BP selects McDermott and BHGE for subsea contracts West Africa
McDermott International, Inc. and Baker Hughes, a GE company announced the selection of front-end engineering design (FEED) studies in advance of a substantial* engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract for BP’s Tortue/Ahmeyim Field Development, a major gas project located on the maritime border of Mauritania and Senegal. During this initial engineering phase, McDermott will...
Wood wins contract with Aramco and SABIC
Wood has been selected to develop the world’s largest fully integrated crude oil to chemicals (COTC) complex in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on behalf of Saudi Aramco and SABIC as the first PMC contractor. The company will provide front end engineering design (pre-FEED and FEED) and project management services during the engineering, procurement and...
Wood nets 5-year LNG Ichthys contract to support INPEX in Australia
Wood wins strategic five-year engineering services contract supporting INPEX in Australia Wood has been awarded the brownfield engineering services contract for the INPEX-operated Ichthys offshore facilities, located 220 kilometres off the coast of Western Australia and onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) processing facilities in Darwin, Northern Territory. Effective immediately, the contract is for five years...
Saipem Wins $750 Million Onshore Oman Refinery Contract
Saipem has been awarded a new contract in the onshore E&C sector worth approximately USD 750 million. Work involves engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning under Package 3 “Offsite Facilities” in the framework of the development of the Duqm Refinery situated near the coast in the north east of Oman. The contract was awarded by Duqm...
North sea exploration success for BP
BP today announced two new exploration discoveries in the North Sea. The discoveries are Capercaillie, in Block 29/4e in the Central North Sea, and Achmelvich, in Block 206/9b west of Shetland. BP is 100% owner of Capercaillie and the Achmelvich well partnership comprises BP (operator, 52.6%), Shell (28%) and Chevron (19.4%). Both wells were drilled...
Abu Dhabi’s NPCC wins $327m offshore contract in India
National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC), part of Senaat Abu Dhabi, has won an EPC contract for 5 Well Platforms and Pipeline for Ratna field from ONGC as part of Offshore Oil & Gas Infrastructure development on the west coast of India. NNPCC, a leading international EPC contractor, provides Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation and Commissioning services...
Confidence Returning To Oil & Gas Market
After a tough four years new research shows that for the first time since 2014 the oil and gas industry expects more new jobs to be created than lost over the next 12 months. Since the price of oil crashed in 2014 it is estimated that more than 440,000 jobs have been cut in the...
UK surveillance firm Synectics wins multiple Middle East contracts
Surveillance solutions business Synectics has secured multiple contracts for onshore and offshore oil and gas developments, spanning Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Iran. Encompassing a broad mix of Synectics’ surveillance and security management solutions, the contracts will see the business deploy over 700 COEX™ camera stations across the Middle East region – in a...
Recrutiment firm Petroplan expands into Oman
As Oman looks to grow its oil and gas industry, global oil and gas recruitment firm Petroplan is expanding its presence in the Sultanate, working with international operators and service companies to help fill specialist roles whilst working within Oman’s strict workforce nationalisation rules. There is an urgent need for qualified oil and gas personnel...
Samsung wins EPCC contract in Thailand
Samsung Engineering was awarded an EPCC contract from PTT Public Company Ltd., a Thailand state-owned oil & gas company, for a gas compressor station project worth $110mil USD. The project is located in WangNoi, Ayutthaya 70km north of Bangkok, Thailand. The project which uses Gas Turbine Driven Compressors with Shaft Power of 16MW will provide...
Sea Trucks scoops West Africa work
Sea Trucks Group (STG) is pleased to announce the award of an inspection, maintenance and repair contract for an Oil Major in West Africa with commencement during Q4 2016. STG will use its multipurpose support DP2 vessel the Jascon 55, a construction barge and a spread of its own conventional vessels for the works. Graeme...
Sodexo scores two wins in energy sector
Sodexo, world Leader in Quality of Life services, today announced it has expanded two significant contracts with oil & gas clients Seadrill and Shell, confirming their confidence in Sodexo’s deep sectoral knowledge, strong offering, and long-term partnership approach. Sodexo scores two key business wins in energy sector with geographic and scope extensions from global oil...