Project & Tenders
Punj Lloyd bags Ennore LNG work from MHI
Punj Lloyd of India said it has secured a Rs. 477 crore (USD 75 million) order from Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the Ennore LNG project. The scope of work includes geotechnical investigation and early earth works as part of the construction of two 180,000 cbm tanks for Indian Oil Corporat
PA Resources: First oil from Zarat in 2020
Swedish PA Resources has submitted an updated Zarat Field Plan of Development to the Tunisian authorities. The development plans has been developed by an integrated team comprising of staff from both PA Resources and the state oil company, ETAP (L’Entreprise Tunisienne d’Activités Pétrolières). The
Polarcus Bags New Seismic Deal
Norwegian seismic player, Polarcus, has won a Letter of Award (LOA) from an undisclosed client for a 3D marine seismic project. According to the Oslo-listed company, Polarcus will use its RightBAND technique for broadband data acquisition. The project, expected to run for approximately 45 days, is s
Otto spuds Hawkeye (The Philippines)
Otto Energy has started drilling at the Hawkeye-1 exploration well, offshore Palawan Basin in the Philippines. According to Otto Energy, the Hawkeye-1 was spud on July 31, 2015. In a statement issued Monday the operator said the 36” conductor had been run to 1,906 metres and the 26” hole subsequentl
Gazprom and BASF to cooperate on Nord Stream
Gazprom and BASF have signed a Memorandum of Intent stipulating the cooperation within the project for constructing the Nord Stream II gas pipeline. The document was signed Friday in Berlin by Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of Gazprom, and Hans-Ulrich Engel, Member of the BASF Board of Executiv
Milestones for Savannah Harbor Deepening
Progress on the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project, known as SHEP, shifts into high gear as four major milestones are reached in the first week of August. The Savannah District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday, July 31st, awarded the contract for the Dissolved Oxygen Injection System to CDM Co
Siemens, VBMS to Provide Electrical System for Navitus Bay OWF
Siemens Energy Management and VBMS (UK) Ltd have been selected by the proposed Navitus Bay wind park as the preferred electrical transmission system supplier. The two companies will come together to form a joint venture to deliver the project and will aim to use UK supply chain partners to maximise
Picture of the Day: The Cleveland Breakwater
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District, is working on the Cleveland Harbor East Breakwater project to repair the $31 million worth of damages caused by Superstorm Sandy, October 2012. Repair work to the 4,275 linear feet of breakwater is being completed by Great Lakes Dock & Mate
World Bank approves $700M investment in Ghana’s Sankofa gas project
The World Bank Thursday approved a $700 million investment in guarantees for Ghana’s Sankofa gas project, located in the Cape Three Points block, 60km offshore Ghana. According to the Washington-based international organization World Bank, Sankofa is a transformational project that will help develop
Senate panel passes bill to lift crude oil export ban, open more areas for exploration
U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources supported Thursday U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and her broad, bipartisan energy legislation and a separate measure she introduced to grant Alaska and other coastal states a share of the revenue from offshore oil and gas activity. The c
Cheniere, Central El Campesino sign Corpus Christi LNG deal
Cheniere’s unit, Cheniere Marketing International, has entered into a deal with Central El Campesino under which the Chilean company would buy about 0.6 mtpa of LNG for 20 years beginning in 2019 from the Corpus Christi liquefaction project currently under construction in Texas. Central El Campesino
Cheniere, Central El Campesino sign Corpus Christi LNG deal
Cheniere’s unit, Cheniere Marketing International, has entered into a deal with Central El Campesino under which the Chilean company would buy about 0.6 mtpa of LNG for 20 years beginning in 2019 from the Corpus Christi liquefaction project currently under construction in Texas. Central El Campesino
Picture of the Day: Long Beach Island Project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District and its contractor Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company are pumping approximately 8 million cubic yards of sand onto Long Beach Island, N.J. Work is designed to complete the dune and berm system and reduce future storm damages. Great Lakes mobiliz
CHC Approves ABPmer Report
Cowes Harbour Commissioners at their Board meeting on Wednesday, 29th July reviewed and approved the sedimentation report from hydrodynamic consultants ABPmer. The report was commissioned by CHC as part of the June 2015 Breakwater Project Review to investigate and report on the potential issues and