Project & Tenders
Höegh LNG orders new FSRUs at South Korean shipyards
Höegh LNG on Wednesday signed shipbuilding contracts with Samsung Heavy Industries and Hyundai Heavy Industries for two FSRUs.
EnerMech buys E&I company with LNG experience
Aberdeen-based engineering services company EnerMech said it has acquired EPS Group in Australia and the Americas.
Van Oord, Seajacks Win East Anglia One Foundations Setup Project
ScottishPower Renewables has contracted marine engineering specialist Van Oord and Great Yarmouth-based Seajacks to transport and install the foundation jackets on the East Anglia One offshore wind farm. The main installation vessel will be Seajacks Scylla. The contract should support 140 current po
Kraken FPSO comes in for inspection and certification stage in Rotterdam
FPSO unit Armada Kraken, meant for the Kraken field development in the UK North Sea, is currently undergoing inspection and certification in Rotterdam prior to its deployment to the field. The Kraken field is operated by EnQuest with 70.5% working interest with Cairn as its partner with 29.5% workin
Standard Chartered closes financing deal with BW, Marubeni LNG JV
Standard Chartered said it has concluded a US$684.5 million, up to 12-year non-resource shipping finance facility for BW Gas JuJu LNG, a joint venture between BW Group and Marubeni.
Statoil gains green light for Utgard and Byrding plan
Statoil has informed that the plan for development and operation for the Utgard and Byrding fields in the North Sea has been approved by the authorities. Plans for both fields were submitted to the authorities in August last year. Utgard is a gas and condensate field on the Norwegian and UK continen
Statoil hits oil in Cape Vulture well
Statoil Petroleum has made an oil discovery northwest of the Norne field in the Norwegian Sea, offshore Norway. Statoil was given consent to drill the exploration well in block 6608/10 with the Deepsea Bergen rig and a drilling permit for the well 6608/10-17 S in November 2016. The drilling of the C
Royal IHC Finishes Year in Style
In the last two months of 2016, IHC saw an increase in the sale of its vessels, equipment and engineering packages. Almost half of the total order intake over 2016 was secured in this period. “We see market recovery in the dredging and renewables industry, and are positive that this will continue in
Jenkins Marine to Dredge Cowes Harbor
Cowes Harbor Commission recently reported that the harbor maintenance dredging project will be carried out in the early part of 2017. The dredging works will be performed at Shepards Wharf Marina and approaches, the Town Quay mooring basin and the Royal Yacht Squadron basin. These maintenance dredge
Moscow Dredging Forum Coming in February
In just a little over one month, Moscow will be the host of the Fourth International Forum of Dredging Companies. The Forum will be held on February 15th at the Radisson Ukraine Hotel in Moscow under the auspices of the Russian Ministry of Transport and the Federal Agency for Maritime and River Tran
Sakhalin Energy pens 10-year charter for Ob River LNG tanker
Sakhalin Energy, the operator of Russia’s only LNG export plant, signed a 10-year charter agreement with Gazprom Marketing & Trading for the 149,700-cbm Ob River LNG carrier.
Boskalis Nets Contracts Worth EUR 200 Million
Boskalis has over the last couple of weeks acquired a number of medium sized and various smaller projects in the Netherlands with a combined contract value of more than EUR 200 million. Today, the Dutch Directorate General for Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat) announced that it int
Premier’s Catcher remains on target as costs drop further
Premier Oil, a UK-based oil company, has further lowered the capex for its Catcher development in the UK North Sea. The forecast now says capex will be 29 percent lower than at sanction. Premier Oil said in an update on Thursday that the total capex is now forecast at $1.6 billion, which is $100 mil
Eneco Splits Green Energy and Network Business Operations
Dutch energy company Eneco Holding NV is dividing its business operations between two separate, independent companies. As of 1 February 2017, Eneco Holding NV will be unbundled into the sustainable energy company Eneco Group, and the network company Stedin Group, each with its own supervisory board