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Keppel converting second Golar FLNG

Dec 31, 2014

Golar LNG awarded Keppel Shipyard a US$705 million contract for the conversion of a second Moss liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier, the GIMI, into a floating liquefaction vessel (FLNGV) for Golar’s subsidiary Golar Gimi. Image of Keppel Shipyard…

Year in review: 2014

Dec 30, 2014

Year in review: 2014 - OEDigital’s top stories Mozambique NG flow test.   OE staff presents a look back at 2014’s top stories posted on OEDigital.com. It was a year filled with highs and lows…

Russia looks to substitute technology imports

Dec 29, 2014

Russian gas giant Gapzrom is to work with state-owned RUSNANO, a nanotechnology technology commercialization outfit, to develop new technologies and help substitute imported products into Gazprom's production facilities.  The firm has also signed agreements with Russian pipe manufacturers…

KBC gets US$5 million upstream software gig

Dec 23, 2014

KBC Advanced Technologies won a US$5 million seven-year contract with a major European based oil field services company for the licensing of KBC’s upstream simulation portfolio. This contract covers Maximus, Multiflash and Petro-SIM for…

M.A.C. Solutions introduces Lantech ethernet switches

Dec 17, 2014

Providing the latest security and surveillance systems and onboard entertainment technologies (Infotainment) such as passenger WiFi services to the demanding rail sector is a challenge. Reliability of these onboard technologies is critical for both train operators and passengers…

Wärtsilä acquires L-3 Marine Systems

Dec 17, 2014

Wärtsilä is acquiring L-3 Marine Systems International (L-3 MSI) from L-3 Communications Holdings in a US$353 million deal. L-3 MSI is a business sector within L-3's Electronic Systems business segment primarily focused on the commercial ship industry…

KBR announces restructure

Dec 12, 2014

Less than one year into his tenure as the President and CEO of KBR, Stuart Bradie will spend up to US$1 billion to streamline and reorganize the energy engineering and construction giant following the results of a strategic review he initiated in June…

Service during sanctions

Dec 09, 2014

For Western-based service companies whose products or personnel were at work in the waters off the Russia, projects that were already complex by virtue of the location became substantially more so with the recent Western sanctions against the Russian Federation…

Det norske selects AVEVA for Ivar Aasen

Dec 08, 2014

Det norske oljeselskap has begun deployment of AVEVA’s Progressive Handover Solution to manage life cycle information for its Ivar Aasen field project in the North Sea. The AVEVA solution allows Det norske to benefit from improved information…

Lloyd’s Register Energy’s new Technology Qualification

Dec 04, 2014

Lloyd’s Register Energy has launched a new risk-based Technology Qualification Guidance Note that aims to minimize risks and uncertainty of novel designs, concepts or applications not covered by existing rules, industry codes or best practice…

GlobalData: Australia should not overcommit to FLNG

Dec 02, 2014

While high development costs are deeming many Australian liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects economically unfeasible, the country should stay focused on these rather than gambling on floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) technology too soon…

Jack/St. Malo flows for Chevron

Dec 02, 2014

Production of crude oil and natural gas began for Chevron Corp.’s Jack/St. Malo project in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico (GoM). The Jack/St Malo semisubmersible floating production unit. From Chevron…

Ennsub grabs Benthic LARS contract

Dec 01, 2014

Ennsub has been awarded a £2 million (US$3.1 million) contract by Benthic to build a portable launch and recovery system for its latest addition to its seabed drilling and geotechnical drill fleet. The launch and recovery system (LARS4)…

Statoil using Nexans DEH in Norwegian Sea

Dec 01, 2014

Statoil, on behalf of Wintershall, signed a contract with Nexans for the supply of direct electrical heating (DEH) technology. The DEH riser will connect the Kristin and Maria fields in the Norwegian Sea with the Kristin platform, ensuring the constant flow through pipelines…

Chevron’s deepwater bet

Dec 01, 2014

Deepwater is a big play for Chevron – one which comes with challenges that the super major is working hard to overcome. Transocean’s drillship Discoverer Deep Seas, which drilled at Chevron’s Tahiti prospect…

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