CARLYSS, La. – Global Industries announced today that its Brazil Business Unit has signed a contract with Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) for diving, ROV and construction services to be performed offshore Brazil, in the areas of Campos, Santos and Espirito Santo basins. The 180-day contract is valued at approximately US$ 70 million and has an option for [...]

Petronas may pick one of the three smaller Malaysian players for at least one of five contracts reportedly valued at a combined 1 billion ringgit ($849 million). Sources said the move will be in line with the push to nurture more local installation contractors.

HOUSTON — Orion Marine Group, Inc., a heavy civil marine contractor serving the marine infrastructure sector, announced that Peter Buchler has joined Orion Marine Group as Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary.  Mr. Buchler will also serve as the Company’s Chief Compliance Officer.

HOUSTON — Restart of Eugene Island pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico is expected in late September after repair of a leak is finished, operator Shell Pipeline said on Tuesday. “Maintenance is taking place 24/7. We will update the timeline in late August as work progresses,” a Shell spokesman said.

By Tan Hwee Hwee Ten to eleven contractors may bid for two transportation and installation contracts linked to the first two phases of Total’s South Mahakam gas and liquids development off Indonesia. As earlier reported, Global Industries, Saipem and Hyundai Heavy Industries are among the attendees at the pre-bid meeting held last Friday. Total had [...]

Global Industries, Ltd. announced this week that it has entered into an exclusive agreement with Fluor Offshore Solutions, a division of Fluor Corporation, to pursue offshore projects in the Middle East and North Africa region. The exclusive agreement, which will build on the combined 60 years of offshore experience of both companies, will jointly market [...]

Carigali-PTTEPI’s central processing platform (CPP) and floating storage offloading vessel (FSO) are due to be installed in the Muda field later this quarter using Global Industries’ barge DLB 264. The topside of the Muda CPP is due to set sail from Singapore’s SMOE shipyard this Friday. The 18,000-tonne topside will be transported to Block B-17 [...]

Seven contractors are said to be running for the five transportation and installation packages offered under the Petronas’ umbrella tender issued on behalf of 11 PSC operators in Malaysia. The contenders include the five mentioned in an earlier report : SapuraCrest’s affiliate, TL Offshore, Bumi Armada-J Ray McDermott, Saipem, Sigurros and PBJV, as well as [...]