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BP eyeing major new Clair facilities

Nov 06, 2014

BP is assessing a further phase development on its west of Shetland Clair field, which could see another new, large central processing facility built in the field.  The move will seek widely spread areas of the estimated 7-8 billion barrel oil originally in place Clair field…

Technip snaps up Malaysian work

Nov 06, 2014

Technip has secured a five-year framework agreement with PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd (PCSB) for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) or supply-only of flexible pipes for PCSB’s projects in Malaysia. The Deep Orient…

Engineering for a cold climate

Nov 03, 2014

Arctic-ready facilities: meeting the engineering challenge for a new era of offshore exploration. Mark Manton explains. The Sable South Centre module being loaded ready for installation at the Sable Offshore Energy Tier II Compression Project…

Golden Eagle starts production

Nov 03, 2014

China's CNOOC has announced first oil on the US$3.3 billion UK North Sea Golden Eagle Area Development (GEAD).  The development, comprising separate production and wellhead platforms and two subsea production systems, is producing about 18…

Betting on Hebron

Nov 01, 2014

First oil from ExxonMobil’s giant Hebron project off Newfoundland and Labrador is set for 2017. Sarah Parker Musarra received an update on the development from Geoff Parker, Hebron senior project manager, and examines its place in the Canadian energy economy…

Technip wins EnQuest subsea work

Oct 29, 2014

EnQuest awarded Technip an engineering, procurement, installation and construction (EPCI) contract for the Kraken development. Technip's Deep Energy. From Technip.   Kraken is located in the North Sea…

Technip gets EnQuest EPCI

Oct 27, 2014

EnQuest awarded Technip a large engineering, procurement, installation and construction (EPCI) contract for the Kraken development located in the North Sea, 400km northeast of Aberdeen and 130km east of Shetland, at a water depth of approximately 120m…

Ocean Installer opens Australia office

Oct 23, 2014

Norwegian-based subsea contractor Ocean Installer has opened an office in Perth, Australia to meet client demand for subsea construction services.  “This is the beginning of our presence in another promising region in line with Ocean Installer’s growth strategy…

Rolls-Royce expands in Canary Islands

Oct 20, 2014

Rolls-Royce has signed a cooperation agreement with the Astican Shipyard in Las Palmas, Canary Islands that it said will enhance the service capabilities of both parties to meet growing demand from rig and drillship owners. Astican…

A2SEA to install Dudgeon

Oct 17, 2014

A2SEA's purpose-built offshore installation vessel the Sea Installer is to be used to installed the 67, 6MW Siemens wind turbines on the 402MW Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm in the UK for Statoil, Masdar and Statkraft. Work will start on the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm…

SWS building two jackups for BOD

Oct 16, 2014

Blue Ocean Drilling Ltd. (BOD) awarded China’s Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) a contract to build two Gusto MSC CJ50 high specification jackup rigs. Image from Blue Ocean Drilling.   Upon the terms of agreement…

Odfjell Drilling, WJM form partnership

Oct 16, 2014

Odfjell Drilling and William Jacob Management (WJM) signed a cooperation agreement under which the companies will mutually deliver engineering services of offshore drilling facilities to the global energy market. The services will include conceptual and FEED studies…

KD consortium wins Eni FLNG FEED

Oct 16, 2014

Eni East Africa SpA awarded the KD consortium, consisting of KBR Inc. and Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), a contract for a front end engineering design (FEED) for a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility for…

Heerema wins Maersk Culzean contract

Oct 15, 2014

Maersk Oil North Sea UK Ltd. awarded Heerema Hartlepool Ltd. a contract for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the Culzean development’s well head platform (WHP) jacket. Maersk’s proposed Culzean development…

OneSubsea gets Pemex Lakach contract

Oct 13, 2014

Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) awarded the Houston-based, Cameron-Schlumberger joint venture OneSubsea, a US$270 million subsea production systems contract for the Lakach deepwater project offshore Mexico. The Lakach project is the first deepwater subsea field to be developed by Pemex…

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