A new decommissioning action plan launched today by the Scottish government’s economic development agencies hopes to help Scotland’s oil and gas sector take advantage of the estimated £17.6 billion forecast by Oil & Gas UK to be spent on…
Siemens has entered the offshore wind market in Belgium with a first order for the 309MW Rentel wind project. The customer is Rentel, part of the Otary partnership, a conglomerate of specialists from the Belgian renewable energy industry including investment and development companies…
ALE is approaching the final stages of its load-out operations for the Upper Zakum 750 Island Surface Facilities (UZ750) Project, based 84km offshore, northwest of Abu Dhabi, UAE. The heavy lifting contractor secured the scope to deliver almost 100 different modules to the north…
Zilift, a developer of permanent magnet technologies for innovative artificial lift applications for the energy sector, has successfully achieved the installation, operation and retrieval of a slim-line cable deployed electrical submersible pump (ESP)…
Global Marine Systems secured a contract from Tampnet. The contract is designed to further enhance inter oil-field communication networks in the North Sea. Work will be undertaken in 2018 by one of the company’s key installation vessels…
Wood Group and Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for joint efforts to offer wellhead platform development, from design to installation, hook-up and commissioning, to clients on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS)…
Offshore Wind Consultants Ltd. (OWC) has been appointed by a Taiwanese renewables company to provide consultancy services related to wind turbine installation vessels and their suitability for different wind turbines and site locations offshore Taiwan…
Woodside Energy awarded Subsea 7 a sizeable contract valued between US$50 to $150 million for the Greater Western Flank Phase 2 (GWF-2) project, offshore Australia. The Greater Western Flank is on the North West Shelf of Australia, 60km southwest of the Goodwyn Alpha (GWA) platform…
Jerry Lee examines Trendsetter Engineering’s Tether BOP system, which aims to curb fatigue and improve wellhead performance. Close-up of a pile top assembly. Images from Trendsetter Engineering…
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro, has unveiled high-tech spool base facilities at L&T’s fabrication facility at Kattupalli, in Chennai. These facilities are being employed to execute a prestigious…
GC Rieber Shipping has entered into a time charter agreement in West Africa with Marine Platforms Ltd.(MPL) for the SURF (subsea umbilicals, risers, and flowlines) vessel Polar Onyx. The vessel will perform subsea construction/SURF installation and field development for end client Chevron…
MacGregor introduced the 3D Motion Compensator (3DMC), a flexible retrofit device, which is designed to enhance the load-handling precision of an offshore crane even in challenging sea states. 'MacGregor's standard active heave-compensation (AHC)…
IKM Cleandrill has been awarded a three-year frame agreement with AkerBP for riserless closed loop mud recovery services. The initial operations under this contract will be production well drilling on the Alvheim development from the Transocean Arctic semisubmersible rig…
Saipem has been awarded new contracts with an overall amount of about US$1 billion, with two major deals awarded by Saudi Aramco. In particular, the most significant are the notification of award by Saudi Aramco of two EPIC contracts (engineering…
Mozambique’s emerging LNG business may be picking up after a quiet period. John Sheehan reports on progress made, including Eni’s Coral FLNG project. An Anadarko employee. Images from Anadarko…
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