September 15th 2015 is the “Call for Papers” deadline for the XXI World Dredging Congress (WODCON). In June 2016, WEDA will host the WODCON, the only worldwide conference dedicated exclusively to dredging and maritime construction. WODCON XXI, occurring in the Western Hemisphere every 9 years, will
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (August 24 – August 30). Schlumberger and Cameron have signed a definitive merger agreement in which the companies will combine in a stock and cash transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, Camero
Italy’s Saipem has been awarded by the Kuwait National Petroleum Corporation (KNPC) for Package 4 and Package 5 of the Al-Zour New Refinery Project (NRP), located 90 km south of Kuwait City, for a total amount of approximately $1.3 billion, Saipem share. The Al-Zour NRP will be one of the largest oi
McDermott has been awarded a lump sum contract by Saudi Aramco for brownfield work in various fields offshore Saudi Arabia. Work on the contract is expected to be executed through the second quarter of 2018. The award follows the June 2015 signing of a second Long Term Agreement (LTA) between McDerm
Nakilat, the shipping arm of Qatar’s LNG sector, has expanded its joint venture with Greek shipping company Maran Ventures to include two new LNG vessels. Maran Nakilat Co. Ltd. was established in 2005 with four jointly-owned vessels, and the agreement has been expanded on three occasions, Nakilat s
GAIL of India has reportedly entered talks with Iran to put back on track the $22-billion LNG supply deal.
Egyptian Natural Gas Holding company is reportedly looking for four LNG cargoes.
GAC informed that as Jordan steps up its LNG imports, the company was entrusted with handling the first gas carriers to offload at Aqaba.
The National Electric Power Company of Jordan launched a tender for the supply of two LNG cargoes to be delivered to the Al-Sheikh Sabah LNG terminal at Aqaba.
King & Spalding said it has advised BW Gas in connection with its tender to provide Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) with LNG regasification services utilizing an FSRU in Ain Sokhna, Egypt. BW’s FSRU, named “BW Singapore,” built at Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) in Korea, will be utilised
King & Spalding said it has advised BW Gas in connection with its tender to provide Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) with LNG regasification services utilizing an FSRU in Ain Sokhna, Egypt. BW’s FSRU, named “BW Singapore,” built at Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) in Korea, will be utilised
GAS, member of Lighthouse Group, has been awarded a long-term contract from Saipem to provide offshore survey services on board the dive support vessel (DSV) Akademik Tofiq Ismayilov. The vessel will be used during the installation of the export and infield pipelines for the Stage II development of
Polarcus Limited has received a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) from an undisclosed client for a 3D marine seismic project. According to the Oslo-listed company, Polarcus will use its RightBAND technique for broadband data acquisition. The project, subject to the execution of a service contract, will start
The pre-startup of the oil layer platform of the giant offshore South Pars gas field is more than 98% complete, Iranian petroenergy information network Shana has reported. According to Shana, Ali-Reza Zeighami, South Pars oil layers project manager, said the platform – expected to become fully opera
