-Fluor Corporation announced today that its Fluor Offshore Solutions unit was awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract by Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) for new offshore facilities located at the Nasr Field approximately 30 kilometers northeast of Umm Shaif Super Co
BG Egypt announced the start of gas production on 17 October 2011 from the Phase 8a Deepwater Development Project. The Project is within the West Delta Deep Marine Concession (BG Group 50%, PETRONAS 50%) located approximately 90 kilometres offshore the Nile Delta. The Project represents yet another
Iran installed the largest offshore oil platform in the Persian Gulf, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported… By Ladane Nasseri (Businessweek) [mappress] Source:Businessweek , October 18, 2011;
Lamprell , a leading provider of specialist engineering services to the international oil and gas and renewables industry, announces the exercise by National Drilling Company (“NDC”), Abu Dhabi, of the options for Lamprell to build two jackup rigs in addition to the rigs currently under construction
Lamprell , a leading provider of specialist engineering services to the international oil and gas and renewables industry, announces the exercise by National Drilling Company (“NDC”), Abu Dhabi, of the options for Lamprell to build two jackup rigs in addition to the rigs currently under construction
Peritus International Ltd has been retained by SAGE to act as overall project management and pipeline design consultants for the planned Middle East to India Deepwater Pipeline (MEIDP), which will be the first of many in a corridor of pipelines that will form the final leg of a major energy supply r
Amarcon is widely recognized as a state of the art supplier of decision support, motion monitoring and fuel management software for the shipping and offshore construction. The Dutch based company is currently in the process of expanding her worldwide presence by appointing agents for product represe
In Iraq, Saipem has been awarded by South Oil Company the EPIC contract for the Iraq Crude Oil Export Expansion Project – Phase 2, within the framework of the expansion of the Basra Oil Terminal, off the Al Faw Peninsula in the Arabian Gulf, approximately 550 kilometres south-east of Baghdad. The co
Gulf Bridge International (GBI), the Middle East’s first carrier neutral regional network, and Xtera Communications, a leading global provider of optical networking solutions, announced the signing of a multi-year, sole source contract. Under the terms of this contract, Xtera Communications will sup
Emirates Shipping Line today announces its participation in the EKIS service with NYK which is due to start on 29th October. Emirates Shipping Line has slots on this premier service from Korea & China to India. The service is to commence on 29th October with the first sailing from Pusan. The port ro
According to official statistics, organized piracy has become a major threat to regional trade and maritime security, costing the global economy between $7 and $12bn per year. Piracy attacks have also been on the rise this year throughout the region as the use of mother ships facilitated piracy acti
The LNG Carrier Seri Balhaf was loading an Indian-bound LNG cargo this Sunday morning at the Yemen LNG’s Balhaf terminal on the Gulf of Aden 24 hours after the sabotage of the gas pipeline. The expatriate and Yemeni personnel stayed safe and secure on the Block 18 fields where the gas is produced an
Leighton Offshore today announced the award of an additional Single Point Mooring (SPM) contract by Iraq’s South Oil Company (SOC). The SPM contract worth US $79.85m is in addition to the $799m Phase 1 Iraq Crude Oil Export Expansion Project (ICOEEP) scope currently underway. The work will be undert
Leighton Holdings Limited today announced that its subsidiary Leighton Offshore had been awarded a major contract by Iraq’s South Oil Company. The US$518 million contract forms part of the Crude Oil Export Facility Reconstruction Project (the “Sea Line Project”), which is financed and supported thro
