Besix confirms Mozambique LNG jetty work
Belgium’s marine construction specialist Besix, working with Mota-Engil, will build the marine facilities for the Mozambique LNG project.
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Mozambique LNG site clear of coronavirus
There are no cases of coronavirus at the Mozambique LNG site, in the country’s north, Australia’s RBR Group has reported.
Saipem wins £260m deal with Petrobras in Brazil
Italian oil and gas contractor Saipem has announced a multi-million pound deal with Petrobras at its Buzios pre-salt field.
Move to green energy paying dividends for Petrofac and Saipem during Covid-19
It is no accident that those traditional oil and gas companies which shifted investment and skills towards the renewable energy market are the same firms now celebrating big offshore wind contracts.
International lenders come together for NLNG
A consortium of local and Nigerian banks, with three export credit agencies (ECAs), have agreed to provide $3 billion of financing for the seventh train at Nigeria LNG (NLNG).
Saipem firms up NLNG construction win
Nigeria LNG has awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for a seventh train, worth more than $4 billion.
Saipem wins £225m Baltic Sea pipeline project
Engineering firm Saipem has won a £225million project to transport and install a new natural gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea.
Saipem’s ‘outlook good’ but sinks to red as offshore drilling assets take £228m write-down
Italian energy services firm Saipem said its outlook is “good” but the recent deterioration of the oil market sunk the company to a loss in the first quarter of the year.
Descalzi in line for Eni spot despite objections
The Italian government has expressed its support for Claudio Descalzi to remain in his post as CEO of Eni despite misgivings voiced from a number of sources.
Eni pays out to SEC for Saipem case
Eni has reached a deal with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to pay a fine to resolve sham payments in Algeria by Saipem.
WATCH: Saipem’s Scarabeo 9 crosses the Bosphorus Strait
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Virus looks set to delay BP’s Tangguh LNG expansion
BP will be bracing for a delay in the start-up of its third liquefied natural gas (LNG) train at the Tangguh LNG project in West Papua province, Indonesia, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Saipem ‘beats all targets’ for 2019 as it swings back to profit
Saipem has said it has “beat all targets” for 2019 after swinging back to a profit, slashing debt and achieving a record order backlog.
Saipem keeping 2,000 workers at home due to deadly coronavirus
Italian oil and gas contractor Saipem has confirmed that more than 2,000 staff are working from home due to the coronavirus.
Saipem orders workers in affected coronavirus areas to ‘stay at home’
Italian oil and gas contractor Saipem has told workers in the affected coronavirus regions to "stay at home" and avoid "social interactions".
EnQuest plans to temporarily leave ‘precarious’ Thistle storage tanks on seabed
EnQuest has revealed plans to temporarily leave a pair of 1,200-tonne oil storage tanks from its Thistle platform at the bottom of the North Sea after structural concerns forced their removal.
‘Tough choices remain’ for service companies, analyst says
Some supply chain bosses may have come into 2020 hoping it would be the year when they finally get rewarded for surviving five years of low rates and cost-cutting.
Saipem wins work for EnQuest’s Thistle platform as part of £386m string of deals
Italian engineering services firm Saipem has been contracted to carry out work on EnQuest’s stricken Thistle platform in the UK North Sea.
Further jobs to go at BiFab as speculation mounts of delay to NnG project
Further jobs are set to go at Fife-based manufacturer Burntisland Fabrication (BiFab) as it emerged that a potential life-saving wind farm contract for the firm could be delayed.
Scot Gov to impose local supply chain commitments on offshore wind developers
New rules set out by the Scottish Government will impose strict supply chain commitments on developers looking to build giant offshore wind farm off the coast of Scotland.
EDF brings in ‘walking’ jack-up barge for North Sea wind survey work
French energy firm EDF Renewables has announced it has brought in a 'walking jack-up barge' to do North Sea survey work on its planned Neart Na Gaoithe (NnG) Offshore Wind Farm.
Vessel capacity warning
Growth of the offshore energy market looks set to be hampered by a looming shortage of competent construction vessel capacity.
NLNG greenlights Train 7
Nigeria LNG (NLNG) has taken the final investment decision (FID) on Train 7, the long-awaited expansion project that will take the project’s capacity to 30 million tonnes per year.
Saipem wins contract extensions worth over £1bn
Italian oil and gas contractor Saipem has announced contract extensions totaling over £1 billion.
‘War of words’ as unions accuse Scottish Government of inaction over BiFab
A bitter war of words has broken out as two Scottish trade unions have accused the Scottish Government of inaction over jobs at troubled firm Burntisland Fabrication (BiFab).