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PPGC cancels Leviathan deal

Mar 11, 2015

The Leviathan project takes another hit after the Palestine Power Generation Co. (PPGC) gave its notice to cancel its 20-year agreement to supply natural gas for Leviathan, offshore Israel. Map of Israel…

Seafloor tools

Mar 09, 2015

Susan Gourvenec outlines toolbox approach for optimizing geotechnical design of subsea foundations Fig. 1: Evolution of offshore architecture. Image created by M Cocjin, COFS, UWA.   Subsea…

Ceona inks GOM project for flagship

Mar 09, 2015

SURF contractor Ceona has secured a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the company’s newbuild flagship field development vessel, the Ceona Amazon in the US Gulf of Mexico. The contract will be the Ceona Amazon's first as well as Ceona’s first…

ShawCor completes Dhatec acquisition

Mar 04, 2015

ShawCor Ltd.(SCL) completed the acquisition of Dhatec B.V. for an undisclosed amount.  “The acquisition of Dhatec will complement our pipeline performance strategy of combining pipe coating products and services into innovative solutions…

TAP offers up offshore pipeline contracts

Mar 04, 2015

Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP) launched two pre-qualification contracts for the construction of the 105km offshore pipeline section under the Adriatic Sea. The contracts are for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI)…

IKM Ocean Design gets Johan Sverdrup SURF

Mar 03, 2015

Statoil awarded IKM Ocean Design the Johan Sverdrup SURF detail engineering and services 2015-20 contract. Johan Sverdrup rendering. From Statoil.   Johan Sverdrup field is a large oil discovery in production licenses PL265…

Going with the flow

Mar 01, 2015

Flow measurement isn’t always foremost in industry debates, but the role it plays – and getting it right – is key. Elaine Maslin found out more. NEL’s flow measurement facility.  Image from NEL…

Getting to grips with grout

Mar 01, 2015

Grout is taking on new forms to meet the needs of offshore wind applications, Jim Bell explains. FoundOcean worked on the 30 wind turbine Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm, 10km off Barrow-In-Furness in the Irish Sea…

UTEC gets Moho Nord survey contract

Feb 24, 2015

UTEC was awarded the full survey services contract on the upcoming Technip Moho Nord EPIC project in West Africa. The project, operated by Total E&P Congo, is located approximately 75km off the coast of the Republic of the Congo, at water depths ranging from 650-1100 m…

Technip wins Glenlivet subsea contract

Feb 24, 2015

Total E&P UK has awarded Technip an additional scope for the parallel development of the Glenlivet field close to the Edradour subsea development, about 75km northwest of Shetlands in the UK North Sea. The Glenlivet scope includes:     fabrication and installation of 12in…

Noble suspends Israel investments, expansion

Feb 20, 2015

Noble Energy is suspending any further investments in the expansion of Tamar, and initial development of Leviathan until regulatory issues are resolved with Israel. Image of the Tamar field. From Delek…

JIP assesses polymer lined pipe

Feb 19, 2015

A joint industry project (JIP) has been launched between Swagelining, Saudi Aramco and The Welding Institute (TWI) to conduct investigations into the use of polymer lining in carbon steel pipelines. The JIP will examine the extent of…

Seatronics gets piece of Sonardyne

Feb 12, 2015

Sonardyne has announced that Seatronics is to take delivery of US$1.54 million worth of its 6G acoustic positioning technology. The contract was displayed at the Subsea Expo 2015 exhibition and conference in Aberdeen. The 6G equipment…

Ichthys deepwater pipelay underway

Feb 09, 2015

Deepwater pipelay on the 889km-long gas export pipeline (GEP) for INPEX' Ichthys LNG Project has started offshore Australia. Saipem’s deepwater installation vessel Castorone will lay the remaining 718km offshore section of the 42in. diameter…

Saipem gets US$1.8 billion Kashagan gig

Feb 06, 2015

The North Caspian Operating Co. (NCOC) awarded Saipem a US$1.8 billion engineering and construction contract to build two pipelines for the Kashagan field project, offshore Kazakhstan. Image from NCOC…

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