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October 2008

Aker Solutions wins drilling riser contract
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract for the delivery of a complete deepwater marine drilling riser system with buoyancy package and associated equipment from offshore drilling company Atwood Oceanics ...

BJ Services awarded pipeline inspection services contract by Snam Rete Gas in Italy
BJ Services Company announced that its pipeline inspection services group has been awarded a contract to provide in-line inspection services to Snam Rete Gas on the National Gas Pipeline Network ...

Chevron selects MARS System for Subsea Production Optimization in Angola
Cameron has confirmed an order of 14 MARS^TM (Multiple Application Re-injection Systems) for the long-term subsea production optimization strategy on Chevron's Lombito Tomboco Field in Angola ...

ConocoPhillips, KazMunayGas and Mubadala announce signing of MOU for N block, offshore Kazakhstan
JSC National Company KazMunayGas (KMG), ConocoPhillips and Mubadala Development Company PJSC (Mubadala) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to negotiate terms for the exploration and development of the “N” Block ...

First contract win for PSN in Tunisia
Production Services Network (PSN) has secured a multimillion US dollar Project Management Service Contract with SEREPT, a Joint Venture between ETAP, the Tunisian National Oil Company and Austria's OMV ...

i-Tech announces new contract awards offshore Mexico
Subsea 7 Inc, through its i-Tech division, has announced the award of two new contracts with a total value in excess of US$20 million ...

Ivanhoe Energy Ecuador to develop Ecuador's Pungarayacu heavy-oil field
Ivanhoe Energy Ecuador Inc. has signed a contract with Ecuador state oil companies Petroecuador and Petroproduccion to explore and develop Ecuador's Pungarayacu heavy-oil field ...

J. Ray McDermott wins Vietnamese engineering, procurement & installation subcontract
J. Ray McDermott Far East Inc. was recently awarded a subcontract by PTSC Mechanical & Construction Company Limited to engineer, procure and install certain offshore facilities for the Su Tu Development - Su Tu Den North East project ...

Kuntur Transportadora de Gas wins $1.4 billion concession to build 700 mile natural gas pipeline
Conduit Capital Partners LLC nnounced that its subsidiary, Kuntur Transportadora de Gas, S.A.C., has been awarded a 30-year concession contract by the Government of Peru to build a 700 mile pipeline that will carry natural gas ...

Lavrans subsea work to Aker Solutions
Aker Solutions has been awarded an EPC contract by StatoilHydro for delivery of a subsea template and wellheads to phase one of the Lavrans development ...

North Star wins first ever contract with Apache
North Star Shipping has announced the award of a major contract with Apache, worth approximately £4.25 million ...

Ocean Power Technologies wins new $2M award from US DoE
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. has received a US$2.0 million award from the US Department of Energy (DoE), in support of OPT’s wave power project in Reedsport, Oregon ...

Perry Slingsby Systems step up the mark to ensure quick turnaround for DOF Subsea
Perry Slingsby Systems (PSS) has secured a fast-track contract to supply a new generation Triton® XLX ROV system to DOF Subsea ...

Rovsing Dynamics secures contract with Trico Marine Services
Trico Marine Services, Inc. chose a combined Rovsing Dynamics solution to monitor business critical tunnel thrusters and gears on 8 new off-shore supply vessels for subsea operations ...

StatoilHydro and Aker Solutions sign drilling equipment frame agreement
Aker Solutions has signed a letter of intent with StatoilHydro to enter into a frame agreement for the delivery of drilling equipment and related operational services ...

T-3 Energy Services receives purchase order for Diamond Series Double Ram Subsea BOPS
T-3 Energy Services, Inc. has received a purchase order for two 18 3/4" - 10,000 psi T-3 Model 6012 Diamond Series(r) Double Ram Subsea Blowout Preventers (BOPs) ...

Technip awarded contract for the Babbage development
Technip has been awarded by E.ON Ruhrgas UK North Sea Ltd. a lumpsum contract, worth approximately €32 million, for the development of the Babbage gas field ...

Tetra Tech awarded three wind energy projects
Tetra Tech, Inc. has been awarded two engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) projects and one balance of plant (BOP) construction project for wind farms ...

September 2008

AMEC wins five-year offshore programme management consultancy contract, Abu Dhabi
AMEC plc has been awarded a five-year programme management consultancy (PMC) contract by Zakum Development Company (ZADCO) in Abu Dhabi ...

BJ Tubular Services awarded contract by Oilex Ltd in India
BJ Services Company's Tubular Services line has been awarded a contract by Oilex Ltd to provide a range of tubular running services in India ...

BPZ Energy purchases gas turbines from GE Energy
BPZ Resources, Inc. announced the signing of a contract and initial down payment with GE Energy’s aeroderivative business for the purchase of three LM6000 gas-fired turbines ...

Duke Energy expands wind business
Duke Energy has announced a long-term agreement for the sale of 99 megawatts of electricity from its new Wyoming wind farm ...

Global Industries awarded US$75 million pipeline project in Pemex's Bay of Campeche Ixtal Field
Global Industries, Ltd. has been awarded a project from Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) for pipeline work in Pemex's Ixtal Field ...

Prysmian awarded major contract to supply submarine power cables and systems
Prysmian Cables & Systems has been awarded, in consortium with Siemens Transmission & Distribution Ltd, a contract worth a total value of 87 million Euro ...

Spectrum and Fugro announce joint west coast of India acquisition
Spectrum and Fugro have announced a joint proposal to undertake a new multi-client, long offset, 2D seismic survey off the west coast of India ...

Stepan and Nalco create first integrated enhanced oil recovery platform
Stepan Company and Nalco Holding Company have formed a joint venture to globally market custom engineered chemical solutions for increased production of crude oil and gas ...

Subsea 7 announces USD 30M order from Shell in Norway
Subsea 7 Inc has received a USD 30 million call-off by A/S Norske Shell for installation work at the Draugen field ...

Technip awarded umbilicals contract in Norway
Technip has been awarded by BP Norge AS a lumpsum EPC⁽¹⁾ contract, worth approximately € 20 million, for the Skarv field development ...

August 2008

ABB Totalflow signs partnership agreement with McJunkin Red Man
ABB Totalflow announced the signing of a partnership agreement between the company and McJunkin Red Man Corporation ...

Aker Solutions secures contracts for offloading systems
Aker Solutions has been awarded several contracts for supply of offloading systems. The total contract value for Aker Solutions is approximately NOK 85 million ...

Aker Solutions to deliver on-vessel mooring systems
Aker Solutions has been awarded two contracts, one with Bluewater Industries Inc. and one with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for the design and supply of on-vessel mooring systems ...

Aker Solutions wins drilling equipment contract with Sevan Marine
Aker Solutions has signed contracts for delivery of two drilling equipment packages, and an option for a third package, with Sevan Marine ASA ...

BJ Services awarded Gabon contract by CNR International
BJ Services Company's Tubular Services line has been awarded a contract to provide a range of well services in Gabon, Africa, by CNR International (Olowi) Limited ...

Boots & Coots signs new contract in Algeria worth $28 million
Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc. has signed a three year contract to provide hydraulic workover/snubbing services ...

CGGVeritas announces award for ultra high-density land seismic contract
CGGVeritas has been awarded a contract by Qatar Petroleum to undertake a large, ultra high-density high-resolution onshore seismic survey ...

Det norske oljeselskap ASA enters into agreement regarding development of Froy
Det norske oljeselskap ASA has entered into a Heads of Agreement with a Contractor regarding lease of a jack-up production unit for the Frøy Field ...

Dockwise Shipping awarded contracts for semi submersible drilling rig
Dockwise Ltd. announced that two new contracts have been awarded to their subsidiary Dockwise Shipping for the transportation of one of the largest semi submersible drilling rigs and various floating equipment ...

EnDevCo announces oil sale and purchase agreement
EnDevCo, Inc. has executed an oil sale and purchase agreement with a major United States oil company ...

Enterprise announces agreements and pipeline expansion in Barnett Shale area of North Texas
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. announced that its affiliates have signed new long-term agreements with major producers in the Barnett Shale region that will utilize approximately 900 million cubic feet per day of capacity ...

Expro secures major well test contract

Expro has been awarded a well testing services and production clean-up contract from StatoilHydro ASA ...

Expro secures North Sea contract from Total
After competitive tender, international oilfield service company Expro has been awarded a five-year contract with Total E&P UK Limited, covering exclusive provision of slickline and well test services ...

Fairstar awarded multiple voyage contract by KBR
Fairstar Heavy Transport (FAIR) has been awarded a multiple voyage contract by KBR of Houston for its semi-submersible heavy transport vessel ‘Fjord' ...

First contract for Subsea 7's new Gulf of Mexico spoolbase

Subsea 7 Inc has won the first contract for its new fabrication and spoolbase facility at Port Isabel, Texas ...

Halliburton and Total to develop ultra-high-temperature measurement-while-drilling system

Sperry Drilling Services and TOTAL have signed a project development agreement to jointly develop an ultra-high-temperature measurement-while-drilling system capable of operating in temperatures of up to 450°F  ...

Key Energy Services expands to Eastern Hemisphere
Key Energy Services, Inc. has agreed to invest approximately $35 million in Geostream Services Group ...

MODEC lands Tupi Pilot FPSO for Petrobras
MODEC announced that Petrobras has signed a letter of intent for the supply, charter and operations of a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for the Pilot FPSO on the giant Tupi Area in the Santos Basin ...

MODEC secures award for the first FPSO offshore Ghana
MODEC has reached an agreement with the Jubilee Field Partners and Tullow Ghana Ltd. to provide and operate the first FPSO to be installed on the Jubilee Field ...

MODEC to supply FPSO for BP's Angola Block 31
MODEC, Inc. has been awarded a Frame Agreement from BP for the supply of an FPSO under an EPCI contract for the PSVM (Plutão, Saturno, Vênus and Marte) Development in Block 31 offshore Angola ...

PA Resources farm-in to Tunisian exploration licence

PA Resources has farmed-in to a 35 percent working interest in the onshore exploration permit Jenein Centre in southern Tunisia ...

Parker Drilling awarded new design contract for Sakhalin-1 Project
Parker Drilling Company has announced a new contract to design the drilling package for the Sakhalin-1 Arkutun-Dagi offshore platform ...

Petrofac secures further gas plant project in Egypt
Petrofac has secured a further award from Khalda Petroleum Company (KPC). The contract, to provide engineering and procurement (EP) services for an additional gas train ...

Roxar wins Gulf of Mexico contract with Petrobras America
Roxar ASA announced that part of its NOK 45 million subsea contract announced in April will be the provision of integrated reservoir sensors and multiphase measurement systems to Petrobras America ...

Sensornet and Aker Solutions announce master service agreement
Sensornet and Aker Well Services AS have signed a Master Service Agreement (MSA) to provide an enhanced well intervention flow profiling service to the global oil and gas market over a period of three years ...

StatoilHydro awarded seismic survey contract
StatoilHydro has recently awarded contracts for towed multi-streamer surveys for 2009, totalling NOK 1200 million ...

Subsea 7 awarded $100million contract with StatoilHydro
Subsea 7 Inc has been awarded a US$ 100m contract from StatoilHydro for engineering, procurement, construction and installation of the Troll B Gas Injection project ...

Technip awarded services contract for the Horizon Project in Canada
Technip has been awarded by Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. a new EP^* contract for the expansion of a facility converting heavy oil into lighter synthetic crude ...

Technip awarded services contract for the Horizon Project in Canada
Technip has been awarded by Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. a new EP^* contract for the expansion of a facility converting heavy oil into lighter synthetic crude ...

Tracerco's technology plays central role in Pazflor Project
Tracerco, part of the Johnson Matthey Group, has been awarded a major contract for the supply of its state-of-the-art Profiler instruments to FMC Technologies ...

July 2008

Aker Solutions wins two drilling equipment contracts
Aker Solutions has been awarded two contracts with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd in South Korea for the delivery of identical drilling equipment packages ...

Boots & Coots signs 2-year hydraulic workover & safeguard contract in Libya
Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc. has signed a multi-service contract with Libya's Harouge Oil Operations Company ...

BP Angola awards umbilical contract to Aker Solutions
Aker Solutions has been awarded a frame contract by BP for the delivery of subsea umbilicals to the oil company's PSVM ultra-deepwater field development offshore Angola ...

BPZ Energy and Shell sign memorandum of understanding
BPZ Resources, Inc. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Shell Exploration Company on a possible Farm-out Agreement ...

BW Offshore awarded LoI for FPSO installation offshore Brazil
BW Offshore has been awarded a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Maersk Contractors for the installation of the Peregrino FPSO Mooring System and STP Buoy offshore Brazil ...

Cameron in agreement to provide subsea systems offshore Angola
Cameron has entered into a frame agreement for the supply of subsea production systems to a major development program offshore west Africa ...

CB&I awarded contract for oil sands storage terminal project
CB&I has been awarded an additional US$400 million by Suncor Energy Services Inc. under an existing contract to design and build a storage terminal as part of the Suncor Voyageur Upgrader oil sands project ...

Consortium forms Triton Energy Partners to develop and acquire natural gas storage facilities
Quantum Energy Partners IV, Dr. Larry Bickle and Larry Lawyer formed Triton Energy Partners, LLC to develop and/or acquire high-deliverability, multi-cycle natural gas storage capacity ...

CTC receives Frame Agreement from StatoilHydro
CTC Marine Projects Limited has recently been awarded a Frame Agreement by StatoilHydro ASA for the provision of trenching services ...

Dockwise awarded new contracts
Dockwise Ltd. announces that seven new contracts have been awarded to their subsidiary Dockwise Shipping in the past few weeks for the transportation of drilling rigs, barges and dredging equipment ...

ExxonMobil awards contracts for work to put Point Thomson field on production
ExxonMobil Production Company has awarded contracts for work in support of the first well of a multi-well drilling program at Point Thomson ...

FMC Technologies awarded $87 million contract for StatoilHydro’s Norne Field
FMC Technologies, Inc. signed a contract with StatoilHydro for the manufacture and supply of additional subsea equipment for its Norne field development ...

FMC Technologies receives $120 million order from ConocoPhillips for Ekofisk Development
FMC Technologies, Inc. has signed a five-year agreement with ConocoPhillips Scandinavia AS for the supply of subsea equipment and services for a water injection development in the Ekofisk field ...

FMC Technologies receives $38 million order from StatoilHydro
FMC Technologies, Inc. received an award from StatoilHydro to supply subsea equipment for its Troll B gas injection project in the Norwegian North Sea ...

Intec Engineering awarded pre-FEED study for Chevron Big Foot prospect
INTEC Engineering announces award of the pre-FEED study for Chevron's Big Foot prospect in the Gulf of Mexico ...

KBR awarded engineering contract for SMOE Maersk MOG Halfdan Phase IV Project
KBR has been awarded a $16.5 million contract for detailed engineering for the SMOE Maersk Olie Gas (MOG) Halfdan Phase IV Project ...

M.W. Kellogg awarded StatoilHydro Double Inlet Crossover Project contract
KBR has announced its 55% owned subsidiary, M.W. Kellogg Ltd. (MWKL) has been awarded a contract by StatoilHydro to provide pre-engineering for the Double Inlet Crossover Project ...

Mustang provides concept study for Sunrise Gas Development project
Mustang Engineering is providing a conceptual study for offshore facilities options for the Greater Sunrise Gas Development in the Timor Sea north of Australia ...

Oceaneering announces Shell Perdido contract
Oceaneering International, Inc. has recently been awarded a contract by Shell for the fabrication and installation of subsea hardware on Shell's ultra-deepwater Perdido Regional Development project ...

Options released for work on StatoilHydro platforms
StatoilHydro releases options for maintenance, modifications, service and support work on their Norwegian offshore installations in the Tampen area and on the Troll B, Troll C and Brage platforms to Aker Solutions ASA ...

Peak Well Services fishes major contract from QServ
Peak Well Services has been awarded a £550,000 contract to supply Qserv with a comprehensive ultra heavy duty (UHD) fishing tool package ...

Perry Slingsby lands new contract with Technip
Perry Slingsby Systems Inc (PSSI) has secured a contract to supply a workclass ROV system and equipment to Technip ...

Perry Slingsby lands new contract with Technip

Perry Slingsby Systems (PSS) has secured a contract to supply a workclass ROV system and equipment to Technip ...

Pluris Energy acquiring Cerro Negro concession
Pluris Energy Group Inc. executed a definitive Purchase and Sale Agreement with Clear S.R.L of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina to purchase a 75% operating interest in the Cerro Negro concession ...

Proserv wins three GoM projects totaling $8 million
Proserv Decommissioning Contractors and Engineers has been awarded three decommissioning projects in the Gulf of Mexico valued at $8 million ...

SES and Aker Solutions announce engineering agreement
Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. ("SES") and Aker Solutions US have entered into an engineering agreement ...

Signal selected for Ocean Ambassador upgrade
Signal International Ltd. has announced the award of the $6.6 million ABS Special Survey and repairs to the semi-submersible drilling rig Ocean Ambassador ...

South Texas Oil Company to operate Sonterra's Matagorda Bay properties
Sonterra Resources, Inc. has appointed South Texas Oil Company as contract operator of Sonterra's Matagorda Bay oil and gas properties in Texas state waters ...

Submec Offshore turns to Perry Slingsby Systems
Submec Offshore has awarded Perry Slingsby Systems Inc (PSSI) a major contract to supply Triton® XLX 33 and 34 ROV systems ...

Subsea 7 announces $70M contract for Centrica in the Southern North Sea
Subsea 7 Inc. has been awarded an engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPIC) contract valued at approx. US $ 70 million by Centrica Resources ...

Subsea 7 announces first North Sea contract win from Ithaca Energy
Subsea 7 Inc. has been awarded a contract by Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited for installation works in Block 12/21c of the UK Sector North Sea ...

Subsea 7 announces new award from Venture in the North Sea
Subsea 7 Inc has announced the award of three new projects valued at approx. US $ 67 million ...

Subsea 7 awarded major contract in Africa
Subsea 7 has been awarded its largest contract to date in Africa ...

Subsea 7 confirms contract from BP in Angola
Subsea 7 has confirmed that its recently announced major contract award in Africa is a framework agreement with BP Angola Ltd ...

Technip awarded a major frame agreement for subsea pipelines in West Africa
Technip has been awarded a major contract for the engineering, procurement of equipment, construction and installation (EPCI) of subsea flowlines ...

Technip awarded contract for infrastructures in Nigeria

Technip has been awarded by Nigerian Agip Exploration Ltd. a lumpsum turnkey contract, worth approximately €75 million ...

Titan Oil And Gas retains companies to rework wells in Crows Run field
Titan Oil and Gas Inc. has retained Getty Well Service and Petroleum Service Partners to start work in the first week of August ...

Transocean makes C&M its first choice in Celtic Sea operation
Transocean has turned to global marine accommodation leader C&M Marine Services USA to provide a high-specification living complex for up to 100 personnel from the Celtic Sea rig ...

June 2008

Aker Solutions awarded Alvheim subsea deal
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract to deliver additional subsea well sets for phase two of the Marathon Oil Corporation led Alvheim development on the Norwegian continental shelf ...

Aker Solutions awarded contracts in Australia and India
Aker Solutions has been awarded two contracts worth a total of USD 12 million for manufacture and delivery to subsea field developments in Australia and India ...

Aker Solutions awarded drilling equipment contract
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract with Jurong Shipyard Pte. Ltd in Singapore for delivery of a complete drilling system for an ultra deepwater drilling semi-submersible platform ...

Aker Solutions secures contracts for deck machinery
Aker Solutions has been awarded six contracts from Samsung Heavy Industries. Co. Ltd. for the supply of deck machinery to 17 ships ...

Aker Solutions wins contract for replacement of cement units on Gullfaks platforms
StatoilHydro has awarded the contract for replacement of cement units on the Gullfaks A and Gullfaks B platforms in the North Sea to Aker Solutions ...

Aker Solutions wins contract for tie-in of M-template to the Norne platform
StatoilHydro has awarded Aker Solutions the contract to perform topside modifications for tie-in of the M-template to the Norne FPSO, the Norne M project ...

BPI Energy expands leasehold interest in Illinois Basin
BPI Energy Holdings, Inc. has entered into a lease agreement with Western Fuels of Illinois, Inc., for the rights to Herrin and Springfield coalbed methane ...

BPZ Energy and Shell sign memorandum of understanding
BPZ Resources, Inc. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Shell Exploration Company (West) B.V. (Shell) ...

Brazil's newly discovered oil reserves get dedicated emergency spill support
Applied Science Associates, Inc. announced a contract with Brazilian oil producer, Petrobras, that represents a more dedicated model for emergency spill support ...

Bredero Shaw receives contract to provide pipe coating services for Gumusut-Kakap Deepwater Project

Bredero Shaw has received a contract with a value in excess of US$35 million to provide pipeline coatings for Sabah Shell Petroleum Co. Ltd.'s (SSPC) Gumusut-Kakap Deepwater Project ...

Bristow Helicopter joint venture secures contracts worth £55m
Bristow Helicopters announces that its joint venture, FB Heliservices (FBH), has secured two contracts for a total value of £55m ...

Cameron receives award for 25 subsea trees from Petrobras
Cameron has been awarded a contract worth approximately $100 million to supply subsea trees to Petrobras for use in their Campos Basin developments ...

Cameron receives contract for subsea drilling system
Cameron has been awarded a contract from Stena Drilling for a subsea drilling system which will be used on the Stena DrillMax IV ...

CB&I awarded storage tank contract for Trans-Panama Pipeline Project
CB&I has been awarded a contract in excess of US$40 million by Petroterminal De Panama, S.A. to engineer, fabricate and construct numerous petroleum storage tanks ...

Deep Down receives second $9.0 million order for buoyancy
Deep Down, Inc. has received a second letter of intent for approximately $9 million from Delba International to supply and install the deepwater marine drilling riser flotation system ...

DSME awards Aker Solutions drilling riser contract
Aker Solutions has been awarded another contract for a deepwater marine drilling riser by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) ...

Fast-track umbilical deal to Aker Solutions
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract to supply steel tube umbilicals to Rumanian oil company Petrom ...

GE Energy supplying 32 Jenbacher gas engines to India’s oil pipeline project
GE Energy is supplying Cairn India with 32 of its J420 GS Jenbacher gas engines that will generate the electricity for India’s first cross country, heated crude oil pipeline ...

Helix enters into frame agreement with StatoilHydro
Helix Energy Solutions has signed a Frame Agreement with StatoilHydro for provision of trenching services offshore Norway ...

J. Ray McDermott signs joint venture agreement to establish new fabrication facility in China
McDermott International, Inc. has entered into a joint venture with a subsidiary of state-owned China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation  ...

J. Ray McDermott to establish new fabrication facility in China
McDermott International, Inc. has entered into a joint venture with a subsidiary of state-owned China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation ...

KBR awarded global engineering and project management services contract by BP
KBR has been awarded a four-year contract, including an option for extension, by BP to provide Engineering and Project Management Services ...

Petrobras subsea frame agreement awarded to MCS
MCS has strengthened its relationship with Brazil's national oil company Petrobras with a one-year subsea frame agreement ...

Range Resources and MarkWest Energy Partners announce Marcellus Shale agreement
Range Resources Corporation and MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. announced their agreement for MarkWest to construct and operate gas gathering pipelines and processing facilities ...

Rapid subsea project for Aker Solutions in Nigeria
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract worth approximately USD 65 million for the delivery of a complete subsea production system to Eni's Oyo field development offshore Nigeria ...

Roxar signs four-year global software LOI with StatoilHydro
Roxar ASA has signed a Letter of Intention (LOI) for a four-year global software contract for the full suite of its reservoir modeling solution, IRAP RMS^TM, with oil and gas giant, StatoilHydro ...

Sensornet awarded Smart Water Injector DTS contract by major Middle East NOC
Sensornet has been awarded a contract to supply two Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) systems for smart water injectors from a major Middle East National Oil Company ...

Shell selects Cameron's MARS technology for first North Sea application
In June 2008 Shell UK Limited successfully installed the first of three subsea MARS^TM (Multiple Application Re-injection System) interfaces on its Bittern field in the North Sea ...

Sperry Marine supplies navigation systems for offshore supply vessels under construction in Brazil
Northrop Grumman Corporation has won orders to supply electronic navigation systems for four new offshore supply vessels to be built in Brazil ...

SteelClimber is ready for its first payload

A unique magnetic crawler has been developed to provide inspection and servicing capabilities for ships' hulls, platforms and large steel structures. The SteelClimber Mk 2® ...

Talisman Energy announces unconventional gas agreement
Talisman Energy Inc. has reached agreement to earn up to a one-third working interest in US properties owned by Hallwood Energy ...

Talisman Energy signs agreement with KRG
Two wholly-owned subsidiaries of Talisman Energy Inc. have entered into agreements with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) within Iraq for interests in Blocks K44 and K39 ...

Technip and DOF Subsea awarded contract for charter of first Brazilian pipelay vessel
Technip and DOF Subsea joint venture has been awarded by Petrobras a contract for the four-year charter of a new pipelay vessel ...

Technip awarded contract for the Gjøa Field Development in Norway
Technip has been awarded by StatoilHydro an EPCI lumpsum contract, worth approximately €60 million ...

Technip awarded deepwater pipeline installation contract in GOM
Technip has been awarded a lumpsum installation contract by Callon Petroleum Company for the Entrada oil field development in the Gulf of Mexico ...

TETRA Technologies signs contract with Petrobras
TETRA Technologies, Inc. signed a contract on May 30 to supply completion fluids and associated services to Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) ...

Total and CNOOC strengthen their partnership and sign agreement to supply LNG to China
Total has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with one of China’s major oil & gas companies China National Offshore Oil Corporation  ...

Tri-Valley forms well services alliance and sells its production services equipment
Tri-Valley Corporation has established an alliance with Excalibur Well Services, Inc of Bakersfield, California and has sold all of its 100% owned Great Valley Production Services production rigs ...

Tsakos Energy Navigation announces two-year charter extensions for Aframax product tankers
Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited has announced two-year time-charter extensions for two Aframax product tankers to Neste Oil of Finland ...

Vulcan’s unique capability secures £5.5m in offshore contracts
Unique specialist castings, invented and produced in Sheffield to handle the demands of the world's roughest seas, have secured contracts for Sheffield Forgemasters ...

May 2008

Aker Solutions awarded contract for Eni's Goliat field
Aker Solutions has been awarded the contract for Goliat FPSO Design Competition FEED by Eni Norge AS ...

Aker Solutions secures Dow engineering contract for Dow supplied technologies
The Dow Chemical Company has awarded Aker Solutions a contract to provide engineering services for Dow supplied technologies ...

Aker Solutions wins drilling riser contract
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract for the delivery of a complete deepwater marine drilling riser system with buoyancy package and associated equipment from offshore drilling company Atwood Oceanics ...

American Electric Technologies announces alliance with DRS Power Technology
American Electric Technologies, Inc. has reached an agreement with DRS Power Technology, Inc. to jointly develop and market DRS permanent magnet motors (PMMs) and generators ...

Cabot Aerogel selected to insulate 60 km subsea pipeline in Gulf of Mexico
Cabot Aerogel announced its patented and patent-pending Nanogel(R) aerogel Compression Pack(TM) product has been selected to insulate a 60 km subsea pipeline ...

Cal Dive awarded major project for integrated services
Cal Dive International, Inc. has been awarded a major project to install, trench, backfill, tie-in, and pre-commission a natural gas pipeline off the US East Coast ...

Concordia Maritime concludes time charter contracts for three P-MAX vessel new buildings
Concordia Maritime has entered into time charter contracts for three of their P-MAX new buildings with ST Shipping and Transport ...

Dockwise awarded new contracts
Dockwise Ltd. announced that three new contracts have been awarded to their subsidiaries Dockwise Shipping and ODL for the transportation of a semi submersible drilling rig ...

EMRISE receives $700,000 follow on production order for electronic sub-assemblies
EMRISE Corporation has received a $700,000 follow on production order for electronic sub-assemblies from an existing international customer for use in a harsh environment offshore drilling application ...

FMC Technologies and Woodside Energy sign five-year global alliance extension agreement
FMC Technologies, Inc. has signed a five-year extension to its existing five-year frame agreement with Woodside Energy Limited in Australia ...

FMC Technologies receives $50 million order from StatoilHydro
FMC Technologies, Inc. has signed an agreement with StatoilHydro for the supply of products and services to support development of the Yttergryta project ...

FMC Technologies signs five-year alliance agreement with Anadarko Petroleum

FMC Technologies, Inc. has signed a five-year alliance agreement with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to provide subsea equipment for Anadarko's Gulf of Mexico exploration and production projects ...

FMC Technologies to supply subsea gas production system for Tambaú Field
FMC Technologies, Inc. has received an award to supply the subsea production system for Petrobras’ Tambaú gas field ...

GE, Schlumberger sign alliance agreement to advance a total carbon solution
GE Energy has signed a carbon sequestration alliance agreement with Schlumberger Carbon Services to accelerate the use of “cleaner coal” technology ...

Global Highland announces 1.8 million contract extension
Global Highland has been awarded a contract extension worth £1.8 million by The Highland Council ...

Halliburton awarded three-year completions contract by Abu Dhabi Company for onshore oil operation
Halliburton has been awarded a contract by Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operation (ADCO) to provide a range of completion equipment for onshore oil and gas wells ...

HSE and Boots & Coots to create a jointly owned oilfield safety services company
HSE Integrated Ltd and Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc. have signed a definitive agreement to create a jointly owned company to provide oilfield safety services ...

J. Ray McDermott awarded two offshore construction projects
McDermott International, Inc. was recently awarded two contracts for offshore construction projects ...

More oil on the way thanks to GE
Two units of GE are joining forces with oil drilling and production technology company Sevan Marine ASA of Norway, Oilexco North Sea Ltd. of Scotland, and a Chinese and other international shipyards ...

Mustang provides engineering for Peregrino project offshore Brazil
Mustang Engineering is providing engineering and procurement services to Kiewit Offshore Services for the Peregrino field development in the Southern Campos Basin ...

NOR Offshore signs long-term contract for CapRock’s commercial maritime service
NOR Offshore Ltd has chosen to deploy SeaAccess Communications^™ onboard nine of its vessels ...

Oceaneering awarded subsea BOP control system contract
Oceaneering International, Inc. has been awarded a contract valued at over $14 million by Frontier Drilling USA to deliver a new generation, subsea blowout preventer (BOP) control system ...

Oceaneering secures contract with FMC Kongsberg Subsea AS
Oceaneering International, Inc. recently secured a contract with FMC Kongsberg Subsea AS, a subsidiary of FMC Technologies, Inc., valued at over $15 million to supply umbilicals ...

Petrofac awarded contract in southern North Sea

Petrofac is expanding its Southern North Sea (SNS) operations after being awarded a two-year contract, worth approximately £10 million, by Centrica Resources Limited ...

Petroleum Agency SA selects SMT to explore deepwater South Africa
SMT announced that the company's flagship product, KINGDOM™, will be used to explore deepwater Africa ...

PGS awarded largest ever HD4D campaign
Petroleum Geo-Services ASA has been awarded by Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. a contract to undertake the largest High Density 4D (HD4D) marine seismic survey campaign ever in the industry ...

Saab Seaeye announces Jaguar sales in major order from Fugro
A major order has been placed by international ROV operations company Fugro with Saab Seaeye for a total of 15 ROV systems ...

SBM Offshore books a major new turnkey FPSO order

Woodside Energy Ltd has received a letter of intent for the turnkey supply of a disconnectable FPSO ...

SCAN Geophysical signs LOI from Petrobras for 8,500 km 2D survey off Portugal
SCAN Geophysical ASA has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) from Petrobras International Braspetro B. V. - Portugal Branch for an 8,500 km high technology, long offset 2D survey off Portugal ...

Subsea 7 and Richtech form new subsea engineering company
Subsea 7 Inc and Richtech International Holding Inc have announced formation of a joint venture company to provide subsea front-end engineering and design (FEED), detailed design, integrity management and engineering consulting services to operators ...

T-3 Energy Services receives largest order for fully packaged pressure control systems
T-3 Energy Services, Inc. has received a letter of intent for the purchase of two packaged pressure control systems to be included on new jack up rigs destined for West Africa ...

Technip awarded frame agreement for UK North Sea field developments
Technip has been awarded by Oilexco North Sea Ltd. a frame agreement for subsea services in the United Kingdom North Sea ...

Technip awarded the substructure contract for the first offshore floating wind turbine
Technip has been awarded by StatoilHydro an EPCI contract for the Hywind project substructure wind turbine which will be located offshore Karmøy, Norway ...

Technip awarded world first contract for subsea mining
Technip has been awarded by Nautilus Minerals Singapore Pte Ltd. a services contract for a riser and lifting system for the Solwara 1 subsea mining operation ...

Technip Chiyoda Fluor joint venture awarded two contracts by Woodside in Australia

Technip, Chiyoda and Fluor announced that their Australian joint venture, known as TCF, has been awarded by Woodside Energy Ltd (WEL) services contracts for two proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) developments ...

Titan Oil and Gas engages Nahama Oil and Gas to advise on Kern County operations
Titan Oil and Gas Inc. and Nahama Oil and Gas have agreed to work with the Company in order to assess and develop its current and future projects in Kern County, California ...

Total acquires interests in two offshore blocks in Malaysia
Total E&P Malaysia has signed a production sharing contract with national oil company Petronas ...

Total Exploration Production makes a 120 TFlops step with SGI to accelerate exploration decisions
Total recently expanded its already extensive computing and storage capabilities with SGI technology ...

Triton Group ramps up presence in the US with launch of Sub-Atlantic Inc in Houston
Triton Group, is ramping up its presence in the US with the launch of Sub-Atlantic Inc. one year on from the acquisition of the UK company ...

TTS awarded contract to Marine Cranes division in Norway
TTS Marine ASA's Marine Cranes division has landed a contract worth approximately NOK 33m for delivery of its first anchor handling winches ...

VetcoGray wins major subsea contract for Gorgon Upstream Project off coast of Australia
VetcoGray has received an award for a frame agreement covering a period of five (5) years to supply subsea equipment and support services for the Gorgon Project ...

April 2008

Aabar signs sale agreement for upstream oil & gas unit Pearl Energy
Aabar Energy PJSC has signed a sales and purchase agreement with Mubadala Development Company PJSC for the divestment of the wholly-owned exploration and production subsidiary Pearl Energy Limited ...

Acergy announces StatoilHydro contract awards in the North Sea
Acergy S.A. announced the award of two contracts valued at approximately $60 million from StatoilHydro on behalf of the Gjøa and Morvin licenses ...

Addax Petroleum announces new acreage award offshore Cameroon
Addax Petroleum Corporation has signed a Production Sharing Contract with the Republic of Cameroon relating to the Iroko exploration license area ...

Agerato Exploration and Production awarded contract in Colombia
Emerald Energy Plc has been awarded a new exploration & production contract in Colombia, the Agerato Contract, in which Emerald has a 100% working interest ...

Aker Kvaerner enters USD 223 million subsea deal with Petrobras
Aker Kvaerner has signed a three-year frame agreement with Petrobras to supply subsea trees and related equipment in Brazil ...

Aker Solutions awarded a three-year contract on the Dunlin Alpha platform
Aker Solutions in Aberdeen has been awarded a three-year contract, plus options, to provide Fairfield Energy with engineering, procurement and construction services on the Dunlin Alpha platform ...

Aker Solutions signs exclusive alliance in Germany
Aker Solutions has signed an exclusive alliance partner contract with Shell Deutschland Oil GmbH (SDO) for the provision of engineering services (EPCm) for the SDO refineries in Germany ...

Amerada Hess Libya awards seismic contract to SCAN
SCAN Geophysical ASA has confirmed receipt of a contract award from Amerada Hess Libya Exploration Limited (HESS) for approximately 4,000 km of 2D marine seismic work off Libya ...

BP and ConocoPhillips join on the Alaska Gas Pipeline
BP and ConocoPhillips have combined resources to start Denali -- The Alaska Gas Pipeline ...

C&M Group award multi-million pound vessel conversion to A&P Tyne
C&M Group has awarded a major conversion contract to A&P Tyne Ltd. in Hebburn on the south side of the river Tyne ...

CB&I awarded contract for LNG peak shaving facility
Horton CBI has been awarded a contract valued at approximately US$150 million for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) peak shaving project on Vancouver Island, British Columbia ...

CB&I awarded contract for oil sands storage tank project
CB&I has been awarded a contract for approximately US $45 million by Suncor Energy Services Inc. to design and build storage tanks at Suncor’s Firebag in-situ oil sands operations ...

Chesapeake and Enogex announce Colony Granite Wash natural gas gathering agreement
Enogex LLC will provide natural gas gathering, processing and transportation services for Chesapeake Energy Corporation in the Colony Granite Wash play ...

Coda 3D Sonar product to be deployed in Middle East for underwater construction
Coda Octopus Group, Inc. announced an agreement with Van Oord to deliver Echoscopes™ for deployment on various underwater construction projects ...

Consafe delivering on latest two projects at home and abroad
Consafe Engineering Services has started delivery of new units for BG Tunisia's Miskar-B Platform and to Sigma3 for Shell's Nelson Platform ...

Crosstex Energy signs agreement with Contango to process Gulf of Mexico deep-shelf gas production
Crosstex Energy, L.P. has announced an agreement with Contango Operators, Inc. to process gas from Contango’s Mary Rose gas field discoveries ...

Crosstex Energy to construct $80 million gas processing facility in Barnett Shale
Crosstex Energy, L.P. plans to construct an $80 million natural-gas processing facility called Bear Creek in the Barnett Shale region of North Texas ...

CTC awarded LoFS contract by StatoilHydro

CTC Marine Projects has been awarded a LoFS contract by StatoilHydro as part of the Snorre FSM (Focused Seismic Monitoring) pilot project ...

DNV as the CVA and Class Society for the first FPSO in the US Gulf of Mexico
DNV and Petrobras America Inc have signed a Certified Verification Agent (CVA) contract for the first FPSO in the US Gulf of Mexico ...

Dockwise awarded four contracts for transport of drilling and production equipment
Dockwise Shipping was awarded four (4) contracts for the transportation of drilling and production equipment ...

Drilling riser contract to Aker Kvaerner
Aker Kvaerner has won a contract for the delivery of a complete deepwater marine drilling riser system with buoyancy package and associated equipment ...

Excelsior Energy selects Paradigm(TM) for Canadian Oil Sands Projects
Excelsior Energy Ltd has selected Paradigm Strategic Consulting services for development of its Canadian oil sands program ...

ExxonMobil and MOL to start Mako Trough Exploration program
ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Hungary Limited and MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Plc. have agreed o start a joint exploration program in blocks 106 and 107 in the Mako Trough in southeast Hungary ...

ExxonMobil to assess hydrocarbon potential on Falcon Oil and Gas lease
Exxon Mobil Corporation announced that its affiliate Esso Exploration International Limited signed a production and development agreement with Falcon Oil and Gas Ltd. ...

FMC and LLOG sign multi-year alliance agreement for GoM developments
FMC Technologies, Inc. has signed a multi-year alliance agreement with LLOG Exploration Company, L.L.C. for pending oilfield development projects in the Gulf of Mexico ...

FMC Technologies signs five-year global alliance agreement with Devon Energy
FMC Technologies, Inc. has signed an exclusive five-year global alliance agreement with Devon Energy to provide subsea production systems and life-of-field services ...

Foster Wheeler awarded pre-feed contract by Santos for Gladstone LNG™ project
Foster Wheeler Ltd. has been awarded a contract to undertake a six-month study for the pre-front-end engineering design (pre-FEED) for Santos Ltd.’s planned Gladstone LNG™ (GLNG™) project ...

GE Compression Technology selected to increase production of depleted gas wells in Oman
Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has turned to advanced, high-pressure compression technology from GE Oil & Gas ...

GE Compression Technology to increase production of depleted gas wells in Oman
Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has turned to advanced, high-pressure compression technology from GE Oil & Gas for more efficient extraction of gas from depleted wells in four of its gas fields ...

Global Maritime to develop basic design for proposed Caspian Sea MSV
Global Maritime has been awarded a contract by BP to deliver basic design for a proposed new build dynamically positioned Multi Support Vessel ...

Granherne selected for Trans Caspian Oil and Gas Study
KBR announced that its consulting subsidiary Granherne has been selected as the contractor for the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) funded Trans Caspian Oil and Gas Study ...

Gulf Island Fabrication awarded the second MinDOC T3 hull
Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. has received a letter of intent from Bluewater Industries, Inc. for the second MinDOC T3 hull for ATP’s Telemark Hub deepwater development project ...

Halliburton awarded contract to develop Manifa offshore project
Halliburton has been selected to provide a variety of oilfield services in support of the offshore portion of Saudi Aramco’s Manifa mega-project ...

Heerema Hartlepool wins contract to build Nexen Buzzard PS deck
Heerema Hartlepool, one of the three construction yards of Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG), has been awarded a contract for the fabrication of the Production Sweetening deck and bridge for the Nexen Buzzard oilfield ...

Heerema Vlissingen to build jacket for Nexen Buzzard
Heerema Vlissingen, one of the three construction yards of Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) has been awarded an EPC contract for the Nexen Buzzard oilfield in the UK North Sea ...

High performance outdoor wireless links oil exploration enterprise
Medco choses Hussam Technology Company to evaluate, design, and provide a turnkey solution to establish a reliable and robust wireless network capable of seamlessly connecting the rigs to the main camp office ...

i-Tech announces major new contract awards offshore Brazil
Subsea 7 Inc, through its i-Tech division, today announced the award of three new contracts valued in excess of $ 30 million for Petrobras ,,,

J. Ray McDermott awarded Woodside’s North Rankin B jacket
J. Ray McDermott, S.A. was awarded a contract to construct the North Rankin B (“NRB”) Platform Substructure and Piles by Woodside Energy  ...

KBR joint venture awarded contract for Woodside’s North Rankin 2 project
KBR announced that its “Eos” joint venture with WorleyParsons has been awarded contract options for the detailed engineering and procurement management services ...

Knowledge Reservoir and 3GiG announce strategic alliance
Knowledge Reservoir LLC (KR) and 3GiG LP (3GiG) have announced the formation of a strategic alliance to offer business process and well lifecycle management services ...

Lease award expands ATPs Canyon Express Hub
ATP Oil & Gas Corporation announced that the Minerals Management Service has awarded to ATP the offshore lease at Mississippi Canyon 304 block ...

MCS wins major riser design and delivery contract
MCS has been awarded one of its largest riser design and delivery contracts in the North Sea ...

Perry Slingsby Systems secures $11million contract with Canyon Offshore
Perry Slingsby Systems (PSS) has secured a contract to supply two new generation Triton® XLX ROV systems and one Triton® XLS ROV system ...

PetroChina, Qatargas and Shell sign first long-term Qatar - China LNG deal
Qatargas, Shell and PetroChina have signed binding sales and purchase agreements that will lead to the long-term supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) ...

Petrofac awarded two North Sea Projects
Petrofac is expanding its North Sea activities with the group's Facilities Management (PFM) business announcing two project awards by Venture Production plc ...

Petrofac awarded US477 million lump-sum contract by Petro-Canada Palmyra
Petrofac has been awarded a US$477 million lump-sum contract by Petro-Canada Palmyra to construct a gas treatment plant ...

Petrofac awarded Venture contract extension
Petrofac has been awarded a two-year extension of its existing duty holder contract with Venture Production plc ...

Petrofac receives further award at the Kashagan facility in Kazakhstan
Petrofac has secured an additional award at the Kashagan facility in Kazakhstan, operated by Agip KCO ...

Process systems contracts awarded to Aker Solutions
Solutions has been awarded contracts with several clients for delivery of process systems. The total value of the four contracts are approximately NOK 300 million ...

Production Enhancement Group announces international contract award
Production Enhancement Group, Inc. announces award of its first non North American contract, of any type, for any of its product or service offerings ...

Proserv wins $7 million contract in GoM
Proserv Abandonment and Decommissioning has won a major platform decommissioning project in the Gulf of Mexico ...

Reservoir Group powers ahead with third deal in ten months
Reservoir Group has completed its third deal since forming from a management buy-out of an Aberdeenshire-based company last May ...

Rotech Subsea secures first contract from Singapore base
Mass-flow excavation (MFE) specialists Rotech Subsea has announced the first contract secured from its recently opened Singapore base ...

Samson Oil & Gas joint ventures with Devon in the Baxter Shale
Samson Oil & Gas has executed an Exploration Agreement with Devon Energy Production Company covering Samson’s 6,400-acre holding in the western flank of the Vermillion Basin ... 

SCAN Geophysical receives LOI from PetroVietnam using the new M/V SCAN Stigandi
SCAN Geophysical ASA has received confirmation and a Letter of Intent (LOI) from PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corporation for its M/V SCAN Stigandi ...

StatoilHydro awards Halliburton and WellDynamics Norge A.S. nearly $900 million in contracts
StatoilHydro has awarded Halliburton and WellDynamics nearly $900 million in contracts to provide completion equipment and services, tubing conveyed perforating services and SmartWell® completion technology ...

Subsea 7 announces contract for Total E&P in the North Sea
Subsea 7 Inc been awarded an exclusive five year contract by Total E&P UK Ltd for Inspection, Repair and Maintenance works in the Northern and Central sectors of the North Sea ...

Subsea 7 to invest in new pipelay vessel
Subsea 7 Inc has signed a contract for the construction of a new-build pipelay and construction vessel ...

Superior Energy Services purchases 50% interest in four newbuild 265-ft. class liftboats
Superior Energy Services, Inc. has purchased a 50% interest in two, 265-ft. class liftboats from Moreno Energy, Inc ...

Technip awarded exclusive subsea construction services contract
Technip has been awarded by BP a frame agreement to provide all diving construction services for extensions to existing hydrocarbon field development projects in the North Sea ...

Technip awarded major subsea contract in Canada
Technip has been awarded by Husky Oil Operations Limited a major engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPIC) contract for the development of the White Rose oil field’s North Amethyst Satellite ...

Technip Subsea 7 Asia Pacific joint venture awarded two subsea pipelines contracts
Technip and Subsea 7 has been awarded two contracts for subsea installation and pipeline supply projects in New Zealand and Vietnam ...

Vetcogray to expand deepwater capabilities with new, multi-million dollar test center
VetcoGray, a GE Oil & Gas business, has announced plans to build a new, multi-million dollar hyperbaric test center at the company's Nailsea site ...

Wavefield Inseis secures additional seismic vessel capacity
Wavefield Inseis ASA has signed an agreement with Shanghai Offshore Petroleum Geophysical Corporation (SOPGC) for a one and a half year Bare-Boat Charter ...

Wavefield Inseis wins 3D contract for Geowave Endeavour
Wavefield Inseis has been awarded their first 3D contract for Geowave Endeavour by BG Norge Ltd ...

West Canyon Energy signs LOI for Spring Creek Prospect in North Dakota
West Canyon Energy Corp. has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire one-hundred percent (100%) working interest, in the Spring Creek Prospect ...

March 2008

Acergy announces Frame Agreement with DONG Energy
Acergy S.A. has announced the award of an offshore engineering and construction Frame Agreement with DONG Energy ...

Alcatel-Lucent awards submarine network installation contract to CTC
CTC Marine Projects (a DeepOcean ASA subsidiary) has been awarded a submarine network installation contract by Alcatel-Lucent ...

BJ PPS pre-commissions final segments of West African Gas Pipeline
BJ Process and Pipeline Services (BJ PPS) has completed pipeline pre-commissioning services for the final segments of the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) system on behalf of Willbros West Africa Inc ...

Centrica begins work on proposed new offshore gas storage facility
Centrica plc is proposing to create the UK’s first offshore gas storage facility for over 25 years ...

CTC awarded Telecoms contract by General Offshore
CTC Marine Projects (a DeepOcean ASA subsidiary) has been awarded a submarine Telecoms contract by General Offshore Ltd. for Post Lay Inspection and Burial work in the APAC region ...

Deep Down ships $1.5 million of innovative subsea hardware
Deep Down, Inc. has custom-engineered, produced, and shipped BS Latcher receivers and Messenger Wire Kits to mitigate the problem of marine growth ...

EDS signs global IT outsourcing contract with Royal Dutch Shell
EDS has signed a five-year, US$1 billion IT Master Services Agreement (MSA) with Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) ...

Enhanced Oil Resources signs pipeline MOU with Suncoast Energy
Enhanced Oil Resources, Inc. has executed  Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the development of the Company's pipeline project with privately held SunCoast Energy Corporation ...

ExxonMobil and Petronas sign agreement for new production sharing contract
xxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc. and PETRONAS will continue to work together to help ensure sustainable energy supplies for Malaysia under a planned new 25-year production sharing contract ...

Fugro orders new-build geophysical survey vessel
Fugro has signed an agreement with ship designers and builders, Fr. Fassmer GMBH & Co. KG of Bremen, for the design and construction of a new geophysical survey vessel ...

J. Ray McDermott awarded Chevron Platong Gas II Project
McDermott International, Inc. was recently awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (“EPCI”) contract by Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production for the Platong Gas II Project ...

J. Ray McDermott awarded Peregrino FPSO project
McDermott International, Inc. has received a letter of award for the engineering, procurement and construction of 6,500 metric tons of topside modules for the Peregrino FPSO ...

Leighton International wins US$720 million pipeline project in India
Leighton International has been awarded a US$720 million contract for the construction of offshore pipelines in India for Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) ...

Mustang Engineering signs collaboration agreement with AMOG Consulting
Mustang Engineering PTY Limited, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with AMOG Consulting to jointly undertake business development and project implementation of FPSO, FSO and other floating facilities ...

Saipem awarded new Offshore contract in Nigeria worth in excess of USD 1.3 billion
Saipem has been awarded the contract for the Umbilicals, Flowlines, Risers and Oil Loading Terminal (UFR & OLT) activities for the subsea development of Usan deepwater field ...

Shell and virent announce collaboration to develop biogasoline
Shell and Virent Energy Systems, Inc., (VirentTM) announced a joint research and development effort to convert plant sugars directly into gasoline ...

Shell Brasil Ltda extends BJ Tubular Services contract in Brazil
BJ Tubular Services has been awarded a three-year extension to its current contract with Shell Brasil Ltda  ...

Subsea 7 announces contract award on Sul Capixaba Pipeline project
Subsea 7 Inc has been awarded a contract valued in excess of US $200 million by Petrobras for an EPIC contract, in the Espirito Santo Basin offshore Brazil ...

Technip awarded engineering contract for the Shtokman Gas Project
Technip has been awarded by Shtokman Development Company the lumpsum front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for the onshore portion of the first phase of the Shtokman gas project ...

Technip NPV contract major coup for IHC's Engineering Business
A major contract to provide a fully integrated pipelay system for Technip's newbuild 194m pipelay vessel (NPV) has been awarded to IHC's Engineering Business (EB) ...

TGS announces availability of “Reverse Time” Migration algorithm
TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company announced the commercialization of its “Reverse Time Migration” (RTM) algorithm ...

Total choose the Consafe way for Alwyn North
Consafe Engineering Services Ltd, has been awarded a £2.5 million contract by TOTAL E&P UK Limited for the design-and-build of additional accommodation modules ...

X-Change Corporation delivers Generation I Down Hole Tool
The X-Change Corporation has announced the completion of the construction and initial testing of the Hexion Down Hole Tool for use in fracture analysis ...

X-Change Corporation entering into agreement for down-hole tools
The X-Change Corporation is entering into an agreement with a leading provider of oilfield products and services to design and manufacture down hole tools to distribute worldwide ...

November 2006

CB&I awarded project in Middle East
CB&I has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract in the Middle East valued at approximately US$400 million ...

Daybreak signs agreement with Anadarko
Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc. has finalized a "drill to earn" lease agreement with Anadarko E&P Company ...

Fleet of Frogs for Pride in Angola
Reflex Marine Ltd has secured a contract with Pride International Inc for the delivery of several Frog™ high safety personnel transfer capsules to offshore Angola ...

FMC Technologies to supply subsea system for Petrobras’ Mexilhão Field
FMC Technologies, Inc. has been chosen to supply the subsea gas production system for Petrobras’ Mexilhão field offshore Brazil ...

Global Industries awarded contract for 2007 Offshore Pipeline Project in Gabon
Global Offshore International, Ltd. received a letter of intent from Perenco Gabon S.A. to award a contract of approximately US $50 million ...

Native American Energy Group receives invitation from Chinese rig manufacturer
Native American Energy Group, Inc. has reported that GTS-China Drilling Services has expressed a willingness to work with NAEG ...

Patch enters oil play in Southern Alberta
Patch International Inc. has entered into a Farmout and Option Agreement in the Medicine Hat Area of Alberta ...

Technip awarded contract for a new Bioethanol Unit in France
Technip has been awarded a turnkey contract for the construction of a new bioethanol production unit by Ryssen ...

TEPPCO Partners to construct new pipeline
TEPPCO Partners, L.P. has announced plans to construct a new 20-inch diameter lateral pipeline that will connect the partnership’s mainline system to the Enterprise Products Partners storage facility ...

October 2006

4th Wave Imaging and Fugro join forces in 4D seismic processing
4th Wave Imaging and Fugro Seismic Imaging have joined forces to provide advanced 4D Seismic Data Processing services to the oil and gas industry ...

A2D Technologies to make Uzbekistan well log data available online
Uzbekgeofizika of Uzbekistan has entered into a new agreement with TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA to convert the Country’s domestic hardcopy well log data assets into digital form ...

BJ Services awarded contract by Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B. V.
BJ Services Company Middle East Ltd has been awarded a contract by Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B. V. (KPO) to provide leak-testing services ...

BJ Services awarded hammer services contract in Qatar
BJ Tubular Services has been awarded a contract to provide conductor driving services offshore Qatar for the Qatargas 3 and Qatargas 4 projects ...

Brownstone enters into participation agreement with Savant Resources
Brownstone Ventures Inc. has entered into a participation agreement with Savant Resources LLC ...

Chevron to participate in Athabasca Oil Sands Project Expansion
Chevron Canada Limited has elected to participate in the first phase of expansion of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project (AOSP) ...

Daybreak enters farmin agreement in follow up of discovery well
Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc. has signed a initial farmin agreement with a major oil and gas company that covers approximately 5,600 acres in North Eastern Louisiana ...

Duffy and McGovern secures new contract with Sonsub in Angola
Duffy and McGovern has secured an £80,000 deal with Sonsub to provide its high-specification accommodation modules in West Africa ...

Endeavour to participate in exploratory wells in UK sector of North Sea
Endeavour International Corporation has reached an agreement in principle with Apache Corporation to participate in two exploratory wells ...

Energy Finders signs final contract to drill Mega West Project
Energy Finders, Inc. has signed a definitive Earn-In Agreement with joint venture partners ...

Enterprise to build Shenzi oil export pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. has signed definitive agreements with producers to construct, own and operate an oil export pipeline to provide firm gathering services from the BHP Billiton-operated Shenzi field ...

EPiC forms integrated energy and engineering company
Three industry veterans have joined to form a new integrated energy company. Mr. Rex Doyle, Mr. John Ippolito and Mr. David Reynolds have founded EPiC Capital,Group Inc ...

EVTN receives PO from world's largest offshore drilling company
Enviro Voraxial Technology, Inc. has received an order to supply the Transocean semi submersible rig Sedco 702 with an Offshore Deck Water Drainage System ...

Foster Wheeler awarded CFB boiler design and supply contract by SINOPEC
Foster Wheeler Ltd. has been awarded contracts by a unit of the China Petrochemical Corporation (SINOPEC) to design and supply three 100 MWe circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) boilers ...

Foster Wheeler wins feed for ADCO’s SAS oilfield development in Abu Dhabi
Foster Wheeler International Corporation has been awarded the front-end engineering design (FEED) by the Abu Dhabi Company ...

Fugro wins Metocean contract in India
Reliance Industries Limited has awarded a metocean contract for “ Real-time Current Monitoring Services and Metocean Data Measurements” to Fugro Survey (India) Private Limited ...

Greater Sooner Holdings names partners for LOMT #1 Sidetrack well
Greater Sooner Holdings, Inc. has announced that Carburante Exploration LLC has awarded drilling services for the LOMT #1 Sidetrack well ...

Grifco International receives purchase order for Sinopec Southwest oilfield, China
Grifco International, Inc. has received a purchase order through its agent Oilland China for the Sinopec Southwest oilfield ...

Horizon West oil discovery awarded to Grove in the Dutch North Sea
Grove Energy Limited has been formally awarded the Horizon West (P8a) Production Licence ...

Hyperdynamics takes major step toward drilling offshore Guinea
Hyperdynamics has contracted with Applied Drilling Technology, Inc. to provide a detailed assessment of drilling infrastructure, support services and operating environment offshore the Republic of Guinea ...

Ikon Science & MTEM announce initiative to build EM modelling into RokDoc®
Ikon Science has entered into an initiative with Edinburgh-based MTEM to integrate EM modelling and inversion into Ikon’s class leading rock physics based modeller RokDoc® ...

Island Oil & Gas enters into agreement with EnCore Oil
Island Oil & Gas plc has entered into a Cooperation Agreement with EnCore Oil plc covering the future development by both companies of their respective portfolios ...

ITME signs contract to develop the MEGA WEST PROJECT
International TME Resources, Inc. has signed a definitive Earn-In Agreement with joint venture partners ...

JDR Cable Systems awarded umbilical project in SE Asia
JDR Umbilical Systems has been awarded an umbilical contract to be delivered in the SE Asia region ...

Lions Petroleum acquires 25,826 acres of petroleum and gas leases
Lions Petroleum Inc. has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire 11,642 acres in Bourbon & Crawford Counties in southeast Kansas ...

Lone Star Technologies enters into joint venture with Grupo Peixoto de Castro
Lone Star Technologies, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to form a joint venture with Grupo Peixoto de Castro ...

MFRI receives an $8 million order for sulfur transportation pipeline
MFRI, Inc. subsidiary Perma-Pipe Middle East has received an order to manufacture a sulfur transportation pipeline at PPME’s manufacturing plant in Fujairah ...

Monarch partners with Daybreak Oil and Gas on California project
Monarch Gulf Exploration has entered into an agreement with Daybreak Oil and Gas to jointly develop Daybreak’s 50% interest in their Eastslopes Project ...

National Oilwell Varco introduces Drilling ‘Flight Recorder’ into its Cyberbase® Drillers Cabin
Network General announced that National Oilwell Varcohas integrated high speed data logging technology from Network General into Cyberbase® ...

Patch seizes British Columbia gas play opportunity
Patch International Inc. has agreed to participate in a natural gas prospect located in northeast British Columbia ...

Patriot Mechanical Handling receives $9 million in orders
Patriot Mechanical Handling Inc. has won orders totaling in excess of $9 million from two Schahin Engenharia S.A., Brazil subsidiaries and Diamond Offshore ...

Patriot Mechanical Handling receives package order totalling $8.8 million
Patriot Mechanical Handling Inc. has won an order totalling US$8.8 million from Eisner Business S.A., Brazil ...

PetroSA joins EnerGulf in West Africa
EnerGulf Resources Inc. has been notified that PetroSA has now officially entered into the Joint Operating Agreement (JOA) for Block 1711 offshore Namibia ...

Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil Chemical sign Heads of Agreement for petrochemical complex
Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil Chemical Qatar Limited have signed a Heads of Agreement to progress studies for a proposed $3 billion world-scale petrochemical complex ...

R&R Marine to build lightering support vessels for Pelican Offshore Services
R&R Marine Fabrication and Drydock has signed an agreement with Pelican Offshore Services Company to build four lightering support vessels ...

SPD lands Dubai offshore asset management contract
SPD has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by Petrofac to provide well engineering management services ...

Syntroleum and partners to drill appraisal well Aje-4
Syntroleum Corporation and several partners have agreed to pursue the drilling of an additional appraisal well (Aje-4) on the Oil Mining Lease (“OML”) 113 ...

Technip prepares for 2007 Gulf of Mexico projects with Duffy & McGovern
Duffy & McGovern Accommodation Services has secured the first advanced order for its new fleet of US accommodation modules from Technip Offshore ...

Unicorp to participate in South Creole prospect
Unicorp, Inc. has entered into an agreement to participate in the South Creole Prospect located in Cameron, Louisiana ...

September 2006

3D shoot set to begin at Turner Bayou and placement completed
Pryme Oil and Gas Limited has selected and signed contracts with a geophysical contractor to start work on a Phase II, 3D seismic survey at the Turner Bayou Project ...

ABB wins $1.5 million integrated contract for platform located offshore East Java
ABB has received a contract from PT Sempec Indonesia, to provide integrated electrical and control buildings ...

ABB wins $215 milion contract to boost oil output in Algeria
ABB has received a contract from Sonatrach to supply pumping stations and automation systems worth more than $215 million ...

Ability Group enters into agreement to assist E.ON Ruhrgas Norge AS
E.ON Ruhrgas Norge AS has appointed AGR Drilling Production Technology to provide drilling management and sub surface services ...

Actenum Corp awarded contract by Aramco Services Company
Actenum Corp. has been awarded a contract by Aramco Services Company for customization and deployment of a rig fleet scheduling application ...

ADCO awards Halliburton $70 million in contracts for cementing and associated services
The Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Production (ADCO) has awarded Halliburton contracts valued at more than $70 million for cementing services, stimulation services and special tools ...

Alfa Laval receives order from LUKOIL
Alfa Laval has received an order for the supply of spiral and all welded plate heat exchangers to Russian oil giant LUKOIL ...

Ambient Wells Services signs contract with Landmark
Ambient Wells Services, Inc. has entered into a contract with Landmark 4, LLC to complete the renovations and improvements on the 30 leases owned by UPDA subsidiary, Catlin Oil and Gas, Inc ...

BJ Services awarded contract by Hardy Exploration & Production (India)
Casing and Tubing Running Services to be Carried Out Offshore India ...

BJ Services awarded well services contract in Qatar
BJ Tubular Services has announced its contract from Maersk Oil Qatar AS to provide a range of services on all the company’s wells in Qatar ...

BP Exploration awards multi-year Alaska contract
CDI Engineering Solutions teaming with Amerapex Corporation was awarded a contract agreement with BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. to provide professional services ...

BP plans $3 billion project to refine more Canadian heavy crude oil in the U.S. Midwest
BP has entered the final planning stage of a $3 billion investment in Canadian heavy crude oil processing at its Whiting Refinery located in northwest Indiana ...

Bristow Helicopters secures first contract in Libya
Bristow Helicopters International has secured its first helicopter contract in Libya ...

Calibre Energy enters Iraq Kurdistan through arrangement with Hawler Energy
Calibre Energy, Inc. has entered into an agreement with Hawler Energy, Ltd. to participate in an Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement with the Kurdistan Regional Government ...

Cameron announces joint venture with Curtiss-Wright
Cameron has formed a joint venture with the Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Corporation’s Electro-Mechanical Division for the supply of subsea multiphase pumping systems ...

Cameron awarded contract by Total E&P Nederland
Cameron has been awarded a contract by Total E&P Nederland B.V. for the supply of CameronDC™ Subsea Production System, the world's first all-electric subsea production system, for a multi-well North Sea development ...

Cameron forms joint venture with Curtiss-Wright to supply subsea multiphase pumping systems
Cameron has formed a joint venture with Curtiss-Wright for the supply of subsea multiphase pumping systems ...

CB&I wins award for LNG expansion project in Australia
CB&I has been awarded a contract valued in excess of US$200 million by Woodside Energy Ltd., operator of the North West Shelf Venture onshore gas plant near Karratha, Western Australia ...

CompuPrint awarded $2.5 million contract
CompuPrint, Inc. has been awarded a $2.5 Million contract for an off-shore African oil and gas drilling project ...

CRC-Evans receives contract awards
CRC-Evans Pipeline International has been awarded several contracts in the USA and Saudi Arabia ...

Duffy & McGovern secures contracts with Seabird Exploration and AOA Geomarine Operations
Duffy & McGovern Accommodation Services has secured contracts with Seabird Exploration and AOA Geomarine Operations in the Gulf of Mexico ...

F&G and CSDC sign JV to provide turnkey basic detailed engineering packages
Friede & (F&G)has signed an agreement to form a joint venture with China Ship Design & Reserach Center Co., Ltd ...

Foster Wheeler awarded EPC contract by Sinclair Oil
Foster Wheeler Ltd. has been awarded a reimbursable engineering, procurement and construction ontract by Sinclair Oil Corporation ...

Foster Wheeler Enters into license agreement in China
Foster Wheeler North America Corp. has entered into a fifteen-year agreement with Wuxi Huaguang Boiler Co., Ltd. to provide a technology license for subcritical pressure circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) steam generators ...

Foster Wheeler France S.A. awarded contract in Tatarstan
Foster Wheeler France S.A. has been awarded the front-end engineering design (FEED) by CJSC Nizhnekamsk Refinery for a new Complex of refining and petrochemical plants ...

Foster Wheeler wins BP Spanish coker heater contract
Foster Wheeler Iberia, S.A. has been awarded a contract by BP Oil Refineria de Castellon, S.A. ...

Foster Wheeler wins CFB boiler contract in The Netherlands
Foster Wheeler Energie GmbH and Foster Wheeler Europe B.V. have been awarded a turnkey contract in the town of Alkmaar in The Netherlands ...

Foster Wheeler-led JV wins Saudi Aramco Khurais EPC contract
A joint venture led by Foster Wheeler Energy Limited has been awarded a lump-sum turnkey engineering, procurement and construction contract by Saudi Aramco for the Khurais Gas Facility ...

Graham Corp wins $2.2 million ejector system contract
Graham Corporation has been awarded a contract valued at $2.2 million to supply an ejector system for installation in a U.S. Gulf Coast oil refinery ...

Graham Corporation awarded $2.5 million Canadian Tar Sands contract
Graham Corporation has been awarded a $2.5 million contract for an ejector vacuum system to be installed as part of a capacity expansion project for a tar sands upgrading facility in Alberta ...

Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. selected to fabricate and load-out a MinDOC 3 hull
Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. has received formal notification that Gulf Marine has been selected to fabricate and load-out a MinDOC 3 hull ...

Honeywell awarded $7 million contract in Saudi Arabia
Honeywell has announced a $7 million contract to supply process and safety controls for Tasnee Petrochemicals’ new ethylene plant in Saudi Arabia ...

Hyperdynamics signs new agreement with The Republic of Guinea
Hyperdynamics Corp. has signed new agreement with The Republic of Guinea to explore one of the world's largest under-explored regions with exceptional potential for oil and gas discovery based on seismic data ...

Jacobs receives Qatar petroleum contract
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has received a services and infrastructure contract for the design of the new Qatar Petroleum (QP) complex in Doha, Qatar ...

MCS signs new deal with Petrobras at Rio Show
Subsea engineering consultancy, MCS, has been awarded a two year contract with Petrobras ...

Nabors and First Reserve commit $1 billion to NFR Energy
Nabors Industries Ltd. and First Reserve Corporation have agreed to form NFR Energy LLC, a new joint venture to invest in oil and gas exploitation ...

National Oilwell Varco selects Aonix PERC for Java(TM)-based Robotic Drilling
Aonix announced that National Oilwell Varco has selected the Aonix PERC Ultra(TM) virtual machine (VM) for its Java(TM)-based control system that manages automated robotic drilling ...

Newfield Exploration and MarkWest Energy sign agreement to develop mid-stream assets
Newfield Exploration Company has signed an agreement with MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. to construct and operate gathering pipelines and related facilities associated ...

Newfield Exploration enters agreement with Sojitz in U.K. Southern Gas Basin
Newfield Exploration Company announced an agreement with Sojitz Energy Project Limited relating to Newfield's Southern Gas Basin exploration and development program ...

Oceanteam orders third construction support and flexible product installation vessel
Oceanteam Power & Umbilical has ordered a third construction support and flexible product installation vessel ...

ONGC extends Q-Marine contract offshore India
Schlumberger has announced that the Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has extended its contract with WesternGeco for Q-Marine♦ systems currently in place ...

Petrobras awards geophysical survey contract to C & C Technologies do Brasil
C & C Technologies do Brasil was recently awarded a 550-day contract, with an additional 550-day option, for the acquisition of shallow water geophysical survey data ...

Petrobras Energia signs agreement to perform exploration activities in the Argentine Sea
Petrobras Energía S.A. has signed a memorandum of agreement with Energía Argentina S.A. and YPF S.A. to create a consortium ...

PGS excersises option for second new Ramform vessel
Petroleum Geo-Services ASA has decided to exercise the option with Aker Yards, Langsten to build an additional new third generation Ramform vessel ...

Schlumberger and Apache collaborate on commercialization of data whitening technology
WesternGeco has acquired the rights to a data whitening technology from Apache Corporation ...

Schlumberger and Infosys announce global alliance
Schlumberger and Infosys have formed a global alliance to provide comprehensive information management solutions that integrate upstream technical and business processes ...

Tahiti project pushes riser monitoring to a new level
A comprehensive riser and flowline monitoring (RFM) contract has been awarded to 2H Offshore Inc., an Acteon company, for Chevron’s Tahiti Project ...

Technip awarded contract for the Kupe Gas Project in New Zealand
Technip has been awarded a reimbursable contract worth approximately USD 200 million by Origin Energy Resources (Kupe) Limited ...

Unicorp to participate in St. Martinville prospect
Unicorp, Inc. has entered into an agreement to participate in the St. Martinville Prospect located in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana ...

Well Ops UK enters into $250 Million contract with Shell
Well Ops UK Ltd. has entered into an approximately $250 million contract extension with Shell UK Ltd for the provision of Light Well Intervention (LWI) services for their North Sea subsea wells ...

August 2006

AMEC awarded lead role on Enbridge Oil Sands Pipeline Project
AMEC has been awarded a contract for program and project management, engineering, and procurement services for the Enbridge Southern Access and Southern Lights Pipeline projects ...

America Asia Petroleum signs technology agreement in China
America Asia Petroleum has announced successful negotiations and signing of a technology agreement to extract crude oil from shale rock ...

Avalon Oil & Gas acquires working interest in Miller County, Arkansas
Avalon Oil & Gas, Inc. has acquired three producing oil wells located in Miller County, Arkansas from an Oil City, Louisiana, independent oil producer ...

BJ Services awarded contract to carry out services offshore India
BJ Tubular Services has been awarded a contract by a major operator in India to carry out torque-turn services ...

Chevron to open Energy Technology Centers in Aberdeen and Perth
Chevron Corporation is opening energy technology centers in Aberdeen, Scotland, and Perth, Australia ...

CNOOC joins hands again with Husky to explore deepwater areas
CNOOC Limited will join hands again with Husky Oil China Limited in exploring deepwater areas Offshore China ...

Coastal Petroleum signs deal to drill a Twin well
Coastal Petroleum Company has signed a farmout agreement with two other oil and gas companies to drill a twin well to Montana's only producer from the Lodgepole Formation ...

CSMG Technologies announces gas well production enhancement project
CSMG Technologies, Inc. has agreed to work with Gas Production, a subsidiary of Naftogas of Ukraine ...

Diamond Offshore expands relationship with CapRock Communications
Diamond Offshore, requiring reliable satellite communication, has chosen to expand its relationship with CapRock Communications ...

Dresser-Rand secures contract for compression equipment in China
Dresser-Rand Company has supplied high-efficiency DATUM centrifugal compression equipment to Dalian Petrochemical Company for its refinery in Northeast China ...

Dresser-Rand signs agreement with Ingersoll Rand Energy Systems
Dresser-Rand Company has signed an agreement with Ingersoll Rand Energy Systems under which D-R will be a global distributor and provide a service support network ...

Duffy and McGovern secures Canadian sector contracts
Duffy and McGovern Accommodation Services has secured three new contracts in Canada, further boosting its ongoing highly successful growth in North America ...

Flow-Cal system enhances Energy Services/Development operations
Flow-Cal, Inc. was selected by J-W Operating Company to provide a system for their Energy Services and Energy Development business line ...

FMC Technologies awarded subsea frame agreement for Petrobras
FMC Technologies, Inc. has signed a multi-year frame agreement with Petrobras ...

Foster Wheeler awarded front-end engineering design for Chevron
Foster Wheeler Ltd. has been awarded the front-end engineering design (FEED) by Chevron Nigeria Limited ...

Fugro Geos' real-time data solution for Ormen Lange
Fugro GEOS is now contracted to Norsk Hydro to provide all-important real-time current profile, wind and wave data for operations relating to both the pipeline and the field itself ...

Golden Pass LNG LLC awards major contract to CB&I
Golden Pass LNG LLC has awarded a lump-sum turnkey contract to Chicago Bridge & Iron Company NV (CB&I) for a liquefied natural gas terminal to be built near Sabine Pass, Texas ...

Halliburton awarded $60 million contract from TOTAL E&P Indonesie
Halliburton's Drilling, Evaluation and Digital Solutions Division has been awarded a contract valued at more than $60 million ...

Halliburton wins multimillion-dollar contracts for Alaska Project
Halliburton's Energy Services Group in Alaska has been awarded multimillion-dollar contracts from Pioneer Natural Resources Company ...

Hemi Energy to sell first oil produced from Kansas leases
Hemi Energy Group Inc. has entered into an exclusive purchase agreement with Plains Crude Oil Marketing Group to sell all oil produced from the oil leases located in Woodson County, Kansas ...

Husky expands Lloydminster to Hardisty mainline pipeline system
Husky Energy Inc. will be expanding its mainline crude oil pipeline between Lloydminster, Alberta and its terminal at Hardisty, Alberta ...

J. Ray McDermott awarded offshore Saudi Arabia contract
McDermott International, Inc. was awarded a new contract from Saudi Aramco to supply 16 Production Deck Modules ("PDMs") for Saudi Arabia's offshore fields ...

J. Ray McDermott awarded Qatar Pearl GTL contract
McDermott International, Inc. was recently awarded a contract by Shell Qatar GTL Limited to engineer, construct, transport, install hook-up and pre-commission two wellhead platforms in Qatar's North Field ...

KBR joint venture signs contract with Shell for largest gas to liquids project in history
KBR has signed a contract to provide project management and cost-reimbursable EPCM services to Qatar Shell GTL Limited ...

Lundin Petroleum enters into agreement offshore Norway
Lundin Petroleum AB has entered into a cooperation agreement with Norwegian Energy Company AS ...

Lundin Petroleum to be awarded exploration block in Vietnam
Lundin Petroleum AB has been conditionally awarded an interest in Block 06/94 in the Nam Con Son Basin, offshore southern Vietnam ...

Major investment made in Gulf of Mexico offshore accommodation by Duffy & McGovern
Duffy and McGovern Accommodation Services is responding to increased activity in the Gulf of Mexico by investing $4 million producing offshore cabins ...

Objectivity signs VAR agreement with Fugro Data Services
Objectivity, Inc. has signed a Value Added Reseller (VAR) agreement with Fugro Data Services ...

PDVSA to build three new refineries in Venezuela
PDVSA will build three new refineries in Venezuela known as the Cabruta, Caripito, and Santa Ines refineries ...

Peak Group secures 13-well multi-client drilling contract in Australia
Peak Group Asia Pacific is to provide essential services for the drilling of at least 13 offshore exploration and development wells in Australia ...

Pemberton signs 9 land lease agreements in the Peace River Arch Area
Pemberton Energy Ltd. has signed 9 binding Petroleum and Natural Gas Lease and Grant Agreements to lease the subsurface mineral rights from basement to surface on a 370 acre parcel ...

Petris and EPIS form marketing alliance in China
Petris Technology, Inc. has established a strategic alliance with EPIS, an advanced provider of information solutions to the Chinese market ...

Petrofac Training secures agreement to deliver Hazard Recognition Plus Training
Petrofac Training has signed an exclusive agreement with US based company, Decision Point Associates, for the provision of Hazard Recognition Plus^TM (HRP) training ...

Pilgrim Petroleum signs operating agreement with General Energy Corporation
Pilgrim Petroleum Corporation has entered into a master operating agreement with General Energy Corporation to cover Pilgrim's additional and current leases and all future properties ...

SAS Gouda BV awarded 450mt Pipe Lay System for 'Caesar'
SAS Gouda BV from The Netherlands has received a new and major contract for the supply of a complete 450 metric ton Pipe Lay System for the new Pipelay Vessel 'Caesar' ...

SIEP and Halliburton enter global framework agreement
Halliburton's Drilling, Evaluation and Digital Solutions Division has entered into a global framework agreement with Shell International Exploration and Production B.V. (SIEP) ...

Sondex establishes new drilling tools company
Sondex plc has formed a new company – Sondex Drilling Tools Inc ...

Statoil puts faith in Duffy & McGovern for the long term
Statoil has negotiated a four-year contract extension with Aberdeen-based Duffy & McGovern Accommodation Services (DMAS) for the provision of offshore accommodation on the Troll A platform ...

Superior Oil & Gas and Robson Energy sign agreement on four-well drilling program
Superior Oil and Gas Company has reported that Energy Oklahoma is purchasing a 47.5 percent working interest in Superiors four-well drilling program located in Garfield County ...

Technip awarded contract for the new Jubail Refinery Project
Technip has been awarded a program management services (PMS) contract by Saudi Aramco and its partner Total, for the development of a large grass-roots refinery in Jubail ...

Technip awarded two contracts for the Brenda and Affleck developments
Technip's UK entity has been awarded contracts for two key developments located in the UK North Sea ...

TGS-NOPEC announces new 3D survey in Tunisia
TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company will acquire a new multi-client 3D survey offshore Tunisia ...

Tidewater announces pending sale of 14 offshore tugs
Tidewater Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement with Crosby Marine Transportation, LLC to sell 14 of its offshore tugs ...

Tidewater closes sale of 10 offshore tugs
Tidewater Inc. has closed on the sale of ten offshore tugs for a total cash price of $31.5 million ...

TOTAL E&P awards Halliburton four-year contract to provide cementing services in Indonesia
Halliburton's Fluid Systems Division has been awarded a four-year, $50 million contract to provide cementing services for TOTAL E&P INDONESIE ...

TPAO awards WesternGeco the Black Sea’s largest Q-Technology 3D projects
Turkiye Petrolleri A.O. (TPAO) has contracted WesternGeco to conduct the largest high-specification Q-Marine* 3D exploration surveys ever undertaken in the Black Sea ...

Trophy closes deal in Texas
Trophy Resources has executed an agreement with I.R.A. Oil and Gas LLC of Addison, Texas to initiate a four phased program ...

Trophy Resources increases oil field redevelopment portfolio in Southwestern U.S.
Trophy Resources, Inc. is planning to increase its involvement in oil field redevelopment projects in the Southwestern region of the U.S. ...

Unicorp signs agreement for a multi-well drilling program
Unicorp, Inc. has signed a multi-well drilling contract with a global $10 billion company ...

V&M Star to provide line pipe for BP Prudhoe Bay
V&M STAR has been selected to provide 30-35,000 feet of 10¾-inch, high strength, seamless line pipe for BP’s Prudhoe Bay, Alaska ...

July 2006

A2D Technologies secures third underwriter for GOM WSR Project
A2D Technologies has secured a third underwriter for the Company's Gulf of Mexico Workstation Ready project ...

Aker Kvaerner selects HP and BT alliance to implement IT communications
Aker Kvaerner has selected HP and BT to supply it with an agile environment for IT and communications ...

Anadarko enters West Texas exploration venture with Chevron
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has entered an exploration joint venture with Chevron U.S.A. Inc. on approximately 200,000 net mineral acres ...

Anadarko enters West Texas exploration venture with Chevron
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has entered an exploration joint venture with Chevron U.S.A. Inc. on approximately 200,000 net mineral acres ...

AspenTech chosen to optimize production at major oil & gas field in Thailand
Aspen Technology, Inc. has been selected to implement a system to optimize production from the largest natural gas field in Thailand ...

BJ Services awarded key contract by Oxy Libya LLC
BJ Tubular Services has been awarded a contract by OXY Libya LLC to provide casing and tubing running services ...

Boots & Coots expands SafeGuard contract $12.3 million
Boots & Coots International Well Control significantly expanded one of its two five-year SafeGuard contracts in Algeria with the signing of a new amendment worth $12.3 million ...

CB&I expands modular fabrication capabilities
CB&I has acquired a fabrication shop in Beaumont, Texas, with deep water access to the Gulf of Mexico ...

CB&I to supply hydrogen plant for Air Liquide in California
Air Liquide Large Industries U.S. LP has selected CB&I to provide a large-scale hydrogen production facility that will be built at ConocoPhillips' refinery in Rodeo, CA ...

CB&I to supply vessels for Canadian Oil Sands expansion project
CB&I has been awarded a contract by Suncor Energy Services Inc. to engineer and construct process vessels for a proposed expansion of its oil sands upgrading capacity ...

Cengroup Petroleum chooses EnviroMop as its supplier of sorbent
Cengroup Petroleum Corporation has chosen EnviroMop to provide the sorbent which will be used to clean up and recover the approximately 250 million barrels of spilled oil ...

ConocoPhillips acquires interest in Rockies Express Pipeline
ConocoPhillips has exercised its option to acquire a 25 percent interest in the Rockies Express Pipeline project ...