The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has processed the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) for the 34/10-53 S (Rutil) discovery in the Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen area in the North Sea. Statoil submitted the plan for development and operation to the authorities in December 2014. Production start
Canada’s shipbuilder Davie has floated for the first time Cecon’s newbuild subsea construction vessel (SCV) at the Champlain dry dock. The shipbuilder also re-floated the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker CCGS Des Groseilliers. Davie says that the second in the build series of 130-meter SCV – Hull 718
Brazil’s Petrobras has announced results of drilling well 9-SES-187A (Petrobras nomenclature) / 9-BRSA-1278A-SES (ANP nomenclature), located in concession area BM-SEAL-10, blocks SEAL-M-347 and SEAL-M-424, in Sergipe Basin ultra-deep waters, off Brazil. According to the company, results have confirm
PSA Marine and Oman LNG have signed a ten-year towage contract.
McDermott International, Inc. has completed the installation of a 3,086-ton central processing platform (CPP) topside using the tight-slot float-over method in the Kepodang gas field, Muriah Working Area, offshore Indonesia for PC Muriah Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PETRONAS. According to McDer
Norway’s Statoil has informed that although it was initially scheduled to be shut down during 2014, the ambition is now to extend the life of the Norne field, located in the Norwegian Sea, to 2030. The Norne field came on stream on November 6, 1997, and the initial development plans called for the f
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., Oak Brook, Illinois, has been awarded a $23.4 million firm-fixed-price contract with options for Fire Island Inlet to Montauk Point, Fire Island Emergency Stabilization, Robert Moses State Park to Lonelyville Reach, with an estimated completion date of April 15, 2015.
Power and Water Corporation NT have awarded McConnell Dowell a contract for Inpex Ichthys LNG project.
Dredging operations are beginning today at the Murray Mouth in order to maintain connectivity between the river and the Southern Ocean. A dredging contractor has been engaged to undertake the work and during the past two weeks has been mobilizing in preparation for dredging. Department of Environmen
Ezra Holdings Limited’s Subsea Services division, EMAS AMC, has secured a subsea construction contract with Apache Energy in Australia valued in excess of A$130 million (US$105 million). The awarded scope of work includes project management, engineering, transportation and subsea installation of an
Petrobras has announced the results of drilling well 9-SES-188D (Petrobras nomenclature) / 9-BRSA-1280D-SES (ANP nomenclature), located at concession area BM-SEAL-11, in block SEAL-M-426, in Sergipe Basin ultra-deep waters, off Brazil. The results confirm the light oil and gas discovery in Farfan ar
Deep Down, an oilfield services company specializing in complex deepwater and ultra-deepwater oil production distribution system support services, has received an order for flying leads and ancillary equipment directly from one of the supermajor operators. The flying leads will be delivered and depl
Trapoil has announced that a contract has been signed for a jack-up rig for the drilling of a well to test the Niobe prospect, in the North Sea. The Niobe prospect, formerly named Kratos, is located in the Licence P.1889, Blocks 12/26b and 12/27, within the Moray Firth. Suncor Energy UK is the opera
Huisman Equipment has informed that the company installed the 570mt pipelay system onboard Ceona’s flagship asset Ceona Amazon. The system was installed at the Huisman Schiedam quayside in The Netherlands. Ceona Amazon is a pipelay and heavy subsea construction vessel. It arrived at Huisman’s yard i
