Project & Tenders
Delfzijl Marconi Project Finally Underway
After some years of preparation, the Delfzijl Marconi project in the Netherlands, is finally on. In this project, clean dredged sediment is being used to improve the local ecology and to create recreational benefits. The project is situated along the Ems-Dollard estuary and is one of the two remaini
JFD Saturation Diving System for Shanghai Salvage
James Fisher and Sons’ subsidiary JFD has been awarded approximately £35-million ($43.7 million) contract by Shanghai Salvage (SS) to supply a 24-man saturation diving system rated for diving support to depths of 500 meters. The contract is for the design and build of two independent 12 man saturati
Swiber Scraps Barge to Repay DBS Debt
Swiber Holdings’ indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Swiber Atlantis Pte. Ltd. (SAPL), has entered into a memorandum of agreement to sell the derrick/lay combination barge ‘Sea Horizon’ to WAG SPV I. The vessel will be sold for USD 10.25 million. Sea Horizon, with a length of 110 meters and a beam of
Wreck Pond Dredging Underway
The Department of Environmental Protection yesterday joined with federal and local officials to mark the completion of a flood-control culvert that will make communities surrounding Monmouth County’s Wreck Pond more resilient to storms and floods. The Christie Administration launched the $7.4-millio
Lundin hits oil in Neiden prospect in Barents Sea
Lundin Petroleum’s Norwegian subsidiary Lundin Norway has completed the Neiden exploration well 7220/6-2R off Norway as an oil and gas discovery. The well is located in PL609 approximately 60 km northeast of the Alta discovery on the Loppa High in the southern Barents Sea. The main objectives of the
Castex completes Hummer production test
Castex Energy has completed a successful well production test at the Hummer development project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, offshore Louisiana. Petsec Energy, a partner in the Castex-operated project, reported on Tuesday the successful flow testing of the Main Pass 270 No. 3 BP 1, Hummer discovery w
Singapore, Tokyo stock exchanges to develop Asian LNG market
Singapore Exchange and Tokyo Commodity Exchange signed a memorandum of understanding to work together on developing the LNG market in Asia.
Atlas Elektronik UK Sells Several Cerberus Diver Detection Sonars
Atlas Elektronik UK (AEUK) has secured two contracts with undisclosed Middle and Far Eastern naval customers for the supply of its Cerberus diver detection sonar (DDS) systems. The first contract is for the follow-on sale of a number of sonars to be utilized in the expansion of a naval harbor protec
Farstad Secures More Work for Its Vessels
Norwegian shipowner Farstad Shipping informed it has been awarded several charter contracts with Petrobras, Shell and Saipem. Petrobras has extended the contract for the MPSV Far Swift with another year in direct continuation with present contract, until October 2017. The vessel will continue to del
Talos starts Tornado production
Independent E&P company Talos Energy has started initial production from the Tornado exploration project in the Phoenix field, in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The Tornado is a Pliocene oil discovery located in Green Canyon Blocks 236, 237, 280 and 281 in approximately 2,700 feet of water. Talos said las
First Phase of Great Yarmouth Defenses Completed
More than 2,000 homes and businesses in Great Yarmouth will be better protected from the risk of flooding after the first phase of an Environment Agency major flood defense project has been completed. The EA has recently finished the £28 million phase of work to replace over 500 meters of tidal defe
FPSO Armada Kraken to sail away for North Sea soon
EnQuest, a UK-based E&P company, has informed that the FPSO unit meant for the Kraken field development will sail away from Singapore to its North Sea location ‘in the coming days’. The harsh-environment floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Armada Kraken, named in August 2016,
Centrica, Tokyo Gas agree LNG cooperation
UK’s Centrica signed a memorandum of understanding with Tokyo Gas of Japan to cooperate on liquefied natural gas activities.
EnQuest: First oil flows from Scolty and Crathes development (UK)
UK-based oil exploration and production company EnQuest achieved first oil from the Scolty/Crathes development in the UK sector of the North Sea on Monday, November 21, 2016. Scolty and Crathes oil fields are located in Blocks 21/8a, 21/12c and 21/13a of the central North Sea sector of the UK contin