Offshore Platforms News
| Brazil >> 4/9/2008 - Deepwater Specialists, Inc. (“DSI”), part of international energy services company John Wood Group PLC (“Wood Group”) has been awarded a US$8million contract to provide commissioning activities in the... |
| Australia >> 4/9/2008 - McDermott International announced that a subsidiary of J. Ray McDermott awarded a contract to construct the North Rankin B ("NRB") Platform Substructure and Piles by Woodside Energy Limited for the No... |
| India >> 2/18/2008 - Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has been awarded a Rs.12,500-million (Rs.1,250-crore) turnkey fast track project by Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), India. L&T will have single-point responsibility for the... |
| Tunisia >> 2/5/2008 - The operator Candax Energy has announced that the installation of the offshore production platform and the tie in to the oil and gas export pipeline at the location of the EBB-4 well at the El Bibane ... |
| Australia >> 1/22/2008 - McDermott International, Inc. announced that a subsidiary of J. Ray McDermott, S.A. was recently awarded a contract by Woodside for the Pluto Offshore Platform north west of Karratha, Western Australi... |
| Indonesia >> 11/28/2007 - Total announces that phase 1 of the Sisi-Nubi gas fields offshore East Kalimantan in Indonesia has come on stream. Lying roughly 25 kilometres from the Mahakam Delta in 60 to 90 metres water depths, t... |
| Gabon >> 11/27/2007 - Global Industries announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Global Offshore International, Ltd. has been issued a Letter of Intent for the award of a contract valued at approximately $36 million from... |
| China >> 11/27/2007 - CNOOC announced that Platform C of Phase II of Penglai (PL) 19-3 has come on stream successfully. This is the first Wellhead Platform starting production in PhaseII development of PL19-3. The developm... |
| Angola >> 11/23/2007 - Aquaterra Energy has recently successfully completed the first phase of the installation of the Sea Swift structure for a major West African operator. This is the first application of Aquaterra Energy... |
| Tunisia >> 11/21/2007 - Heerema Vlissingen has signed an EPCI contract for the Hasdrubal A Platform of BG Tunisia Ltd. and Entreprise Tunisienne d’Activites Petrolieres (“ETAP”). The contract between BG Tunisia, ETAP and Hee... |
| Indonesia >> 9/24/2007 - Santos announced that oil production has commenced from the Oyong field in the Sampang PSC, approximately 70 km east of Surabaya in Indonesia. After an initial ramp-up period, gross oil production rat... |
| Nigeria >> 8/8/2007 - Technip has been awarded a turnkey contract by Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd. for the loading, transport and installation of the topsides(1) for the OFP2 fixed platform on the Ofon field. Located 50km off... |
| Iran >> 6/21/2007 - The Iranian Offshore Engineering and Construction Company (IOEC) won a tender for renovation and reconstruction of the Foruzan oilfield’s platforms. The euro 136.7-million tender is a project for reco... |
| Saudi Arabia >> 5/29/2007 - McDermott International, Inc. confirmed that its subsidiary, J. Ray McDermott, S.A. was awarded a four-year project by Saudi Aramco to engineer, procure, construct, install, hook-up and commission the... |
| Saudi Arabia >> 5/15/2007 - Saudi Aramco signed a lump-sum turn-key contract with J. Ray McDermott for the engineering, procurement, fabrication, transportation, installation and hookup of offshore platforms for the 900,000 bpd ... |
| Iran >> 12/22/2006 - State-run Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. is teaming up with an Iranian shipbuilding firm to make offshore platforms, said PdVSA. PdVSA signed the initial paperwork to form a jointly-owned company with Sa... |
| Tunisia >> 12/1/2006 - PA Resources AB has now achieved completion and start-up of the new platform on the Didon-field, offshore Tunisia. It is currently producing approximately 8,500 barrels of oil per day entirely from th... |
| United Arab Emirates >> 10/3/2006 - Anzon Energy Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Ras Al Khaimah Petroleum PJSC. Ras Al Khaimah is one of the seven Emirates forming the Federation of the United Arab Emirates. ... |
| United Arab Emirates >> 9/26/2006 - Hyundai Heavy Industries has received an order to build offshore oil production facilities, worth at US$1.6 billion. This contract is the world's largest of offshore oil projects in value and scale re... |
| United States >> 9/7/2006 - Shell Exploration & Production Company announced today that the Mars Tension Leg Platform (TLP), which was heavily damaged during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, is currently producing 190,000 barrels (gro... |
