Canada's CGX Energy said the jackup rig slated to spud its offshore Guyana prospect is due to be completed by end of January 2015. The Hakuryu-12 jackup drilling rig, soon to be part of Japan Drilling Co.'s fleet, is currently under construction in Singapore at PPL Shipyard…
Technip is investing more than US$84.7 million and more than four years to modernize its flexible pipe manufacturing plant, Flexi France, in Le Trait, France. This plan focuses on the installation of new-generation machines and site optimization to fit 12m diameter reels…
Bentley Systems and Trimble have committed to leveraging construction modeling for the benefit of capital, industrial, and infrastructure project delivery. Aspects of construction modeling include modeling of temporary works, intelligent positioning…
GE opened its US$500 million Brazil Technology Center in Rio de Janeiro. The research hub will focus on developing advanced technologies for offshore oil and gas exploration and production. The center, GE’s first in Latin America…
The US$7.8 billion combination of AMEC plc and Foster Wheeler AG is complete, creating Amec Foster Wheeler plc, a new force in global engineering, project delivery, asset support, power equipment and consultancy. The new company, Amec Foster Wheeler…
Mubadala Petroleum began production from two wells at the Manora oil field in the northern Gulf of Thailand. Manora field FSO. From Mubadala. The field is located within the G1/48 concession…
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. awarded Technip a contract for the K2 Riser Base Gas Lift project, located in Green Canyon 608 in the Gulf of Mexico, at a water depth of approximately 1300m. Upon the terms of agreement, Technip will provide…
Malaysia’s national oil and gas company Petronas awarded GE Oil & Gas a contract to supply gas turbine-driven compressor train and mechanical drive technology for the second floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility off the coast of East Malaysia…
Harvey Gulf International Marine is using Advanced Logistics’ marine management system, SAMM, and preventative maintenance module, Preventer,on its fleet of marine transportation vessels. Advanced Logistics’s software allows a vessel…
Deepwater Wind awarded Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. a contract for the fabrication of five jacket/piles for the Block Island Wind Farm off the coast of Rhode Island. The Block Island Wind Farm is a shallow water wind turbine project…
McDermott International delivered its 7,200-ton riser support structure (RSS) tower for the Ichthys project in the Browse basin, about 124mi off Western Australia. Engineered in Singapore and fabricated on Batam Island, Indonesia, the RSS tower is more than 328ft tall…
Kebabangan Production Oil Co. (KPOC) began gas production from the Kebabangan (KBB) gas field, approximately 60 mi. offshore Sabah, Malaysia, according to ConocoPhillips Sabah Ltd. The CHIKYU vessel. From Jamstec…
National Drilling Company (NDC), Abu Dhabi, awarded Lamprell a US$365 million contract for the construction and delivery of two high specification jackup drilling rigs of a Super 116E (enhanced) class. Under the contract terms, NDC has…
Centrica Energy discovered gas at the Pegasus West discovery in the southern North Sea. Image of the Paragon 391 jackup at Pegasus. From Centrica. The Pegasus area is 150km east of Teesside…
O3b Networks launched the O3bEnergy 20 service for offshore communications in the Gulf of Mexico. O3bEnergy 20 provides energy clients with an aggregate of 20Mbps throughput to a single site at less than 150 msec roundtrip latency delivered over the O3bEnergy 1…
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