Engineering News


£10 billion+ Offshore Wind Decommissioning Bill

Dec 16, 2019

The UK’s offshore wind industry will need to lean on oil and gas expertise to help decommission wind farms as more than 3 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind power reaches the end of its design life by 2034, an industry decommissioning conference heard in November…

Keppel Delivers Jackup Rig to Grupo R

Dec 13, 2019

Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) through its wholly-owned subsidiary Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) has delivered the KFELS B Class jackup rig, Cantarell III, to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Grupo R.As part of the deal, Grupo R has…

OneSubsea to Supply 20K SPS for Chevron's Anchor

Dec 12, 2019

Oilfield services company Schlumberger announced Thursday that its subsea arm has received a contract from Chevron to provide an integrated subsea production and multiphase boosting system for the deepwater Anchor field in the US Gulf of Mexico…

Petrofac Lines Up North Sea Engineering Work

Dec 12, 2019

Services firm Petrofac said it has secured two new framework agreements (FA) for the provision of engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) services in the North Sea.The first, a three-year FA awarded by EnQuest as part of a multi-contractor framework…

Chevron Hits Go on Anchor

Dec 12, 2019

US supermajor Chevron announced Thursday it will move ahead with the high-profile Anchor project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, targeting first oil production in 2024.The $5.7 billion deepwater project is the first ultra-high pressure development to reach a final investment decision (FID)…

Aker Solutions, Subsea 7 Win Ærfugl Subsea Scope

Dec 12, 2019

Aker BP has tapped Aker Solutions and Subsea 7 to deliver and install subsea infrastructure for the second phase of the Ærfugl development offshore Norway.The Aker BP operated Ærfugl development is a subsea project being developed in two phases…

Wood Tallies Hywind Tampen Contract

Dec 11, 2019

Engineering firm Wood announced on Wednesday that it has been awarded a contract by Norwegian energy group Equinor to deliver modifications to a pair of offshore platforms in the Norwegian North Sea that will be connected to electric power from floating wind turbines…

BP Awards Cypre FEED to Aker Solutions

Dec 10, 2019

Aker Solutions said it has secured a contract to support the development of BP’s Cypre project, offshore Trinidad and Tobago.The contract will see Aker Solutions deliver front-end engineering and design (FEED) for the first platform in a potential…

Danos Promotes Hebert and Theriot

Dec 10, 2019

US-based services firm Danos promoted two employees to manager positions. Brady Hebert was named shelf operations manager, and Mark Theriot is the company’s new competency assurance and training manager.In his new role, Hebert will oversee all…

First Steel Cut for Cambodia Apsara Platform

Dec 09, 2019

Independent upstream oil and gas company KrisEnergy said first steel has been cut for the minimum facilities wellhead platform (MiniPlatform) for the Apsara oil field in Block A, offshore Cambodia, the nation’s maiden hydrocarbon development…

FTR Continues Year-on-year Growth

Dec 09, 2019

Fulkrum Technical Resources (FTR), global provider of technical personnel specializing in QA/QC, inspection and vendor surveillance services to the energy industry, announced recent contract wins resulting in year-on-year growth of more than 55%…

Sapura Energy Secures New Order

Dec 05, 2019

Malaysian oil and gas services firm Sapura Energy has secured several new contracts and contract extensions for its engineering and construction (E&C) as well as drilling segments.The contracts, valued at approximately RM615 million (USD 148 million)…

SBM Orders Two More Fast4Ward Hulls

Dec 05, 2019

SBM Offshore announced it has signed contracts with Chinese shipyards for the construction of the company’s fourth and fifth hulls under its purchase program for Fast4Ward newbuild multipurpose floating production, storage and offloading unit (FPSO) hulls…

AXIS, STEHMO Supporting Subsea Installation Market

Dec 04, 2019

AXIS Pipeline Construction Group and ST Engineering Halter Marine and Offshore shipyard have partnered to service the subsea fabrication and installation market.  This newly forged partnership, combined with more than 40 years of subsea fabrication and installation management experience…

PSA Probes Statfjord Leak

Dec 03, 2019

Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) said it has launched an investigation into an oil leak from the Equinor-operated Statfjord A facility on November 26, 2019.This discharge was detected by the observation of oil on the sea surface alongside the North Sea platform…

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