McDermott has secured a large contract from Saudi Aramco for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of 13 jackets offshore Saudi Arabia. The jackets will be installed at the Zuluf, Marjan, Berri and Abu Safah fields. According to McDermott, a large contract is between USD
Royal IHC has begun sea trials for the recently launched 6,000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) ARZANA. The vessel is owned by National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) from Abu Dhabi and has been specially designed to operate in high ambient temperatures. Over the next couple of days, IHC eng
UTEC, an Acteon company, has secured multiple geophysical survey contracts in Saudi Arabia in conjunction with its in Kingdom partner, Zamil Offshore. The contracts which include multiple work-sites are for geophysical surveys in the Safiniyah, Marjan and Zuluf fields, offshore Saudi Arabia. UTEC wi
Oman LNG, the state-owned operator of the country’s sole LNG export plant in Qalhat, signed a liquefied natural gas supply deal with BP Singapore, a unit of the UK-based energy giant. The free-on-board (FOB) contract starting January 2018, will span over a period of seven years lifting 1.1 million t
Abu Dhabi-based Masdar and Norway’s Statoil have signed a collaborative agreement to analyse data from the Batwind battery system designed to store energy generated by the Hywind Scotland floating wind farm.
Chevron’s unit, Chevron Shipping Company awarded a three-year ship agency deal for crude and LNG vessels to GAC Group.
KBR’s joint venture with SOCAR has secured two Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contracts for a new production, drilling, quarters (PDQ) platform, the Azeri Central East (ACE), to be located in the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) field in the Caspian Sea. The contracts, which were awarded by the Azer
Royal IHC shipyard in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands, is making good progress with the construction of the new 900kW cutter suction dredger (CSD) Jarash. Named after an ancient city in Jordan, the custom-built stationary CSD is being built for Arab Potash Company (APC). According to the shipbuilder, IH
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has awarded two front end engineering design (FEED) contracts for ADNOC’s planned offshore ultra-sour gas mega project, which consists of the Hail, Ghasha and Dalma fields. Bechtel (UK) has been awarded Hail & Ghasha FEED contract and TechnipFMC (UAE) has b
The editors of Subsea World News have selected a few among many worth remembering articles from the previous year that received exceptionally high attention from our readers. In no particular order, here are some of the news to look back on, in case you missed them last year. Enjoy! Fugro has axed o
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (December 25 – December 31). Saipem has signed a contract with Eni in relation to the West Hub Development project in Angola, which incorporates the work orders previously assigned and communicated in
As we enter the New Year, Dredging Today is bringing you a recap of the most popular stories from 2017. Boskalis Part of Dover Western Docks Revival Project The first stage of the Port of Dover’s flagship Dover Western Docks Revival (DWDR) development project is now officially underway. The port r
Kuwait Petroleum Corp. has inked a liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply deal with Shell as it looks to meet the rising demand for power generation.
Saipem has signed a contract with Eni in relation to the West Hub Development project in Angola, which incorporates the work orders previously assigned and communicated in 2016 and 2017 and adds the scope of work for the development of the Vandumbu field in Block 15/06. The additional activities wil
