Offshore Construction News
| Gabon >> 11/29/2006 - Addax Petroleum Corporation has completed the commissioning of a new production and export system from its Maghena property onshore Gabon. This commissioning of the new system provides the capacity to... |
| Iran >> 11/21/2006 - Iran will offer mainly onshore oil blocks as part of a bidding round in which foreign firms will be invited to bid for 17 of the country's oil fields early next year, according to an industry source T... |
| Iran >> 11/17/2006 - Iran is to offer a bevy of oil exploration projects to foreign companies early in 2007 in a bid to quickly pump extra barrels, Iranian political and industry sources told DJN. "The oil ministry is pl... |
| Algeria >> 11/16/2006 - Statoil has spudded its first exploration well on land in the middle of the Sahara Desert. The drilling is taking place in the Hassi Mouina block in Algeria. "This represents a milestone," says David ... |
| Saudi Arabia >> 11/15/2006 - With the Oct. 29 signing of the Program Management Contract (PMC) and Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) Contract, work has officially begun on Manifa - the second largest of Saudi Aramco's mega-... |
| Angola >> 11/14/2006 - A production sharing agreement (PSA) has been signed for block 15/06 off Angola, giving Statoil a 5% interest in the deepwater block. The PSA was signed by Statoil and Angolan national oil company Son... |
| Australia >> 11/13/2006 - Technip and Subsea 7 announced today that their Australian entities, Technip Oceania Pty Ltd and Subsea 7 Australia Pty Ltd, have been awarded a subsea EPIC installation contract by BHP Billiton Petro... |
| Oman >> 11/9/2006 - The Oman-based joint venture of L&T - L&T Modular Fabrication Yard LLC took another major step towards establishing Oman's first modular fabrication facility with the signing of an SUA (sub-usufruct a... |
| Australia >> 11/7/2006 - Eni has signed 5 offshore Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) which cover more than 12,000 square km off the southern coast of Timor-Leste in a water depth reaching 3,000 m. The 5 licenses are held 100... |
| Angola >> 11/7/2006 - VAALCO Energy, Inc. announced today that the official signing of the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) for Block 05/06 offshore Angola occurred on November 2, 2006 in Luanda, Angola. VAALC... |
| Iran >> 11/5/2006 - The managing director of the Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) said here on Saturday that Royal Dutch Shell is planning to take part in the bid on the Master Development Plan (MDP) of an Iranian off... |
| Netherlands/Holland >> 11/2/2006 - Total has been awarded an exploration licence for block L3, on the Dutch Continental Shelf, in the Netherlands. The block is situated 100 kilometres offshore north of Den Helder, within water depths o... |
| Angola >> 10/19/2006 - IHS Inc.has been engaged by Sonangol, the national oil company of Angola, to help facilitate an offshore E&P licensing bid round for Angola in early 2007. No additional details regarding timing or blo... |
| Saudi Arabia >> 9/30/2006 - Saudi Aramco is on schedule to begin construction of its massive, 900,000 barrel-per-day Manifa Arabian Heavy crude oil field development during the first quarter of 2007. The lump-sum turnkey contrac... |
| Angola >> 9/29/2006 - Subsea 7 has been awarded a significant contract offshore Angola by Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chevron Corporation. The EPIC (Engineering, Procurement, Installation... |
| Morocco >> 9/28/2006 - Dana Petroleum has signed an agreement with Repsol Exploracion S.A. to acquire a 15% working interest in the Tanger-Larache Blocks 1, 2 and 3 offshore Morocco. In return, Dana will assign to Repsol a ... |
| Iran >> 9/27/2006 - Iran has set Sept. 29 as the last chance for Japan's Inpex Holdings Inc. (1605.TO). to decide on the development of the onshore Azadegan oil field, Iranian Oil Minister Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh was quoted... |
| Guinea >> 9/25/2006 - Hyperdynamics Corp. announced the signing of a new agreement with The Guinea to explore one of the world's largest under-explored regions with exceptional potential for oil and gas discovery based on ... |
| Egypt >> 9/18/2006 - Aminex PLC signed a Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) for Onshore Block 2 in the West Esh El Mellahah area ("WEEM") in upper Egypt. This concession had previously received presidential and parliament... |
| Angola >> 9/15/2006 - SUBSEA 7 INC. has been awarded a contract valued at approximately US $ 200 million by Esso Angola Ltd. for work associated with the Kizomba C Saxi-Batuque project in Block 15 offshore Angola ... |
