Oil Discovery by Lundin Petroleum, offshore Norway
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS (Lundin Norway) has completed the Rolvsnes exploration well 16/1-25 S as an oil discovery. The well is located in PL338C south of the Edvard Grieg field in the central North Sea sector of the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS)....
Jordan Ministry awards $128m for Solar plant to TSK
UAE-based solar photovoltaic integrator Enviromena and Spanish TSK Group have been awarded a contract to build a 103MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Jordan’s southern region of Al Quweira. Jordan Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources will fund the $128m solar plant through a grant from Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD). Sami Khoreibi,...
McDermott L and T awarded offshore contract in India
McDermott and Larsen & Toubro Consortium Awarded SURF Scope for ONGC Vashishta and S1 Development Project •Significant award for major subsea project off the East coast of India •McDermott and L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering consortium provide best in-market execution solution •Greenfield deepwater award marks McDermott return to India McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE:MDR) announced that a consortium...
Chiyoda Almana awarded RasGas contract
Chiyoda Almana Engineering, one of the leading construction contractors in Qatar, said it has won a long-term engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services contract from RasGas Company. Established in 2001, RasGas is a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and an affiliate of ExxonMobil. According to the deal, Chiyoda Almana will provide EPCM services required...
KCA Deutag wins BP Offshore Drilling work
Leading global drilling and engineering contractor, KCA Deutag, today announces that it has been awarded two contracts with BP Exploration (Caspian Sea) Limited (“BP”). These contracts have a combined value of approximately $360m for the initial contract or $1bn including all options. The first contract has been awarded to our offshore division and is for...
Aker Solutions and Saipem Cooperate on Projects
Aker Solutions and Saipem agreed to cooperate on targeted subsea oil and gas development projects worldwide. The companies will through a joint work group identify opportunities where they can create value for customers by combining Aker Solutions’ capabilities in subsea products and technologies with Saipem’s assets and expertise in engineering, procurement, construction and installation of...
Wood Group Kenny wins Shell FEED contract
Wood Group has secured a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the Woodside-operated proposed Browse floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) Development. Under a new 12 month contract awarded by Shell, Wood Group Kenny will carry out flow assurance and process integration studies for the proposed development’s three offshore gas-condensate fields – Brecknock, Calliance and Torosa....
New Zealand awards new permits for Taranaki basin
New Zealand’s Energy and Resources Minister, Simon Bridges, has announced the award of nine new oil and gas exploration permits for Block Offer 2015. Block Offer 2015 includes three onshore permits and six offshore permits, all in the Taranaki basin. Collectively the permits include a committed work program expenditure of $4.4 million New Zealand dollars, with the potential...
Bibby Offshore secures subsea project with BP
Bibby Offshore, a leading subsea services provider to the oil and gas industry, has been awarded a multimillion pound contract by BP to replace subsea infrastructure in the Central North Sea. The work is part of the $1billion Eastern Trough Area Project (ETAP) Life Extension Project announced by BP in the summer. ETAP is one...
Technip in ‘Odd Job’ win
Technip has been awarded a lump sum contract by Deep Gulf Energy II, LLC for the development of the Odd Job field. This ultra deepwater field is located in Mississippi Canyon, offshore New Orleans, in the Gulf of Mexico, in water depths ranging from 1,330 to 1,825 meters. The contract consists of: Project management and...
Statoil awards M & M agreements
Statoil has awarded maintenance and modification agreements worth NOK 24 billion for the company’s installations on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) and for the onshore plants at Sture, Kollsnes, Kårstø and Melkøya. Maintenance work on the Norne FPSO. (Photo: Rune Solheim) Competition agreements for more complex modification services have also been awarded. Maintenance and modifications...
Petrofac Secures $400m UK Offshore Work
Petrofac has been supporting the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) for more than 20 years, working in collaboration with its customers to drive efficiencies and generate maximum value across their operations. Petrofac’s flexible commercial models are designed to support its customers’ long-term objectives and enable the delivery of production and operational improvements, whilst maintaining safety performance....