Codelco of Chile signed a deal to buy two cargoes of LNG for about $100 million from Metrogas, the company said in a statement. Two 165,000 cbm tankers will deliver the cargoes during 2014 and in 2015 to the Mejillones LNG terminal, operated by GDF Suez, in which Codelco has a 37% stake. The deal [&
Technip Norge AS has awarded Kvaerner a sub-contract for the Fjord Base and Support Services related to the upending and make ready for mating operations of the substructure for the Aasta Hansteen Spar platform. Kvaerner’s scope includes providing services and assistance to Technip during mooring, u
Marin Teknikk AS has entered into a contract with China’s Yantai Raffles Offshore Limited (CIMC Raffles), for design & engineering delivery of a large Well Stimulation Vessel to Norshore, in Sotra, Norway. The vessel will be of the MT6028 design with a complete installation of oil well drilling equi
Pivotal LNG, a wholly owned subsidiary of AGL Resources, announced that it has entered into its second agreement with UPS to provide liquefied natural gas to UPS fleet operations in Jacksonville, Fla. Pivotal’s first LNG supply agreement with UPS was announced in April 2013. Under that agreement, Pi
Marin Teknikk AS has recently signed a contract with China Merchants Industry Holdings Co. Ltd., for design & engineering delivery of a large Diving & Construction Vessel to Mermaid Offshore Services Company Ltd., in Bangkok, Thailand. The vessel will be of the MT6024 DSCV design with an 18 men doub
TGE Marine has signed the contract with MAN Diesel & Turbo for the design and supply of the LNG fuel gas package destined for the conversion of the first Qatari Q-max carrier to run on LNG or HFO. The modification of the low speed 2-stroke main engine will make use of MDT’s electronically controlled
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) said it has recently signed a second loan deal with Tokyo Gas Gorgon (TGG), a unit of Tokyo Gas. The $265 million loan will be used for the develpoment of Australia’s Gorgon LNG project in which TGG has a 1 percent stake. The Gorgon project is deve
Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson, has been selected as the main uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems provider for Shell’s Prelude FLNG project, the world’s first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project, currently under construction in Korea for deployment to the Browse Basin
Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, has been awarded a new contract worth approximately US $ 24 million, by the Brazilian oil company Petrobras. The award refers to special Down Hole Technology (DHT) systems for offshore oil and gas extraction applicat
Governor Sean Parnell welcomed news that a commercial agreement for an Alaska gasline has been signed, marking a major milestone in bringing Alaska’s gas to Alaskans and markets beyond. The agreement, also known as a Heads of Agreement (HOA), was signed by the commissioners of Natural Resources and
Subsea Riser Products (SRP), an Acteon company, has won a multi-million pound contract with Total to supply a 3,500-psi drilling riser and deployment tooling for the Moho Nord project in The Republic of the Congo. This is the first time that Total, an oil and gas super-major, has awarded SRP a direc
GasLog said it has signed a deal with Methane Services, a unit of BG Group, to purchase three LNG carriers from MSL’s fleet and to charter those ships back to MSL for six-year initial terms. MSL also will have options to extend the term of the time charters for two of the ships for a […]
Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT), world leader in the design of membrane containment systems for the maritime transportation and storage of LNG, and Keppel Singmarine, the specialised shipbuilding division of Keppel Offshore & Marine, signed last week a Technical Assistance and License Agreement for t
Long distance power cable monitoring specialist, Omnisens was selected to monitor the export cables at Sheringham Shoal windfarm. The two 132 kV cables monitored join the offshore substations to the Sheringham Shoal Salle substation, some 20 km inland, where the Omnisens DITEST interrogator is house
