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Houston harbor pilots

Feb 18, 2014

An inside look at ship pilots in the Houston Harbor.

Petrofac lands North Sea extensions

Feb 18, 2014

Oilfield service provider Petrofac has secured contract extensions in the North Sea worth £65 million. Total E&P UK (Total) has awarded a two-year contract extension following a five-year contract for technical services on the Alwyn and Dunbar platforms…

Ophir starts Gabon drilling

Feb 18, 2014

UK-based explorer Ophir Energy has started drilling operations on the Padouck Deep-1 well on the Ntsina Block, offshore Gabon, using the Vantage Titanium Explorer drillship. Padouck Deep-1 is the first well targeting the pre-salt play offshore in the North Gabon basin…

Wartsila designs FPP for Woodside FPSO

Feb 17, 2014

The technical design and installation of a new fixed pitch propeller (FPP) undertaken by Wärtsilä for the Ngujima-Yin FPSO has been successfully finalized. The FPSO is operated by Woodside Energy Ltd., an independent Australian oil and gas company…

Fred. Olsen signs wind turbine deal

Feb 17, 2014

Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has secured a contract for the installation of wind turbines at Block Island Wind Farm, one of the first offshore wind farms in the United States. The American developer Deepwater Wind revealed last week that the…

Lundin spuds well off Indonesia

Feb 17, 2014

Lundin Petroleum AB has commenced the exploration drilling in the Baronang PSC, Natuna Sea, Indonesia using the drilling rig Hakuryu 11. Balqis-01 will be followed by a sidetrack, Boni-01. Balqis-01 is a wildcat oil exploration well designed…

Wartsila wins Siem Offshore PSV deal

Feb 17, 2014

Following similar orders placed in November 2012 and August 2013, Norway-based Siem Offshore contracted Wärtsilä to supply the design and integrated solutions for four new platform supply vessels (PSVs). The ships will be built at the Remontowa Shipbuilding yard in Poland…

Seatricity orders first Oceanus 2

Feb 17, 2014

A&P Falmouth has been awarded a contract by Seatricity to build a wave energy device to be deployed at the offshore renewable test facility Wave Hub. A&P Falmouth, in Falmouth, UK, will manufacture, fabricate, and assemble the wave energy converting device…

Lamprell delivers Qarnin to NDC

Feb 17, 2014

Dubai-based rig builder Lamprell has completed construction on the jackup drilling rig Qarnin (pictured) and its delivery to Abu Dhabi’s National Drilling Company (NDC). The on time and on budget completion was marked at a ceremony held at Lamprell’s Hamriyah facility in the UAE February 13…

Barents opens up

Feb 17, 2014

For the first time in 20 years, Norway's government is looking to include a new area in the Barents Sea in its next exploration licensing round.  Blocks in the Barents Sea south-east have been included in consultation documents issued…

LNG for Lindi, Tanzania?

Feb 16, 2014

Statoil ASA and BG Group Plc will build Tanzania’s first liquefied natural gas plant in Lindi, according to Tanzania's Minister of Energy and Minerals, Sospeter M. Muhongo, speaking in Oslo on Friday. Muhongo, previously a professor of geology at the University of Dar es Salaam…

Noble orders umbilicals

Feb 14, 2014

Houston-based Noble Energy has contracted Norway-headquartered Aker Solutions to provide umbilicals and subsea equipment for use in the Gulf of Mexico and offshore Israel. In the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Noble Energy sanctioned two subsea…

Aibel on TEN topsides

Feb 14, 2014

Aibel Thailand has signed the contract for the topside procurement and fabrication of the Tweneboa, Enyenra & Ntomme (TEN) project with MODEC. The scope includes seven modules weighing in total 9400-tonne. Image: Nick Routledge, VP…

ClampOn on Gina Krog

Feb 14, 2014

Norway's ClampOn has won an order to supply 130 topside leak monitors for Statoil’s Gina Krog project (pictured). The contract was awarded by Solberg & Andersen in Bergen, Norway, and will be part of their ValveWatch condition monitoring system…

Mariner FSU gets Wärtsilä pumps

Feb 14, 2014

Finland's Wärtsilä has signed a contract for a range of pumping solutions for a new floating storage unit (FSU) to be used on the Mariner oilfield in the North Sea (pictured). Wärtsilä's contract is with South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI)…

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