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Ramco Hooks Long-Term Pipe Servicing Contract with Equinor

Jul 15, 2024

Ramco Norway, specialists in the preparation, inspection, surface treatment, and preservation of OCTG (oil country tubular goods), has secured a long-term contract with Equinor, set to bring in $11.2 million (NOK 120 million) annually for the company…

Senegal President Says Oil Contracts Will be Renegotiated

Jul 15, 2024

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye said on Saturday the West African country planned to renegotiate its oil contracts, saying it could have negotiated better on the contracts.Faye, who defeated the ruling coalition candidate in a landslide election victory in March…

Egypt Considering Adding New Regasification Vessel in Ain Sokhna

Jul 15, 2024

Egypt is considering adding a new Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU) to its port facilities at Ain Sokhna to increase import capacity, according to a petroleum ministry statement.The ministry is also considering adjusting Egypt's two…

Cadeler Lines Up OW Turbine Installation Campaign in 2029

Jul 15, 2024

Danish offshore wind installation firm Cadeler has signed a preferred supplier agreement to secure vessel capacity with an undisclosed client, to transport and install offshore wind turbines.The installation campaign is due to commence in 2029 for an undisclosed client and project…

Prysmian’s Monna Lisa Reaches Norway (Video)

Jul 15, 2024

Prysmian's Monna Lisa vessel, being build by Vard, has reached Norway for final outfitting, installation of main mission equipment and trials, before becoming fully operational in 2025.The 171-meter-long cable laying vessel (CLV) arrived to Norway after travelling 4…

NKT Set to Supply Subsea Cable Systems for Scottish Power Transmission Links

Jul 15, 2024

NKT has signed framework agreement with Scottish transmission system operator (TSO) SSEN Transmission for the supply of power cable systems for two high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission links in Scotland.NKT confirmed reservation of…

Kuwait Announces 'Giant' Oil Discovery

Jul 15, 2024

Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said on Sunday it had made a 'giant' oil discovery in the Al-Nokhatha field east of the Kuwaiti island of Failaka, with oil reserves estimated at 3.2 billion barrels.KPC's CEO Sheikh Nawaf Saud Nasir Al-Sabah…

Saipem Secures $500M Offshore Job in Saudi Arabia

Jul 15, 2024

Italian offshore energy services firm Saipem has secured work two offshore projects in Saudi Arabia, under the existing long-term contract with Saudi state-owned oil and gas giant Saudi Aramco.Saipem’s scope of work under the first project involves the engineering…

ABS to Class Seatrium-built FPSO Pair for Petrobras

Jul 12, 2024

Singaporean rig- and shipbuilder Seatrium has tapped the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) to class a pair of floating production storage and offloading units (FPSO) being built for Brazil's state-owned Petrobras, the classification society announced…

FPSO Newbuild for Petrobras’ Búzios Field Taking Shape in China

Jul 12, 2024

China’s state-owned ZPMC Qidong Marine Engineering has launched the bow section of the P-82 floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, being built by Seatrium for Petrobras’ Búzios field offshore Brazil.The bow section of the N1151 (P-82) FPSO…

Three Firms Form Consortium to Compete in Belgium’s Offshore Wind Tender

Jul 12, 2024

Eneco, Ocean Winds, and Otary have formed a strategic partnership to jointly compete in the tender for the offshore wind Princess Elisabeth concessions in Belgium.The consortium, subject to all required regulatory and competition approvals,…

All Set for Cable Installation at US' First Utility-Scale Wave Energy Test Site

Jul 12, 2024

The installation of power and data cables at Oregon State University’s PacWave South, the first pre-permitted, utility-scale, grid-connected wave energy test site in the United States, is set to begin later in July.The cable installation marks…

Petrogas E&P Starts Producing Gas from North Sea Platform

Jul 12, 2024

Petrogas E&P Netherlands, part of Oman-based Petrogas E&P, has achieved first gas production from the field in the Dutch North Sea.Petrogas E&P Netherlands, along with its partners EBN, Rockrose and TAQA Offshore, started producing gas from the first well on the B10 platform on July 6…

Saipem Hooks BP’s Job in Caspain Sea Off Azerbaijan

Jul 12, 2024

Italian offshore energy services firm Saipem has signed a framework agreement with BP for the delivery subsea services at the Shah Deniz and Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli fields, offshore Azerbaijan.The contract with BP was signed by Saipem, in consortium with BOS Shelf and BOS Shelf International FZCO…

Fugro Names Director of APAC Region

Jul 11, 2024

Fugro’s board of management has appointed Luh Shyang Loo as Group Director for the Asia Pacific region and member of the executive leadership team.Loo will take over responsibility for the region as from October 1, 2024, succeeding Amar Umap…

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