The Shah Deniz consortium has awarded a further two contracts key to the progress of the Shah Deniz Stage 2 development project. The two contracts have a combined value of $226 million and have been awarded to ShawCor Nederland B.V. (Bredero), part of the Bredero Shaw pipe coating division. Together
Corvus Energy, Siemens, Fjord1 have been awarded a contract to install ESS on the Fannefjord LNG ferry.
South Stream Transport, a consortium between Russia’s Gazprom, Italy’s Eni S.p.A., France’s EDF, and Germany’s Wintershall, last week announced it was ready to begin offshore construction of its South Stream gas pipeline project. The project is designed to bring Russian gas to European market throug
TGS has signed a Letter of Award with SeaBird Exploration to acquire up to 300,000 km of 2D seismic data over Mexico and US Atlantic waters. This announcement is further to a Letter of Intent issued April 1, 2014 for Mexico which was announced April 2, 2014. The LOA provides TGS access to charter up
TGS has signed a Letter of Award (LOA) with Seabird Exploration to acquire up to 300,000 km of 2D seismic data over Mexico and US Atlantic waters. The LOA provides TGS access to charter up to six seismic vessels over a period of approximately 36 months. TGS says that this activity is expected to sta
In an e-mail sent to Offshore Energy Today Spanish oil company Repsol has confirmed that the company has started drilling offshore the Canary Islands, Spain. According to Repsol’s spokesperson, the drilling began yesterday and it is expected to last for six weeks. The company hired Rowan Renaissance
Jasper Investments Limited has informed that the sale of semi-submersible flotel Jasper Cosmopolitan to Alyan Offshore has fallen through after the buyer failed to meet the conditions of the previously announced agreement. Jasper Cosmopolitan is a converted accommodation semi-submersible flotel init
China’s Primeline Energy Holdings Inc. and its affiliate firm Primeline Petroleum Corp. (PPC) have found the cash to pay for its share of the costs for the development of an offshore gas field in China. The formal documentation for the financing package was signed between the company and banks on Mo
X-Subsea has recently completed a scope of work off the West African coast delivering a unique and innovative solution to their client for shore approach trenching. The project scope of work involved the trenching of a 10” pipeline close to the shore with a target burial depth of 2 m for a distance
The newly reconstructed approach canal in New Harbor Ruchyi has been put into operation in Ust-Luga seaport. The project, carried out under the “Development of Transport system of Russia (2010-2020)” program, was performed by FSUE “Rosmorport”. During the last stage of the works, approx. 405.700 m³
Eko Atlantic city, a creative and ambitious development project, is about to change the face of Africa, transforming the Lagos State into a megacity. The city, currently under construction off Bar Beach, Victoria Island, will become the new financial epicenter of West Africa by the year 2020. The ne
As part of the upcoming marina dredge project, the Kingston marina will be closed for vessel traffic today, November 19, for surveying. American Construction Company must survey the marina dredging areas and locate the Kitsap County outfall. In order to do so they will need to close ingress and egre
CNOOC Limited has made a mid-sized new discovery Lufeng14-4 in the Eastern South China Sea. The Lufeng14-4 structure is located in Lufeng Sag in the Pearl River Mouth Basin of the South China Sea with an average water depth of 145 meters. The discovery well Lufeng14-4-1 was drilled and completed at
Shell and Petronas Carigali recently took final investment decision (FID) to develop E6 field, offshore Sarawak, Malaysia. Discovered in 1970, the E6 field is the last field to be developed under the SK308 Production Sharing Contract. The development concept leverages on existing infrastructure by e
