Saipem has signed new E&C Offshore contracts in West Africa, in Angola and in Nigeria, worth approximately $350 million. In Angola, Saipem, through its jointly controlled company Petromar, won 2 different packages (EPCI 3/ EPCI 4) for the development of the southern part of Mafumeira field, located
Nord Stream has successfully completed the second of the two underwater tie-ins of its second gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea on 28 June. The 1,224-kilometre offshore pipeline is now complete and will be de-watered and dried before being joined to the onshore landfall sections in Russia and Germ
Technip has been awarded a large subsea installation contract by Shell Development (Australia) Pty Ltd for the Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility moored some 200 kilometers off the north west coast of Australia, in the Browse Basin, at a water depth of approximately 240 meters. T
Cue Energy Resources Limited provides the following update on the Banambu Deep-1 exploration well in permit WA-389-P offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Progress The operator has advised that the well reached total depth of 4696 mMD at 12:45 hrs 26th June 2012 within the Mungaroo Formation.
Det norske is as partner about to complete drilling operations on exploration well 2/8-18S on the Clapton prospect in PL 440S. The well is located about five kilometers east of Eldfisk East field and ten kilometers north of the Valhall field. The reservoir contained no hydrocarbons of producible qua
Aminex PLC (‘Aminex’), an independent oil company listed on the main market of the London and Irish Stock Exchanges with exploration and development assets in the emerging hydrocarbon province of East Africa, today announces an update on the current 2D seismic transition zone survey within the Nyuni
Keppel Offshore & Marine’s (Keppel O&M) yards in the U.S. and Azerbaijan have secured contracts worth a total of about US$70 million. In the US, Keppel AmFELS LLC, has secured a contract from Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. (Transocean) to repair and upgrade the semisubmersible (semi) ri
Specialist engineering company, STATS Group, has completed an 18 month design, manufacturing and installation project to enable the tie-in of a fifth pipeline on Statoil’s Troll A Platform. Statoil’s Troll A platform, located off the west coast of Norway, utilises a system of seal tubes to tie-in ri
SeaBird Exploration Plc (SeaBird) has signed agreements for the sale of approximately USD 4 million from its multi-client library. The Voyager Explorer shallow water 3D seismic job in Mozambique has been extended into August 2012 under the current contract. The Aquila Explorer has just completed a s
Norway’s Farstad Shipping ASA has been awarded the following charter contracts in Australia: – Total E&P Australia and Santos Australia Ltd. have awarded AHTS Far Sound (2007, UT 712L, 14,688 BHP) and AHTS Far Sword (2006, UT 712L, 14,688 BHP) contracts for approximately 12 months in support of thei
Hertel Offshore, part of the international multi-disciplinary industrial services company Hertel, has recently signed a contract for the EPC delivery of the Shell Draugen Additional Living Quarter. The Living Quarter will accommodate 44 people and will be designed according to the Norsok standards.
Essar Projects Limited yesterday announced the completion and handing over of the Rs 1,064-crore D1 development project, 200 kms off Mumbai,to ONGC, facilitating the scaling up of the D1 field production to 35,000 BOPD (barrels of oil per day). The largest offshore project executed by Essar Projects
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently won an order worth $80 million from Samsung Heavy Industries to supply energy efficient drives, motors and electrical power systems for five drillships and two liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers to be built at Samsung’s shipyard in K
On the 23rd of June, first gas from the $334 million Seth development commenced approximately 18 months from project sanction, which is 15 weeks ahead of schedule. Seth field is located 60km offshore in the Ras El Bar concession in the East Nile Delta Mediterranean, close to existing producing Ha’py
