Petrobras has announced that platform Cidade de Mangaratiba went into operation yesterday (October 14) at the Santos Basin pre-salt area of Iracema Sul, in Lula field, located on block BM-S-11, off Brazil. The start-up of the new platform was anticipated since the original expected start-up, as prov
PartnerTech AB has signed a framework agreement covering production and assembly of subsea products for Aker Solutions, a global provider of products, systems and services to the oil and gas industry. The agreement covers PartnerTech’s product development, subsea electronics, high-precision machinin
The Channel Islands Harbor dredging project, the largest dredging project ever conducted at the Harbor, is expected to begin within next few days, according to the latest release from the City of Port Hueneme. Cutter suction dredger HR Morris will take on the project and through the network of pipes
Global Marine has been awarded a third contract to extend the Tampnet offshore fibre optic network with a new cable linking offshore platforms in the Southern North Sea. This latest signing follows Global Marine’s successful installation of the previous phases of the North Sea project, using cable s
The Environment Agency is about to begin constructing the new flood defense works at Westonzoyland in Somerset this week. The Agency has worked closely on the design with the local community over the past few months, particularly those residents most affected by flooding. After listening to their vi
JDR has won a contract for the design and manufacture of a hybrid power steel umbilical from Wintershall Noordzee B.V. This umbilical will be deployed to the Ravn field development in the North Sea. JDR’s scope of work includes delivery of an 18.2 km umbilical which will provide power and control, c
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of Statoil’s management of the domains of electrical installations, safety instrumented systems and technical safety at Statfjord A platform, in the North Sea. The Statfjord field is in the Tampen area, in the northern part of the
Moffatt & Nichol in less than three weeks won its second Engineering News-Record Merit Award, the award winner was the company’s Bair Island Restoration project in San Mateo County. Bair Island is one of the largest wetland restoration projects in California, restoring approximately 1400 acres of ti
Lundin Petroleum AB has announced that drilling of exploration well 7220/11-1 on the Alta prospect in the Barents Sea has been successfully completed and has encountered both oil and gas. The well is located 20 km northeast of the Gohta discovery (well 7120/1-3) and some 160 km from the Norwegian co
The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Costa Rican Government and APM Terminals in an appeal filed by the port workers union against the 33-year concession contract for the new Moin Container Terminal (TCM) in Limon on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. For Paul Gallie, Managing Director of APM
The upper Hudson River dredging project, administered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and General Electric (GE), is continuing during the 2014 Navigation Season between Lock C-4 in Stillwater and Lock C-8 in Fort Edward. The dredging operations are lighted, have day shapes
The Washington Department of Ecology has approved the City of Yakima’s Shoreline Master Program (SMP) that will manage 1,700 acres of shorelines within the city. The locally tailored shoreline program is designed to help minimize environmental damage to shoreline areas, reserve appropriate areas for
NextDecade said it has formed a partnership with York Capital Management Global Advisors for the joint development of a portfolio of LNG export projects. Through this agreement, NextDecade will initially focus on developing low-cost, mid-scale LNG export projects in Brownsville and Galveston, Texas.
Russia’s Rosneft has finished geophysical exploration, including seismic data acquisition 3D and gravimagnetic survey on the West-Prinovozemelsky licensed site on the continental shelf of the Barents Sea. The scope of work totaled 2.8 thousand square km and it was conducted with a specialized scient
