McDermott International, Inc. has been awarded a large brownfield contract offshore Qatar, by RasGas Company Limited (RasGas). The contract is for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of a flow assurance and looping project consisting of 74 miles of…

Malaysia could be on track to being able to boast with having the world’s largest FPSO provider headquartered on the Malaysian peninsula. Namely, The Malaysian business newspapers StarBizweek, The Star, and the Edge respectively, have reported of a potential move,…

Lundin Petroleum, a Swedish independent oil and gas exploration and production company, has started drilling of the Selada-1 exploration well in Block PM308A, offshore Malaysia. Lundin says the well will target hydrocarbons in Miocene aged sands and is located 14…

Malaysian national oil and gas company Petronas has reached a milestone by laying the keel of its second Floating LNG unit, the Petronas FLNG 2 (PFLNG2). The official keel laying of the company’s second floating liquefaction unit was held in…

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted start-up consents for the Edvard Grieg oil pipeline and the Utsira High gas pipeline. These transport solutions will become part of the development of the Edvard Grieg and Ivar Aasen fields on the…

Italian oil company Eni has discovered more gas offshore Congo, in the prospect named Nkala Marine. The discovery, located in the Marine XII block, is expected to have a potential of 250-350 million barrels of oil equivalent in place, Eni…

Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS), a Norwegian provider of offshore survey services to the oil and gas industry, has signed a letter of award with a repeat customer in India. According to geophysical services company, the contract is worth approximately $15.3…

Cairn Energy has spudded the first appraisal well on the SNE oil field located 100km offshore Senegal. According to FAR Limited, a partner in the project, the SNE-2 well will be drilled in approximately 1,100 metres of water and drilled…

Atlantic Navigation Holdings, a provider of marine logistics services in the Middle East, has signed a shipbuilding agreement with a shipyard in China for a new liftboat. The total cost of the order is approximately $56 million, which is inclusive…

Malaysia’s SapuraKencana Energy (SKE), has secured Field Development Plan (FDP) approval from Petronas for the B15 gas field, offshore Sarawak, Malaysia. SapuraKencana will now start the development phase for this project, with the first gas delivery targeted for late 2017.…