Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) has received confirmation from Chevron in Thailand for the 2015 Offshore Installation Campaign utilizing its Derrick Lay Barge (DLB) Norce Endeavour. SOFF says that the DLB Norce Endeavour will install multiple new Wellhead Platforms for Chevron in the Gulf of Thailand du
Brazilian national oil company Petrobras has completed the drilling of the first appraisal well in the Libra Consortium area, the 3-BRSA-1255 (3-RJS-731), known as NW1, offshore Brazil. Located in the Northwest portion of the Libra block, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, the well is approx
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) applauded yesterday a “Dear Colleague” letter to the leadership of the Senate Committee on Appropriations that was signed by 22 senators, urging appropriators to meet the dredging funding commitments made in the 2014 Water Resources Reform & Develo
Eidesvik Offshore and Reach Subsea have in partnership entered into a firm contract with Technip in Norway. Reach will execute the contract using Eidesvik Offshore’s newbuild TBN Viking Neptun, equipped with Reach ROVs and manned by Eidesvik marine personnel and Reach ROV personnel and engineers.
Royal Niger Emerging Technologies, a leading Nigerian oil & gas service company, has awarded JDR a fast track contract supporting the West African Abo project for the manufacture of a 1.55 km hybrid of steel tube and thermoplastic umbilical. The umbilical, designed to include a combination of hydrau
Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) for installation work in the Gulf of Mexico. The contract value is in the range of $50 million to $100 million. The contract scope of work involves the installation of 27 miles of 8″ Flowlines and Steel Catenary Risers (SCRs), with as
Plexus Holdings has received a purchase order from an oil and gas operator to supply surface wellhead and mudline equipment services for a gas and condensate exploration well in the UK Continental Shelf in the North Sea. The value of the order is estimated at approximately £1.9 million with revenues
Belgium and Greece have signed agreements designed to foster cooperation between Belgian and Greek natural gas sectors.
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has signed a contract with Shell for a Pusnes permanent mooring system. Contract value is around EUR 20 million. “We are very happy to finalise this large contract,” says Jan Martin Grindheim, Vice President, Offshore Mooring Systems at MacGregor. “It is strategically im
Skangass signed a two year deal with Eni for the supply of LNG from the Fluxys LNG terminal in Zeebrugge.
On Tuesday and Wednesday last week about 3700 people set out for the Bremen port to visit the newly built German deep-sea research vessel SONNE. A visitor’s circuit led them up to the bridge, through the labs, where a marine research exhibition was presented, and to more exhibits on the working de
CNOOC Limited has announced that the Huizhou 25-8 Oilfield/Xijiang 24-3 Oilfield Xijiang 24-1 District Joint Development Project has started production. This project is located in the Pearl River Mouth Basin of the South China Sea. The average water depth is approximately 100 meters. The main produc
Benthic, a global geosciences company, has been awarded a contract by a subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation for a deepwater geotechnical investigation in the Golfinho field off the coast of Mozambique. Benthic’s PROD (Portable Remotely Operated Drill), operating from the MPSV Jaya Vigilant,
GDF Suez has signed a contract with Idemitsu for the acquisition of 10% share in the license PL 420, in the North Sea. PL 420 is situated between the Gjøa field and the Skarfjell discovery, and contains the discovery Titan. The exploration well Atlas in the license started November 4, with the semi-
