Fossil Energy
Kvaerner sees revenues grow in 2013
Kvaerner, a Norwegian provider of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services, has announced full year 2013 operating results. Kvaerner experienced growth in revenues and margins in the fourth quarter of 2013 compared to the fourth quarter 2012. Also for the year 2013, Kvaerner improved
ExxonMobil: Gas production starts from Damar field in Malaysia
Exxon Mobil Corporation today announced the start of natural gas production at the Damar field off the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. ExxonMobil subsidiary, ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc., has a 50 percent interest in the project. The Damar field has a projected capacity of
Fugro Subsea wins long term contract with Shell in Malaysia
Fugro Subsea Services has been awarded a long term contract by Sarawak Shell Berhad / Sabah Shell Petroleum Company Limited (Shell) for the provision of underwater inspection, maintenance and repair services at their subsea infrastructure across Malaysia. The contract will run for five years with op
Ex-Halliburton man takes over as Diamond Offshore boss
Diamond Offshore has appointed Marc Edwards as its president, Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors, effective March 3, 2014. Mark Edwards succeeds Lawrence Dickerson, who announced his intent to retire in September 2013 after almost 30 years of continuous service to the
Hyundai Heavy awards Aasta Hansteen platform job to Kvaerner
Hyundai Heavy Industries (Hyundai) has awarded Kvaerner a sub-contract to provide services for onshore and offshore hook-up and commissioning assistance for the topsides for the Aasta Hansteen project. The onshore-work will be carried out at Stord and the offshore scope will be done at the field in
KrisEnergy starts East Muriah 2D seismic survey
KrisEnergy has reported that they have started with the acquisition of 1,300 km 2D seismic data in the East Muriah production sharing contract in the East Java Sea, Indonesia. The Nordic Bahari seismic vessel started the acquisition on 6 February 2014. East Muriah, which contains the East Lengo gas
First Subsea introduces new solution for pipeline recovery
First Subsea Ltd, has announced the integration of Hyperlast™ 101 Twin Sealing system with its range of pipeline recovery tools (PRT) used to recover subsea flowline and gas export production pipelines to the surface. The twin polyurethane seals increase the PRT’s resilience and scope for long-term
FMC Technologies wins $720M Jangkrik field order
FMC Technologies, Inc. received an order from eni Muara Bakau BV to supply subsea systems for its deepwater Jangkrik Complex development offshore Indonesia. The order has an estimated value of $720 million in revenue if the full scope of the award is called off. FMC Technologies’ scope of supply i
DOF signs three new contracts for its vessels
Norwegian owner of offshore support vessel DOF has been awarded contracts for three of its vessels. The company today said that the contracts were secured by its subsidiaries DOF Rederi AS and Waveney AS. Under the contract, the Skandi Fjord construction support vessel, has been hired by Saipem Amer
Shell Nigeria hires Atlantic Aviation’s helicopter for crew transportation
New helicopter-services operator Atlantic Aviation, supported by one of the world’s leading providers of high-quality transportation to offshore oil and gas producers, has begun commercial flights of Agusta Westland 139 (AW139) helicopters from Lagos. Atlantic Aviation, a Nigerian company owned by J
Wartsila’s power and propulsion for Axis Offshore’s new rig
Wärtsilä has signed a repeat integrated solution order with the Cosco (Qidong) Offshore Co. Ltd shipyard covering another DP3 Dynamically Positioned offshore accommodation rig being built for Singapore based Axis Offshore. The Wärtsilä solution includes the main power generation system, the propulsi
OGN receives process module contract (UK)
OGN Group, the North-East of England offshore engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) specialist, has been awarded a prestigious multi-million pound contract by a leading international oil & gas operator for the construction of a new 800te process module in the North Sea. A workforce of up t
Fecon orders three jack-up rigs from Keppel. Price: $650M
Keppel FELS has secured contracts to build three high-specification KFELS B Class jackup rigs worth about US$650 million from new customer Fecon International Corp. (Fecon). Backed by experienced industrial entrepreneur, A.P. Dobrov, Fecon is a new player to the offshore oil and gas industry, and is
GDF SUEZ orders Plexus’ technology for its North Sea well
Plexus Holdings has received a purchase order worth an estimated £1.5 million ($2.4 M) from GDF SUEZ E&P UK Ltd to supply its POS-GRIP wellhead system for exploration activities in the UK Central North Sea. The new purchase order is for the second of two wells as announced on 23 May 2013 which forme