Project & Tenders
Tekmar to Protect Merkur OWF Cables
Tekmar Energy has recently been awarded a contract with Tideway B.V to supply 150 of its patented TekLink cable protection systems (CPS) on the Merkur offshore wind farm project in Germany. Tekmar’s new production facility in the North East of England will supply the CPS and manufacturing is expecte
Ithaca faces delay in Stella start-up
Ithaca Energy is facing a delay in the Stella oil field start-up, in the UK sector of the North Sea, due to faults found on the production facility. Ithaca said on Friday that activities on the offshore commissioning program for the FPF-1 floating production facility are well advanced and preparatio
Canada: B.C. signs LNG benefits agreement with Saulteau First Nations
Saulteau First Nations and the B.C. government have reached a new agreement on the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline project to help ensure that the Saulteau community can participate in and benefit from B.C.’s LNG opportunity.
Royal HaskoningDHV Signs Kuala Tanjung Port Development Deal
During this week’s trade mission to Indonesia, Royal HaskoningDHV signed two contracts with the Indonesian port operator Pelindo I for the development of Kuala Tanjung Port in North Sumatra. The company is part of the trade delegation, along with Dutch Prime Minister Rutte, Ministers Schultz van Hae
Resolve Salvage and Fire Hires Seamec’s Revelation Vessel
Seamec has entered into a charter contract for the ‘Revelation’ vessel with Resolve Salvage and Fire (Asia). Under the contract, the vessel, with a length of 80 meters and a beam of 13 meters, will carry out work on the west coast of India. The multi-role/accommodation vessel joined Seamec’s fleet i
Providence hires Stena drillship, sets spud date for drilling off Ireland
Irish oil and gas exploration company Providence Resources has signed a contract for the Stena IceMAX drillship to drill at the FEL 2/14 license off Ireland and set a spud date for summer 2017. The Frontier Exploration Licence (FEL) 2/14 drilling project lies in c. 2,250 meter water depth in the sou
France Adds Oléron to Round 3 Offshore Wind Tender
Ségolène Royal, France’s Minister of Environment, Energy and the Sea, has announced the launch of a new call for tenders for offshore wind projects off the island of Oléron in the Atlantic as part of the country’s Round 3 offshore wind tender. The new zone, added to the one off Dunkirk announced bac
Akastor, Mitsui Complete Joint Venture Transaction
Akastor, an oil service investment company, informed that the agreement with Japanese company Mitsui to create a 50/50 joint venture between the two companies has been approved and concluded. The companies signed heads of agreement in September under which they agreed that the joint venture will acq
Prock Marine Wins Sagamore Creek Dredging Contract
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District has awarded Sagamore Creek maintenance dredging contract to Prock Marine Company of Rockland, Maine. The location of work to be performed under this contract is within the Congressionally-authorized Back Channels portion of the Portsmouth Harbor
ExxonMobil spuds first Liberia well
Oil giant ExxonMobil started drilling operations on the Mesurado-1 exploration well offshore Liberia on Tuesday, November 22, 2016. According to Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited (COPL), an international oil and gas exploration and development company and a partner in the project, Exxon is utilizi
ExxonMobil joins Caledonia LNG project
U.S.-based energy giant ExxonMobil, signed an agreement with Babcock International Group, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement, Calor and Orkney Islands Council to collaborate in the Caledonia LNG project.
OLT Offshore LNG Toscana awards peak shaving tender
OLT Offshore LNG Toscana has awarded the tender for cargo delivery to the FSRU Toscana that will be used for peak shaving services during the winter period.
Willemen Wins Tangier MedPort Construction Contract
The Dutch company APM Terminals has awarded the construction of a new container terminal for APM Terminals Tangier MedPort to a conglomeration of four companies of the Willemen Groep. The companies involved are Aswebo, Aannemingen Van Wellen, Franki Construct and Cosimco. The terminal will be built
TOCOM, Platts in LNG MOU
The Tokyo Commodity Exchange on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with S&P Global Platts that includes cooperation in developing LNG market in Asia.