Saipem awarded Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies a US$10 million contract for the delivery of subsea structures for the gas export pipeline project of the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project. Image from Kongsberg…
Denise Smiles, of Optical Metrology Services Ltd (OMS), discusses how to correct internal HiLo misalignment between butted pipes. OMS’ automatic pipe end dimensioning tool. Images from OMS. Deepwater…
Development drilling has started on the INPEX-operated Ichthys gas-condensate field, part of the Ichthys LNG Project about 200km offshore Western Australian. The first of about 20 horizontal production wells to be drilled was spudded 3 February…
Santos and INPEX were awarded two exploration permits offshore Western Australia. Image from INPEX. Blocks WA-513-P and WA-514-P are located about 500km north-northeast of Broome and cover areas of 335sq km and 415sq km…
Deepwater pipelay on the 889km-long gas export pipeline (GEP) for INPEX' Ichthys LNG Project has started offshore Australia. Saipem’s deepwater installation vessel Castorone will lay the remaining 718km offshore section of the 42in. diameter…
FMC Technologies awarded McDermott International a sizeable manifold and subsea safety isolation valve module fabrication contract for the Jangkrik fields located offshore Kalimantan, Indonesia. McDermott’s Batam Island facility in Indonesia…
Saipem awarded FES International a US$2 million contract to supply bend stiffener connectors (BSCs) for the Egina project. The BSCs will be used by global energy company, Total, at its third deep offshore development off the coast of Nigeria…
Oil and gas services provider Petrofac has agreed to form a strategic marketing alliance with McDermott International in the deepwater, subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) sector. Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the two will form a five-year alliance…
The Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG project is moving forward with the installation of a 6500-tonne riser support structure (RSS) tower at the Ichthys Field, marking the beginning of the project’s major installation campaign. The Ichthys LNG project RSS…
Heerema Marine Contractor’s new multi-purpose construction vessel Aegir completed its first job in the Gulf of Mexico. Meg Chesshyre reports. Aegir. Images from Heerema Marine Contractors. The…
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…
Offshore oil and gas mega projects are increasing in scale and cost. Some 41% of ExxonMobil’s 2015 capital spending for projects under construction in 2015 is likely to be directed to one project alone. Neda Djahansouzi, Energy Researcher…
Wojciech Zmudzinski, chief pipeline engineer for McDermott (right) with an INPEX Ichthys Project representative during a valve manufacturing inspection at a factory in Italy. (Photo: Business Wire) McDermott…
Expro obtained a US$50 million contract to supply a high rate well testing package and ancillary services for the Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG Project, off Australia. Upon the terms of agreement, Expro will provide well testing, large bore subsea landing string…
OE asked Infield Systems to provide insights on today’s biggest offshore oil & gas projects. Top five global offshore projects currently under development (by capital spending) What…
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