WorleyParsons has been awarded a five year contract for Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCm) services for BP-operated assets in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey. Under the agreement, WorleyParsons will provide EPCm services primarily to BP-operated Sangachal Terminal and pipelin
The Saudi Telecommunication Company (STC) announced the landing of the South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 5 (Sea-Me-We 5) submarine cable in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. Tethered from Singapore to France, 19 international operators invested in the cable, which connects Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia
The three seafloor production tools (SPTs) for the deep seabed Solwara 1 project have arrived at Duqm Port in Oman, Nautilus Minerals informed on Friday. The three SPTs are scheduled to undergo wet testing at Duqm Port. The testing is one of the next major steps in the progession towards seafloor pr
Boskalis has been awarded a contract from the National Petroleum Construction Company of Abu Dhabi, UAE for dredging work related to the installation of an offshore gas pipeline of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company as well as to an existing offshore gas pipeline. The activities are due to start in
TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity company, and the consortium behind the Asia-Africa-Europe-1 (AAE-1) cable system, announced the deployment of a large-scale wavelength equipage to the system. The equipage will utilize TE SubCom’s 100 Gbps optical transmission equipment. AAE-1 is a 25,000 km system owned
McDermott has been awarded a contract by an undisclosed oil and gas operator for a project offshore in the Middle East. The scope includes engineering, procurement, fabrication, transportation and installation of offshore pipelines. Engineering and offshore mobilization of McDermott’s in-house vesse
Dana Gas has started the sales gas production from the Zora Gas Field, located in the Sharjah Western Offshore Concession. Subsequently sales production was delayed due to urgent maintenance work on gas supply infrastructure at the customer’s receiving facilities. The Zora Gas Field is located appro
JDR, the UK-based supplier of subsea umbilicals and power cables to the offshore energy industry, has been awarded two umbilical contracts by McDermott Middle East Inc., for undisclosed operators. The umbilicals will be delivered to two projects in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. The first proje
Dolphin Energy has signed a contract with Abu Dhabi Ports to accommodate hardware for its emergency pipeline repair system (EPRS) at its new facility based in Kizad. A signing ceremony was held at Dolphin Energy’s offices, attended by Dolphin Energy’s Chief Executive Officer, Adel Ahmed Albuainain,
Norwegian ocean-bottom seismic specialist, Magseis, has, in combination with China’s BGP, secured a contract on Saudi Aramco’s S78 project for seismic acquisition in the Red Sea. On January 19, BGP informed it had won the bidding on Saudi Aramcos S78 project. The S78 is Saudi Aramcos’ first 3D surve
Atlantas Marine has completed ROV inspection work on the semi-submersible “Heydar Aliyev” rig in the Caspian Sea, offshore Azerbaijan. The rig is currently working with BP Exploration (Shah Deniz) in the Shah Deniz field in the Caspian Sea. The Heydar Aliyev rig is designed for year-round operations
India’s provider of diver support vessel-based diving services, Seamec, has entered into a contract for the charter hire of vessel “Seamec Princess” with Dubai-based Synergy Subsea Engineering. The Seamec Princess is a is 123.4 meters LOA dive support vessel, built in 1984, with a 12-man saturation
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Liquid Sea, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liquid Telecom, has started a project to build a new subsea cable linking Africa to the Middle East with onwards connectivity to Europe. Liquid Telecom Group CEO Nic Rudnick confirmed the Request For Tender has been issued to international companies involved
