Project & Tenders
Leviathan partners approve $120M for production platform FEED
Noble Energy, the operator of the giant Leviathan Gas field in Israel, has been given a nod by its partners to enter into a front-end engineering design contract for work for the offshore production platform for the field. Delek Drilling and Avner Oil Exploration on Wednesday said they have authoriz
Subsea 7 and Petrobras Agree to Swap PLSV Contract
Subsea 7 has entered into an agreement to substitute a pipelay support vessel (PLSV) working on a day-rate contract for Petrobras, offshore Brazil. Namely, the companies agreed to substitute the owned PLSV Seven Mar for the chartered PLSV Normand Seven in the existing Normand Seven contract. To remi
Plocan Opens IECOM Tender
Plocan has published the public tender for the construction and putting into service of the marine and terrestrial electrical and communications infrastructure (IECOM) to operate in the Plocan Test Site. The total base tender budget is EUR 3.5 million, and includes the use of an underwater vehicle f
Hess extends cooperation with DNV GL
Hess Denmark, a subsidiary of US-based Hess Corporation, has awarded a contract to DNV GL, an international certification body, and classification society, for asset integrity inspection management of its South Arne field in the Danish North Sea. Hess said on Wednesday that the deal includes risk-ba
Exmouth Boat Harbor Contract Awarded
Work on the Exmouth Boat Harbor upgrade, made possible by a Royalties for Regions investment of $18.3 million, is progressing on time with the awarding of the contract for the biggest component of the project. Transport Minister Dean Nalder said that Wangara-based Ertech Pty Ltd. won the $8.34 milli
GALLERY: Petrobras’ FPSO Cidade de Caraguatatuba reaches Lapa field
The floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Cidade de Caraguatatuba has arrived at Petrobras-operated Lapa field located in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. The production is scheduled to start in August. The FPSO Cidade de Caraguatatuba was in the Brasfels shipyard in Angra dos R
GTT, Endel strengthen LNG containment systems cooperation
French LNG containment specialist GTT signed a technical assistance and license agreement with Endel, for the construction of GTT membrane containment systems.
JDR, Bibby Offshore in Cable Maintenance Alliance
JDR has signed a framework agreement with Bibby Offshore for cable maintenance activities. Under the strategic alliance, JDR will provide cable maintenance services and offshore personnel, including high voltage and fibre optic cable jointers and associated competency systems. Bibby Offshore will de
New TSHD Severnaya Dvina Officially Introduced in Rotterdam
FSUE Rosmorport’s new trailing suction hopper dredger, the Severnaya Dvina, has been officially presented to the public at the Damen Shiprepair yard in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The vessel – built by Damen’s Song Thu Corporation shipyard in Da Nang – will today set sail for Arkhangelsk, Russia. Th
Ithaca secures access to Norpipe pipeline for Stella
Ithaca Energy has secured access to the Norpipe oil pipeline system allowing oil exports from the Greater Stella Area (GSA) development, in the UK North Sea, to transfer from tanker export to pipeline export during 2017. Following Petrofac’s progress report on Tuesday regarding the sail-away of the
Rolls-Royce in SalMar’s Offshore Fish Farm Project
Rolls-Royce has signed a contract for the construction and delivery of an eight point mooring system to the offshore fish farm installation being developed for Ocean Farming AS, a subsidiary of the SalMar Group in Norway. The equipment will be used to secure the installation to the seabed at Frohave
Eni renews cooperation with Sonatrach
Eni’s CEO Claudio Descalzi renewed the company’s cooperation with Algeria’s Sonatrach during his meeting with Amine Mazouzi, chairman and CEO of the Algerian State Oil & Gas Company.
Reach Subsea Secures More Work for Normand Reach
Norwegian offshore player Reach Subsea said it has won contracts for the construction and ROV support vessel Normand Reach. According to the company, the deals are covering approximately half of the remaining committed period of the vessel for 2016. The terms of the contract have remained confidenti
Oswego Harbor Dredging Contract Awarded
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, has awarded a $926,000 contract to dredge Oswego Harbor, NY, this summer. The contract was awarded to Luedtke Engineering Company of Frankfort, MI, and includes dredging a total of 175.000 cubic yards of sediment from the federal navigation channel