Somerset County Council Leader John Osman was elected chairman of the Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA) Board at its first meeting that was held on Friday, 27 February. Cllr Osman, who has been Chair of the Flood Action Plan Leaders Implementation Group, was elected by fellow board members and Tony Br
Norway’s Statoil has signed a contract with Allseas for installation of three platform topsides on the Johan Sverdrup field. The «Pioneering Spirit», the world’s largest heavy-lift vessel, formerly known as the Pieter Schelte, will be installing the topsides for the drilling, processing and living q
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract from Eni Ghana Exploration and Production for employment of the newbuild drillship Maersk Voyager. The firm contract period is 3.5 years with an option to extend by one year. The total estimated revenue from the firm contract is USD 545m including mobilisa
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has signed a Letter of Intent with ABB, the leading firm within power and automation technologies, for a seabed clearance and trenching project in the north of Scotland. The Aberdeenshire-based subsea technology firm will prepare the route for the 100-mile interconnector
Litgas, part of the Lithuanian state-controlled Lietuvos Energija energy company group, signed a master trade agreement to enable purchases of LNG from Cheniere Marketing, a unit Cheniere Energy.
Litgas, part of the Lithuanian state-controlled Lietuvos Energija energy company group, signed a master trade agreement to enable purchases of LNG from Cheniere Marketing, a unit Cheniere Energy.
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has signed a Letter of Intent with ABB for a seabed clearance and trenching project in the north of Scotland. The Aberdeenshire-based subsea technology firm will prepare the route for the 100-mile interconnector cable at the centre of SHE Transmission’s £1.2 billion Caith
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, and Port Everglades have received unanimous approval from the Corps’ Civil Works Review Board for the Port Everglades Harbor Feasibility Study following their presentation in Washington, D.C. The board unanimously recommended that the Corps mo
Karoon Gas Australia Ltd has announced the spudding of the Kangaroo West-1 exploration well, the second well in the current Santos Basin drilling campaign, off Brazil, at 0815 hrs BRT on February 26, 2015. The 26” hole section has been drilled to a depth of 1,106 mRT and preparations are under way t
Liquefied Natural Gas Limited said that its Magnolia LNG unit has achieved the milestone set for finalization of the engineering, procurement and construction joint venture agreement between the selected MLNG joint venture contractor parties in support of continued advancement of the MLNG project.
Liquefied Natural Gas Limited said that its Magnolia LNG unit has achieved the milestone set for finalization of the engineering, procurement and construction joint venture agreement between the selected MLNG joint venture contractor parties in support of continued advancement of the MLNG project.
Much of Romney Marsh is below the present day high tide level and 14,500 homes, 700 businesses and nationally important critical infrastructure are at risk of flooding. In the Folkestone to Cliff End Strategy (FoCES), the Environment Agency set out plans to manage flood and erosion risks along the c
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (February 23 – March 01). Building on the previous award by Total E&P UK of the contract for the Edradour Subsea Development, located approximately 75 km North West of Shetlands in the UK waters, Techn
Air Liquide, through its Singapore unit, Singapore Oxygen Air Liquide signed a long-term agreement to supply large quantities of nitrogen to Singapore LNG.
