Cairn Energy, an independent oil and gas company, has informed that first steel has been cut for the Premier-operated Catcher FPSO unit. Cairn owns a stake in the Catcher area, located in the UK Central North Sea. Cairn did not specify the exact date of the Catcher FPSO steel cutting ceremony but on
Norway’s DOF informed that Statoil has exercised its first one-year option for the LNG-powered Skandi Gamma platform supply vessel.
Jan de Nul has confirmed an order with SMD for a Quasar MkII 150hp 3000m rated work class remotely operated vehicle (ROV). The high specification system including Tophat Tether Management System, A-Frame, Umbilical Winch and dual control system (vessel bridge and control cabin) will be delivered in
Construction works on the new detached breakwater, which started back in May 2014, have been completed for the winter period, reported the Cowes Harbour Commission. Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., the contractor for the project, has completed the reshaping of the breakwater core in advance of a win
Following 3 years of successful operations, N-Sea – the Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (IMR) specialist – has extended its charter agreement with Siem Offshore, concerning its offshore subsea construction vessel, Siem N-Sea, previously Siem Stork. The agreement has a duration of up to 6 years, h
Saacke Marine Systems received an initial order from Japan-based JGC Corporation in June 2014 to deliver a complete high-temperature water boiler system for Petronas’ second floating liquefied natural gas facility.
Last week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, visited Charleston District and was briefed about the work currently being undertaken on the Charleston Harbor deepening project, better known as Post 45. During the visit, he meet with Jim Newsome, President & CEO of the South Ca
The first new-build semi-submersible drilling rig incorporating Wood Group Mustang Norway’s (WGMN’s) GG5000 floating hull design has been delivered to COSL Drilling Europe (CDE). The rig, built by CIMC Raffles, was recently on sea trials in China. The COSLProspector was designed to operate in water
Petrobras’ total oil and natural gas production in December, in Brazil and abroad, has reached an average of 2 million 863 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day, representing, what the company says is, the best result ever achieved in the history of the company. This volume has an increase of 4
In the Asia Pacific region DOF Subsea, a subsidiary of DOF ASA, has been awarded several new and extended existing contracts by key clients. The contract awards will improve the utilization of the vessels Skandi Hercules and Skandi Hawk during 1st half of 2015 with an additional approx. 4 months. Th
Northeast Florida government, business and environmental leaders yesterday unveiled a historic partnership to balance economic interests while aggressively working to protect the health of the St. Johns River. As part of a larger river restoration plan and led by JAX Chamber President Daniel Davis,
CFE of Mexico issued a 13 LNG cargoes tender for the delivery from February until November.
The Honorable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Regional Minister for PEI and MP for Egmont, has announced that the Government of Canada has awarded a contract of $963,763 through a public tendering process to Island Coastal Services from PEI for a major harbor infrastructure project at W
Seismic acquisition has now started on the major new Polarcus Capreolus 3D multi-client project over the Phoenix area that contains the recent Phoenix South-1 oil discovery within the Roebuck Basin, offshore Western Australia. Carnarvon Petroleum says that, together with previously acquired data, th
