Dockwise provides this video, filmed in November 2012, regarding the launch of the SHP jacket, now located at the SHWE field in the Bay of Begal, off Myanmar. The 22,000-ton jacket was launched at a water depth of 110m, using the HYSY229 installation barge.
Heerema Fabrication Group’s Vlissingen fabrication yard has completed the fabrication of two jackets for the Golden Eagle Development project of Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd. With the departure of Nexen’s 6,400-ton PUQ (Production Utilities…
Drydocks World announced today that the world’s first Modular Capture Vessel (MCV), Eagle Texas, sailed away from its yard. The conversion of the AFRA max tanker was carried out by Drydocks World – Dubai and was completed for Singapore based AET…
Eni S.p.A. CEO Paolo Scaroni and Eni E&P COO Claudio Descalzi met with Mozambique President Armando Guebuza today in Changara, the mineral district of Tete province in western Mozambique, to discuss Eni’s ongoing activities and projects in the country…
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) yesterday announced availability of a revised environmental assessment (EA) and its finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for lease issuance to conduct marine hydrokinetic technology testing offshore Florida…
Halliburton entered into an agreement of cooperation with Gazprom Neft for the introduction of new technologies to improve operational efficiency in Gazprom Neft fields. Enhancement of mature field development efficiency and implementation…
Faroe Petroleum completed the acquisition of a 10% non-operated interest in the BP-operated East Foinaven oil field and a 0.5% interest in the West of Shetland Pipeline System, both from Marubeni Oil & Gas (North Sea) Ltd . The net consideration payable for the acquisition of the interests…
Jaya Holdings Ltd., delivered its first high-specification, deepwater platform supply vessel (PSV), Jaya Valour. The vessel was delivered on schedule, and upon delivery, went on-hire immediately, embarking on its maiden voyage as part…
NEL has invested US $386,666 in a new erosive flow center at its Glasgow base. The facility is the first in the UK to offer the complete range of erosive flow services, including flow testing, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), operation and performance assessment…
Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies AS (KOGT), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (KOG), has signed an agreement with Statoil for the delivery of subsea structures, in-line tees, tie-in and connection systems for the Polarled gas pipeline…
Lifting, drilling and subsea solutions specialist Huisman has secured new contracts for10 pipelay systems, with various major offshore pipelay contractors. The new contracts include: three 550mt tiltable lay systems (TLS) and one 325mt vertical lay system (VLS) for Subsea 7…
ITG Group has ordered two platform supply vessels (PSV) of the PX121 design from ULSTEIN. The ROC yard, China, will be constructing the two PSVs for ITG. The contract includes an option for two more vessels. ROC is a new yard starting…
First oil on EnQuest’s Alma/Galia project is now scheduled for Q1 next year, weather permitting, due to an increase in the scope of work on the development's floating production unit. EnQuest said the increased work related to the refurbishment…
Platform jackets for the £4.5billion West of Shetland Clair Ridge development have been installed. The two jackets, which will be bridge-linked, were installed using Heerema Marine Contractor’s heavy lift vessel Thialf 75km west of the Shetland Islands…
Beach Energy announced that drilling is expected to begin on the 01RX Cobalcescu South exploration well in Block EX-28 offshore Romania. According to the company, the well will be spudded during Beach Energy’s August reporting period…