Project & Tenders
Samsung Heavy begins construction of Johan Sverdrup riser platform
Norwegian oil company Statoil on Thursday marked the start of construction of the Johan Sverdrup riser platform at the Samsung Heavy Industries yard in South Korea. Johan Sverdrup is an oil field located in the North Sea, offshore Norway. The riser platform is the largest of the four platforms const
inApril Lands Seabed Seismic Systems Deal with Geo Energy Group
inApril, the Norwegian offshore technology company, has struck a deal, potentially worth $25-30 million, for Venator, its node-based seabed seismic acquisition system. The company has signed the letter of intent (LOI) with the Kazakhstan company Geo Energy Group (GEG) to supply a Venator system, sta
PHOTO: HAM 318 Reclaiming the Male’ Industrial Village
Following the completion of the Thinadhoo and Feydhoo schemes, Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) HAM 318 has moved to another location and is now busy with the dredging and reclamation of Male’ Industrial Village. The Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure, Maldives, has just release
USACE Awards Gordon Pass Dredging Contract
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a maintenance dredging contract June 24 for the Naples to Big Marco, Gordon Pass located in Collier County. The federal channel is about 4.5 miles long and has an authorized depth of 12 feet. The Corps’ Jacksonville District awarded the contract to Southwind
Ireland: PGS starts 3D seismic survey for Woodside
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) started the Bréanann 3D seismic program, located in the Frontier Exploration Licence 3/14 in the Porcupine Basin, Irish Atlantic, on June 27 for the Australian energy company Woodside. Woodside is the operator of licences FEL 3/14 and FEL 4/14 in the Irish Atlantic with
Goodloe Marine Wins GIWW Dredging Contract
Goodloe Marine Inc. of Wimauma, Florida, has won a $6.2 million contract for pipeline dredging of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW), Texas, Channel to Victoria. The contractor is required to remove 1.3 million cubic yards of material located along the lower and middle reached of the GIWW, Channe
Tullow: TEN project to deliver first oil within weeks (Ghana)
Oil and gas exploration company Tullow Oil has informed that the TEN project, offshore Ghana, is expected to deliver first oil within the next three to six weeks. Tullow said on Thursday that the Tweneboa, Enyenra and Ntomme (TEN) Project off the west coast of Ghana remains on schedule and within bu
IOG readies Transocean rig for Skipper well
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) expects to take Transocean’s drilling rig and start drilling the Skipper appraisal well, in the UK North Sea, in the second half of July 2016. IOG will take Transocean’s 1974-built Sedco 704 semi-submersible drilling rig on contract for the Skipper appraisal which lies
USACE to Release GRR on the Next Phase of FIMP
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Draft General Reevaluation Report (GRR) on the next phase of the Fire Island to Montauk Point (FIMP) Project will be released in mid-July. The announcement was made yesterday by Congressman Lee Zeldin, member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee,
Quadrant changes commitment well target offshore Australia
Quadrant Energy has decided to replace the previously proposed Palmerston-1 well for Driftwood-1 well in the WA-320-P permit in the Carnarvon Basin, offshore Western Australia. A commitment well is due in WA-320-P by the fourth quarter 2016. According to Tap Oil, a partner in the permit with 9.778%
Lundin wrapping up Edvard Grieg transaction
Swedish independent oil company Lundin Petroleum has resolved on the new shares issues and share transfer to Norwegian oil major, Statoil, in order to complete the Edvard Grieg field stake acquisition. Statoil already previously acquired 37,101, 561 shares in Lundin Petroleum at a total purchase pri
Lloyd’s Register to Support BHP Billiton’s Drilling Program Off Trinidad
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has extended rig integrity support for the Deepwater Invictus drillship. According to LR, its expertise in blowout preventers (BOPs) and rig integrity will be used to provide confidence in risk management for deepwater drilling and well exploration. “We have had a team supporti
RasGas signs LNG supply deal with EDF
RasGas of Qatar on Wednesday entered into an agreement with EDF of France to supply up to 3 million tons of LNG per year to the Dunkerque terminal.
Ocean Installer wraps up its first deep water mooring gig in Gulf of Mexico
Norwegian subsea company Ocean Installer has recently completed a mooring recovery and re-installation project for a Gulf of Mexico production facility. According to the company, work location was in ultra-deep water (>2500m) and this is Ocean Installer’s first mooring job at such water depths. The