Plexus Holdings PLC has received a purchase order (PO) from BG Group (UK) to supply surface wellhead and mudline equipment services for an exploration well in the UK Continental Shelf in the North Sea. Under the terms of the PO contract, which is expected to have a duration of 150 days, Plexus will
Construction has begun on a £8 million project to increase the resilience of the sea wall in Dawlish, UK. Mott MacDonald is providing project and commercial management on the project, which will also see the lower coastal walkway replaced at high level, on behalf of Network Rail. In February 2014, t
WesternGeco, a land and marine seismic acquisition technologies provider, declared its option to extend the Time Charter for Geco Bluefin seismic vessel. The extension agreed with Norwegian Volstad Maritime is for one year from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015. Geco Bluefin is an 80 meter long DP
Spain’s Enagás will acquire 16% of Total and E.ON’s stake in the company that is developing the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project. Belgium’s Fluxys will buy an additional 3% share, lifting its ownership to 19%. The TAP project is part of the Southern Gas Corridor which is to supply Europe with g
The Government of Gibraltar has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Shell related to the possible supply and storage of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Gibraltar. The purpose of the MOU is to allow Shell to undertake a study into the establishment of an LNG storage facility on the Detache
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has granted Statoil consent for exploration drilling with the semi-submersible drilling rig Transocean Spitsbergen in the Barents Sea. The consent includes the drilling of exploration well 7227 / 10-1 in production licence 230 in the Barents Sea. The name
ULSTEIN has been awarded the design and equipment contract for Van Oord’s new subsea rock installation (SRI) vessel ‘Bravenes’. Working in close cooperation with Van Oord, this is the first fully integrated design where ULSTEIN is responsible for the development and integration of both the mission e
ULSTEIN has been awarded the design and equipment contract for Van Oord’s new subsea rock installation (SRI) vessel ‘Bravenes’. Working in close cooperation with Van Oord, this is the first fully integrated design where ULSTEIN is responsible for the development and integration of both the mission e
Sanmar Shipyards of Turkey said it has won a contract involving seven vessels from Aqaba Port Marine Services Company (APMSCO) in Jordan. Comprising four 80-tonne bollard pull terminal RAstar 2800 tugs, two conventional twin screw Ras-cal 1500 line-handling tugs and a pilot boat, the order was confi
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Centrica Resources (Norge) AS a drilling permit for wellbore 6707/10-3, in the Norwegian Sea. Wellbore 6707/10-3 will be drilled from the West Navigator drillship. The drilling programme for wellbore 6707/10-3 relates to drilling of a wildcat wel
ShawCor’s pipe coating division, Bredero Shaw, has received contracts with a value of approximately US$200 million from BP Exploration (Shah Deniz) Limited for pipeline coating and other services in connection with the Shah Deniz Stage 2 development project. The contracts are scheduled to be execute
A 20 year flood action plan for a long-term sustainable future for the Somerset Levels and Moors is in full swing with a 8km dredge of the Tone and Parrett Rivers well underway. The plan is owned by Somerset’s councils, internal drainage boards and local leaders and was prepared in partnership with
ExxonMobil and Rosneft have discovered oil at their controversial arctic well – the Universitetskaya-1.
Norway’s Statoil has closed production from its Aasgard A offshore field due to rough weather in the Norwegian Sea.
