Investment costs for the Culzean project are now forecasted to be around US$4 billion, a reduction of about $500 million on the estimate at project sanction, said Gretchen Watkins, CEO, Maersk Oil at the Maersk Group Capital Markets Day in Copenhagen…
Wärtsilä has signed a manufacturing license agreement with Jiujiang Precision Measuring Technology Research Institute, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corp. (CSSC), based in Jiujiang, China. The two-way agreement provides CSSC with…
US President-elect Donald Trump has picked ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be his nominee for Secretary of State and former Texas Governor Rick Perry to be his Secretary of Energy, it was announced today (13 December). Trump praised Tillerson via Twitter…
A new company, Nucore Group, has been established to create a topside engineering services group of companies. Backed by Lonsdale Capital Partners, Nucore Group currently oversees the management of Oteac and HVAC & Refrigeration Engineering (HVAC&R)…
Lokring Northern (UK), a provider of advanced fluid and gas transfer connectors, has expanded its Aberdeen office. The new premises are double the size of the previous Aberdeen headquarters, with capacity for improved training facilities and office space…
Azinor Catalyst signed an agreement to acquire a 50% operated interest in UKCS license P.2243, containing Block 14/17a from Zennor North Sea. Map from Azinor Catalyst. The license is adjacent to Azinor’s Partridge licence P…
ALE launched its latest innovation, the lightweight service crane, which is fully designed out of light modular parts that can be assembled by hand. Each part can fit in an elevator or transported over an access walkway or stairs, making…
In this video, McDermott International shows a behind the scene video of what it took for its team to prepare for the launch of the 7000 million-tonne Ayatsil C jacket for Pemex in the Bay of Campeche.
First gas from the Hummer development offshore Louisiana is expected in mid-2017, says partner Petsec Energy. The firm, which holds 12.5% interest in Hummer, said a production test on Main Pass Block 270 #3 BP 01 discovery well (initially…
The first offshore wind farm to deliver energy to the American power grid is now operational, owner Deepwater Wind said this week. The turbines have now completed commissioning and testing and started commercial operations. Energy produced…
Dutch maritime transport firm Boskalis has dropped its stake in fellow Netherlands-headquartered firm Fugro down to 9.38%, the company announced today (13 December). The news is likely welcomed by Fugro, which has been at odds with Boskalis…
ALE is approaching the final stages of its load-out operations for the Upper Zakum 750 Island Surface Facilities (UZ750) Project, based 84km offshore, northwest of Abu Dhabi, UAE. The heavy lifting contractor secured the scope to deliver almost 100 different modules to the north…
RINA Indonesia, in consortium with PT Depriwangga, has been awarded a contract by Chevron Indonesia to provide QA/QC inspection services as part of the offshore Bangka Field development project. The Bangka Field is located approximately…
DeepOcean was awarded a contract from Statoil for survey and light construction services in 2017. Image of the Superior ROV, from DeepOcean. Offshore work will be undertaken in 2017 with a vessel from DeepOcean’s in-house fleet…
Delek Drilling and Avner Oil, part of the Leviathan partnership with Noble Energy, has approved the development plan for the mega-discovery, offshore Israel, the two announced today 12 December. The decision paves the way to Leviathan's final investment decision (FID)…
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