Project & Tenders
Update on the Napa River Dredging Project
The official kickoff of the Napa River dredging project is expected in mid-September. According to a spokesman from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the dredging scheme has been scheduled for mid-September and will last through November. The dredging will remove around 300,000 cubic yards of sedime
Laing O’Rourke wins $200 mln Ichthys LNG job
LNG engineer Laing O’Rourke said it won another contact with JKC for the Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG project’s onshore facilities in Darwin, valued at US$200 million.
MAN D&T engines ordered for LNG-powered bulk carrier
MAN Diesel & Turbo said it has received an order to supply its ME-GI dual fuel low-speed diesel engine for a 50,000 dwt bulk carrier South Korean shipowner Ilshin ordered at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard.
Petrobras brings online FPSO Cidade de Saquarema
Brazil’s state-owned oil giant Petrobras has started operations on the Lula field, located in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil, by connecting the first production well to the FPSO Cidade de Saquarema. The production well was connected on Friday, July 8, and the output was stabilized to around 30 mil
Jee in Cable Optimisation Study for East Anglia ONE
Jee has been awarded a contract by Scottish Power Renewables to carry out an array cable optimisation study for the East Anglia ONE (EAONE) offshore wind farm. EAONE is a development planned off the coast of East Anglia for 102 turbines; enough to power more than 50,000 homes every year. Scottish Po
Searcher Seismic starts processing Olympus 3D (Australia)
Searcher Seismic has informed that the Olympus 3D reprocessing project in the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia, has started processing at DownUnder GeoSolutions’ Perth facility. The project, in cooperation with Spectrum, comprises the reprocessing of 20 existing 3D datasets through a broadband pre
UTEC completes deepwater positioning project in Gulf of Mexico
UTEC Survey, an independent offshore and onshore survey provider, has completed an ROV navigation and seismic node deepwater positioning project in the Gulf of Mexico. UTEC said the project was carried out for FairfieldNodal in 2425m of water using the latest software and navigation technologies. Th
Project of the Year Award for Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty has been awarded Project of the Year with a Geotechnical Value of over £3 million at the Ground Engineering Awards 2016. The award recognizes the work undertaken to stabilize a historic landslide in Lyme Regis and the efforts made to ensure the work did not impact on the area’s UNESCO
Dril-Quip Bags $40 Mln Indonesia Contract
Dril-Quip Asia Pacific, in conjunction with its local representative, has been awarded a contract to supply subsea drilling and production equipment and related services to Kangean Energy Indonesia. Kangean Energy is a contractor for SKK Migas, for the development of its Terang/Sirasun/Batur gas fie
Port of Tauranga Ready for Big Ships
Maersk Line and Kotahi are set to welcome the largest container ship to ever visit New Zealand waters calling at Port of Tauranga at the start of the peak export season. According to Kotahi Chief Executive David Ross, the new era of big ship visits to New Zealand has been made possible through Kotah
Premier ramping up Solan production. First oil from Catcher still on track
Independent oil and gas company Premier Oil is ramping up oil production at its Solan field, in the UK North Sea, to 14 kbopd from the first production well, currently at 11 kbopd. First oil from the Solan field was achieved on April 12. Premier subsequently carried out a planned production shut dow
Senvion Charters CSV Polar Queen from GC Rieber
GC Rieber Shipping has entered into a time charter agreement with Senvion GmbH for the construction support vessel (CSV) Polar Queen. The contract is for a fixed period of seven months with options to extend by up to three months. The charter will start in spring 2017, the company informed. CSV Pola
Aker Solutions Scores Vietnam FEED Deal with Idemitsu
Aker Solutions has secured a contract from Idemitsu Oil and Gas to provide engineering services for the development of oil and gas resources in the Nam Con Son basin offshore Vietnam. It is the first time Aker Solutions teams up with Idemitsu on a project in Asia Pacific and marks an expansion into
AusGroup wins Prelude FLNG job
AusGroup on Tuesday said its unit MAS Australasia reached an agreement with Technip Oceania for the supply of scaffolding and rope access services on the Shell-operated Prelude FLNG project.