Project & Tenders
Fugro starts survey work offshore India
Fugro, a Dutch provider of offshore and onshore geotechnical and survey services, has started integrated survey work offshore India for the country’s multinational oil and gas company ONGC. The work is being done under a three-year contract valued at approximately $7.7 million. The contract, awarded
NKT’s Borssele Beta Contract Share Valued at EUR 90 Million
NKT’s part of the contract for Borssele Beta, won in a consortium with VBMS, is valued at approximately EUR 90 million. As reported earlier, the contract value for VBMS is approximately EUR 70 million.
Fugro Starts Offshore Survey for ONGC in India
Fugro has started integrated survey work offshore India for ONGC, under a three-year contract valued at approximately USD 7.7 million. The contract, awarded to Fugro for the third consecutive time, calls for engineering surveys in field developments off both western and eastern shores of India. The
Wärtsilä Goes ‘Ultra Silent’ for Faroese Research Vessel
The technology group Wärtsilä will supply an ultra-silent propulsion package for a new research vessel to be built for the Faroe Islands Marine Research Institute. The solution is made possible through Wärtsilä’s in-house competences in silent diesel generator sets, propeller shaft lines, and electr
Boskalis Bags Middle East Maintenance Dredging Contract
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. together with a Cypriot partner, has been awarded a contract for long term maintenance dredging works in the Middle East. According to Boskalis, they will develop and build an electrical cutter suction dredger for these works that are set to begin shortly after the co
DONG Seeks Borssele Project Certification Services
DONG Energy has issued a call for tenders looking for certification bodies for the assessment of the site conditions at its Borssele 1 & 2 sites. The contracted party will evaluate whether a site conditions assessment has been carried out and documented adequately.
Chevron ships first Wheatstone LNG cargo to Japan
Chevron’s first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has departed from the Wheatstone Project located 12 kilometers west of Onslow in Western Australia. To remind, Chevron started production of LNG from its giant Wheatstone development on October 9, 2017. The cargo will be delivered to one of Che
October Board Meeting Held in Cowes
At the October Board meeting, Cowes Harbor Commissioners discussed the three strategic, interlinked harbor and marine employment sites that are currently at various stages of development. These are the Cowes Outer Harbor Project/Venture Quays development in East Cowes, Kingston Marine Park at Whippi
Hummer platform deck set for transport to Gulf of Mexico
A platform deck for the Castex Energy-operated Hummer gas/oil field development, located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, has been completed. Pestec, a partner in the project, said on Tuesday that the deck with oil and gas production facilities was loaded onto a barge and was ready for transport to site.
Largest Dredging Contract Awarded by USACE
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, has announced the award of the second construction contract for work in the Charleston Harbor Entrance Channel as part of the Charleston Harbor Post 45 Deepening Project. The award, officially made on Thursday, is for $213 million to Great Lakes
Kosmos fails to find oil or gas in Hippocampe well off Mauritania
Oil company Kosmos Energy has completed drilling the Hippocampe-1 exploration well located in Block C-8 offshore Mauritania but failed to find oil or gas. The well was drilled in approximately 2,600 meters of water with the Ensco DS 12 drillship, formerly known as Atwood Achiever. Designed to test L
Gasconsult contracts GB&I for FLNG liquefaction tech design
Gasconsult, the UK based supplier of methane cycle liquefaction technology has awarded a contract to LNG engineer CB&I for development of its ZR-LNG liquefaction process.
IOG hands in development plan for Vulcan Satellites
UK-based Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) has submitted the Field Development Plan (FDP) for the Vulcan Satellites hub development in the Southern North Sea to the UK Oil and Gas Authority (OGA). The Vulcan Satellites FDP covers the three 100%-owned and operated Southern North Sea gas fields recently o
Borssele Wind Could Power Corporations
The developers of the commercial offshore wind farms in the Dutch Borssele Zone (which also comprises a demonstration site) are looking to sell electricity to corporations, according to Reuters.