RWE Innogy has issued a new tender for the supply of 54 turbines for the Nordsee One offshore wind farm in German part of the North Sea. The tender follows a recent discovery of a technical issue on Senvion’s 5M and 6XM offshore turbines. In an email statement, Jagna Jera, RWE Innogy spokeswoman, sa
Dutch Damen Shipyards has today through social media shared photos of a seismic vessel being repaired in one of its yards. The Polarcus Naila vessel, owned by the UAE-based seismic specialist Polarcus, is undergoing repairs and upgrades in the Shipdock shipyard, which Damen bought in February last y
Russian President Vladimir Putin will have a conference call with Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee Alexei Miller, who is at the Prirazlomnaya offshore ice-resistant stationary platform. The platform is located on the Pechora Sea shelf 60 kilometres off the shore (at the Prirazlomnoye oil
Australia’s leading provider of transport and logistics to the resources sector, Toll Group, has started works on the offshore logistics base it is constructing for INPEX’s historic Ichthys LNG Project. Northern Territory Chief Minister Adam Giles joined Toll Global Resources CEO David Jackson and I
Technip announces that a consortium composed of Angoflex Ltd (owned jointly with Sonangol) and DUCO Ltd, has been awarded a large lump-sum contract by Total E&P Angola. The contract consists of the umbilical system part of the Kaombo project, located in Block 32 offshore Angola in water depths up to
Dynagas LNG Partners, an owner and operator of LNG carriers, said that it has entered into a new 13-year time-charter contract with Gazprom Marketing & Trading Singapore for the Clean Force, a fully winterized, 149,700 cbm Ice Class LNG carrier built in 2008. Dynagas LNG also entered into an agreeme
French oilfield services provider Technip has announced that a consortium composed of Angoflex Ltda (owned jointly with Sonangol) and DUCO Ltd, has been awarded a large lump-sum contract by Total E&P Angola. The contract consists of the umbilical system part of the Kaombo project, located in Block 3
Wessex Exploration PLC, the hydrocarbon exploration company, is now in advanced discussions with the vendors of a company holding an interest in a prospective offshore asset in the Far East, which the Directors believe is capable of near-term production. The acquisition, to be paid for by way of sha
The Board of Mediterranean Oil & Gas Plc announces that, following the tribunal hearing held on 9 January 2014 in Rome, the Lazio Regional Administrative Court has rejected the appeal filed by Medoilgas Italia S.p.A, a wholly owned subsidiary of MOG. This appeal was aimed at obtaining an annulment o
Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO) is a Singapore-based global service provider to the offshore oil and gas industry. It currently owns and operates 84 offshore support vessels. By 2015 the company will have a total of 100 vessels in its fleet and 34 of them are designed in co-operation with OSD-IMT. Head
Petrobras of Brazil signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Japan’s Mitsui and the Government of Rio Grande do Sul to prepare a study for building an LNG import terminal. LNG regasification terminal in Rio Grande do Sul would be Petrobras’ fourth LNG import terminal. The deadline for completion of
Gardline CGG’s M/V Duke has been awarded three contracts for 2D seismic survey and geochemical sampling with major companies in Australia and South East Asia. The contracts have a combined duration of approximately 100 days and an estimated value of USD 10 million. Startup is expected around late Ma
Airborne Oil & Gas has secured an order for multiple flexible risers and jumpers from OneSubsea™. Applying the Thermoplastic Composite Pipe (TCP) concept, the flexible risers and jumpers will be used for acid stimulation, injecting stimulation fluids into subsea wells. The smooth bore TCP concept is
Drilling has started on the offshore exploration well, FAN-1, offshore Senegal in which FAR Ltd holds a 15% interest (Cairn Energy PLC 40%, ConocoPhillips 35%, Petrosen 10%). The well will test a stacked fan structure with the potential to contain approximately 900 million barrels of oil (mmbbls) wi
