L. has been advised by Eni Australia Limited, the Operator of the Gawain-1 well located in the outer Exmouth Plateau permit, WA-362-P, that at 07:00 hours WST (Western Standard Time) on Wednesday, 2 March 2011, the Saipem 10000 drillship had re-commenced operations after having to wait on
SOCO International has been informed by the Hoang Long Joint Operating Company (“JOC”), the Operator of Block 16-1 in the Cuu Long Basin offshore Vietnam, that it has completed drilling of the four “batch” drilled development wells, and commenced drilling an eighth development well on the Te Giac Tr
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions provider, has been awarded a contract by shipbuilding company STX Finland Oy to supply the propulsion machinery for a new passenger ferry to be built for Viking Line, a Finnish ship owner. The vessel will be the largest passenger ferry to operate on
OAO NOVATEK announced the selection of TOTAL S.A. as the Company’s strategic partner for the development of the Yamal LNG Project. NOVATEK and TOTAL have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation which provides for TOTAL to acquire a 20% participation interest in the Project. The Memorandum stipulates that
Piedroba Marine Construction (PMC) today announced it has been selected for the award of the Dredging Fundamental Course. Luis Prieto-Portar, PhD, PE, PMC’s Principal and Chief Executive Officer, will be the Lead Instructor. The first Session/Class begins 11-15 April 2011 in Jacksonville. The award
NYK concluded a time-charter contract for a new LNG carrier with LNG Marine Transport Ltd. on February 28. NYK also concluded a contract with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. for the construction of the LNG carrier. The LNG carrier, which will be chartered for this contract, will be completed in 20
Strategic Marine has won a contract to supply a 27-metre work barge to service the energy and resources sector in Western Australia’s north-west. The vessel, being built for Karratha business Offshore Plant Hire, will be based in the Port of Dampier and be chartered to marine operations company Bhag
Aker Solutions has reached a key milestone in being selected as one of two remaining players for the delivery competition of the Browse LNG development. The FEED will commence immediately and the EPCI tender will be submitted mid-2011 with expected contract award end 2011. Per Harald Kongelf, execut
JC Carter, the leading designer and manufacturer of cryogenic submerged motor pumps (SMP), announced the delivery of eight third generation, high-efficiency liquid natural gas (LNG) pumps from its workshops in Costa Mesa, Calif. to the Sines, Portugal LNG terminal expansion. The Sines LNG terminal i
The EPIC project with Statoil, an internationally renowned energy company, is worth approximately US$41 million and will involve EMAS AMC supplying and installing 55km of power cables along with associated terminations and ancillaries for the Gudrun field in the North Sea. State-of-the-art multipurp
Statoil and ExxonMobil have agreed to explore three Faroese offshore licenses jointly. ExxonMobil Exploration & Production Faroe Islands Limited will acquire 50% interest in Licenses 009 and 011 and 49% interest in License 006, where Atlantic Petroleum is a minority owner with 1% interest. Statoil F
Measutronics Corporation has opened a new office in Seattle, Wash. [mappress] Source: Measutronics , March 1, 2011
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. has received an order from Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier capable of marked reductions in fuel consumption. The vessel is the first of its kind to adopt “MHI Ultra Steam Turbine Plant”, a new turbine plant which enables appro
Global coal seam gas company Dart Energy Limited announced that it has agreed to acquire the 90% of Composite Energy Limited that it does not already own for approximately US$46.7 million. The consideration will be satisfied by way of issue of approximately 35.9 million new Dart shares to the curren
