Vung Tau Shipyard in Vietnam delivers Platform Support Vessel (PSV) to Farstad Shipping Singapore subsidiary.Far Sitella, a STX PSV08 CD offshore vessel, is bound for Australia where it will commence its long term commitment to Shell Australia related to their Prelude drilling campaign…
Technip is awarded an EPIC contract for Gannet F reinstatement project, situated in the North Sea.The engineering, procurement, installation and construction (EPIC) contract for the project is located in the North Sea, 180 kilometers east of Aberdeen…
Fendercare Marine launch a new range of piggyback saddles to assist pipeline installation in the offshore industry.Piggyback saddles - alongside clamps and spacers - can act as a shaped interface between a pipeline and a cylindrical buoyancy tank…
ABB wins a contract worth about US$40-million to extend the export terminal of the eni (Energy Rifinery Co.) refinery in Taranto.The eni refinery is located in the “Mar Grande” bay on the Ionian Sea in southern Italy. The contract is part…
EnQuest PLC, UK North Sea oil producer, has secured a brownfield tax allowance to fully exploit its Thistle oilfield.David Heslop, general manager for EnQuest in Aberdeen, explained: “Before EnQuest acquired Thistle in 2010, production was declining and…
McDermott International wins contract to develop offshore surface facilities & an infield flowline for the Kepodang Field.The contract was awarded to McDermott's Indonesian subsidiary by PC Muriah Ltd., an affiliate of PETRONAS Carigali Sdn…
FMC Technologies to manufacture and supply subsea equipment for BP's Thunder Horse Field in the Gulf of Mexico.The Thunder Horse oil field is located in the Mississippi Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico, 150 miles (240 kilometers) southeast of New Orleans in approximately 6…
McDermott International announce that Tony Duncan is to join the company as Vice President & General Manager, Subsea.Tony has a broad offshore oil and gas industry background, including holding senior and executive management roles for the last 15 years…
Gamesa's 5 MW offshore turbine obtains design certification, a milestone in its offshore wind farm sector progress.Gamesa secures IEC 61400-22 design certification for its G128-5.0 MW offshore wind turbine from independent organisation Det Norske Veritas (DNV)…
Technip, in a consortium with Afcons and TH Heavy Engineering, awarded offshore India contract.The contract, worth in total about 50-million Euros, awarded by Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC), is for the Heera Redevelopment (HRD) process platform project in the Arabian Sea…
Keppel FELS complete two rigs early for Transocean and Asia Offshore Drilling, earning a combined US$1.5-milliion bonus.Over two consecutive days Keppel FELS held naming ceremonies for twin jackup rigs built for Transocean, and another jackup rig built for Asia Offshore Drilling (AOD)…
Long noted for the quality of their steel vessels, the Sarawak Slipways have recently launched an aluminum crew boat.Built to a design by Singapore-based Naval Consult Pte. Ltd., the 38 by 7.85-meter vessel has a molded draught of 1.75 meters…
DONG Energy to build this offshore wind farm (OWF) located in the North Sea off the British east coast.The construction will represent a total investment of approximately EUR 1 billion including the construction of the transmission assets…
Leevac Shipyards Jennings LLC, Jennings, La., signed contracts with Aries Marine, Inc of Lafayette, La., to build two LEEVAC Design Services “LDS” 270 DE PSV, a 270 x 56 x 21.5 ft. diesel electric Platform Supply Vessels (PSV). “We are…
Globally-recognized and highly respected commercial diver and ROV training facility, The Underwater Center, has made a senior appointment to further strengthen links between the Center and the offshore industry. James Ridgeway – formerly…