Ertech has secured a roadwork and earthworks contract with John Holland, for the Construction Village at the Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project. The contract, valued at an estimated $7.6 million, will create 20 jobs in Western Australia with two administrative positions in Perth and 18 located at t
When the time came to expand Dalian Shipyard’s shipbuilding and repair facilities to build next-generation LNG tankers and container vessels, they turned to long-term partner GE Power Conversion to supply the complete drive and automation system for Goliath Crane. Over their 12-year relationship, GE
Cecon has agreed a contract with EMAS AMC for the use of “Lewek Centurion” (formerly known as “Caesar”) to install pipelines in support of Cecon’s project commitments currently in-hand. The work consists of approx 60km pipelay plus associated activities, which are scheduled for execution August/Sept
Liquiline North America announced that it has been contracted to provide LNG vaporization and distribution equipment for a project being undertaken by Yukon Electrical, ATCO Gas and ATCO Energy Solutions in Watson Lake, Yukon, Canada. The project will convert one of the six diesel-fired electrical g
Santos Offshore Pty Ltd, the Operator of the Winchester-1 exploration well being drilled in the Dampier Sub-basin permit WA-323-P, offshore Australia, has announced that at 06:00 hours (WST) on Tuesday, 28 May 2013, the well was at a depth of 2891m MDRT (measured depth below rotary table) and prepar
Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) will continue to provide duty holder and asset management services to the Hummingbird Spirit floating storage offloading production (FPSO) vessel, under a new contract extension from Teekay. Effective from April 2013, the contract continues until the end of 2013 with options t
Japan’s INPEX said that its affiliate , INPEX Masela and Shell Upstream Overseas Services, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, have signed an Agreement with PT EMP Energi Indonesia (EMPI) for the acquisition of EMPI’s 10% participating interest in the Masela Block, Arafura Sea, Indonesia (Abadi LNG P
KCA Deutag, the international drilling and engineering contractor and a global leader in platform drilling services, announces the award of significant drilling operation and maintenance contracts for work in the North Sea. These awards represent a long term commitment with core clients Total E&P UK
The Board of Directors of Otto Marine Limited (the “Company”) announces that the sale of the Multi-purpose Field Support and ROV Support Vessel, “Otto Explorer 3”, to RY Offshore Limited for an aggregate consideration of approximately US$50 million had been successfully completed. RY Offshore will c
Statoil Petroleum AS (Statoil) has received consent for continued operation of the Brage platform, as new technology has led to new solutions that can improve recovery from the field. Statoil is the operator of Brage, an oil field in the northern part of the North Sea, between Oseberg and Troll. The
Statoil has awarded the concept phase for the Johan Sverdrup Infield Pipelines to IKM Ocean Design. The project starts immediately and will run up to the end of 2013 Man Dir. in IKM Ocean Design, Peder Hoås, says in a press release that IKM Ocean Design is very proud being given the contract for dev
China’s national oil company CNOOC has successfully completed the installation of the topsides of the Central Processing Platform at the Liwan field in the South China Sea. China Daily reports that the company Thursday lowered the 30.000 ton topsides on a jacket, previously installed on the seabed.
IKM Consultants AS acquires 100 per cent of the shares in Poseidon Consulting Services AS (PCS) from Siemens AS, Norway and takes over 150 highly qualified colleagues and consultants with multi discipline backgrounds. The consultants have mainly Subsea and Pipeline experience and will be a considera
The Government of Fiji has recently granted a licence to an unknown Korean company for the exploration of seabed minerals, The Fiji Times reports. According to the Mineral Resources director Malakai Finau the minerals potential of Fiji is located in its Exclusive Economic Zone. He was quoted as sayi
