Höegh LNG said on Wednesday that Gas Natural has exercised its option to extend the charter period for the 126,000 cbm LNG Libra with redelivery by year end 2014, a total period of around 13 months. Höegh LNG announced in April that the LNG Libra was chartered to Gas Natural for operation between Tr
Commissioning of the regasification plant of OLT Offshore LNG Toscana (FSRU Toscana) is proceeding well and close to completion. The Terminal is fast approaching commercial operations, in line with the company’s program. The start of commercial activities is planned, in fact, within mid December. Al
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded the hook up and commissioning (HUC) support contract for GDF SUEZ E&P UK Ltd’s Cygnus gas field development, the UK Southern North Sea’s largest gas discovery in the last 25 years. The HUC support contract for the f
ConocoPhillips has received consent to use the new 2/4 L accommodation facility at Ekofisk. The Ekofisk field will remain in production far longer than originally planned when the field was first put into production in 1970. This has created a need for a new accommodation facility. The PSA has now
Island Offshore has entered into a contract with an undisclosed major oil company covering the charter of the purpose built, state of the art “Walk-to-work”, maintenance, subsea and support vessel M/V Island Crown. The contract is a seasonal charter and the main duty for the vessel will be to provid
Swiss-based Allseas has decided to build a second single-lift platform installation and decommissioning vessel. The new vessel, larger than Pieter Schelte, can remove all platform topsides in the North Sea which are beyond the capability of Pieter Schelte. Besides decommissioning, the vessel is desi
Grand port maritime de Bordeaux announced that they have awarded a contract for the construction of a Hydrographic Survey Vessel. Sarl Chantier Naval Gatto will construct the vessel, complete with a full range of research and navigational equipment on board. The contract was awarded on the 25th of O
Agence de l’eau Loire-Bretagne has invited tenders for a provider of Marine Environmental Services. The contract includes the inventory of “green tides” (green algae) on the coast of the Loire and Charente Maritime, in order to implement the network operational control “green tide”, on the sides of
During a special contract signing ceremony at Europort 2013, Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam, part of Damen Shipyards Group signed the contract to build an additional Seismic Research Support Vessel for Rederij Groen. This latest contract follows last month’s order of two new Seismic Research Support
OSM Offshore has agreed to enter into a 6 years contract with Norwegian energy company Statoil Petroleum AS to operate the Heidrun FSU. The Heidrun FSU is currently being built by Samsung Heavy Industries at the world’s second-largest shipyard in Geoje Island, Republic of Korea and is expected to be
The Republic of Cyprus signed a Memorandum of Understanding in respect of the Cyprus Liquefied Natural Gas Project with Total E&P Cyprus B.V. This follows the award in February to Total of Exploration and Production Sharing Contracts for Blocks 10 and 11 of the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Republi
Centrica, the parent company of British Gas, said it has entered into a 4 ½ year LNG supply agreement with Qatargas for the purchase of up to 3 million tonnes per annum of liquefied natural gas (LNG). The £4.4billion deal builds on Centrica’s existing agreement with Qatargas, signed in February 2011
The reference is made to an announcement published earlier in 2012 where Statoil awarded AGR a Well Management contract with options. AGR confirmed that Statoil has now exercised the first two-year option under the frame agreement until January 25, 2016. The initial contract between AGR and Statoil
Ocean Rig and Energean Oil & Gas join forces to participate in the new bid rounds for exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons, in Greece and abroad, for sea depths exceeding 1000 meters. The two companies agreed to set up a new Joint Venture under the name “OceanEnergean”, with each company hol
