The US$7.8 billion combination of AMEC plc and Foster Wheeler AG is complete, creating Amec Foster Wheeler plc, a new force in global engineering, project delivery, asset support, power equipment and consultancy. The new company, Amec Foster Wheeler…
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. awarded Technip a contract for the K2 Riser Base Gas Lift project, located in Green Canyon 608 in the Gulf of Mexico, at a water depth of approximately 1300m. Upon the terms of agreement, Technip will provide…
Malaysia’s national oil and gas company Petronas awarded GE Oil & Gas a contract to supply gas turbine-driven compressor train and mechanical drive technology for the second floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility off the coast of East Malaysia…
McDermott International delivered its 7,200-ton riser support structure (RSS) tower for the Ichthys project in the Browse basin, about 124mi off Western Australia. Engineered in Singapore and fabricated on Batam Island, Indonesia, the RSS tower is more than 328ft tall…
National Drilling Company (NDC), Abu Dhabi, awarded Lamprell a US$365 million contract for the construction and delivery of two high specification jackup drilling rigs of a Super 116E (enhanced) class. Under the contract terms, NDC has…
Shell Gabon awarded Van Oord an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the replacement of a dual 10km long oil export line. The EPC contract began this month and continues until summer 2015. The export line runs from the Gamba terminal…
Statoil Petroleum awarded Interwell a frame agreement for the scope of completion services in the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The six-year contract has an initial period of two years with two additional optional periods of two years.
FoundOcean and BASF signed a strategic agreement to aim to reduce the cost of and increase efficiency when installing offshore wind structures. BASF’s MasterFlow 9500 is the only product to have obtained the type approval certificate from certifying body DNV GL…
Brunei Shell Petroleum Co. Sdn. Bhd. (BSP) awarded McDermott International, Inc. a three-year shallow water pipeline contract to transport and install pipelines and umbilicals for the Champion and Ampa Fields, offshore Brunei. Image…
Esso Angolato selected BMT Scientific Marine Services, a subsidiary of the BMT Group, to provide maintenance services for systems installed on the two Kizomba tension leg platforms (TLP) offshore Angola. BMT previously installed integrated…
GDF Suez Norge awarded RSI a three-year, US$2 million quantitative geophysical services frame agreement in Norway. The scope of the services covers geophysical well log analysis, rock physics, seismic reservoir characterization and electromagnetic inversion and integration.
Ceona and Marine Platforms Ltd. (MPL) were awarded two contracts in Nigeria worth a total of US$30 million. Ceona will provide vessels and its installation expertise on the Eni Nigerian Agip Exploration Ltd. ABO12 well completion, as…
The DNV GL and Grontmij consortium signed a framework agreement with TenneT TSO for the provision of engineering services worth an estimated US$48 million. Upon the terms of the agreement, the consortium and its partners Roos+Bijl and Joulz…
BP awarded Emerson Process Management a US$40 million contract to be the main automation contractor for the Shah Deniz Stage 2 development project in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea. Upon the terms of the agreement, Emerson will…
Seadrill Partners LLC and Seadrill Ltd. entered into an agreement to sell the ultra deepwater drillship West Vela to the company’s 51% owned subsidiary Seadrill Capricorn Holdings LLC. Seadrill says the acquisition, that includes…