Offshore Construction News - page 43

 

Johan Sverdrup: construction starts

Jun 29, 2015

Norwegian oil firm has marked the start of construction work on the Johan Sverdrup development project - labelled the biggest industrial project in Norway for decades to come. Work started at Kværner in Verdal, Norway, today (Monday 29…

L&T wins EPCI contract

Jun 26, 2015

L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), has won an offshore contract for the Bassein Development Project from the Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) valued at US$427 million (2715 crores).  The contract encompasses total engineering…

Clair Ridge topsides installed: photos

Jun 25, 2015

Supermajor BP is a step closer to starting up its US$7 billion (£4.5 billion) west of Shetland Clair Ridge development after a major heavy lifting installation campaign.  BP, with partners ConocoPhillips, Chevron and Shell, oversaw the…

Heidelberg spar sets sail

Jun 24, 2015

Anadarko's Heidelberg truss spar has set sail from Ingleside, Texas, to its future home at Green Canyon block 859 in the US Gulf of Mexico. The journey is some 390mi off the Texas coast. The US independent confirmed the news via Facebook on Tuesday…

Fugro assists Alvheim project

Jun 24, 2015

Fugro is providing wave measurements to support construction operations at an improved oil recovery (IOR) project on the Norwegian continental shelf, around 225km west of Stavanger. The subsea infrastructure on the Alvheim field…

Wood Group gets Saudi Aramco contract

Jun 18, 2015

Wood Group has been awarded an offshore maintain potential program contract by Saudi Aramco for greenfield and brownfield engineering services, procurement and construction management support for new facilities in the Arabian Gulf.  The six-year contract…

Kvaerner/KBR JV grabs Johan Sverdrup gig

Jun 08, 2015

After some tough international competition, Statoil chose the Kvaerner/KBR joint venture to take on the US$849 million (NOK 6.7 billion) contract for the complete delivery of the platform topside to the Johan Sverdrup field development in the North Sea…

McDermott inks PEMEX Ayatsil-C EPCI

Jun 04, 2015

Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) awarded McDermott International an engineering, procurement, construction, installation (EPCI) and pre-commissioning contract for the Ayatsil-C replacement jacket and associated deck installation, offshore Mexico…

Gibdock opens new fabrication facility

Jun 01, 2015

Gibralter's Gibdock shipyard has officially opened its new Pad 1, a specialized area for land-based fabrication projects, including pre-fabrication prior to vessel arrival. The 2940sq m purpose-built pad supported 12-tonne/sq m load-bearing workspace to support the firm's project scopes…

Creating a severe-weather riser system

Jun 01, 2015

Jeannie Stell provides an update on BP’s partnership with Wood Group Kenny to design and manufacture an FPSO riser suitable for the “dark and stormy” weather at BP’s Quad 204 redevelopment.   BP…

Uncharted waters

Jun 01, 2015

A milestone is about to be reached in the tidal energy industry off the cold harsh coast of Scotland. Elaine Maslin talked to the project director behind the MeyGen tidal array development. Atlantis Resources’ AR1500…

Keppel to deliver more jackups to Mexico

May 30, 2015

Keppel FELS in Singapore is on track to deliver three KFELS B Class jackup rigs to Mexico's Grupo R, the company announced on 30 May, following a triple naming ceremony. Built to Keppel's proprietary KFELS B Class design, the three identical rigs were named CANTARELL I…

Höegh LNG Holdings signs FSRU contract

May 27, 2015

Höegh LNG Holdings has signed an FSRU contract with Octopus LNG for the Penco-Lirquén LNG import terminal to be located in Concepción Bay, Chile. The contract is for a period of 20 years and is expected to generate an average annual EBITDA of around US$36 million…

Aibel inks Oseberg FEED

May 27, 2015

Aibel has been chosen to conduct a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for Statoil's Oseberg Future Development Brownfield Topside project. The Oseberg Future Development Brownfield Topside project involves connecting what would…

McDermott to build 12 Saudi Aramco jackets

May 26, 2015

McDermott International has been awarded a contract by Saudi Aramco for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of 12 jackets for offshore oil and gas fields in Saudi Arabian waters. The work, McDermott's second…

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