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Wood Group starts detailed Leviathan engineering

Mar 02, 2017

Engineering firm Wood Group has started detailed engineering on the Leviathan field development platform after completing front-end engineering and design (FEED) on the project.  Leviathan is Noble Energy's giant gas field project in the Mediterranean Sea…

Marginal in Malaysia

Aug 01, 2016

Malaysia’s MISC has built a minimal facilities FPSO for use on marginal fields. John Sheehan takes a look. Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering handle the conversion (fabrication, installation and integration) of the FSO MaMPU 1…

Wood Group works on Peregrino platform

Jun 28, 2016

UK-based engineering firm Wood Group has been awarded a multimillion dollar contract to provide detailed engineering and design, and procurement services on the development of the Peregrino field wellhead platform C, offshore Brazil. Wood…

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…

Saipem, DESFA enter MoU

Apr 22, 2016

Saipem has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with DESFA, the national natural gas system operator in Greece, for cooperation on onshore and offshore gas projects within the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean regions. Saipem and…

Aqualis, CSCD join engineering forces

Apr 21, 2016

Aqualis Offshore and China Ship Design & Research Center Co. (CSDC) have signed an agreement to cooperate on engineering projects both in China and internationally.  CSDC specializes in shipbuilding and offshore engineering services.…

Second Browse gig for Wood Group

Dec 09, 2015

Wood Group has secured its second front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for the proposed Browse floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) Development offshore Western Australia. Under the new contract with Woodside, effective immediately…

Fit at 30!

Nov 01, 2015

It was the first floating production unit in the North Sea and it’s still going strong – with a deployment to its latest field, on its 12th contract, due to start next year. Elaine Maslin looks at Teekay Offshore’s Petrojarl I. The Petrojarl I FPSO…

Aqualis Offshore opens Doha office

Sep 04, 2015

Aqualis Offshore, an offshore marine and engineering consultancy, has opened a new office in Doha, Qatar.  Aqualis Offshore, part of Oslo-listed Aqualis ASA, has opened 16 offices in 11 countries worldwide since its establishment just over two years ago…

Sembcorp wins multi-platform Culzean contract

Sep 01, 2015

Singapore-based Sembcorp Marine has won the engineering, procurement and construction contract for Maersk Oil's US$4.5 billion Culzean development in the North Sea.  Under the $1 billion contract, the firm's subsidiary SMOE will build the development's central processing facility…

Pemex picks Wood Group for offshore engineering

Aug 11, 2015

Wood Group has been awarded a three-year offshore engineering blanket order by PEMEX Procurement International for field development in Mexico’s Gulf of Mexico waters. The agreement, valued at up to US$28 million, encompasses deepwater and complex shallow water concept and basic engineering…

Contracting activity up on 1Q

Aug 04, 2015

Contracting activity across the global upstream sector rose 20% in 2Q this year, compared to 1Q, but is still lower than the same period last year, according to the Energy Industries Council's EIC Monitor.  The uptick in EPC activity was focused on Brazil and Norway…

Kongsberg inks Johan Sverdrup and jackup contracts

May 26, 2015

Kongsberg Maritime has been awarded a call-off order for delivery of the safety and automation system (SAS), life cycle simulator and SAS information management system for the four platforms on Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup development field center…

McDermott forms Ghana JV

Apr 27, 2015

EPCI contractor McDermott International and Accra, Ghana-based Hydra Offshore Group have joined forces to create a new joint venture called, McDermott Marine Construction Ghana Limited (MMCGL), focused on opportunities offshore Ghana. McDermott's partner…

First TLPs for offshore China

Apr 16, 2015

Technip is to help design China's first tension leg platforms (TLPs) under a contract with joint venture partner China Offshore Oil Engineering Co. (COOEC). Image from CNOOC. The…

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