Larson & Toubro subsidiary L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE) has won an engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) contract with India's Oil & National Gas Corp. (ONGC) for work in the country's western offshore basin…
Statoil has awarded DeepOcean a contract to provide project management, engineering, procurement of anchors for risers and umbilicals, and offshore installation activities on the Snorre Expansion Project in the North Sea. The offshore…
Saipem has signed a contract with Eni Angola in relation to the West Hub Development project in Angola, which incorporates the work orders previously assigned and communicated in 2016 and 2017 and adds the scope of work for the development of the Vandumbu field in Block 15/06…
Canada-headquartered engineering group SNC-Lavalin, which recently acquired engineering house Atkins, has signed a framework agreement with Shell to provide pre-feasibility and feasibility studies for modular options on Shell's projects. SNC…
US engineering group McDermott International, soon to merge with CB&I, has inked a major lump sum contract with Maersk Oil for work on the largest ever oil and gas project offshore Denmark. McDermott is to provide engineering, procurement…
Norway's Statoil is planning to start production from a US$2.27 (NOK19 billion) expansion project on its Snorre field in the Norwegian North Sea by 2021, tapping an additional 200 MMbo from the field and extending its life out to at least 2040…
A revised plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Yme field in the Norwegian North Sea has been submitted to Norway's Ministry of Petroleum and Energy by operator Repsol. Repsol says it's going to invest about US$960 million (NOK8 billion) in the Yme New Development project…
VNG Norge has made a contract award to TechnipFMC for integrated engineering, procurement, construction and installation (iEPCI) on the Fenja field in the Norwegian Sea offshore Norway. The contract covers the provision of subsea equipment including umbilicals…
Australia's Woodside Energy has awarded UK-based engineering house Wood a contract for a concept definition study for the Julimar Phase 2 project offshore Australia. Woodside has also awarded Wood a contract for engineering and rig modification services off Australia…
Audrey Leon takes a look through some of the industry’s biggest ongoing projects by capex in 2017. Five of the 10 biggest projects by capex were offshore projects in 2017, led by Inpex’s Ichthys LNG project offshore Australia. Ichthys…
Spanish oil firm Repsol has awarded UK engineering firm Atkins a contract for structural front end engineering design (FEED) and detailed design services for work on the Yme field offshore Norway. Repsol Norge is moving forward with a new attempt to develop the Yme field…
Shell has awarded a contract to UK forge Sheffield Forgemasters for castings for use on the Vito semisubmersible platform for the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM). The project will see the Sheffield Forgemasters' offshore oil and gas specialist…
Aker BP has awarded contracts to Subsea 7 and Aker Solutions for work on its Ærfugl gas field subsea tieback in the Norwegian Sea. The Ærfugl gas field development, previously known as Snadd, about 210km west of Sandnessjøen in the Norwegian Sea…
Keppel Offshore & Marine, through its subsidiaries, has inked new contracts froom Petrobras and SOFEC, worth in total about US$96.22 (S$130 million). Keppel Shipyard's contract from SOFEC is for the fabrication of a turret mooring…
3D printing firm Aurora Labs is to work with Norwegian certification group DNV GL towards producing 3D-printed parts on Aurora machines that can be independently certified as fit for their intended purpose in the oil and gas, renwables and marine industries…