South & Central Asia
Sky-Futures, Keppel team up to provide drone services to offshore industry
Sky-Futures, a provider of drone inspection services for the oil and gas industry, is collaborating with Offshore Technology Development (OTD), a subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine, to offer inspection services by drone to the global offshore and marine industry. Sky-Futures said that the partne
Boskalis Secures €80M Land Reclamation Contract in Indonesia
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded a contract by KSO Ciputra Yasmin to construct the land for the Centre Point of Indonesia Project located off the coast of Makassar. The contract value is approximately EUR 80 million. Work is scheduled to begin in the coming months and will
Cargo Ship Hits Reef, Sinks in Indonesia
A 1980-built general cargo ship KM Bunga Melati XV sank in the port of Tagulandang in Indonesia in the afternoon on March 22, local media reports. The vessel, owned by Pertamina Persero, reportedly hit a reef while approaching the port’s dock and suffered a breach in its hull. The ship subsequently
SapuraKencana & GE JV scoop Petronas FLNG award
SapuraKencana GE Oil & Gas Services (SKGE), a joint venture between SapuraKencana Services and GE Power Systems, has been awarded a long-term service agreement by Petronas to provide maintenance services for its two forthcoming floating LNG vessels. A contract exchange ceremony for the award was hel
ENN to become largest Santos shareholder after share buy
Chinese natural gas distribution company, ENN Group, will become the largest shareholder in the Australian independent energy company, Santos, after buying $750 million-worth of stake in the company. ENN Group’s subsidiary, ENN Ecological Holdings, will acquire Hony Capital’s 11.7% share in Santos f
HHI, GE advance cooperation on COGES package for LNG carriers and containerships
Hyundai Heavy Industries and General Electric (GE) signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in developing the combined gas turbine electric and steam (COGES) package for LNG carriers and containerships.
ENN to buy 11.7% stake in Santos
ENN said on Wednesday that it will acquire Hony Capital’s 11.7 percent share in the Australian LNG player Santos, for US$750 million.
Perisai in talks to delay jack-up delivery
Perisai Petroleum Teknologi, a Malaysia-based upstream oil & gas service provider, is in discussions with a shipyard to postpone the delivery of a new jack-up drilling rig. Perisai ordered the jack-up rig Perisai Pacific 102 from Sembcorp Marine’s PPL Shipyard in Singapore back in February 2013 at a
Update: Indonesia chooses onshore option instead of Abadi FLNG
(Updated with a statement by Inpex on Thursday, 24.3.) Inpex-owned multi-billion Abadi FLNG project has suffered a huge blow after Indonesia on Wednesday decided to move the project onshore. The decision to move the giant LNG project proposed by Inpex and Shell from offshore to onshore was announced
James Fisher Seals $273 M Submarine Rescue Deal in India
James Fisher Defence, part of James Fisher and Sons (JFS), has been awarded a £193 million ($273 million )contract by the Indian Navy for the long-term provision of its submarine escape and rescue capability. The contract entails the design and production of two complete submarine rescue systems for
Gardline Scores Maldives Cable Route Survey
Gardline has been awarded a survey contract by Huawei Submarine Networks for the Nationwide Submarine Cable Project initiated by Ooredoo Maldives. The project consists of surveying 5 interisland cables with 6 landing sites spanning the entire length of the country. The scope of work includes multibe
Global seismic activity in one snapshot
Searcher Seismic, an independent multi-client company providing seismic datasets and associated products to the oil & gas industry, has through its Seisintel product range provided a snapshot of global seismic activity in March. Seisintel, launched in August 2015, uses S-Automatic Identification Sys