JKC Australia LNG Pty Ltd has awarded Laing O’Rourke a $260 million contract to deliver the Ichthys Project Onshore LNG Facilities Accommodation Village. Early works design for the 3500-bed Howard Springs Accommodation Village (HSAV) project were undertaken in late 2011. Work is scheduled to begin i
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Subsea 7 for the design and fabrication of a control umbilical for Statoil’s Svalin C project on the Norwegian continental shelf. Contract value is undisclosed. Scope of work includes a six kilometre long control umbilical, connectors, engineering and pr
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Subsea 7 for the design and fabrication of a control umbilical for Statoil’s Svalin C project on the Norwegian continental shelf. Contract value is undisclosed. Scope of work includes a six kilometre long control umbilical, connectors, engineering and pr
French oil and gas company Total today announced that the two technical solutions to stop the gas leak on well G4 of the Elgin platform are progressing according to plan. As announced, drilling of the G4 relief well (G4-K1) commenced while in parallel experts continued with key tasks in preparation
Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) announces today that its’ newbuild vessel FORTE has completed sea-trials in China. The sea-trials finished with a successful submerging test. The new build 50,000 DWT semi-submersible vessel began its sea trials off the coast of China on April 10, under the super
The rapid development of renewable energy capacity is central to the delivery of the EU’s target of a 20 % renewable energy contribution by 2020. Wave and tidal energy is expected to provide a share of the UK’s renewable electricity by this date. As part of this, The Crown Estate is offering interes
Greek Ypoyrgeio Ypodomon announces tenders for design, construction, financing, operation, maintenance and operation of a road project through an underwater tunnel. The aim of a project is to replace the existing bridge between Lefkada and Aitoloakarnania. According to the company, the scope of work
IEV International Limited (“IEV”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of IEV Group Sdn. Bhd. was awarded contracts to supply its proprietary “ocean-powered” Marine Growth Prevention (“MGP”) technology to three newly built platforms and one existing platform in the South China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand. A
Global supplier of fluid transfer systems, FES International, has landed a $1.6m deal to supply Anglo-Dutch energy and petrochemical giant, Shell with six Diverless Bend Stiffener Connectors (DBSCs) for its Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) operations off the Western Australian coast. The DBSC’s
Global supplier of fluid transfer systems, FES International, has landed a $1.6m deal to supply Anglo-Dutch energy and petrochemical giant, Shell with six Diverless Bend Stiffener Connectors (DBSCs) for its Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) operations off the Western Australian coast. The DBSC’s
Australia’s Thiess Pty Ltd, a Leighton unit, said it has secured a contract with Bechtel to undertake site preparation works for the downstream portion of the Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project, a LNG and domestic gas project in Western Australia. The total contract value is estimated at AU$450 mil
Origin Energy, an Australian integrated energy company focused on gas and oil exploration and production, on behalf of the VIC/P43 Joint Venture, advises that the Thistle 1 exploration well has spudded on 03:30 hours EDT on Thursday 19 April 2012. The well is being drilled using the semi-submersible
Enova and METCentre have signed a collaborative agreement whose purpose is to facilitate an increase in technological development within marine energy production in Norway. -‐ We wish to facilitate the implementation of full scale testing of new technology in Norway, both for Norwegian and foreign
Santos, one of Australia’s largest gas producers today announced a report on its activities in the first quarter 2012. First quarter production up 13% and sales revenue up 50% Production of 12.4 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe) in the March quarter was up 13% primarily due to production fro
