DOF Subsea Norway AS has been awarded a call-off on an existing survey frame agreement with Statoil Petroleum AS for Multibeam Echosounder (MBE) inspection and AUV survey services in the North Sea. The call-off has a firm period of approximately 50 days in addition to optional services and will be p
LaNaval Shipyard in Spain received a contract to design and build a new ferry for the Dutch company Royal N.V. Texels Eigen Stoomboot Onderneming (TESO), which will be powered by diesel-oil or alternatively Natural Gas, being helped also by electric batteries that will form an integral part of the a
The PGN FSRU Lampung project reached a significant milestone on 17 May when the installation and connection of the FSRU and the Tower Yoke Mooring System were finalized on site, 6 km offshore Lampung, Indonesia. The project will commence commercial operation under a 20 year time charter with PGN by
TANAP has awarded WorleyParsons a significant five year contract for the supply of Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) services for the 1,841km Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline Project which has an estimated total project cost of USD 11.7 billion. TANAP is designed to tra
Three new state-of-the-art 27,000 cbm LNG/Multigas Carriers for Evergas, the Denmark based transporter of petrochemical gases and natural gas liquids, are to be built featuring the integrated Wärtsilä solution, comprising the main propulsion equipment, the gas fuel supply system, and the cargo handl
Nido Petroleum Limited has executed the second stage of the SC 63 farm-in process with PNOC-EC. The terms of the farm-in with PNOC-EC are consistent with the original agreement with Dragon Oil PLc. Nido will now retain a net 20% Participating Interest in SC 63 and in exchange for the divestment of t
Carnarvon Petroleum Limited has informed that the Atwood Eagle semi-submersible drilling rig has been released from the previous location and is en route to the Phoenix South-1 well location within the WA-435-P exploration permit, offshore W. Australia. The company said it would release the next ann
Italy’s Ministry of Defence (Ministero della Difesa Segretariato Generale della Difesa e Direzione nazionale degli armamenti Direzione degli Armamenti Navali) has issued a tender for the supply of an echo sounder for their vessel ‘Magnaghi’. Ammiraglio Magnaghi is a research/survey vessel and it is
INPEX has announced that its subsidiary, INPEX Browse E&P Pty Ltd, has been granted Release Area WA-502-P as an exploration permit following the 2013 Australian Offshore Petroleum Acreage Release. INPEX Browse will hold a 40% participating interest in the Block while Santos will hold a 60% participa
The Goliat FPSO will depart the Hyundai yard in South Korea in early 2015, a decision taken at a licence meeting on Friday 16 May, Eni Norge has reported.
GAC Russia is underlining its commitment to offshore oil & gas exploration and extraction in the Black Sea with a major project to upgrade its facilities at the port of Novorossiysk. The Black Sea is one of the areas in which the development of fields looks set to boom as Russian oil majors are gran
TH Heavy Engineering Berhad (THHE) has received a Letter of Award from JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration (Malaysia) Limited for the provision, installation and commissioning of the FPSO Deep Producer 1 in the Layang Development Project, located in Block SK10, offshore Sarawak, Malaysia. Under the cont
Polarcus Limited, a UAE-based owner of seismic survey vessels announced a drop in revenue for the first quarter 2014. The company said that the effects of the challenging market conditions at the end of 2013 spilled over into the start of 2014, as the Company recorded lower revenues during the quart
The Finnish Transport Agency (FTA), a government agency operating under the Ministry of Transport and Communications, has issued a tender invitation for the provision of hydrographic surveys in Finnish lake areas of Lake Saimaa. As FTA announced, the results of these hydrographic surveys will be use
