The international oil services provider Aker Solutions has signed a contract with a subsidiary of McDermott for the delivery of subsea tie-in connectors to the Ichthys LNG Project. The contract is valued at NOK 500 million (USD 87 million). The scope of work includes the delivery of 6″-18″ horizonta
Gasol plc, the West African energy development company, announced the signing of a strategic alliance agreement with Socar Trading S.A. (STSA) in relation to its proposed LNG Import Project in Benin. Under the terms of the strategic alliance, STSA will supply all Liquefied Natural Gas required for t
DNV has been awarded the contract to class PETRONAS’ first floating LNG unit (PFLNG 1), destined for the Kanowit field offshore Sarawak, Malaysia. The unit will be 360m long and 60m wide and will be moored 180km from shore. It will produce 1.2 million tonnes a year (mtpa) of LNG, and is expected to
Oceaneering International, Inc. announced that it has secured a contract from Esso Exploration Angola (Block 15) Limited, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil Corporation, to supply umbilicals for the Kizomba Satellites Phase 2 development located offshore Angola, West Africa. The order is for electro-hydraul
Bowtech Products Ltd, a global market leader in subsea vision systems, announced that it was awarded a contract by Imes earlier in 2012, to supply cameras and lights for a Riser Visual Inspection System, which has been used on BP Norge’s Skarv development project in the Norwegian Sea. The contract f
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has signed a contract for the design of a new diving support vessel (DSV) to be built for Subsea 7, the seabed-to-surface engineering, construction, and services contractor to the offshore energy industry. The brand new VS 4725
Nexus Energy Limited (Nexus) advises it has provided to Shell Development (Australia) Pty Ltd (Shell) an Option Notice that will result in the disposal of 2% of Nexus’ 17% participating interest in the Crux AC/L9 development project in the East Browse Basin, off the coast of North West Australia for
Icon Energy announced that Icon and Shantou SinoEnergy of China, have agreed to extend the completion date for conditions precedent in the Gas Sales Agreement signed by both parties in March 2011. The new date for completion of “Conditions Precedent” as detailed below is, on or before 30 June 2014.
Scana Industrier ASA has through its subsidiary Scana Subsea, been awarded contract to deliver machined riser forgings to none disclosed customer. The riser systems are intended for North Sea and Australia operations. The initial contract value is 27 MSEK. However, the contract contains additional o
Chatham Rock Phosphate (CRP) advises that it has agreed with Boskalis to proceed to phase two of its services contract. This phase involves the final detailed design of a system for extracting rock phosphate nodules. This phase is a commitment that is estimated to cost around €4 million and is sched
Kongsberg Maritime announced that FUGRO Survey Ltd. has ordered the latest generation of HUGIN AUVs to augment their existing fleet of survey vehicles. The new HUGIN 1000 AUV has depth rating of 3000 metres and includes Lithium Polymer batteries. The batteries are packaged into modules, which are st
International equipment specialist ATR has won a major contract with Apache Corp to deliver technology for on and offshore operations in the UKCS North Sea, worth an initial £2.25m. ATR, the Aberdeen-headquartered oilfield service provider, will supply portable lifting equipment and rigging lofts to
Encana Corporation, a leading North American natural gas producer, and Ferus LNG, a North American leader in LNG fuelling solutions, announced plans to build a 190,000 litre per day liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facility near Grande Prairie, Alberta. The facility is strategically located in
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, said it has won an order to supply compact heat exchangers to an LNG plant in Australia. The order is worth approximately SEK 50 million and delivery is scheduled to take place in 2013 and 2014. The Alfa Laval co
