Nexen Petroleum's Golden Eagle development living quarters [LQ] module sailed away from its fabrication yard yesterday, 19 May (pictured). The LQ module was designed and built by Sembmarine SLP in Lowestoft at its Hamilton Dock. The 2000-tonne module…
JSC Yamal LNG awarded Technip a major engineering, procurement and construction for the 16 mtpa-capacity Yamal LNG project in Russia, the French company announced 15 May 2014. Technip said it has been involved in planning, engineering and…
Monaco-based Compagnie Maritime Monégasque S.A.M. (CMM) took delivery of a Damen Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) 3300 in late April. The 80m, 3300t deadweight vessel CMM Gravity was built at Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania, and will be…
CIMC Raffles at Yantai delivered the jackup rig Gulf Driller No.1 to ship owner COSL, the company announced 10 May 2014. CIMC Raffles said the jackup is expected to set out for the Bohai gulf. The Super M2 jackup rig was designed by…
EMAS AMC have awarded welding specialist Serimax a long-term frame agreement to provide comprehensive welding services for their global spool base operations. EMAS AMC said the global frame agreement will further strengthen its…
Three newbuild jackups based on the XL Enhanced design will hit the market in 2014, 2015, and 2016. Photo from Maersk Drilling. A number of rig providers are increasing their fleet with builds over the next three years…
Brazilian correspondent Claudio Paschoa shares his insights after visiting SBM Offshore & Synergy’s Brasa yard in Niteroi to tour Petrobras’ latest FPSO Cidade de Ilhabela. The first time I visited the Brasa shipyard, a joint venture between SBM Offshore and Synergy…
Singapore-based shipowner and operator, Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Ltd. (SPO) celebrated the launch of its new D-Class anchor-handling tug supply vessel, Pacific Dragon, on 18 Apr 2014. This is the eighth and final D-Class vessel…
Tonbridge based independent subsea engineering firm Jee Ltd. won a seven-year EPCI contract for work offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The client is unnamed. The contract’s scope encompasses the project’s offshore loading system (OLS)…
Dubai-based rig and platform builder Lamprell has set an official Guinness World Record for the heaviest load moved by self-propelled modular trailers (SPMTs) as part of the Golden Eagle platform project (pictured). Lamprell’s contract was for a production…
Siem Offshore Contractors, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Siem Offshore, has been awarded the contract for the turnkey supply and installation package of the inner array grid cable system for the Nordsee One Offshore Wind Farm (OWF), a project developed by RWE Innogy…
McDermott International has signed an agreement with PD Ports which paves the way for McDermott to operate a spoolbase to serve projects in the North Sea. McDermott says it expects to have the facility, at the Port of Hartlepool, northeast England…
A Petrofac-Siemens consortium is to provide the BorWin3 offshore wind farm grid connection in the German North Sea under a contract with TenneT. Petrofac will be responsible for the construction and offshore installation of the BorWin3 platform…
Abu Dhabi’s national oil company, ADNOC, has ordered two 45m-long, high-speed, catamarans to be used to service its offshore oil and gas facilities. The contract to design and build the vessels was awarded to Australia's Austal Limited…
Aberdeen-based independent explorer Xcite Energy Resources (XER) has agreed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to use a self-installing platform design on its North Sea Bentley field. The MOU, with engineering firms AMEC and Ove Arup & Partners…