Project & Tenders
Jera to sell LNG to UK’s Centrica
Japan’s Jera, the joint company of Tepco and Chubu Electric and the largest importer of liquefied natural gas, signed an agreement with Centrica for the sale of up to six cargoes per year.
AG&P, Risco Energy form LNG JV
AG&P formed a joint venture with Risco Energy Group, an energy investment company, targeting the development of mid-scale liquefied natural gas terminals in Indonesia.
NextDecade, Flex LNG join forces on FSRU business
NextDecade’s unit, NextDecade Global Solutions, signed a heads of agreement with Flex LNG to develop a complete value chain solution for companies looking to buy the chilled fuel at the Rio Grande LNG export project in Brownsville, Texas.
Oil & Gas Giant to Build Dutch Borssele III & IV Offshore Wind Farms
This evening, the Dutch government announced that a consortium of Shell, Van Oord, Eneco and Mitsubishi / DGE won the second Borssele tender. Following the announcement, the consortium revealed that the preferred supplier for the wind turbines is MHI Vestas Offshore Wind. The team comprising Shell,
DeepOcean Wins with Statoil
DeepOcean has secured a contract from Statoil for survey and light construction services in 2017. Offshore work will be undertaken in 2017 with a vessel from DeepOcean’s in-house fleet and survey ROV ‘Superior’. The Superior carried out its first commercial project for Statoil in 2016 under the same
Leviathan partners approve development plan. First gas slated for late 2019
Partners in the giant Leviathan gas field offshore Israel have approved the field’s development plan setting the target for the first natural gas production for the end of 2019. The field is operated by the U.S. oil company Noble Energy with Israeli companies, Delek, Avner Oil, and Ratio Oil Explora
France Starts Competitive Dialogue on Dunkirk Offshore Wind
French Ministry of Environment, Energy and the Sea has started the so-called ”competitive dialogue” procedure to select potential developers and define an area best suited for development of offshore wind farms off Dunkirk. Dunkirk is part of France’s third round of tenders for the development of of
First oil & gas production from Hummer project due in mid-2017
Petsec Energy, a stakeholder in the Castex Energy-operated Hummer project in the Gulf of Mexico, has released a preliminary development schedule for Hummer, with first oil & gas production expected in mid-2017. The preliminary development schedule for the Hummer Project, off Louisiana, at Main Pass
Farstad Shipping grabs Ichthys LNG work
Farstad Shipping on Friday said it has grabbed several contracts in Australia, among which are two for the support of Inpex-lead Ichthys LNG project.
EnerMech Bags Subsea 7 Contract in Australia
EnerMech has secured its first contract in the Australian oil and gas market from Subsea 7. The company will perform a range of subsea flowline and umbilical pre-commissioning on the Woodside-operated North West Shelf (NWS) Project’s Persephone project and North Rankin Complex in Western Australia.
JFD and Wuhu Ink Joint Venture Deal in China
James Fisher and Sons’ subsidiary JFD has expanded into the Chinese market through the signing of a joint venture with Wuhu Diving Equipment Factory. Wuhu Diving Equipment Factory is a subsidiary of Shanghai Salvage Company (SSC). SCC recently awarded a £35-million contract to JFD to manufacture a 2
Rosneft Buys Stake in Eni’s Zohr Field Off Egypt
Eni has agreed to sell to Rosneft a 30% participating interest in the Shourouk Concession, offshore Egypt, where the supergiant Zohr gas field is located. Eni, through its subsidiary IEOC, currently holds a 90% stake in the block following the recent dilution of 10% to BP which completion is ongoing
Rosneft buys into Eni’s giant gas discovery (Egypt)
Italian oil and gas company Eni is trimming its stake in the giant Zohr discovery, offshore Egypt. Namely, the company will sell a 30 percent stake in the Shourouk Concession, containing the Zohr, to Rosneft. The sale, announced on Monday, follows a recent divestment of a ten percent stake in the li
Gazprom, Kogas ink LNG cooperation deal
Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom on Friday signed a cooperation agreement with South Korea’s Kogas, the world’s largest corporate buyer of LNG. The deal, signed by Gazprom’s head Alexey Miller and CEO of Kogas Lee Seung-hun, “envisages a broader cooperation between Gazprom and Kogas in the f