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Husky cancels Seadrill drilling contract

Sep 22, 2015

Husky Oil Operations Ltd. pulled the plug on its drilling contract with Seadrill for the West Mira vessel one week after Seadrill canceled the newbuild’s order with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI). West Mira illustration…

Petrobras reveals historic production levels

Sep 18, 2015

A hike in Petróleo Brasileiro’s (Petrobras) average production in oil and natural gas, in addition to pre-salt for the month of August set historic records for the Brazilian giant. Oil. Image from Petrobras…

Harkand JV awarded Technip contract

Sep 18, 2015

A joint venture between Harkand and Consolidated Shipping Agencies (Conship) Ltd. has resulted in its first contract win in Ghana, West Africa. The award will see the delivery of onshore and offshore support to Technip in the region. Having formed a strategic alliance with Conship…

ABB commissions new cable-laying vessel

Sep 18, 2015

ABB ordered a new cable-laying vessel to be custom-built to ABB specifications and measure approximately 140m by 30m, and be constructed at Kleven shipyard in Norway. Delivery is expected in 2017.   Image…

Schaeffler secures Allseas contract

Sep 18, 2015

Schaeffler, a precision bearing manufacturer, will supply more than 240 ELGES spherical plain bearings with outside diameters ranging from 400mm to 1060mm, for the topsides lift system (TLS) on the Pioneering Spirit, a purpose-built ship…

Primeline mobilizes to East China Sea

Sep 18, 2015

Primeline Energy Holdings announced that its drilling contractor China Oilfield Service (COSL) started the mobilization of the rig for the drilling operation of LS23-1-1 well, in the East China Sea. Following the signing of the drilling…

Fugro, Coremar form strategic alliance

Sep 16, 2015

Fugro has formed a strategic alliance with Coremar, a Colombian turnkey port, marine services, and logistics provider. The objective is to provide life-of-field solutions to the oil and gas industry in Colombia and the Caribbean, particularly in the delivery of geophysical…

Aquatic awarded Vancouver power cable contract

Sep 16, 2015

Image: Aquatic's multi-reel solution designed to enable the barge to transit 250km to the project site/Aquatic Engineering and Construction Aquatic Engineering and Construction…

Esso achieves first oil at Erha North

Sep 16, 2015

ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso E&P Nigeria started oil production earlier than planned at the Erha North Phase 2 deepwater subsea development project, offshore Nigeria. Esso North subsea structures…

MODEC inks Culzean FSO deal

Sep 16, 2015

Japan's MODEC has made its first entry into the North Sea thanks to a contract with Denmark's Maersk Oil. Maersk Oil's UK North Sea business has inked a contract with MODEC for the supply of a floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessel for the US$4…

Woodside selects Aibel for FPSO modifications

Sep 16, 2015

Australia's Woodside has awarded Norway-based Aibel a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract in connection with the subsea tie back to the Ngujima-Yin floating production, storage and offloading vessel. The Greater Enfield Development…

Red Marine delivers load test system to Technip

Sep 15, 2015

Red Marine delivered a high capacity load test system, to Technip, for the periodic load testing of the pipelay system onboard the Skandi Africa, a newly built pipelay and construction vessel. The vessel has been specifically designed for…

Seadrill cancels West Mira newbuild

Sep 15, 2015

Seadrill is exercising its right to cancel the construction of the newbuild West Mira after Hyundai Heavy Industries failed to deliver the vessel on time. West Mira illustration. From Seadrill…

Chevron to jointly explore Australian Bight

Sep 15, 2015

Chevron is partnering with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) to investigate unexplored deepwater regions in the Great Australian Bight, in the first commercial partnership to operate the marine research vessel RV Investigator…

Premier Oil nears Sea Lion FEED contracts

Sep 15, 2015

Premier Oil is aiming to award front-end engineering and design (FEED) contracts for the North Falklands Sea Lion project in 4Q this year, partner Rockhopper Exploration says. Sea Lion is about 220km north of the Falkland Islands in 450m water depth…

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