July 12th, 20190Houston-headquartered McDermott International has been awarded a contract by Qatar Petroleum for front-end engineering and design work for offshore wellhead platforms, pipelines and cables at the North Field Expansion project. The project scope includes the design of four offshore trunk lines with intra-field pipelines, eight wellhead...
July 11th, 20194S’hail Shipping has placed panamax pair S’hail al Rayan and S’hail al Dukhan into the Baumarine pool, a specialised panamax, kamsarmax and post-panamax pool run by Norway’s Torvald Klaveness. S’hail Shipping already had three vessels in the pool and said that it has been mutually beneficial for both S’hail and Klaveness,...
May 28th, 20190Qatar Petroleum has awarded the front end engineering design (FEED) contract for the North Field Expansion Project’s offshore pipelines and topsides facilities to US offshore engingeering company McDermott. The scope of contract includes engineering design for eight unmanned wellhead platform topsides, four 38” trunk lines and...
May 27th, 20190Qatari bulker owner S’hail Shipping has entered into an agreement to acquire two modern bulk carriers for a total price of QR75m ($20.6m). The two ships have been renamed to S’hail Al Rayan (76,629 dwt) and S’hail Al Dukhan (74,143 dwt) and are set to join the company's fleet next month. The latest acquisition will expand the...
May 2nd, 20191Qatar Petroleum has announced the award of contracts for a total of eight jackup drilling rigs required for the North Field Expansion Project, with Qatar’s Gold Drilling International (GDI) and US-based Chinese firm Northern Offshore the winners. GDI was awarded contracts for six of the eight rigs, while two were awarded to Northern...
April 23rd, 20190Qatar's state-run energy group Qatar Petroleum has issued an invitation to tender for what will become the largest LNG carrier newbuilding program in history to support the expansion of its North Field Expansion (NFE) Project. As well as covering the NFE project, which will significantly increase the company’s LNG production...
April 23rd, 20190Gulf International Services subsidiary Gulf Drilling International has been awarded a three-year drilling contract with North Oil Company for 2014-built jackup rig . The rig, which recently came off a five-year contract with Qatar Petroleum, will be used at North Oil Company's development at the Al Shaheen oil field. William Ceppi,...
April 3rd, 20190A Chinese yard is pressing ahead with what will become the world’s largest LNG carrier, dwarfing even the existing Qatari Q-Maxes that have dominated the gas trades over the past decade. Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, which has led China’s LNG carrier building to date, has teamed with class society DNV GL to develop a 270,000 cu m...
March 28th, 20195John Angelicoussis is upping his gas ties with Qatar via his company Maran Ventures. He and Qatari gas shipping line Nakilat have formed another joint venture to own four more LNG carriers. The new venture is split 60:40 in Nakilat’s favour. The four 173,400 cu m ships are being built in South Korea. Angelicoussis commented,...
March 25th, 20190Qatar limestone specialist Aswan Trading and Contracting has acquired another Japanese-built post-panamax bulker, according to brokers. Advanced Shipping & Trading are reporting that Aswan has acquired the 2002-built from Hachiuma Steamship, paying low to mid $8m for the Imabari Marugame-built vessel. The price is in line with...
