Santos today completed its previously announced acquisition of Eastern Star Gas Limited. The transaction gives Santos the largest natural gas reserves position in NSW. Santos now operates and owns 80% of coal seam gas (CSG) permits formerly held by Eastern Star, taking its total NSW reserves positio
Space Florida and Lockheed Martin have signed an agreement to advance the testing and production of a new autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) known as Marlin™ in support of aerospace economic development in the state of Florida. Lockheed Martin will outfit the Marlin systems with sophisticated senso
EDF Trading, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EDF S.A., has finalised an agreement to access the first LNG terminal commissioned in The Netherlands at Maasvlakte in Rotterdam. The two year agreement is with one of the primary shippers to the Gate terminal and will allow the EDF Group to take additional
EMGS will in the fourth quarter of 2011 perform a multi-client 3D magnetotelluric (MT) survey covering approximately 3000 km2 in the Møre basin, Norwegian Sea. The project is pre-funded by a major international oil and gas company. EMGS will rig EM Express (formerly the OHM Express) to undertake thi
Bowtech Products announce the continued expansion of their distribution network with the appointment of Neotek SA, as their exclusive agents in France. This increases the worldwide representation of Bowtech’s expanding product range to 18 countries. In recognition of their appointment, Olivier Riche
McMoRan Exploration Co., a shallow water Gulf of Mexico exploration company, reported yesterday that its Lafitte ultra-deep prospect, which is located on Eugene Island Block 223 in approximately 140 feet of water, has encountered additional hydrocarbons. The well has been drilled to a true vertical
Maersk Drilling has signed a contract with Lundin Norway AS for an ultra harsh environment jack-up rig to carry out subsea field development of the Brynhild Field in Norway. The contract will be for MAERSK GUARDIAN or MÆRSK GIANT to be declared by 1 January 2013. The firm contract duration is for t
Heatric, a Meggitt group business unit, has been awarded a contract by Technip, as part of the Technip-Samsung Consortium, to supply 18 printed circuit heat exchangers (PCHEs) for the Shell Prelude Floating LNG Project, the world’s first floating liquefied natural gas facility. The order is the larg
Farstad Shipping has been awarded the following charter contract: AHTS Far Senior (1998, UT 722L, 18.900 BHP) has been contracted by Petrobras in Brazil for a 4 year period. Petrobras has the option to extend the contract with an additional 4 years. The contract includes both anchor handling- and RO
Neptune Marine Services Ltd announced that it has been contracted by Hess Exploration Australia Pty Limited for the provision of geotechnical and geophysical surveys for the Equus Gas Fields Development Project, located 180km north of Exmouth on the North West Shelf of Western Australia. Neptune has
Reef Subsea AS announced that they have signed two five-year charter agreements for two newly-built dynamically positioned subsea construction vessels – Neptune Despina and Neptune Larissa – from Neptune Offshore AS. Simultaneously Neptune Subsea AS, the ship owning company of the vessels, welcomes
Kenya is ready for the fourth undersea fibre optic cable connection wich is scheduled to land in upcoming year. France Telecom, is spending 14 million euros to boost the “Lower Indian Network 2” (LION 2) submarine cable to the LION cable to Kenya via Mayotte. Along with the LION and LION2 cables, Fr
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction (E&C) Group and the subsidiary’s joint venture partner, Qatar Kentz WLL, have signed an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) framework agreement with Qatargas Operating Company Limit
Wood Group PSN has been awarded a new five-year contract, with an option to extend for a further five years, from Talisman Energy (UK) Limited, a subsidiary of Talisman Energy Inc, to provide Operations and Maintenance Services on all 11 of Talisman’s UK offshore assets and at the Flotta Oil Termina
