A flood defense scheme carried out by Team Van Oord on behalf of the Environment Agency has scooped its 13th award in the past 12 months. The latest accolade for the Medmerry Managed Realignment Scheme in West Sussex came in the CIPR Pride Awards for the south of England, which were presented on 21
Penglai Jutal Offshore Engineering Heavy Industries received a confirmation letter for the Yamal LNG modules construction deal.
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has successfully installed and hooked up a permanent mooring system for the Delta House field floating production system (FPS) in the Gulf of Mexico. The mooring lines were deployed and installed on time and without incident, despite the challenging circumstances. Proje
President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has stated that they won’t pursue the South Stream pipeline project for gas from the Black Sea to Europe. Durining his latest visit to Turkey Russia’s president stated: “Taking into account the European Commission’s position, which is not conducive to implementin
For the third year, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), in collaboration with The Water Institute of the Gulf, is offering two programs focused on fostering applied research and identifying innovations that will enable CPRA to more effectively protect and restore coastal Louisia
MODEC, Inc. and its Brazilian partner Schahin Group will deliver a Floating, Production, Storage, and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for Petrobras’ Tartaruga Verde and Tartaruga Mestica fields in the Campos Basin, offshore Brazil. The FPSO will be deployed at the Petrobras owned BM‐ C‐36 block in water de
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has entered into a data licensing agreement with Statoil worth USD 10 million for the provision of 3D EM data from EMGS’ multi-client data library in Norway. After adjustment for partner’s share of the revenues, EMGS net revenue will amount to approximately USD 7 m
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 26/10-1, in the North Sea. Well 26/10-1 will be drilled from the Island Innovator semi-submersible drilling rig in the central part of the North Sea. The drilling programme for well 26/10-1 relates to d
Gassco has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use a pipeline for gas transport from Knarr field, in the North Sea. The Knarr field is located in block 34/3 in the Tampen area in the northern North Sea. The field, operated by BG Norge AS, has been developed using sub
Norway’s seismic survey company Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has begun the Springboard MC3D program in the Ceduna sub-Basin, offshore South Australia. PGS previously announced the program back in June saying that the Springboard MC3D has significant industry support and is being acquired by the Ramf
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has confirmed that the previously announced letter of intent for 3D EM data acquisition in Thailand and Myanmar has now resulted in a contract award. The company further said that the contract is signed with a first-time customer PTTEP International and that it
Norwegian seismic player SeaBird Exploration has secured a Letter of Award (LOA) for acquisition of 2D seismic data in the Mediterranean area. The Letter of Award is from an undisclosed client and it’s conditional on approval. According to SeaBird, the 2D acquisition is expected to start in the seco
SSE’s networks business, SHE Transmission, has awarded its largest ever Living Wage contract, worth approximately $721 million (£460million), to engineering firm ABB Limited. The contract is part of the Caithness to Moray Transmission Project, the vital new subsea link which will allow more renewa
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has successfully installed and hooked up a permanent mooring system for the Delta House field floating production system (FPS) in the Gulf of Mexico. Delta House FPS system reached its Gulf of Mexico location in mid-September 2014. According to the company, the mooring
