Engineering News


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…

RWG gets five-year Chevron contract

Oct 14, 2014

Chevron Thailand E&P Ltd. awarded Rolls Wood Group (RWG) a contract to service Rolls-Royce industrial gas generators operating at four separate offshore production facilities located in the Pattani Basin, 120 mi. from Thailand’s southern coastline…

Wood Group to design Snorre TLP

Oct 14, 2014

Wood Group Mustang has been awarded the pre-front-end engineering design (pre-FEED) contract by Statoil for the proposed Snorre C tension leg platform (TLP) to be located on the Norwegian continental shelf. Work is being conducted by…

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…

Ruche FPSO plan approved

Oct 13, 2014

A plan to develop the Ruche fields in the Duffafu license offshore Gabon using a floating production, storage and offloading vessel has been approved by the country’s authorities.  The project, operated by Harvest Natural Resources, will see the Ruche A (formally Ruche)…

Improving solar-cell efficiency

Oct 10, 2014

Solar power generation gained some more strength using devices made with polymers. This solar cell consists of a new polymer, called PID2, which was developed in the laboratory of Luping Yu. From Andrew Nelles…

Noble, Ezra finalize GoM subsea contracts

Oct 09, 2014

Noble Energy and Singapore-based Ezra Holdings’ subsea division EMAS AMC, finalized three subsea tieback contracts worth approximately US$300 million. Image from Ezra. The scope of work includes engineering…

Petrofac supports Chevron on UKCS

Oct 09, 2014

Petrofac’s Offshore Projects & Operations business unit has been awarded a major reimbursable contract on the UK Continental Shelf.  In the central North Sea, Petrofac has been selected to provide engineering and construction support…

UK decommissioning to hit US$1.6 billion

Oct 09, 2014

In 2014, decommissioning spending on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) will reach approximately US$1.6 billion (£1 billion) for the first time in a single year, according to data published 9 October.  The data, gathered from 28 UKCS operators…

Delta House moves to GoM

Oct 09, 2014

Marine Contracting's Houston outfit towed LLOG Exploration’s Delta House semisubmersible floating production system (FPS) to its operating site located in Mississippi Canyon 254 in the Gulf of Mexico. LLOG Delta House…

Saipem in new subsea JV

Oct 09, 2014

ENI-owned Saipem, UK-based Xodus Group and Japan's Chiyoda Corporation have joined forces to create a new joint venture, Xodus Subsea, focusing on subsea engineering. Xodus Subsea - which will stand alone from the three companies with its own resources and assets - will provide studies…

Benthic relocates Houston headquarters

Oct 06, 2014

Geoscience firm Benthic relocated its company headquarters to its new technology center in Houston on 29 September. The facility, which contains 13,410sq ft of office space and 17,840sq ft of warehouse space, is located in Hammerly Business…

Heerema-AF gets major Murchison contract

Oct 06, 2014

CNR International Ltd. (CNRI) awarded the Heerema-AF Consortium a contract for the removal and disposal of the Murchison platform, marking a significant step towards the decommissioning of one of the largest platforms in the UK North Sea…

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