Project & Tenders
Egypt finalizes LNG supply deal with Gazprom
Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum informed that an LNG supply deal with Russia’s Gazprom has been finalized.
Photo: Chevron’s giant Big Foot platform en route to offshore location
Chevron’s massive Big Foot drilling and production platform sailed away from Corpus Christi, Texas this past weekend and is on its way to the offshore location in deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The Tension Leg Platform, able to accommodate 200 people, will be the deepest TLP installation at 5,330 ft (1,6
Rotork supplies actuators for Venezuela LNG pipeline
Rotork said that its Rotork GO gas-over-oil actuators have been supplied for vital failsafe valve control duties on a new cryogenic LNG pipeline in Venezuela.
Rotork supplies actuators for Venezuela LNG pipeline
Rotork said that its Rotork GO gas-over-oil actuators have been supplied for vital failsafe valve control duties on a new cryogenic LNG pipeline in Venezuela.
KrisEnergy begins Rossukon-2 well drilling
KrisEnergy has announced that the Key Gibraltar jack-up rig has started drilling of the Rossukon-2 exploration well in G6/48 in the Gulf of Thailand, where the Rossukon oil accumulation was discovered in 2009. Rossukon-2 lies 1 km northeast of the Rossukon-1 discovery well. The well is planned to re
GE Lands $850 Mln Order for OCTP (Ghana)
GE has secured an $850 million deal across its oil & gas business for the supply of equipment to the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) block, Ghana. According to GE, this order incorporates both turbomachinery and subsea elements, with the first shipment planned for Q4 2015. Further shipments are pl
Lundin bites dust in Gemini (Norway)
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum), through its subsidiary Lundin Norway, operator of PL338C, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 16/1-24, in a prospect named Gemini, in the North Sea. The well is dry. The well was drilled about 10 km southwest of the Edvard Grieg field in the central par
Petrobras starts Papa Terra field platform
Petrobras has announced the start-up of platform P-61 in Papa Terra field, in the southern tip of Campos Basin, 110 km off the coast of Brazil and at a water depth (distance between water surface and sea floor) ranging from 400 to 1,400 meters. Set up at a water depth of 1,200 meters, platform P-61
Eni strikes gas offshore Libya. Boosts Merakes gas finding
Eni has completed post drilling studies on the Merakes-1 gas finding, located in the Indonesia deep offshore East Sepinggan Block, which indicates significant upside gas potential. Furthermore, the company has made a gas discovery offshore Libya. Eni is the operator of the East Sepinggan Block with
Boskalis to Build 2nd Artificial Island in Panama
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded a contract from Compañía Insular Americana, S.A. to construct a second artificial island off the coast of Punta Pacifica in Panama City. This project follows the successful construction of the first island by Boskalis, which was handed over
Get Ready for WODA Workshop
The effects of underwater sound are an important environmental issue. This is clearly reflected by main policy developments in Europe and elsewhere in the World. Increasingly, developers and operators working underwater are being required to consider and manage underwater sound. The forthcoming WODA
Matrix Nets New Drilling Riser Buoyancy Orders
Matrix Composites & Engineering Ltd (Matrix) has been awarded a number of new contracts totalling US$32.2m (AUD$41.82m) for the supply of drilling riser buoyancy. A number of contracts are for the supply of riser buoyancy to a shipyard whose client, a large offshore drilling contractor, has not used
Johan Sverdrup to Get Power from Shore
Statoil has, on behalf of the Johan Sverdrup partnership, awarded a contract to ABB for land-based power supply to phase 1 of the Johan Sverdrup field. The contract value is around NOK 1.1 billion ($155 million), and covers delivery of electrical equipment for a converter station by the Kårstø proce
OMEX Inks Strategic Financing Deal with MINOSA
Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX) has signed a strategic financing agreement with Minera del Norte S.A. de c.v. (MINOSA) to facilitate Odyssey’s offshore mineral and resource exploration. Under the agreement, MINOSA will extend short-term, debt financing to Odyssey of up to $14.75 million. In additi