Arabian Gulf News

 

Aqualis wins three contracts

Oct 17, 2014

Aqualis Offshore, part of Oslo’s Aqualis, recently won three contracts from different companies for several services. ONGC awarded Aqualis Offshore with a nine month contract to provide rig moving and marine warranty services offshore India…

Saudi Aramco selects Aqualis for rig moving

Sep 17, 2014

Aqualis Offshore, part of Aqualis, has signed a three-year rig moving services contract with Saudi Aramco for the firm's jackups in the Arabian Gulf.  Aqualis Offshore will support Saudi Aramco with rig moving services and personnel from Aqualis Offshore’s offices in the Middle East region…

Saipem awarded US$540 million contracts

Jul 29, 2014

Saipem was awarded offshore drilling contracts worth approximately US$540 million in Indonesia, Nigeria, the Arabian Gulf and Latin America. The contracts refer to four different units of Saipem’s fleet. Indonesia contract Eni Muara Bakau B…

McDermott wins subsea cable deal

Mar 05, 2014

McDermott International, Inc. announced that one of its subsidiaries was awarded a contract to provide the electrical power supply system for Saudi Aramco in the Abu Ali and Khursaniyah fields in the Arabian Gulf. This contract is included in McDermott’s 4Q 2013 backlog…

Rig refurbishment renaissance

Jan 08, 2014

Rising requirements for rigs in the Middle East is increasing competition for jackup refurbishment and conversion. Elaine Maslin reports. About quarter of the world’s 480-strong jackup drilling rig fleet resides in the Persian Gulf and…

McDermott wins more Arabian Gulf work

Nov 20, 2013

McDermott International, Inc. announced today that one of its subsidiaries was awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) project for a customer in the Arabian Gulf. The contract is worth about US$200 million and includes the fabrication…

Contract Briefs: September 2013

Sep 01, 2013

Höegh FLNG awarded pre-FEED Höegh FLNG Ltd. has been awarded a pre-FEED study for a jetty-moored 2MMTA FLNG near-shore barge for a North American LNG export project. The study will be executed in 2H 2013. Meta wins Shell tiebacks Meta Downhole Ltd…

Umm Lulu project contracts awarded

Aug 29, 2013

Technip, as part of a consortium led by National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC), has been awarded a contract by Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) work on Umm Lulu full…

Xodus wins pipeline contracts

Jul 11, 2013

Xodus Group secured two contracts from Abu Dhabi-based Valentine Maritime (Gulf) L.L.C. The first is for new subsea pipelines in the Arabian Gulf off Qatar’s northeast coast. It involves design of a new 6.4km long, 24in. water injection pipeline…

Xodus wins pipeline contracts

Jun 04, 2013

International energy consultancy Xodus Group has secured two contracts from Abu Dhabi-based Valentine Maritime (Gulf) L.L.C. The first is for the design of new subsea pipelines in the Arabian Gulf. This will be the Xodus Group’s first subsea project from its rapidly growing team in Dubai…

McDermott wins Arabian Gulf duo

Apr 08, 2013

McDermott International, Inc. announced that one of its subsidiaries has been awarded two projects for a customer in the Arabian Gulf.Jebel Ali Fabrication Facility (Image: McDermott) The value of these contracts is approximately US$900 million…

Arabian construction

Mar 28, 2013

Saudi Aramco awarded Saipem a lump sum contract extension for the development of the Arabiyah and Hasbah gas fields in the Persian Gulf. The project’s scope includes construction work on the fields’ trunklines.

Middle East connections

Sep 12, 2012

French premium tubular solutions specialist Vallourec reports that its new-generation Vam 21 threaded connection is now also enjoying commercial success in the Middle East after making early market inroads in the North Sea, Brazil and Southeast Asia…

Future focus

May 01, 2011

For Fluor, America is only one land of opportunity. Recent contract wins for work offshore Australia, Southeast Asia and the Middle East have buoyed Fluor's backlog. Jennifer Pallanich talks to Fluor executives about recent contract wins and Fluor's offshore strategy…

Why the fracpack gets top billing

Apr 01, 2011

Once in a while I would like to look inward and discuss technical advances in the industry or how things have evolved. In the case of hydraulic fracturing, the process has emerged as the premier production enhancement technique in oil and gas…

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