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Video: Aasta Hansteen living quarters installation

Jan 29, 2016

The living quarters module for Statoil's Aasta Hansteen development, offshore Norway, have been lifted onto the project's SPAR topside. The topside is currently being constructed in Hyundai Heavy Industries yard in Ulsan, South Korea…

Saudi Aramco, Lamprell, HHI, Bahri, ink shipyard MOU

Jan 26, 2016

Saudi Aramco, Dubai based rig builder and engineering firm Lamprell, the national shipping company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) and Hyundai Heavy Industries have signed a memorandum of understanding over establishing a Maritime Complex in Saudi Arabia…

Alba B3 installed offshore Equatorial Guinea

Jan 21, 2016

Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) says Marathon's Alba B3 topside and jacket have now been installed offshore Equatorial Guinea.  The 2000-ton, four-legged jacket, built at HFG's Vlissingen yard in the Netherlands, supports the 4500-ton B3 compression platform…

Castex to install platform jacket at Hummer

Jan 20, 2016

Castex Energy is set to fabricate and install a platform jacket over the Main Pass Block 270 #3 BP 1 well on its Hummer exploration prospect, in the Gulf of Mexico, according to partner Petsec Energy. The well is located about 50mi southeast of Venice…

Songa suffers BOP failure on new Cat D

Jan 11, 2016

Norway, Cyrpus based rig operator Songa Offshore suffered a BOP equipment failure on one of its new Cat D semisubmersible drilling rigs as it was readying to start operations for Statoil.  The Songa Endurance started drilling operations…

First oil at Edvard Grieg

Nov 30, 2015

First oil started from the Edvard Grieg field in the Norwegian North Sea 28 November 2015. The Edvard Grieg field is part of PL338 on the Utsira High in the North Sea, about 180 km west of Stavanger. The development comprises a steel jacket platform and 22…

Lamprell confident in Middle East

Nov 27, 2015

Dubai based rig builder and construction firm Lamprell is hoping work in the Middle East will help it buffer the downturn.  The firm currently has seven concurrent jackup rigs being constructed at its Hamriyah yard, a record for the group…

Largest pipe bending machine delivered

Nov 27, 2015

UK-based Unison has installed and commissioned the world’s largest and most powerful all-electric pipe bending machine, at the Norwegian offshore and maritime services company, Westcon Yard. Capable of generating a colossal 660,000 Nm of continuous…

HHI, Saudi Aramco ink MOU

Nov 12, 2015

Saudi Aramco and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) have signed a general memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly collaborate on business development opportunities in Saudi Arabia. The MoU lays out a comprehensive, multi-faceted business cooperation framework in areas such as engineering…

Husky marks Indonesian milestone

Nov 10, 2015

Husky Energy has installed the jacket and wellhead platform for the Madura Strait BD gas-condensate field development, offshore Indonesia. Development drilling is expected to started soon, at the 55m water depth site, and the project remains on target for first production in 2017…

HFG focuses on new-tech, hi-tech at new center

Nov 06, 2015

Dutch engineering and fabrication firm Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) has opened its new Heerema Innovation Center, where it plans to develop next-generation welding robots, and use latest gaming and data processing technology.  The center is cloes to HFG's Zwijndrecht headquarters…

Alba B3 ready for Equatorial Guinea

Nov 05, 2015

Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) has loaded out the Alba B3 jacket and topsides ahead of its sail away to Equatorial Guinea, planned for the end of this month.  The 2000-ton, four-legged jacket, built at the Vlissingen yard in the Netherlands…

Sembcorp drops in Q3

Nov 04, 2015

Singapore-based Sembcorp Marine reported a 17% year-on-year decline in revenue from US$3.1 billion (S$4.4 billion) to $2.57 billion (S$3.6 billion) for the nine months to September 2015, due to lower revenue recognition for rig building projects and ship repair…

Mariner, Aasta Hansteen projects set back

Oct 28, 2015

Statoil’s US$7 billion Mariner heavy oil project in the UK North Sea has been set back a year due to engineering and construction delays, the operator revealed today.  The Norwegian operator's Aasta Hansteen project, in the Norwegian Sea…

Cosco confirms floater delay

Oct 23, 2015

Dana Petroleum's Western Isles floating production unit will not be on stream until late 2017, some two years later than originally planned, it was confirmed today. In a statement, China's Cosco Corp (Singapore) said it and a European…

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