Kleven Maritime has signed a contract with offshore ship owning company Ugland Offshore on the delivery of a platform supply vessel of SALT 100 PSV design. The vessel is to be delivered from Kleven Verft in Ulsteinvik Q1 2014. The contract also includes an option for a second vessel. Currently Kleve
Norway’s TTS Group ASA today announced it has finalized its sale of the drilling equipment business to Cameron International Corporation for USD 270 million, plus a turnover based earn-out model for a three-year period. CEO & President of TTS Group, Johannes D. Neteland said: “This divestment is an
Today at the World Gas Conference 2012 in Kuala Lumpur, Lloyd’s Register launched its Rules for Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facilities, formulated through its extensive work with Shell on their Prelude FLNG project. Upon completion, Prelude will be the largest manmade floating object, meas
The world’s largest LNG producing company, Qatargas, has awarded pipeline engineering company STATS Group a multi-million pound 10 year contract to provide remote pipeline isolation equipment. STATS will design, manufacture, test and supply a new range of high integrity Remote Tecno Plugs™ for 32”,
Ageing installations and infrastructures are an increasing challenge for the oil and gas industry. Through deployment of new technology the industry can safely and responsibly improve business performance while also enhancing corporate social responsibility. “This Integrity Management initiative fro
Nexus Energy Limited has been informed by Santos Limited (Santos), as operator of the Patricia-Baleen gas processing facility (facility), that a series of short-term production interruptions have occurred due to an intermittent electrical fault. Production at the facility has been suspended, with th
Chevron Brazil (Chevron) has extended the contract for Skandi Salvador and related services with one year from September 2012. The one year extension has a value of approximately USD 41 million. Skandi Salvador is a construction vessel built in Brazil. The vessel was delivered form yard in 2009 and
Swiber Holdings Limite , an integrated construction and support services provider to the offshore industry, announced that it has secured a series of significant awards totaling to over US$830 million. These awards include offshore construction projects and vessel chartering services in the Asia Pac
BW Offshore, Norwegian owner of Floating Production Storage Offloading units, has confirmed that its FPSO BW Joko Tole has received first gas on the Terang Sirasun Batur (TSB) field offshore Indonesia. The final acceptance tests have successfully been completed and the firm contract period has start
Premier has announced that the Carnaby exploration well 28/09-5A (Premier equity 50 per cent) has reached a total depth of 4,695 feet and encountered oil. Initial analysis indicates that the well encountered 51 feet of net oil in the main Tay sandstone within an estimated 86 feet oil column. A core
Norway’s seismic specialist TGS has started expansion of a 3D multi-client survey covering 2,000 km2 in the Faroe Shetland Basin spanning the UK Faroe median line. The acquisition is in partnership with PGS and is completion of the previously announced FSB11 survey. The new seismic data is being acq
Drydocks World, a Dubai-based international player in ship repair, conversion and new building, announced the launch of the State-of-the-art Compact Semi-Submersible Vessel CSS Derwent from its dedicated new-build facility in Nanindah, Indonesia. The vessel was constructed for integrated sub-sea ser
CGGVeritas announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Lundin Petroleum to conduct a survey of over 2,700 km2 with BroadSeis™, its broadband marine solution, using for the first time its broadband source option, BroadSource™. The survey of the Haugaland High in Quadrant 16 of the Norwegia
Today, Island Offshore took delivery of the MV Island Crusader from STX OSV, Brevik. It is the 20th vessel in the fleet that is operated by Island Offshore Management AS and it is the 7th of the UT 776 type. This is hull no. 765 and has the designation UT 776 CDG, where G stands […]
