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On behalf of TechnipFMC, Jumbo Offshore has completed the first phase of work on Energean’s Karish gas field offshore Israel in October. The scope of work included transport and installation of 14 suction piles (13 suction piles of 176 tonnes each and one weighing 235 tone), a tie-in manifold and a 24 inch deepwater gas …
Jumbo supports Subsea 7’s contracts in Angola
Jumbo has completed the first of two contracts supporting two of Subsea 7’s EPIC projects for Total in Angola: CLOV MPP and Zinia Phase 2. To complete the contracts, Jumbo has mobilised the Fairlane and the Jumbo Vision, two of its H800 Class vessels. Jumbo Vision carried out the first campaign, called CLOV MPP, by …
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Friends of the Earth challenges British Government investment in Mozambique gas project
Friends of the Earth has issued a legal challenge to the decision by the Department of Trade to invest USD 1 billion in a major gas project off the coast of Mozambique. The environmental campaign group has issued a claim in the high court for judicial review of the decision to invest and is seeking …
Mammoet secures biggest ever contract for the Arctic LNG 2 project
Technip-led joint venture NovArctic in cooperation with Saipem and NIPIgas has choosen Mammoet as a contractor for the Arctic LNG 2 project. Over the course of four years, Mammoet will install 42 large modules onto three concrete GBS in Murmansk, Russia. The project is expected to use a total of around 2,000 SPMT axles, several …
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Subsea 7 wins UK offshore contract
Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) for the Blythe and Vulcan Satellites field development, located in the UK sector of the southern North Sea. The offshore contractor defines this project as sizeable which represents between USD 50 million and USD 150 million. The contract scope includes the project …
Kroustalelis Special Transport trusts Goldhofer heavy-duty modules
Greek special transport company, Kroustalelis, relied on a Goldhofer THP/LTSO heavy-duty combination as a trailer combination to transport a 67-meter-long naphtha splitter and an equally long deisohexanizer from the production facility of EKME S.A. in Thessaloniki to the local port for onward shipment. Kroustalelis Special Transport handled the first stage of the journey to the …
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Osprey signs shipbuilding contract worth £3m
The UK-based specialist logistics firm, Osprey Group, has recently signed a £3m shipbuilding contract for two new offshore barges, Osprey Bouwer and Osprey Fabrique. Ideal for work supporting the offshore renewables and oil and gas industries., the two new barges will both be 50 meters long, with a beam of 18.8 meter and a depth …
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SPIE Oil & Gas Services names new Managing Director
European provider of multi-technical services in the fields of energy and communications, SPIE Oil & Gas Services, has announced the appointment of Christophe Bernhard as Managing Director, succeeding Yves Compañy, who is leaving after 19 years within the Group. Christophe Bernhart began his career in 1997 at CAMOM (Bouygues Offshore) before taking up the position …
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Al Faris transports 19 vessels for a crude-oil production facility in Abu Dhabi.
Over a period of 3 months, Al Faris has transported 19 various vessels covering a distance of 150 km for a crude-oil production facility in Abu Dhabi. The heavy lift specialist provided its client with a complete solution for loading these vessels from different manufacturer’s locations to Hamriyah and Jebel Ali Port. Then received these …
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New oil refinery project in Algeria
Algerian Sonatrach has signed a contract with Tecnicas Reunidas & Samsung Engineering Group for the construction of the Hasse Messaoud oil refinery to be built at Haoud El Hamra. Its processing capacity will be 5 million tonnes per year. The Spanish contractor and the South Korean company will be responsible for executing the engineering, procurement, …