Polymer steel composite repairs are becoming a popular solution for worn out plates in the growing floating production vessel fleet. Elaine Maslin reports. The FPF3 on station. Images from Intelligent Engineering…
Satnam Shoker, of Step Change Engineering, details a new automated, streamlined process, which helps save time during brownfield modification work. Scan data of cooler inlet pipework imported directly into Autodesk Recap…
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering Ltd. (LTHE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro, has bagged an offshore contract for the Neelam Re-Development and B173AC Project from the Oil & Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) valued at US$245 million. The contract…
Aqualis Offshore has been contracted by Aibel to conduct human factors analysis for a number of the EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contractor’s ongoing projects on the Norwegian continental shelf. Under the contract,…
Amec Foster Wheeler was awarded a major contract by Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) for the rejuvenation of assets in Brunei. The work includes concept, front-end engineering design (FEED), detailed design, construction, completions and commissioning…
EMAS' Lewek Constellation. Photo from EMAS Chiyoda Subsea. EMAS Chiyoda's bankruptcy announcement in late February is the latest in a long line of vessel contractors to fall victim to the downturn since January 2015…
Subsea Global Solutions (SGS), a portfolio company of Denver-based private equity firm Lariat Partners, has acquired All-Sea Underwater Solutions (All-Sea), enabling the company to provide underwater ship maintenance, repair and marine construction solutions across the globe…
SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad’s (SKPB) has signed several awards through its wholly-owned subsidiaries with a combined value of approximately US$97.4 million (RM 433.6 million). SapuraKencana TL Offshore Sdn. Bhd. (SKTLO) has been awarded…
BP’s five-year plan has revealed the next wave of its competitive projects with potential new final investment decisions (FID), a list of several offshore projects set to come online this year, and eight projects that are currently under construction set for start-up in 2018-2021…
Dutch fabricator HSM Offshore has won a contract to construct the offshore transformer station for the huge 700 MW Borssele Alpha project offshore the Netherlands. HSM also has an option for the contract to build a transformer station for the 700 MW Borssele Beta project…
Mammoet has successfully completed the process of weighing, transporting and lifting the modules of the P-76 FPSO platform for the Technip-Techint consortium at the Techint Offshore Unit in Pontal do Paraná - Brazil. Image of the P-76 FPSO…
French vessel and subsea contractor Bourbon has won its first pipelay contract awarded by Total Gabon for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of 25km of 6in rigid pipeline as part of the Hylia water injection project using Zap-Lok technology…
Offshore Wind Consultants Ltd. (OWC), part of Oslo-listed Aqualis, has been awarded a framework agreement by Iberdrola to provide engineering and project management services for various wind farm projects offshore East Anglia, UK. Under the agreement…
The P-66 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel is on its way to work on the Lula Sul field, in Brazil's Santos Basin, after being delivered by Keppel Offshore & Marine subsidiary Keppel FELS Brasil SA's BrasFELS shipyard…
International compressor supplier Tamrotor Marine Compressors (TMC) has been awarded a contract by Sembcorp Marine to supply compressed air systems to the new build Heerema Sleipnir crane vessel. The scope of work includes manufacturing…