Project & Tenders
Balfour Beatty Wins Almondbank Contract
Work on flood defenses for Almondbank will get underway later this month following the awarding of the contract to deliver the second phase of a flood mitigation scheme for the Perthshire village. The contract, valued at £14 million, has been awarded to Balfour Beatty under Scape Group’s Civil Engin
Sonardyne Appoints Scandinavia Agent
Sonardyne International has appointed Scandinavian Aerospace and Industry AB (SAI) as a reseller of its maritime security products in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and surrounding territories. Under the terms of the agreement, SAI will promote Sonardyne’s family of underwater security products: Sentinel
Energinet.dk Seeks UXO Survey Provider for Kriegers Flak
Danish grid operator, Energinet.dk, has invited tenders for the provision of UXO survey for the Kriegers Flak Combined Grid Solution (CGS). The aim of the Kriegers Flak CGS is to interconnect the Danish and German grid via two offshore wind farms at Kriegers Flak and Baltic 2. Kriegers Flak offshore
Hurricane ‘highly encouraged’ by Lancaster horizontal sidetrack well
UK-based oil and gas exploration company Hurricane Energy has achieved sustainable flow from the 205 21a-7Z horizontal sidetrack well at its Lancaster field west of Shetland Islands. Hurricane said on Tuesday that it used an electrical submersible pump to achieve a sustainable flow rate of 14,500 st
Applied LNG agrees supply deal with Sun Metro Transit
Applied LNG on Monday said it has been awarded a contract to supply liquefied natural gas to the City of El Paso’s Sun Metro Transit, from its newly commissioned Midlothian plant.
HHI Construction Operations to Resume Following Hurricane Matthew
Weeks Marine Inc. is about to restart the beach renourishment activities at the Town of Hilton Head Island. According to the town’s latest beach nourishment update, the contractor expects to restart beach renourishment activities in South Forest Beach no later than October 19, 2016. The town is aimi
Statoil makes oil and gas discovery near Njord field
Norwegian oil company Statoil has made an oil and gas discovery at the Njord North Flank in the Norwegian Sea. The well and side-track, NF-2 and NF-3, are located in License PL107C, approximately six kilometers to the north of the Njord production platform. The wells were drilled with Songa Offshore
InterMoor to Deliver Single Point Mooring for Pertamina’s Refinery in Balongan
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has been awarded a single point mooring (SPM) installation from PT Pertamina in Indonesia. The work is part of a contract for engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning of subsea pipe line (SPL) and single point mooring (SPM) awarded to a con
Golar Power reaches FID on Sergipe power project, charters newbuild FSRU
Golar Power said it has taken a final investment decision on the Porto de Sergipe 1,516 MW power station project near Aracaju, Brazil.
PHOTO: McDermott’s DLV 2000 vessel set for subsea work at Ichthys
Japanese oil company Inpex has informed that McDermott’s deepwater derrick lay vessel DLV2000 left the Port of Broome in Australia on Sunday heading for the Ichthys field, 220 kilometers offshore Western Australia. The 184-meter long newbuild vessel will be working on its first assignment – undertak
Total in gas and condensate discovery in North Sea
Total’s Norwegian exploration and production subsidiary, Total E&P Norge, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 30/4-3 S, off Norway, after encountering a gas and condensate. The well was drilled with the Mærsk Intrepid jack-up drilling rig in production license 043. The licen
Aker Solutions to Construct Sverdrup’s Pipeline Receiving Facility at Mongstad
Aker Solutions has won a contract from Statoil to build the pipeline facilities, modifications and tie-ins needed at the Mongstad terminal to receive oil from the North Sea Johan Sverdrup field. The contract, valued at about NOK 350 million ($42.5 million), is for engineering, procurement, construct
Dril-Quip Acquires TIW Corporation for USD 143 Mln
Dril-Quip has entered into an agreement to acquire TIW Corporation, a manufacturer of consumable downhole products for the oil and gas market, for approximately $143 million, subject to closing adjustments. The Houston-based company provides liner hanger systems and related equipment and services. B
SeaBird Begins 2D Shoot in Belize
SeaBird Exploration, a global seismic data acquisition provider, announced that it will acquire 2D long-offset survey in Belize, starting mid-October 2016. SeaBird will use the Northern Explorer vessel to acquire the survey. The Northern Explorer is a 76 meters-long 2D/source vessel, which joined Se