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Floating prospects

Jun 01, 2016

Laurentino Rangel, a consultant with Poten & Partners, provides an overview of current floating LNG projects around the globe. PFLNG SATU. Photo from Petronas. A floating LNG…

FEEDing recovery in Asia Pacific

Jun 01, 2016

The downturn is forcing operators to go back to the drawing board in order to advance projects. EIC Analyst Angeline Elias provides an overview of activity in Asia Pacific. Dockwise loading out the SHWE platform…

Mermaid wins 7 subsea gigs, delays newbuilds

May 27, 2016

Mermaid Maritime’s Western Hemisphere business unit (MSSW) has been awarded seven different subsea projects in the Middle East with an estimated value of US$11 million. In addition, Mermaid has also secured extensions for three newbuild deliveries…

RINA acquires Edif Group

May 24, 2016

Testing, inspection, certification and consulting engineering group Rina has purchased the Edif Group, which includes the ERA engineering consultancy and the NDE testing, inspection and certification business. Image of Salerno (right) and Tim Dunn…

JDR inks Vashishta subsea work off India

May 24, 2016

UK supplier of subsea umbilicals and power cables JDR has been awarded a contract by GE Oil & Gas, on behalf of operator ONGC, for the Vashishta and S1 development project, offshore India. The Vashishta and S1 fields are in the KG Basin…

Wood Group inks Statoil MSA

May 24, 2016

Wood Group has been awarded an evergreen master services agreement (MSA) by Statoil to support the life cycles of its offshore and onshore facilities. Work and services covered by the MSA include engineering studies, detailed engineering…

Siemens gets Beatrice wind order

May 23, 2016

Siemens has received a further order for an offshore wind power plant in Scotland. The company is to supply, install, and commission 84 wind turbines, each with a 154m rotor diameter designed to generate 7MW of power, for the 'Beatrice' project…

Ivar Aasen platform deck complete

May 23, 2016

The platform deck for the Ivar Aasen field was completed at the yard in Singapore on Sunday and will sail away to Norway shortly, operator Det Norske said this morning. The platform deck has now been moved from SMOE’s yard area to the Cosco vessel the Xiang Rui Kou…

Majors join forces in engineering JIP

May 18, 2016

Fifteen leading offshore companies, including Shell, Chevron, and McDermott International, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish engineering industry standards known as the Standardization Unified Joint Industry Project (JIP)…

Tracerco completes Houston facility upgrade

May 16, 2016

Tracerco, part of the FTSE 100 Johnson Matthey, has completed a US$5 million upgrade of their facilities in Houston. The new facilities include an environmentally controlled subsea simulation tank to prepare their subsea diagnostic technologies prior to mobilization offshore…

BP doubles stake in Culzean

May 16, 2016

Oil major BP has bought a 16% stake in the high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) Culzean development project in the North Sea, doubling its stake to 32%. BP has acquired the stake from JX Nippon. Maersk Oil North Sea operates the US$4…

Technip inks Woodside, Australia, engineering contract

May 11, 2016

French engineering firm Technip has been awarded an engineering services contract by Australia's Woodside to provide multi-disciplinary engineering services as part of an engineering panel. This contract covers all Woodside operated onshore…

Ichthys uses Sonardyne SensorView

May 10, 2016

Software that enables acoustic data to be streamed in real-time from subsea structures as they are installed has helped to reduce non-production time (NPT) for independent oil and gas producer, INPEX, and its survey contractor, Neptune Geomatics…

Bibby inks double vessel deal in North Sea

May 09, 2016

Bibby Offshore has entered into a multimillion dollar agreement for two of its vessels to provide first gas and construction support on its assets in the Southern North Sea. The contract, with an unnamed global energy provider, is due to be executed between Q3 and Q4 2016…

Halliburton's Landmark upgrades EDT

May 09, 2016

Landmark, a Halliburton (HAL) business line and provider of exploration and production software, has released of EDT 5000.14 (Engineer’s Desktop), an upgrade to its integrated suite of well construction applications. The new EDT delivers…

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