Offshore Middle East News - page 84


Drydocks wins Johan Sverdrup contract

Mar 09, 2015

Norway's Kvaerner has chosen Dubai-based Drydocks World to fabricate components for Statoil's Norwegian North Sea Johan Sverdrup riser platform jacket. Drydocks World will carry out the fabrication of pile clusters and floatation…

Lamprell delivers India-bound jackup

Mar 05, 2015

Dubai-based fabrication and engineering firm Lamprell has delivered the jackup drilling rig Greatdrill Chaaru to Greatship Global Energy Services within budget and ahead of schedule. Construction of the rig was undertaken on a fast-track…

Atlas Copco opens expanded custom engineering workshop in Hemel Hempstead

Feb 23, 2015

Middle East orders are driving growth and filling newly built capacity at Sweden headquartered Atlas Copco’s newly upgraded and expanded UK systems facility. Atlas Copco Compressors’ largest ever UK designed and built custom engineered package…

Prosep launches oil-in-water JIP

Feb 19, 2015

Houston-based oil, gas and water specialist ProSep has launched an Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF) joint industry project (JIP) with Qatar Petroleum and Petroleum Development Oman. The 12-month project, which started in December 2014…

Saudi Aramco hails heavy lift success

Feb 16, 2015

Saudi Aramco says it has set a new record for heavy lift operations in its Arabiyah-Hasbah gas fields project about 150km offshore Saudi Arabia. The heavy lift barge Lan Jing completed the installation of the Hasbah tie-in platform (TP) using its 7500-ton crane…

Boskalis introduces White Marlin

Feb 12, 2015

Boskalis announced that the Dockwise vessel White Marlin was named and christened during a festive ceremony in Guangzhou, China. Following the ceremony, the semisubmersible heavy transport vessel will be mobilized to Singapore for its maiden…

Lukoil picks AGR for drilling optimization

Feb 10, 2015

AGR has secured a contract with LUKOIL Overseas to optimize the Russian firm's drilling performance. The contract covers LUKOIL’s drilling operations in several territories internationally, including Middle East, Black Sea, Africa and Central Asia…

Polarcus appoints CEO

Feb 05, 2015

Rod Starr joins Polarcus as its next chief executive officer (CEO) effective 5 February. Starr has more than 30 years industry experience, starting his career with Unocal where he spent 16 years in various planning and financial roles…

First oil flows from Nasr field

Feb 05, 2015

First oil from the Nasr oil field, 130km offshore Abu Dhabi, started 24 January, according to partner, Japan's INPEX.  First production has been achieved through existing facilities - the Abu Al Bukoosh (ABK) and Umm Shaif oil fields…

Rig market hits hard times

Feb 02, 2015

Orderbooks reflect reined-in spending based on conservative near-term oil price estimates. ABS’ James Graf sets out the detail. MODU new construction projects through 4Q/14.  Source: ABS. Weak demand…

Inefficient producers will be driven out

Feb 02, 2015

Kuwait Petroleum Corp.'s (KPC) CEO today said the company would be increasing output, a move he says will put pressure on deepwater projects as well as the likes of onshore oil sands and expensive unconventional projects. Nizar Al-Adsani said the market…

Middle East well intervention growth predicted

Jan 30, 2015

The Middle East well intervention market is expected to reach US$2.4 billion by 2018, up from $1.37 billion in 2013, with a CAGR of 11.9%, according to a Research and Markets report. The Middle East, with 80.3 trillion cu/m, is home to 43…

GMS adds to MENA backlog

Jan 28, 2015

Dubai-based Gulf Marine Services has won a new long-term contract award for one of its Large Class vessels.      The vessel will start a four-year charter (three years firm with a one-year option) at the end of Q1 2015 on completion of…

Ferguson Group unveils new HVAC system

Jan 06, 2015

The Ferguson Group has unveiled a new HVAC system for its workspace modules, which will protect workers from high temperatures and excessive humidity levels whilst offshore. The new HVAC system has been installed in the new workspace…

Middle Eastern promise

Jan 01, 2015

The shallow waters of the Persian Gulf, also known as the Arabian Gulf, belie the plethora of offshore infrastructure – new and old – in the Middle East. Elaine Maslin probes beneath the waves. In 2005…

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