Statoil is entering into frame agreements involving maintenance and modification work valued at NOK 49 billion, options included. The agreements, which have duration of four years with two two-year extension option, will occupy more than 5,000 people during the period. Five companies have given thei
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation – reported today that four of its dredging vessels, including three hopper dredges and one cutter suction dredge, along with other ancillary equipment, are currently working on the construction of sand berms off the Louisiana Coast in response to the oil spill c
Singapore will be importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar and storing it at a facility currently under construction on Jurong Islan… [mappress] Source: The Straits Times, June 30, 2010;
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by GDF SUEZ to carry out the pre-front-end engineering design (pre-FEED) for the development of an onshore LNG plantand offshore gas gathering infrastructure. The project seeks to establi
Work consists of Maintenance dredging at barge berths, mooring dolphins, port craft jetty and other areas (along side berths 5a, 6a,10l… [mappress] Source: gov.In, June 28, 2010
Sevan Driller commenced operation as from yesterday and the rig is thereby on full day rate. Sevan Driller arrived at its drilling location in the Campos Basin on Wednesday June 16 at 6 am local time. The advanced ultra deepwater drilling rig is capable of drilling at water-depths down to 10,000 ft.
Dockwise Ltd. today announces 10 awards for Heavy Marine Transport projects and two for engineering assignments related to a float-over for CNOOC and to Wheatstone. Total revenues for these various commitments are expected to exceed $35 million USD. The relationship between the China National Offsho
Wood Group, the international energy services company, has been selected by Chevron Global Upstream and Gas to provide ready-for-start-up operations support services for the Wheatstone Project LNG plant on the northwest coast of Australia. Work will be performed by ODL, Wood Group’s consultancy comp
Polish Liquefied Natural Gas (PLNG) has selected a general contractor for construction of its LNG gas terminal in Świnoujście… [mappress] Source: Warsaw Business Journal , June 25, 2010;
Preparation of documentation for river training and dredging works on selected locations along the Danube river is under tendering process. [mappress] Source: ted.europa.eu, June 25, 2010;
The European Federation of Energy Traders (EFET) has published today a LNG DES Master Sale and Purchase Agreement. This agreement represents an industry-wide compromise, agreed in the Legal Task Force LNG over a period of about one year. The participants of the EFET Legal Committee, a group with mor
The CNOOC Group, the parent company of CNOOC Ltd. , has signed a deal with Yancheng city of Jiangsu province, east China, to invest 12 billi… [mappress] Source: tradingmarkets, June 24, 2010;
Ellicott Dredges’ numerous recent successes in diverse dredge mining applications reaffirm its role as global leader in this sector. [mappress] Source: Ellicott Dredges, June 23, 2010
Paris-based GDF Suez, which earlier this year faced the loss of a US$25 billion contract to supply Pakistan with liquefied natural gas (LNG)… [mappress] Source: Asia Times, June 23, 2010;