Huawei Marine has been contracted by Transworld Associates (TWA), a Pakistani Tier 1 internet provider, to upgrade its submarine cable system, TW1. Commissioned in 2006, the 1,300 km TW1 submarine cable system connects Pakistan, United Arab Emirates and Oman. The 100G upgrade will combine submarine
Bakker Sliedrecht – designer and producer of electric machines and equipment – is now part of the mega-project to build the world’s largest cutter suction dredger for Jan De Nul Group. The company has been involved in this project from the very beginning, brainstorming with Jan De Nul about the elec
Mermaid Subsea Services in Qatar, part of Mermaid Maritime, has secured an additional subsea cable installation and related diving services contract from Saipem. The contract has an estimated value of USD 10 million and is scheduled for completion within three months. According to the email received
Hyundai E&C, Hyundai Engineering and Korea Gas Corporation (Kogas) consortium has recently won a KRW3.6 trillion (US$2.93 billion) to build a liquefied natural gas plant in Kuwait.
UTEC Survey, an Acteon company, has appointed Zamil Group as its partner agent in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The appointment allows UTEC Survey to support projects undertaken by its clients actively involved with Aramco ‘LTA’ contracting agreements. UTEC Survey Regional Manager, Sean Fowler, said:
Saudi Arabia’s state-run oil and gas company, Saudi Aramco, has started producing natural gas from its Hasbah gas field located in the Arabian Gulf. Saudi Aramco announced the field start-up on Wednesday, March 23, in its weekly magazine The Arabian Sun. The Hasbah gas field will, together with Arab
As we already reported last week, Royal IHC (IHC) and National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) have signed a contract for the construction of the first custom-build state-of-the-art trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) in the Gulf area. The 6,000m³ TSHD is a tailor-made solution that combines shall
National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) and Royal IHC – the two companies specialized in dredging, mining and marine construction – have signed a contract for the construction of a new state-of-the-art Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger. The contract was signed on Wednesday, March 9 2016, at NMDC headq
Boskalis has been awarded a contract from the National Petroleum Construction Company of Abu Dhabi, UAE for dredging work related to the installation of an offshore gas pipeline of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company as well as to an existing offshore gas pipeline. The activities are due to start in
McDermott has been awarded a contract by an undisclosed oil and gas operator for a project offshore in the Middle East. The scope includes engineering, procurement, fabrication, transportation and installation of offshore pipelines. Engineering and offshore mobilization of McDermott’s in-house vesse
Middle Eastern natural gas company, Dana Gas, started sales gas production from the Zora Gas Field, offshore UAE, on February 28, 2016. According to Dana Gas, initial project startup was achieved on January 14, 2016 with early gas supplies being intermittent as the gas plant was being fully commissi
Qatargas on Tuesday said it has signed a technical collaboration agreement, with the Maersk Group to explore opportunities related to the use of LNG marine propulsion.
JDR, the UK-based supplier of subsea umbilicals and power cables to the offshore energy industry, has been awarded two umbilical contracts by McDermott Middle East Inc., for undisclosed operators. The umbilicals will be delivered to two projects in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. The first proje
Dolphin Energy has signed a contract with Abu Dhabi Ports to accommodate hardware for its emergency pipeline repair system (EPRS) at its new facility based in Kizad. A signing ceremony was held at Dolphin Energy’s offices, attended by Dolphin Energy’s Chief Executive Officer, Adel Ahmed Albuainain,
