LQT Industries, LLC has built and commissioned a subarctic aluminum accommodation facility to be used by a global energy company on a drilling platform off the coast of Sakhalin Island, Russia. The facility consists of ten aluminum modular units made up of living quarters, recreation rooms, and util
The pressure test of the Valemon Rich Gas Pipeline has been approved, and Gassco has yesterday (October 9) taken over the operatorship of this 177-kilometre facility which will carry rich gas to the Heimdal field centre in the North Sea for further processing. Gassco has thereby become the operator
HKV, as member of the international collaboration initiative STUDIO MISI-ZIIBI, has been selected as one of the three finalist teams to participate in the Changing Course: Navigating the Future of the Lower Mississippi River Delta design competition. HKV shares leadership of STUDIO MISI-ZIIBI with U
Medmerry managed realignment in West Sussex, the UK’s largest manmade coastal habitat flood scheme, has won ‘The Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award’ and ‘Civil Engineering Project of the Year’ in the 2014 British Construction Industry Awards. The only UK project to win two awards, Medmerr
Faroe Petroleum has completed the acquisition of a 53.1% operated interest in the Schooner Field and a 60% operated interest in the Ketch Field in the UK Southern North Sea gas basin from Tullow Oil. Remaining Proved and Probable Reserves, as evaluated by the Faroe Petroleum, as at 1 January 2014 we
VOSTA LMG and Karnafuly shipyard recently delivered 10 cutter-suction dredgers for BIWTA / BWDB. Out of the ten vessels, six are CSD 450 type dredgers built for the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority and four CSD 500 type vessels for the Bangladesh Water Development Board. The dredgers are
Nautronix, a provider of through water communication and positioning technology to the offshore industry, has secured an order to supply NASNet®, an underwater positioning system for Subsea 7. The system will be used on the Aasta Hansteen field, which is located in the northern part of the Norwegian
GTT of France has secured an order for two LNGCs which will be built by the Korean shipbuilder DSME. The vessels will be equipped with the NO 96 GW membrane technology, which allows an optimized daily boil-off rate of cargo LNG, and helps to save fuel cost during journeys, GTT said in a statement. T
Enegi has decided that Block 22/12b, containing the Phoenix Discovery in the UK Central North Sea, is a suitable candidate for development. In 2010 the previous operator, Apache, drilled the 22/12a-12 appraisal well. Under the well release guidelines the results of the well remained confidential f
Rolls-Royce has won a $11.2 million (£7 million) order to provide design, integrated power and propulsion systems and equipment for an offshore service vessel for Norwegian ship owner Island Offshore. The offshore service vessel will be built at VARD shipyard in Brevik, Norway and is due for deliver
Reef Subsea has been awarded a contract with AREVA Wind GmbH, to provide field support in the Global Tech I wind farm. The charter starts early October and is anticipated to continue until at least February 2015, with the option to extend the contract further. This significant project will utilise t
Atlantic Petroleum, together with Iona Energy UK Limited (Iona), has signed all necessary agreements with CNR International (UK) Limited (CNR) securing the offtake arrangements for the Orlando field development. Orlando is a single well development which will tie-back to the Ninian Central Platform
The Atlantic Gulf & Pacific Company said it has been awarded a major contract to supply critical process modules to the Yamal LNG project in Russia. Located in Sabetta, north-east of the Yamal Peninsula, the Yamal LNG is the first LNG development venture in the Arctic. “Following a competitive tende
Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad has announced that its jointly-controlled entity, Lime Petroleum Norway AS has completed the acquisition of a 5% stake each in PL591 and PL591B, located in the Norwegian Sea. North Energy signed a purchase and sale agreement with Lime Petroleum Norway in June 2014. The tran
