Italian-based contractor Saipem, in a joint venture with CTCI Corporation, has been awarded a new contract in the onshore engineering and construction sector in Thailand for an overall value of approximately US$925 million.
Saipem will operate as leader of the joint venture which has been assigned the contract with a stake of 55%, meaning Saipem’s share is around $500 million.
The contract has been awarded by PTT LNG Company Limited, a subsidiary of PTT Public Company Limited, Thailand’s national oil and gas company. The project is based in the Mueang Rayong district, in the south-east of the country...
The third gas processing unit at Zohr natural gas field began operations on June 14, 10 days ahead of schedule, Egypt Oil & Gas reports.
A 30-inch pipeline linking the offshore wells and the onshore processing units is currently under construction, and is expected to be online by the end of July 2018.
The new processing unit will help Zohr to reach production levels of 1.750 billion cubic feet per day (bcm/d) by August 2018, the Ministry of Petroleum said in a press statement...
Equinor Energy AS has contracted Kongsberg Maritime to deliver the Safety and Automation Systems (SAS) for the recently announced phase 2 of the Johan Sverdrup development in the Norwegian North Sea.
Kongsberg Maritime’s selection for Johan Sverdrup phase 2 confirms its existing position as a key technology partner for the project since 2014, when Equinor Energy AS (then Statoil) awarded a Project Specific Agreement including FEED for delivery of SAS to the four phase 1 field platforms.
The phase 2 agreement includes delivery of SAS and digital technology for a new processing platform, which is due to start production in 2022. Kongsberg Maritime will also extend and modify already delivered systems for the field center, in addition to providing three Subsea Production System tie-backs and technology solutions for shore power at Haugsneset, near Haugesund...
French offshore giant Total E&P has announced that it is developing the first ever autonomous surface robot for the oil and gas industry. The autonomous robot will be used to boost safety on oil rigs and similar offshore structures.
It is the result of Total’s ARGOS (Autonomous Robots for Gas and Oil Sites) challenge, a competition to design and develop a prototype autonomous surface robot. The resulting design will be able to carry out inspections, read and record measurements and detect anomalies on board oil and gas installations autonomously.
Designed to operate in potentially explosive atmospheres, the autonomous robot can operate in environments that are dangerous to humans, and continue working in emergency situations.
The robot will be tested on Total’s gas treatment plant on the Shetland Islands at the end of 2019 and the company hopes that similar robots will be rolled out throughout the world from 2020 onwards...
June 13 (Renewables Now) - Italian oil and gas major Eni SpA (BIT:ENI) said on Tuesday it has taken the final investment decision to build a 50-MW wind farm in Kazakhstan under a partnership with US conglomerate General Electric (NYSE:GE).
The Badamsha wind project, to be located in northwestern Aktobe Oblast, will be Eni’s first large-scale investment on the wind market. The Italian group intends to commence construction in the coming months, with the aim of bringing the plant online by end-2019.
Once completed, the wind park will be able to produce around 198 GWh of electricity per year...
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