Newly released remotely operated vehicle (ROV) statistics from the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) show there has been an increase of members’ ROV-based construction, drill support and cable-laying activities since IMCA started collecting figures on a worldwide basis in 2009…
Hamilton, Bermuda-based Seadrill Ltd. has entered into contracts to build two high-specification, jackup drilling rigs at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Co., Ltd. (DSIC Offshore) in China. The rigs are scheduled for delivery during Q2 and Q3 2016…
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. announced plans to proceed with the construction of a second newbuild semisubmersible well intervention vessel, to be named the Q7000. Owen Kratz, Helix’s President and CEO, stated, “Based on strong market…
Statoil details the load out process and sail away of a 10,600-ton topsides model destined for its Gudrun field, in the Norwegian North Sea, from Aibel's shipyard in Haugesund, Norway. Read more about the topside's journey here.
Active heave compensation has become a must-have for offshore lifting and landing. But is it the best solution? Heave compensation systems were introduced to the offshore market in the early 1980s to enable the safe landing and lifting of loads…
Technip has been awarded a contract by Chevron North Sea for engineering, procurement, installation and construction (EPIC) on the Alder field, 200km north east of Aberdeen. Chevron is developing the central North Sea Alder field as a…
Subsea 7 will build and operate three, flex-ible, pipe-lay support vessels (PLSV) for Petrobras under three five-year contracts worth about US$1.6 billion. The contracts include project management, engineering and installation of flowlines…
Using multiple work centers and close project management, L&T delivered the MNP jacket on schedule. Larsen & Toubro (L&T), India was awarded the Mumbai High North (MHN) process platform, living quarters, and process gas compressor module project by ONGC…
A high level of fabrication activity in and around the North Sea is attracting new players. Elaine Maslin reports. Platform fabrication for new installations in North Sea will reach fever pitch this year as a historically high number of facilities are completed for load out…
Ceona has finalized its agreement with Lloyd Werft for the construction of a new high-capacity vessel, Ceona Amazon, at a signing ceremony in Bremerhaven, Germany. Members of the Ceona management team, led by CEO Steve Preston and Chairman John Smith…
Malaysia Marine & Heavy Engineering (MMHE) shows how the Gumusut-Kakap semi-FPS, which was delivered to Sabah Shell Petroleum Company in July, came together from beginning to load out at its Pasir Gudang yard.
Total awarded 2H Offshore, an Acteon company, a contract concerning the TLP top tensioned riser (TTR) systems for the Moho Nord field development off Congo. 2H Offshore will be responsible for the riser delivery management, which includes design finalization…
Australian engineering firm WorleyParsons has won two contracts, offshore Australia and on and offshore Africa. Worley Parsons is to provide brownfield engineering services to Chevron for the operator's west Australian assets, under a master services agreement lasting initially five years…
The Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG Project cut first steel on June 18 for the hull of its floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility in Okpo, Korea. With fabrication of the hull underway, work on all of the project’s major offshore facilities has commenced…
Total announced that its subsidiary, Total Upstream Nigeria Ltd. (TUPNI), operator of the OML 130 block, and co-venturers have obtained the necessary approvals from Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC) to award the main EPC contracts to develop the offshore Egina field…