Project & Tenders
Hyperdynamics targets end of July for Fatala well spud
Hyperdynamics Corporation’s subsidiary, SCS Corporation Ltd. (SCS), and South Atlantic Petroleum (SAPETRO) are proceeding with the preparation to spud the Fatala-1 well off Guinea with an estimated spud date by the end of next month. In late May, Pacific Drilling-owned drillship Pacific Scirocco ent
Polarcus Secures 3D XArray Project Off West Africa
Polarcus has received an award for a 3D project offshore West Africa with a duration of one month. The project is scheduled to start early in Q4 2017, the company informed. The Polarcus XArray methodology will be utilized to optimize both data quality and acquisition efficiency. Richard Price, senio
Heerema completes Vestflanken 2 platform construction. Sends topside, jacket to Norway
Heerema Fabrication Group has completed the construction of the topside for the Oseberg Vestflanken 2 Unmanned Wellhead Platform with the sail away ceremony held on Sunday, June 25. The jacket followed on Monday, June 26. Statoil awarded Heerema the contract for the engineering, construction, transp
DOF Subsea to Survey Transmediterranean Pipeline
DOF Subsea has recently signed a new contract in the Mediterranean with Transmediterranean Pipeline Company (TMPC) to undertake the pipeline inspection on the TMPC’s pipeline system. The inspection is planned to take place in Q3, 2017, the company informed. The scope involves inspection of 5 submari
Hydro Group Partners with Turkish IMCA Electronics
Hydro Group has increased its global presence with the announcement of its partnership with Turkish firm, IMCA Electronics. Complementing Hydro Group’s cable and connection solutions, IMCA offers a range of sub-systems and components for technical applications on land, sea and air. The partnership w
Seabed Geosolutions Bags OBN Survey in Brazil
Seabed Geosolutions has been awarded a 3D ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in the Santos Basin in Brazil. Seabed Geosolutions’ new Manta node system will be used for the survey. The seven month contract is valued at around $90 million and is scheduled to start at the end of the fourth quarter of 2017
Ocean Installer Wraps Up Equatorial Guinea Job
Ocean Installer has recently completed a project in Equatorial Guinea as the first call off under a newly-signed master service agreement with an independent energy company. The work scope included the installation of subsea equipment and offshore operations and took place in June 2017, making use o
RNLI Selsey Demolition Project in Full Swing
Work to demolish a now redundant lifeboat station on the West Sussex coast has moved into the marine phase following the arrival of a jack-up barge. Mackley, working on behalf of the RNLI, started the demolition last month following the completion of a new lifeboat station in Selsey – rendering the
GALLERY: Mariner modules loaded on ‘Mighty Servant 3’
Lerwick Port Authority has informed that the heavy transport vessel Mighty Servant 3 has reached the UK loaded with modules for Statoil’s Mariner field development. The Port Authority said that the Mighty Servant 3 arrived at Greenhead Base on Thursday. According to Lerwick Port, the ship will remai
GeoSea to Set Up Albatros Foundations
DEME’s offshore marine engineering subsidiary GeoSea has received the ‘Notice to Proceed’ for fabrication and offshore installation of 16 wind turbine foundations and 1 offshore transformer module (OTM) for the EnBW Albatros offshore wind farm. The Albatros offshore wind farm is located in the so-ca
Coral South FLNG contract goes to Aker Solutions
Aker Solutions of Norway has secured a contract for Eni’s multi-billion Coral South FLNG project, Mozambique’s first offshore field development. The work scope includes three steel tube umbilicals that would total more than 19 kilometers in length and connect the Coral South floating liquefied natur
Aker Solutions Wins Coral South Umbilicals Deal
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract to deliver three umbilicals and associated equipment at ENI’s Coral South project, Mozambique’s first offshore field development. The work scope includes three steel tube umbilicals that will total more than 19 kilometers in length and connect the Coral Sou
EnQuest: First oil flows from Kraken field
EnQuest has informed that that first oil from its Kraken North Sea field was produced on June 23, 2017. Kraken is a large heavy oil accumulation in the UK North Sea, located in the East Shetland basin, to the west of the North Viking Graben, approximately 125 km east of the Shetland Islands. The fie
Indonesia: Conrad reaches total depth at Mako well
Oil and gas company Conrad Petroleum has reached total depth at its appraisal well at the Mako prospect in Duyung PSC, offshore Indonesia. Conrad Petroleum is the operator of the PSC in the Natuna Basin with 90% interest and Empyrean Energy is its partner with the remaining 10% interest. The Mako So