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Contents ProjectsOGP is proud to be exhibiting at OTC 2012 in Houston this year – Show Stand 2375/8. Our global representatives, Ross Whyte and Drew Robertson, are in attendance and are excited to meet with any clients or other interested parties to discuss the development and application of the project tracker. ProjectsOGP is an essential business development tool that tracks the life-cycle of global oil, gas and petrochemical projects. The project tracker has been designed to provide comprehensive, up-to-date and accurate information on operators, contractors and subcontractors involved in projects. Conforming to modern expectations of digital media, ProjectsOGP has been created to be user friendly and intuitive through the simplicity in searching, accessing and exporting specific information from global projects. Complimenting the project tracking system are interactive features allowing users to identify and track projects of choice, targeting markets by project type, contract type or geographically. A pro-active CRM system allows users to forward plan business and project strategies by identifying new opportunities at the earliest possible stage. ProjectsOGP is the newest product brought to the market by Red Mist Media, proprietor of Your Industry News and The Cable Directory. The ProjectsOGP magazine - OTC Edition demonstrates a cross section of the latest developments and contract awards from global projects within the oil, gas and petrochemical industries, which have been entered into the online database this month. The latest advancement for ProjectsOGP sees the introduction of a new ‘project type’ category breakdown that covers new build drilling rig projects. This new project group is scheduled for launch by the end of April. To increase your global business intelligence pool and retain a competitive advantage, why not register for a free 48 hour trial of ProjectsOGP at www.projectsogp.com to access information on over 2,800 projects in the oil, gas and petrochemical industries.

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North America

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Lucius Field

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Marine Well Containment System

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Big Foot Field

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North America - Awards

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South America

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Lula Field

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Llanos Basin

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Mariscal Sucre

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South America – Awards

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International

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Europe – Awards

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Africa – Awards

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Middle East – Awards

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Asia & Oceania – Awards

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Client Features

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With proximity to OTC’s Houston backdrop, we take a comprehensive look at the Lucius project in the Gulf of Mexico as substantial advancements become apparent in Anadarko’s deepwater operation. Since the sanctioning for development of the project in the conclusion of 2011, the first quarter of 2012 has seen numerous and significant contract awards for the Lucius. Almost two years on from the Deepwater Horizon disaster, our second feature project in North America focuses on the Marine Well Containment System being developed by some of the industry’s biggest international operators. With an interim containment system already in place, an expanded system is scheduled for delivery in 2012.

Our third feature project again centres on deepwater operations in the Gulf of Mexico with the Big Foot field development, a further testament to the lucrative Walker Ridge area. With some recent contract awards and an abundance of historical information on operators, main and sub contractors, the Big Foot has been reviewed in an effort to showcase the capability of ProjectsOGP’s online database as a business intelligence tool. A selection of recent developments and contract awards of note are also featured throughout the continent’s oil, gas and petrochemical projects. ProjectsOGP currently tracks 337 projects in North America, each categorised by stream, project type, contract type and project status.

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Lucius Oil & Gas Field Gulf of Mexico Situated in Blocks 874, 875, 918 and 919 of the Keathley Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico, the Lucius field lies at a water depth of approximately 2,164 metres. Discovery was made in Block 875, in December 2009, hitting more than 60 metres of net pay in sub-salt of Pliocene and Miocene sands. The field indicates thick reservoir sands with very good porosity and permeability.

Project Facts Value: US$250 million Startup Year: 2014 Water Depth: 2,164m Upstream Gas Reserves: 1,000 billion ft³

Lucius is expected to be developed using a truss spar, which will consist of a cylindrical hard tank with the truss extending beneath to the keel for lighter weight. Additionally configured for hosting subsea completions, six producing wells are planned to be connected to the 23,000 tonne platform. The Lucius spar will have a production capacity of 80,000 bpd (barrels per day) of oil and 450 MMcf/d (million cubic feet per day) of natural gas. Drilling will commence in 2012 with first production scheduled for 2014. Anadarko Petroleum serves as operator with 35% interest, with Plains Exploration & Production (23.3%), Apache Corporation (11.7%), Exxonmobil (15%), Petrobras (9.6%) and Eni (5.4%) holding the remaining interest.

Contractors Ensco: Drilling contractor Mustang Engineering: pre-FEED and topsides EPC Technip: EPC and transport of a 23,000 ton Truss Spar hull J P Kenny: pre-FEED - Subsea flowlines and umbilicals FMC Technologies: Subsea systems and life-of-field services Aker Solutions: Installation and supply of tube umbilicals Saipem: Transportation and installation contract for pipeline

Subcontractors First Subsea Ltd: Supply the mooring line connectors for Technip © Technip

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First Subsea awarded spar mooring connector contract for Lucius Field

Saipem secures transportation contract in Gulf of Mexico

First Subsea Ltd has been awarded a contract by Technip USA Inc to supply the mooring line connectors for a new spar platform moored in 2,134 metres of water in the Lucius field, Keathley Canyon block 875 in the Gulf of Mexico.

Saipem has won a transportation and installation contract for a 350 kilometre, 20 inch, OD Gulf of Mexico gas export pipeline in 100 to 2,100 metres of water.

The Lucius spar will be moored by nine Ballgrab ball and taper mooring connectors attached to polyester mooring lines. The Ballgrab connector comprises a male connector and female receptacle. The Series III male connectors will comply with the new ABS Mooring Guide 2009.

Mustang wins Lucius topsides contract Mustang has been awarded the topsides engineering contract for the Lucius field development.

Castorone will perform this work second half of 2013. The pipeline will transport gas from the Lucius and Hadrian South fields.

FMC Technologies wins subsea systems contract from Anadarko Petroleum Corporation FMC Technologies Inc. has signed an agreement with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to provide subsea systems and life-of-field services for its Lucius project.

Mustang will carry out the topsides engineering, procurement support and equipment inspection for a truss spar floating production facility at the deepwater project.

FMC’s scope of supply includes five subsea production trees and two manifolds. The equipment will be supplied from the company’s operation in Houston and deliveries are expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Detailed engineering on the Lucius project is scheduled to be completed during the third quarter of 2012.

Technip awarded subsea contract for the Lucius field in the Gulf of Mexico

Aker Solutions lands umbilicals contract for the Lucius field

Technip was awarded a lump sum contract by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation for the development of the Lucius field.

Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract for eight steel tube umbilicals, by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, for the Lucius field. The scope of work includes the project management, design, engineering, and manufacturing of two electro/ hydraulic dynamic production umbilicals, two gas lift dynamic umbilicals, three electro/hydraulic infield umbilicals and one gas lift infield umbilical, including all associated ancillary equipment required for installation and interface with the existing development. These umbilicals will utilise the patented Aker Solutions PVC profile matrix, which provides both predictable estimates of fatigue and friction, as well as improved crush and impact resistance.

The contract covers, installation of a flexible flowline, multiple flexible gas lift jumpers, main gas lift and infield umbilicals, subsea distribution units, electrical, fiber optic and hydraulic flying leads, design and fabrication of the flexible flowline end termination, fabrication and installation of rigid jumpers, burial of flowlines, and flooding and hydrotesting of the flowline system. Technip’s operating centre in Houston, will perform the overall project management. The company, which recently acquired Global Industries, will use some of their key assets for this project, including their Deep Blue deepwater pipelay vessel. The vessel will be used during the offshore installation phases in 2013 and 2014.

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Marine Well Containment North America In response to 2010’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, energy giants ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Shell joined efforts in founding the Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC). Headquartered in Houston, MWCC recognises the need to be better prepared in the event an operator losing complete control and subsequent containment of a well. Committed to being continuously ready for response to incidents in the deepwaters of the Gulf, the company commenced development of an interim containment system, which became available in 2011. As an ongoing project, an expanded containment system has been designed to increase flexibility, adaptivity and mobilization time. The new system will be compatible with a wide range of well designs and equipment, various oil and natural gas flow rates, as well as diverse weather conditions. Furthermore, the expanded containment system will be engineered for use in water depths of up to 3,048 metres and has the capacity to contain up to 100,000 barrels of liquid per day, and up to 200 million standard cubic feet of gas per day.

Interim Containment System

Contractors AMEC: Capping stack Technip: FEED Weatherford: Topside process modules for two dynamically positioned tankers Scana Subsea: Forgings and machining work on workover riser joints, top and bottom riser assembly joints, goosenecks and U-joints Wood Group PSN: Technical support services for MWCC’s containment system

Sub contractors Drydocks World: Conversion work on a pair of tankers

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Marine Well Containment Company receives tanker for expanded containment system Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) has delivered a new Aframax tanker to its expanded containment system. Named “Eagle Texas” in a recent ceremony in Takamatsu, Japan, the tanker will be operated by AET Tanker Holdings. The vessel will soon undergo extensive conversion and modification before taking up duties in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The Eagle Texas is one of two dedicated capture vessels that will serve as part of MWCC’s expanded containment system. Modular process equipment will be installed on the capture vessels and will connect to the riser assembly that directs the oil from the subsea components. The process equipment will separate the oil from the gas, safely store the oil and flare the gas. Oil will be offloaded to shuttle tankers and transported to shore. The company’s expanded containment system is on track for delivery in 2012. It is being engineered for use in deepwater depths up to 3,048 metres with the capacity to process up to 100,000 bol (barrels of liquid) and handle up to 200 million standard cubic feet of gas per day.

Scana awarded US$3.6 million contracts for Gulf of Mexico well containment project

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Scana Industrier ASA has through its subsidiary Scana Subsea, been awarded contracts for the U.S Gulf of Mexico Marine well containment system project and the Hibernia project in Canada. Initial contracts are valued at US$3.6 million. The Scana scope of work includes forgings and machining for top and bottom riser assembly joints, goosenecks and U-joints to the riser system as well as work-over riser joints. Deliveries will commence during fourth quarter of 2011 through to second quarter of 2012.

Drydocks World secures AET contract for the Marine Well Containment system The MCVs will be converted from two newbuild aframax tankers - the Eagle Texas and Eagle Louisiana - constructed for AET at the Tsuneishi Tadotsu shipyard in Japan. AET is converting these vessels as part of the MWCC’s well containment system. The conversion will be conducted at Drydocks World’s Dubai facility and will allow the tankers to continue to operate as tankers in the US Gulf of Mexico, with capability to be deployed as MCVs within the shortest possible time. The first vessel is expected to arrive at the yard in December 2011 and the second vessel in February 2012. Each project should take nine months to complete. Each vessel will be equipped to handle about 100,000 barrels of liquid and about 200 million standard cubic feet of gas per day. The MCVs are capable of operating at depths of 3,048 metres. The vessels will be outfitted with new containment system components provided by MWCC. Conversion scope includes installation of four off-power generators, four off-retractable type azimuth thrusters, one tunnel thruster, dynamic positioning system, pipe racks on deck and supports for process module, flare tower, and turret among other items.

Marine Well Containment Company has granted two service contracts to Wood Group Wood Group has been granted two contracts by the MWCC, committed to improving capabilities for containing a deepwater well control incident in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Wood Group companies Wood Group PSN and Mustang will provide technical support services for MWCC’s containment system to be used in the event of a deepwater well control incident in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Wood Group PSN is helping MWCC enhance plans and procedures to maintain MWCC’s interim containment system equipment. Mustang is assisting MWCC in the analysis of drillship oil and gas processing equipment. Mustang will conduct steady state and transient modelling of subsea equipment, evaluate hydrate condition and mitigation, and develop process simulation modules.

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Big Foot Field Gulf of Mexico The Big Foot field development is a deepwater discovery in the Gulf of Mexico, situated in Block 29 of the Walker Ridge Area, approximately 362 kilometres south of New Orleans, Louisiana. Three exploration and appraisal wells with multiple sidetracks have been drilled successfully in the field to define the structure. Estimated to contain total recoverable resources in excess of 200 million boe (barrels of oil equivalent), the field’s primary pay sands are middle to upper Miocene, ranging from 5,800-7,300 metres and lying below a salt canopy approximately 2,400 to 4,500 metres thick. Big Foot will be developed with a dry tree Extended Tension Leg Platform with an onboard drilling rig and have production capacity of 75,000 bpd (barrels per day) of oil and 25 MMcf/d (million cubic feet per day) of natural gas. Production of first oil from the well is expected in 2014.

Project Facts Location: Block 29, Walker Ridge, Gulf of Mexico Value: US$4,000 million Start year: 2014 Water Depth: 1,600 m Oil Reserves: 150 million bbl

Chevron serves as operator of the Big Foot field with 60% interest, with partners Statoil ASA (27.5%) and Marubeni Oil & Gas (12.5%) holding the remaining interest.

Contractors Dockwise: Transport Big Foot platform newbuilding FloaTec (Floatation Technologies Inc): Conceptual design study for the field, FEED - Hull, mooring, risers Mentor Subsea Technology: Responsible for the examination of subsea hardware for the field J Ray McDermott: Feasibility Study - Formulate topsides parameters Mustang Engineering: FEED - To evaluate topsides. Aker Solutions: To review options for a Semi-Sub Technip: Review options for Spar IntecSea: Pre FEED / Preliminary Design & Engineering - For subsea layout KBR: FEED - For the topsides and EPC - Detailed design for topsides with engineering and procurement support. Houston Offshore Engineering: To work with FloaTec GATE (Gibson Applied Technology & Engineering) LLC: FEED - To provide specialized chemical systems, materials, corrosion and operations and HSE support 2H Offshore Engineering: Subsea / SURF - For work on riser systems Gulf Marine Fabricators, L.P.: EPC - Topsides Contruction Dril-Quip - Subsea / SURF: Subsea wellhead equipment, specialty connectors, and tubulars. Baker Hughes: To supply ESP systems and production packers GE Oil & Gas: Tension leg platform (TLP) marine riser tensioner system Wood Group: Commission the Big Foot extended tension leg platform (E-TLP) Harris CapRock Communications: Telecommunications systems and infrastructure Heerema Marine Contractors Embridge: Construct and operate an oil pipeline

Sub contractors BMT Fluid Mechanics: in partnership with BMT ARGOSS, to provide Tow Simulation Services for Heerema Marine Contractors Nederland B.V Inc. (“HMC”) Kiewit: The topsides tonnage is thought to be about 25,000 tonnes, which could require the use of Kiewit’s Heavy Lifting Device - a twin boom crane capable of lifting 13,000 tonnes. Foster Wheeler: Detail design of pipeline (It is understood that Kiewit has been assisting Gulf Island with the platform on the Bigfoot project.)

Wood Group PSN awarded commissioning contract for Chevron’s Big Foot facility

BMT to provide Tow Simulation Services for Chevron’s Jack St. Malo and Big Foot Platforms

Wood Group PSN has been granted a multi-million dollar, three year contract by Chevron U.S.A. Inc. to commission the Big Foot extended tension leg platform in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

Heerema Marine Contractors Nederland B.V Inc. has awarded a contract to BMT Fluid Mechanics in partnership with BMT ARGOSS, providing Tow Simulation Services for the inshore tow of Jack St. Malo and Big Foot Production Platforms to be installed in the Gulf of Mexico.

Work will be performed by DSI, Wood Group PSN’s commissioning services business. DSI’s scope of work covers the full commissioning process, from development of procedures, through inspection and testing of every operational component at the South Texas fabrication yards and offshore, to the final hand-over of systems to Chevron.

Dockwise lands contract from Chevron for its US$4 billion Big Foot Platform Dockwise has been awarded a contract from Chevron to transport its Big Foot platform newbuilding from South Korea to the Gulf of Mexico. Dockwise is understood to have lined up its vessel Mighty Servant 1 for the transportation of the 46,000-tonne extended tension-leg platform from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in the second half of 2012. The journey is expected to take around two months but could not be drawn on the contract price. Chevron signed off on its US$4 billion Big Foot development in December 2010. The platform will sit at the field some 320 kilometres south of New Orleans in water depths of 1600 metres and will have a drilling rig onboard. Local yard Gulf Island Fabrication was awarded the contract to build the topside for the platform in December 2010.

GE to supply TLP Tensioner System for Chevron’s Big Foot Platform in a deal worth US$45 million GE Oil & Gas received a US$45 million contract from Chevron for the supply and service of a tension leg platform (TLP), marine riser Tensioner Systems, for deployment on its Big Foot oil and gas field in the Gulf of Mexico. The company is making key design modifications to develop ‘push-up’ style, marine riser Tensioner equipment, to enable the Big Foot TLP to deal with challenging wave and current movement conditions of deepwater applications. The Big Foot TLP will be the first unit to operate in a water depth of 1,585 metres. The TLP will include an on-board drilling rig and will have a production capacity of 75,000 barrels of oil per day and 25 million cubic feet per day of natural gas. Installation of the TLP is scheduled to begin in November 2012 and first oil is expected in 2014.

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BMT will be engineering, procuring, installing and commissioning a purpose built simulation facility to be located in Houston, Texas, for the purpose of training tug captains and other marine personnel involved with the inshore towing of the platforms from the Ingleside integration yards. The inshore tows are particularly challenging because of the extremely small hull clearances within the shipping channels leading from the yards out to the gulf. Up to five independently controlled tug boats will be effectively, rigidly coupled to the hull to perform the 24 kilometre wet-tows. BMT’s PC Rembrandt real time manoeuvring training software will be the basis of the simulator. The simulator will provide a realistic hands-on facility for tug captains to develop safe operating strategies for the tow and develop rational weather and tide operating limits.

Harris wins telecom deal for Chevron’s Big Foot platform project in the Gulf of Mexico Harris CapRock Communications has signed a contract to provide telecommunications systems and infrastructure for Chevron’s Big Foot platform project in the Gulf of Mexico. Under the terms of the agreement, Harris CapRock will conduct the robust design, integration and testing of telecommunications subsystems, including UHF (Ultra-High Frequency) trunked, marine VHF (Very High Frequency), survival and aeronautical radios, radar, AIS (Automatic Identification System) and weather tracking systems, closed-circuit and entertainment TV, personnel on board location and access, VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) and associated fibre, CAT-6 structured cabling, and the infrastructure to support all services. Chevron requires a customised solution including the design, integration and testing of telecommunications systems before deployment, along with VSAT hardware and service during production. Specifically, Chevron’s needs include telecommunications and electronic equipment, fibre and structured cabling, RF (Radio Frequency) and coax cabling, and an overall telecommunications infrastructure. The systems integration work will support all aspects of the project from design through to FAT (Factory Acceptance Testing), with the testing period to be held at Harris CapRock’s energy headquarters in Houston, Texas.

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North America WorleyParsons wins US$57.9 million TransCanada contracts TransCanada has awarded WorleyParsons two fabrication and construction contracts worth US$57.9 million for work on the Hardisty terminal facilities in Alberta, Canada. WorleyParsonsCord will conduct Terminal A brownfield work and Terminal B balance of plant construction at the TransCanada Pipelines Limited Hardisty facility. The contracts are scheduled for completion by December 2012. Hardisty, situated 190 kilometres southeast of Edmonton, Canada, is the site of TransCanada’s major crude oil terminal hub and will also serve as the hub for the Keystone pipeline. TransCanada acts as operator with 100% interest.

Explortex to acquire working interests in 33 Barnett Shale wells Explortex Energy, Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire the working interests in 33 Barnett Shale oil and gas wells from Point Capital Barnett Shale Investors, G.P. which holds interest in 14 wells in Denton County, Texas. Point Capital Barnett Shale Investors II, LP holds interest in 19 additional wells located in Denton, Cooke and Wise Counties, Texas. Consideration for the transaction is approximately US$1.3 million. A total of approximately US$10.5 million was invested into the General Partnerships over the last six years. The Barnett Shale formation is located in the Bend Arch-Fort Worth Basin, which primarily spans northern Texas and southern Oklahoma.

Pulse Seismic signs US$27.8 million 3D seismic data license Pulse Seismic Inc. has signed a US$27.8 million seismic data licensing agreement, with the majority of the seismic data located in the Cutbank Ridge area of northwest British Columbia. Seismic data sales from the company’s 2010 significant asset acquisition of the Cutbank Ridge and Montney datasets have now totalled US$49.5 million in the 18-month period ended March 31, 2012. This represents an 89% cash recovery of the US$55.6 million cash component of the purchase price for this acquisition.

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Cal Dive awarded Pemex Subsea Pipeline Installation contract to generate US$46 million in total revenue Cal Dive International has been awarded a US$46 million contract by Pemex Exploración y Producción for the installation of a 20 inch subsea pipeline located in the Abkatun, Pol and Chuc fields, offshore Mexico. The contract will utilise two of the company’s key assets and the offshore construction is expected to commence in the second quarter of 2012. The Abkatun, Pol and Chuc fields are located in the Campeche Sound, offshore Mexico, at a water depth of 73 metres. Pemex acts as operator of the fields with 100% interest.

Fugro signs letter of award for seismic survey Fugro Geoteam has signed a letter of award worth over US$40 million with Statoil Canada for a 3D seismic survey offshore Newfoundland. The survey will be undertaken using one of Fugro Geoteam’s industry leading C-Class seismic vessels during the second and third quarters of 2012.

Subsea 7 wins US$100 million Terra Nova SURF contract Subsea 7 S.A. has been awarded a SURF (subsea, umbilical, riser, flowline) contract, worth approximately US$100 million, from Suncor Energy for work on its Terra Nova field, off the coast of Newfoundland. The contract scope includes the management, engineering and installation of nine 300 metre replacement risers and associated flowlines, jumpers and tie-ins. Engineering and project management activities will be executed at Subsea 7’s St John’s office, with offshore operations due to start during the third quarter of 2012. Offshore Canada, the Terra Nova field is situated in the Jeanne d’Arc basin, approximately 350 kilometres southeast of St. John’s, Newfoundland. Suncor Energy serves as operator with 29% interest, with partners ExxonMobil (22%), Husky Oil (17.5%), Statoil ASA (15%), Murphy Oil (12%), Mosbacher Operating (3.5%) and Chevron Canada (1%) holding the remaining interest.

Technip awarded subsea contract for the Hadrian South Development in the Gulf Of Mexico ExxonMobil awarded Technip a contract for subsea equipment on the Hadrian South natural gas development in the Gulf of Mexico. The contract covers project management, procurement and installation of two 11 kilometre long flowlines and associated jumpers, installation of a 14 kilometre umbilical, associated foundation and flying leads, as well as pre-commissioning. The Deep Blue, a deepwater pipelay vessel from the Technip fleet, is scheduled to install the subsea equipment in 2013. Technip will execute the contract from its operating centre in Houston, Texas, while the flowlines to be welded at Technip’s spoolbase located in Mobile, Alabama. At a depth of approximately 2,300 metres of water, the Hadrian South is situated in Keathley Canyon Block 919, in the Gulf of Mexico. ExxonMobil operates with 50% interest, with partners Petrobras (25%) and Eni (25%) holding the remaining interest.

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Hess Corporation has awarded Technip a contract for the development of the Tubular Bells field, located in the Mississippi Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico. The company will work on 28 miles of flowlines, steel catenary risers, pipeline end terminations, piles and structures under the contract, which covers design, engineering, fabrication and subsea installation. Technip will manage the project from its Houston operating centre, while the flowlines and risers will be welded at the company’s spoolbase in Mobile, Alabama. Offshore installation is scheduled to be completed with the Deep Blue, one of Technip’s deepwater pipe-lay vessels, during the first half of 2013. The Tubular Bells field is located in the Mississippi Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico, 217 kilometres southeast of New Orleans, at a water depth of approximately 1,370 metres. BP serves operator with 50% interest, with partners Dehvron Texaco (30%) and Hess Corporation (20%) holding the remaining interest.

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South America In relation to a flurry of recent activity, as well as the working interests of several companies based out of OTC’s home town, our first feature project in South America examines the Lula field (formerly Tupi), located in the presalt region of the Santos basin. The Basin covers a 352,260 sq kilometre area in the south Atlantic Ocean, offshore Brazil, and the development of Petrobras’ Lula has seen several notable contract awards in the early stages of 2012. Colombia’s prolific Llanos Basin provides the focus for our second feature on the continent, with various operations yielding significant finds in the area. The article provides a sample of the 30 detailed Llanos projects currently being tracked by ProjectsOGP, intended to highlight the use of the database in searching for exploration activities around the globe. Again due to numerous recent events, our third feature project concentrates on the Mariscal Sucre natural gas project in Venezuela, including both the development of four primary offshore fields, as well as an onshore complex. Alongside recent contract awards, our project information details the future of intended progressions within the Mariscal Sucre, as an effort to demonstrate the extent of research being undertaken by our independent team. Additionally, further samples of new developments and significant awards are featured throughout South America’s oil, gas and petrochemical projects. ProjectsOGP currently tracks 214 projects in the continent, each categorised by project stream, project type, contract type and project status.

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Lula Field Brazil Discovered in July 2006, the Lula field is Brazil’s largest discovery to date, located in block BM-S-11 in the Santos Basin, 250 kilometres off the south coast of Rio de Janeiro. Formerly known as Tupi, Lula is located in water depth of 2,126 metres and holds an estimated total recoverable resources of 5-8 billion boe (barrels of oil equivalent), with the gravity of the light oil discovery measured at 28º API. The Lula field lies below the ocean under almost 3,048 metres of sand and rocks and a layer of salt some 1,981 metres thick. The salt formation in this region is over 800 kilometres long, extending along the coast of south eastern Brazil below waters that are 1524-3,048 metres deep. The find is particularly important because it will provide a source of light crude for Brazilian refineries, which were built before Brazil started producing oil and are not made to handle the country’s heavy crude. Peak production at Lula will probably reach 1-1.2 million bpd (barrels per day) between 2022 and 2024.

Project Facts Value: US$12,000 million Startup Year: August 2013 Location: Block BM-S-11, Santos Basin

Petrobras serves as operator of the Lula field with 65% interest, with partners BG Group (25%) and Galp Energia SGPS SA (10%) holding the remaining interest. Contractors: Aker Solutions: EPC for topside seawater treatment and sulphate removal module Allseas: EPC for pipeline development Baker Hughes: Drilling system Bohai Oil Marine Engineering & Supply Company (Bomesc): EPC for sulphur removal unit, electric housing, pipe rack, fuel gas system and chemical injection system BW Offshore: FPSO for production test CGGVeritas: 3D survey CompactGTL: Gas-to-liquids technology Consortium for pipeline EPC: Corus UK Ltd., TenarisConfab Consortium for FPSO hull EPC: Engevix, GVA Consultants (KBR Company) Modec Inc.: FPSO Cidade de Angra dos Reis MV22 (Marubeni, Mitsui and Mitsui OSK Lines invested in a charter for this vessel March 2012) Noble Drilling: Drilling contractor Consortium for Cidade de Paraty FPSO charter and EPC: Queiroz Galvao, SBM (Single Buoy Moorings) Rolls-Royce: Thirty-two RB211 gas turbine power generation packages, including waste-heat recovery units Saipem: EPCI contract for an 18-inch, 19-kilometre export line as well as a new E&C contract in April 2012 Sofec Inc.: Spread mooring Subsea 7: Four riser systems Technip: Flexible pipeline and EPC for pipelay development Wellstream: Pilot flexible risers Sub Contractors: ABB: Electrical module Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co Ltd.: Hull and marine system EPC for Modec’s DOF Subsea: Survey and positioning services for Technip Dresser-Rand: Compressors Keppel FELS Ltd.: Upgrade of FPSO for BW Offshore Oil States International: Steel catenary riser terminations Parker Hannifin: Steel wire tether system

Technip wins Petrobras pre-salt contract offshore Brazil Petrobras has awarded a contract for pre-salt field development on the Guara & Lula Nordeste fields in the Santos basin, offshore Brazil, to Technip. Technip will manufacture 24 kilometres of six inch gas injection flexible lines for the project, along with 18 kilometres of flowlines, two 200 metre top risers and four 1,400 metre intermediate and bottom risers. The gas injection lines will be used to re-inject produced gas into the reservoir to respect new Brazilian environmental regulations. The flexible lines will be manufactured at Technip-operated facilities, including one in the Brazilian city of Acu, and will be delivered in two batches, the second one to arrive in the first quarter of 2013.

Petrobras awards Rolls-Royce US$651 million gas turbine-based power packages Rolls-Royce has been awarded new contracts with a potential value of US$651 million by Petrobras to support its production activities offshore Brazil. Rolls-Royce will supply Petrobras with 32 RB211 gas turbine power generation packages, including waste-heat recovery units, to meet the power generation requirements of eight separate Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels. The FPSOs, used for the processing of hydrocarbons and storage of oil, will operate in the petroleum rich Lula and Guará oilfields, located in the pre-salt area of the Santos Basin. The new gas turbine power generation packages will be delivered in groups of four, with the first units scheduled for delivery in the first quarter of 2013. Four gas turbine generating sets will be installed on each of the eight FPSO’s. To ensure that the FPSO vessels operate at peak performance levels, Rolls-Royce will also provide Petrobras with long-term services, technical support and training.

Saipem secures gas pipeline contract for Lula Development Petrobras has awarded Saipem a new E&C contract for the Lula development. The EPCI contract pertains to the gas export trunkline Rota Cabiúnas, situated in the Santos Basin pre-salt region, approximately 300 kilometres off the coast of the State of Sao Paulo. The development comprises the engineering and procurement of subsea equipment, and the installation of a 380 kilometre long pipeline with a 24 inch diameter, in a maximum water depth of 2,200 metres. The pipeline will connect the central gathering manifold in the Lula field, in the Santos Basin, to the onshore Processing Plant of Cabiúnas, located in the Macaé district, in the State of Rio de Janeiro. Work is scheduled for completion in the second quarter of 2014.

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Dresser-Rand has received a US$700 million contract from Tupi and Guara to supply compression equipment and services in Brazil. The contract includes up to 80 Datum compressor trains, which will be installed on eight FPSO vessels. Six of the vessels will be deployed in the Lula field and the other two will be sent to the Guara field. The contract also includes training, aftermarket services and two ten-year maintenance deals.

Saipem awarded new E&C offshore contracts worth approximately US$600 million Saipem has been awarded new E&C Offshore contracts in South America worth approximately US$600 million. In Brazil, Saipem has been awarded an EPCI (engineering, procurement, construction and installation) contract by Petrobras for the development of the gas export pipeline Lula NE - Cernambi, in the Santos Basin Pre-Salt Region. The development encompasses the engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of a gas export pipeline 18 inches in diameter and 19 kilometres long, and related subsea equipment, which will be laid in a maximum water depth of 2,200 metres. The pipeline will connect the field of Cernambi to a Central Manifold in the field of Lula. The majority of the offshore activities will be performed by the deepwater field development ship Saipem FDS 2 during the second half of 2013. This is the third export flowline from the new Pre-Salt FPSOs (after Guara and Lula NE) and the third to be installed by the Saipem FDS 2. The technology of the FDS 2 installation vessel, and specifically its powerful J-Lay capacity, is ideally suited to the installation of the ultradeep water pipelines and flowlines of the Pre-Salt fields in Brazil.

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The Llanos Basin Colombia Covering an extensive area of grassland, the Llanos Basin expands 500 kilometres east from the Colombian portion of the Andes mountains range. The Llanos shares several geological characteristics with the Western Canadian Basin, presenting similar challenges for seismic mapping and data analysis. In comparison to more mature basins in production, the Llanos Basin remains relatively unexplored but presents vast potential to find and develop large reserves. At the most recent stages in the Basin’s development, approximately 1,500 million barrels of recoverable oil have been officially documented. Discoveries within the Llanos currently consist of two giant fields (Cano-Limon and the Castilla), three major fields (Rubiales, Apiay and the Tame Complex) and over 50 minor fields.

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Operators: Ecopetrol (100%) Location: Cano Sur Block, Llanos Basin

Ecopetrol is set to launch a tender for two integrated service contracts to develop the prolific Castilla-Chichimene heavy oil complex and the recently discovered Cano Sur field.

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Operators: Taurex-Condor (50%), Brownstone (25%), Quetzal (25%) Location: Canaguaro Block, Llanos Basin

The Canaguay-1 exploration well was drilled to a final total depth of 4831 metres and is currently undergoing completion and testing to evaluate several potential oil reservoirs including the Mirador, Barco, Gacheta and Une.

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Operators: Hocol (20%), Talisman (30%), Tempa/Total (50%) Location: Niscota Block, Llanos Basin

The Huron-2 appraisal well has reached a total depth of 2438 metres. Results from Huron are expected in the first half of 2012 and another appraisal well is also expected to be drilled this year.

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Operators: Interoil Colombia (50%), PetroMagdalena Energy Corp (50%) Location: LLA-47 Block, Llanos Basin

The Lince-2 well was a re-drill of Lince-1 and tested some 90 bpd of oil, after experiencing technical difficulties. InterOil is committed to acquire 350 sq kilometres of 3D seismic and to drill 8 exploration wells before September 2014.

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Operators: CEPSA (55%), Gran Tierra (45%) Location: Llanos-22 Block, Llanos Basin

The Ramiriqui-1 exploration well has reached total depth at 5949 metres and a testing programme has been designed to define the reservoir and hydrocarbon character, with results expected in April, 2012.

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Mariscal Sucre Venezuela The Mariscal Sucre project consists of gas fields Dragon, Patao, Mejillones and Rio Caribe off the Venezuelan north eastern coast, as well as the onshore Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho gas complex located in Guiria, Sucre. Through the development of the four natural gas fields, the project is estimated to have 11-13 tcf (trillion cubic feet) of natural gas reserves. Initially aiming to produce 600 million cubic feet of natural gas a day, production is planned to eventually rise to 1.2 bcf (billion cubic feet). The gas production from Dragon and Patao will be dedicated to the domestic market, while the remainder is expected to feed the second train of the Delta Caribe LNG project.

Project Facts Value: US$3,000 million Startup Year: 2013 Upstream Gas Reserves: 14,000 billion ft³ Water Depth: 150m

There will be two semi-sub rigs that will work on the development and a 110 kilometre pipeline will connect the Dragon field to Guiria, on the mainland. The Dragon field will include a maintenance platform and a main processing facility, which will dehydrate the gas offshore. This facility will sit in 130 metres of water with subsea tiebacks from eight wells on the Dragon and Patao fields. An early production system for the Rio Caribe and Mejillones fields will include a wellhead platform plus FPSO facilities capable of exporting 30,000 bpd (barrels per day) of condensate, also featuring gas reinjection units.

PDVSA serve as operator with 60% interest, with partners CNOOC, Petronas, Sonatrach and a consortium of companies (Rosneft, Surgutneftegaz, TNK-BP, Lukoil and Gazprom) holding the remaining interest.

Contractors Cameron: Subsea equipment and services for Dragon and Patao fields Songa Offshore ASA: Drilling contract Centro Empresarial INECOM: EPC - Field engineering Saipem SpA: EPC - Dragon- CIGMA pipeline installation SNC Lavalin Inc.: FEED - Early production system for the Rio Caribe/Mejillones development and project management contract Technip: EPC - Dragon/Patao development and major procurement, installation and operation support, covering subsea, onshore and offshore facilities, for an accelerated production system

PDVSA awards SNC-Lavalin US$134 million project management contract SNC-Lavalin has signed a US$134 million project management contract with PDVSA for the Delta Caribe Oriental project in Sucre state.

will supervise the work of contractors who will be providing engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning services for the offshore and onshore facilities.

The agreement covers offshore gas fields Dragon, Patao, Mejillones and Rio Caribe, as well as the onshore Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho gas complex (Cigma). SNC-Lavalin

The initial mobilisation is underway at the project’s offices in Caracas, Cumaná, London and Houston.

Gas project output to begin in December 2012 from the Mariscal Sucre project The Mariscal Sucre offshore gas project will begin production in December 2012 after years of delays and difficulties in attracting foreign partners. Initial output from Mariscal Sucre would be 300 million cubic feet a day, eventually rising to 1.2 billion cubic feet per day. The project’s total reserves are estimated at 14.7 tcf (trillion cubic feet). Mariscal Sucre’s development has been delayed in part because of the sinking of a US$200 million exploration rig there in May 2010. President Hugo Chavez’s government wants to develop natural gas production to meet growing domestic demand that has forced Venezuela, despite sitting on some of the world’s biggest gas reserves, to import supplies from neighbouring Colombia. Electricity shortages caused widespread rationing and curbed economic growth in 2010, and are still a burning political issue for the socialist Chavez during an election year.

Technip awarded major contract for an accelerated production system on the Mariscal Sucre field in Venezuela Technip was awarded a major procurement, installation and operation support contract by Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) covering subsea, onshore and offshore facilities, for an accelerated production system on the Mariscal Sucre Dragon development. The project scope covers the supply and installation of subsea flow-lines, the supply and installation of gas processing equipment onshore, and operational support for the subsea, offshore and onshore facilities.

Venezuela selects companies to develop the Mariscal Sucre offshore gas project Venezuelan officials have chosen a group of foreign companies to develop the country’s offshore natural gas project Mariscal Sucre. Among the companies picked for the project are Petronas, CNOOC Ltd, Sonatrach, and a Russian consortium that includes Rosneft, Surgutneftegaz, TNK-BP, Lukoil and Gazprom Neft.

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South America Petrobras new well confirms light oil in Santos Basin Pre-Salt Cluster Petrobras has found light oil in ultra-deepwaters block BM-S-9 of the Santos Basin pre-salt reservoirs. The new well, 3-BRSA-1023 (3-SPS-85), named Carioca Sela, is located in the assessment area of 1-SPS-50 (Carioca) field, some 4.5 kilometres from the discovery well. In this new well, 27º API oil was recovered, in a water depth of 2,149 metres. The discovery was verified by oil sampling in test performed in reservoirs located at an approximate depth of 5,250 metres. The BM-S-9 is located approximately 273 kilometres off the south coast of Rio de Janeiro. Petrobras serves as operator with 45% interest, with partners BG do Brasil (30%) and Repsol YPF do Brasil S/A (25%) holding the remaining interest.

Petrobras oil find in pre-salt Santos basin Petrobras has found oil in block BM-S-8 of the Santos Basin pre-salt reservoirs. The discovery was made at well 4-SPS-86B (4-BRSA-971SPS), known as Carcará, 232 kilometres off the coast of São Paulo state, at a depth of 5,750 metres. The well is in 2,160 metre-deep water and was spudded December 15, 2012. The BM-S-8 block lies to the south of the Lula field, as part of the Santos Basin. Petrobras serves as operator with 66% interest, with partners Galp Energia (14%), QGEP Participacoes S.A (10%) and Barra Energia (10%) holding the remaining interest.

Wintershall secures Argentina License Wintershall has increased its activities in Argentina. Wintershall Energía S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of Kassel-based Wintershall, has been awarded the exploration permit for the Area CN-V (Cuenca Neuquina V) by the Mendoza Province. The area is located in the southernmost region of the Province and covers 369 square miles (956 square kilometres). Since 2004, Wintershall has performed field and lab-work over the whole surface, including geology mapping, geochemical analysis, geological modelling as well as 2D seismic reprocessing and interpretation. Recent evaluations indicate that the CN V Block has an important potential to explore and develop conventional and unconventional reservoirs (shale gas and shale oil) in two different sedimentary levels.

PetroMagdalena makes Colombia find PetroMagdalena has struck more oil at a sidetrack well on one of its large plays in Colombia. The Canadian independent hit a total of over seven metres of net pay at the Cernicalo-1 ST sidetrack on the Cubiro Block at the Llanos exploration programme. The well, which was spudded on 18 January 2012, was perforated in two Upper Guadalupe sands which are currently being tested. Almost four metres of net pay was found in the C7 formation with similar amounts discovered in the Upper Guadalupe formation. Seismic data showed an accumulation of around 1.5 kilometres long at Cernicalo-1 ST. The Llanos Basin is located in the eastern region of Colombia with the northern limit being the Colombian-Venezuelan border, extending south to the Guaviare River, east to the Guyana Shield, and west to the Eastern Cordillera. It covers an area of approximately 200,000 sq kilometres.

SeaBird secures seismic contract in South America SeaBird Exploration PLC has been awarded a US$3 million seismic survey contract by a major oil company in South America. The seismic shoot will be carried out by the Harrier Explorer, en route to Brazil, where the vessel will commence a long term charter early in the second quarter of 2012.

Shale oil discovery in Argentina Recoverable resources of 741 MMb of 40 - 45° API shale oil are thought to be reservoired in 428 sq kilometres of the Vaca Muerta Formation. Repsol YPF have already drilled 15 wells in the area, known as Loma La Lata Norte, and the wells have been flowing high quality shale oil at an initial rate of 5,000 boepd (barrels of oil equivalent per day). Exploration is also in progress at another discovery in a 502 sq kilometres area of the same formation, where the well is flowing 400 boepd of 35° API shale oil. There is potential for even larger reserve estimates, as Repsol YPF has rights to 12,000 sq kilometres in the Vaca Muerta Basin. The Vaca Muerta Formation is one of the world’s largest non-conventional reservoirs. The Loma La Lata Norte area is located in the Neuquén province of Argentina. Repsol YPF is the operator with 100% interest.

Amerisur lands drilling contract for Colombia campaign Amerisur Resources Plc has signed a contract for a drilling rig to perform its Platanillo drilling campaign. The Serinco D10 1200HP drilling unit has been contracted for two firm wells with a continuing option to extend for further wells. The D10 drilling unit recently drilled a 3,353 metre well under contract to the Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos (ANH), and is currently located in Bogota and Tumaco. Following agreement of preventative maintenance and load out procedures, Serinco expects to begin mobilisation of the unit and its associated camp to the drilling location “Platform 9” in the southern part of the Platanillo field in April 2012. Results from the first well are expected to be announced in May 2012. The recently worked over Platanillo-2 well is now being tested with an Electrical Submersible Pump at higher rates than previously reported in natural flow. The company is configuring the surface reception and treatment systems in order to efficiently handle and condition the flow for a Long Term Test of the N sand. The Platanillo block is located near the Fenix block in Colombia. Amerisur Resources owns and operates with 100% interest in both blocks.

Marubeni invest in a FPSO deal for vessel in Brazil’s pre-salt Marubeni, Mitsui and Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) will invest in a long-term charter business operated by Mitsui Ocean Development & Engineering (Modec) to provide an FPSO (floating production storage offloading) vessel for use in the Cernambi Sul area of a pre-salt oil field off the coast of Brazil. Marubeni, Mitsui and MOL will invest in Cernambi Sul MV24, a Dutch company established by Modec. MV24 has signed a long-term chartering agreement with Tupi, a Dutch firm owned by Petrobras Netherlands (65%), BG Overseas Holding (25%) and Galp Energia E&P Brasil (10%). The FPSO will be chartered to Tupi for 20 years. Construction of the FPSO will involve conversion of a VLCC that will be renamed FPSO Cidade de Mangaratiba MV24. The vessel will be deployed to the Cernambi Sul area of offshore block BM-S-11 in the third quarter of 2014. The oil is in the pre-salt layer some 5,000 metres beneath the seabed.

Foster Wheeler awarded contract for an LNG receiving terminal in Dominican Republic Foster Wheeler AG has been awarded the basic design and FEED (front-end engineering design) contract by Complejo GNL del Este, for a new LNG (liquefied natural gas) receiving terminal and jetty to be built in San Pedro de Marcorís, in the Dominican Republic. Foster Wheeler has previously completed a feasibility study for the selection of the most suitable technology for the new terminal, which will be designed for a send-out capacity of 240 MMscf/d (million standard cubic feet per day), with an LNG storage tank of 160,000 cubic metres. The design will also consider future expansion up to 700 MMscf/d. Foster Wheeler will work with a local partner in executing this work, which is expected to be completed in September 2012. The LNG receiving terminal site is located in San Pedro de Marcoris, in Dominica. Complejo GNL del Este is a consortium formed by Dominican and Colombian companies that participate in the energy sector of these countries, owning and operating with 100% interest in the terminal.

Petrobras confirms crude oil at Nordeste de Tupi Petrobras’ second well, drilled in areas acquired from the government in 2010, confirms the discovery of high-quality crude oil. Petrobras drilled the well in an area known as Nordeste de Tupi, northeast of the first Santos Basin pre-salt discovery to enter production, the Lula field. The well was drilled in 2,131 metres of water, approximately 255 kilometres offshore Rio de Janeiro. The company is accelerating development of the pre-salt fields, with plans to invest US$225 billion through 2014 and increase crude oil output. A cluster of oil deposits was found in the Santos Basin off the coasts of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo states, potentially holding as much as 100 billion barrels of oil equivalent. Petrobras plans a well-formation test to evaluate the well’s productivity after drilling is completed.

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International Reflective of ProjectsOGP’s global coverage of oil, gas and petrochemical projects, our international section covers a selection of new and significant contract awards and project developments, reporting from the worldwide spectrum beyond the Americas . Categorised by oil and gas regions, as with the online database, the range of awards and updates feature across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia & Oceania. Awards and intelligence from this month’s European section predominantly focuses on redevelopments of existing fields within the North Sea, offshore UK and Norway. Most notably, these include Aker Solutions’ award for a FEED contract for a pioneering design of the world’s largest spar platform, known as a belly spar, for Norway’s Aasta Hansteen field. Africa remains an exciting area with several acquisitions of exploration licenses, discovery announcements and drilling contract awards, particularly throughout West African countries. As with other regions, various contracts of significance have been awarded early in 2012 and Africa continues to be a focal point for information pertaining to new business. Similarly, the Middle East boasts an abundance of new projects and opportunities. Topically, Saudi Aramco’s announcement of a US$6-8 billion expansion for the second phase of the Rabigh Refining and Petrochemicals Plant appears as our feature project in this month’s e-magazine, which is distributed free to all subscribers of ProjectsOGP. Recent awards and information in the Asia & Oceania region have principally been for involvement in Australia’s Ichthys LNG project, which was reviewed in a feature for last month’s e-magazine. Another advancement for ProjectsOGP sees the introduction of a new ‘project type’ category that will include drilling rig new builds and maintenance projects. This new project group is scheduled for launch by the end of April and will typically cover rigs built out of yards in China, Singapore and South Korea, adding to the wealth of intelligence already available in these regions.

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Europe Hejre Oil & Gas Field North Sea With a combined investment of US$1.6 billion in the development of Hejre, the field is expected to come online in 2015. The Hejre oil and gas field is located in central part of the North Sea, approximately 300 kilometres off the Danish coast in License 5/98, at a water depth of 70 metres. DONG Energy is the operator holding a 60% interest in the field, with partner Bayerngas Norge (40%) holding the remaining interest.

Maersk Drilling wins US$148million Hejre rig Contract Maersk Drilling has signed a US$148 million contract with DONG Energy for the jack-up rig Maersk Resolve to work on the Hejre field in the Danish North Sea. The expected duration of the five-well contract is approx 750 days including an option for two additional wells at an estimated 280 days’ duration. The contract is scheduled to commence in the second or third quarter of 2014.

Aker Solutions signs US$170 million Snorre A drilling facilities contract Aker Solutions has been awarded a US$170 million contract by Statoil to deliver replacement and upgrading of the drilling equipment and systems on the Snorre A platform in the North Sea. The primary objective of the project is to extend the technical lifetime up to 2040 and improve HSE factors while maintaining the capacity and operational availability. Scope of work will include engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning assistance. Execution of the contract will be undertaken by Aker Solutions’ drilling technologies engineering team in Kristiansand, and will be concluded by its integration competence centre in Bergen. Prefabrication will be performed at Aker Solutions’ yard in Egersund. With preparations already having commenced, a total of 100 engineering and management personnel at Aker Solutions’ offices in Bergen and Kristiansand, plus up to 100 offshore installation personnel will work on the Snorre A drilling contract for the next three years. The Snorre field is located at a water depth between 300350 meters in the North Sea, 200 kilometres northwest of Bergen, Norway. Statoil wholly owns and operates with 100% interest in the field.

Technip secures field development contract in Danish North Sea Technip, in partnership with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has been awarded a contract for the Hejre field development project, offshore Denmark, by Dong E&P and Bayerngas. The contract covers engineering, procurement, fabrication, hook-up, and commissioning assistance for a fixed wellhead and process platform and associated facilities. Designed to process high pressure and high temperature hydrocarbons fluids, the platform is capable of producing up to 76 million standard cubic feet of gas per day and 35,000 barrels of oil per day. The platform includes 11,500 tonne topsides supported by a 6,500 tonne jacket and comprises living quarters to accommodate 70 people and a flare. Technip’s operating centre in Paris, France, will execute the contract, with the support of its Chennai and Mumbai offices, India. The jacket and wellhead unit will be delivered in 2014, the topsides and living quarter in 2015.

FMC Technologies awarded US$70 million subsea production system contract for Statoil’s Fram H-Nord Development FMC Technologies, Inc. has signed a contract with Statoil, valued at approximately US$70 million, for the manufacture and supply of subsea production equipment to support the Fram H-Nord development. FMC’s scope of supply includes one subsea production tree, one manifold and one multiphase meter. The company will also supply an integrated template structure, one umbilical, two wellheads and additional controls and equipment. All equipment will be based on the standard fast-track subsea solution designed by FMC for Statoil and deliveries are expected to occur throughout 2013. Situated in Block 35/11, the Fram field development area compromises the Fram West, Fram East and Fram North oil fields, located about 20 kilometres north of the Troll field at a depth of approximately 350 meters. Statoil serves as the operator holding 45% interest, with parteners Mobil Development Norway (25%), Idemitsu (15%) and GDF Suez E&P Norge AS (15%) holding the remaining interest.

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Schiehallion Field Quad 204 project North Sea With estimated recoverable reserves of some 450 - 600 million barrels, the Schiehallion field is predominantly situated in blocks 204/20 and 204/25, 175 kilometres west of Shetland, in a water depth of between 350 to 450 metres. BP serves as operator with 36.3% interest, with partners Shell (36.3%), Hess (12.9%), OMV Ltd (4.84%), Statoil (4.84%) and Murphy Petroleum Ltd. (4.84%) holding the remaining interest.

Hamworthy wins further process order for BP FPSO Hyundai Heavy Industries has contracted Hamworthy to supply an ST8 series treatment plant for BP’s new Quad 204 FPSO. The BP operated FPSO is to be deployed to the west of the Shetland Isles in the North Atlantic as a replacement for the Schiehallion FPSO. The ST8, which handles around 12,000 litres of water per day, has been modified to meet stricter enforcement of sewage treatment standards for operation under IMO MEPC 159(55) guidelines, which came into force in 2010 and employ more stringent black water effluent quality treatment guidelines. The pumps and macerators are made from 316 stainless steel and pipe work in super duplex stainless steel in compliance with NORSOK M-650 requirements. This contract follows a recent agreement for Hamworthy to supply inert gas generator packages for the same project, with delivery of all equipment scheduled for 2012.

Technip awarded major subsea contract for BP in UK North Sea Technip’s UK entity has been awarded a contract worth approximately US$ 450 million by BP and partners to develop the subsea infrastructure for the Quad 204 project, located west of the Shetland Isles. The Quad 204 project involves replacing the existing Schiehallion production facility with a new purpose built FPSO (floating, production, storage, offloading), and installing extensive new subsea infrastructure. This major re-development will enable the potential recovery of an additional 450 million barrels of resource and extend production through to 2035. Technip’s scope of work for the contract includes: • removal of the existing Schiehallion FPSO and mooring system • recovery of all existing flexible risers and dynamic umbilical systems • positioning and installation of a new FPSO and associated mooring system and anchor piles • supply and installation of 21 dynamic flexible risers • installation of four static and dynamic umbilicals • coating, welding and installation of 15 steel pipelines, totalling 50 kilometres • supply and installation of numerous flexible jumpers • installation of various manifolds, jumpers and infrastructure associated with the field development Approved in July 2011, the project is expected to begin in 2013. Technip’s UK based office near Aberdeen will project manage the contract and the spoolbase in Evanton will fabricate the 15 steel pipelines. Technip’s facility in Le Trait, France, will manufacture all flexible pipelines. Various vessels from Technip’s fleet will be used to execute this project and these will also be managed from the Aberdeen office.

EPC secures US$2 million Lancaster field contract

Aker Solutions lands Draupne FEED contract

Project management contractor EPC Offshore has been awarded a US$2 million contract to decide the optimum development concept for Hurricane Exploration’s Lancaster field, west of the Shetland Isles.

Aker Solutions has won a FEED (front-end, engineering and design) contract from operator Det Norske Oljeselskap, for a study on the Draupne field, on the Norwegian continental shelf.

The year-long contract will see the company deploy a team of engineers and technical specialists at Hurricane’s Surrey offices, having earlier worked with the company on appraisal of the field. EPC Offshore will review development options before helping the company to select a concept, as well as determine the contracting strategy for field awards. The first phase of the project is expected to run until the end of 2012 with front-end engineering and design starting in 2013. The Lancaster field is located in Block 205/21a in the UK sector of the North Sea, west of Shetland. Hurricane Exploration is the owner and operator of the Lancaster field with 100% holding.

The study will be carried out by Aker Solutions’ newly established engineering office in London, and delivered to the license partners in the fourth quarter of 2012., with the contract value left is undisclosed. Aker was handling pre-front end engineering design work on Draupne earlier in 2012 which has now converted into a full FEED contract. Partners in the Draupne field have agreed with partners in the nearby Luno field on a coordinated development solution for the area. Located in Block 16/1, the Draupne field is situated on the Norwegian continental shelf in the North Sea. Det norske acts as operator with 35% interest, with partners Statoil (50%) and Bayerngas Norge (15%) holding the remaining interest.

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Aasta Hansteen gas field Norway The Aasta Hansteen gas field is located on Blocks 6706/12, 6707/10, approximately 300 kilometres offshore in the Vøring area, and is due on stream in December 2016. Statoil serves as the operator with 75% interest, with partners ExxonMobil (15%) and ConocoPhillips (10%) holding the remaining interest.

Dockwise secures Aasta Hansteen contract offshore Norway Statoil has awarded Dockwise with the spar buoy transport contract for its Aasta Hansteen (formerly Luva) offshore production field. Weighing 45,000 tonnes and measuring 200 metres by 50 metres, the spar buoy will be transported on the Dockwise Vanguard from either Korea or Finland, subject to yard choice, to Norway in 2015. Dockwise also secured contracts for the transport of four drilling rigs to Rotterdam, Saudi Arabia and Singapore, all for the first half of 2012, and a single load of barges to Brazil in the second quarter 2012. The value of all six new contracts totals US$57 million. The Dockwise Vanguard vessel is currently under construction, with delivery expected in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Technip wins FEED contract for Luva Platform Technip has been awarded a lump sum FEED (front-end engineering design) contract by Statoil ASA for the development of the Luva floating platform, in the Aasta Hansteen gas field, offshore Norway, at a water depth of approximately 1,300 metres. The contract covers the design and planning for procurement, construction and transportation of a Spar hull and the mooring systems, as well as the design of the steel catenary risers. The award builds on the study work, including pre-FEED, which has

Wood Group to manage North Sea floater for Premier Oil in contract worth US$396 million Premier Oil has awarded Wood Group PSN a contract for operations and maintenance support services to the Balmoral FPV (floating production vessel) in the central North Sea, offshore UK. Under the US$396 million life-of-field contract, Wood Group PSN will provide onshore and offshore operations and maintenance, including management of selected procurement and logistics support. The brownfield services specialist will execute the contract from Aberdeen through an operations team based in Premier Oil’s offices, with the project estimated to run through to 2020. Wholly operated by Premier Oil, the semisubmersible production vessel is stationed 196 kilometres northeast of Aberdeen and exports production from the Balmoral, Beauly, Brenda, Burghley, Nicol, and Sterling fields.

Salt Separation Services awarded Potable Water Package for ATP Cheviot project Salt Separation Services has recently been awarded a contract for the design, manufacture and commissioning of the Potable Water Package by COSCO Shipyard for ATP Oil and Gas’ Cheviot field development, offshore UK.

been ongoing since early 2010 to document the suitability of a Spar platform in Norwegian waters. Technip’s operating centre in Houston, Texas will execute the contract in cooperation with the Technip operation centres in Norway and Finland.

Aker Solutions lands Aasta Hansteen FEED contract from Statoil Aker Solutions has been awarded a FEED (front-end engineering and design) contract from Statoil to design the world’s largest Spar platform for the Aasta Hansteen field development. With a total hull length of 193 meters and a draught of 170 meters, the Aasta Hansteen (formerly Luva) Spar platform will be the first Spar platform on the Norwegian continental shelf, and also the world’s first to capable of condensate storage capacity. Known as a Belly-Spar due to the Aker’s patented design, the platform has a distinctively increased diameter on part of the circular shaped hull to accommodate the condensate storage tanks. The facility will be equipped with steel centenary risers which are made of self-supporting steel pipes in a bow shape between the platform and the seabed. Compensating for the motions on the floating facility the design is capable of withstanding the harsh conditions at the field, which is located in a water depth of 1300 metres. The FEED study is due to be completed in the third quarter of 2012, with the contract value left undisclosed. Equipment comprising the package will be capable of producing 1.1m3/hr of potable water and 0.75m3/hr of demineralised water from seawater. COSCO Shipyard has awarded the contract from the Nantong yard, in China’s Jiangsu province. The ATP Cheviot platform is a floating facility and will be installed offshore, in the UK sector of the North Sea, as part of the redevelopment of the previously abandoned Cheviot field. Straddling blocks 2/10b, 2/15a and 3/11b in the northern North Sea, the field is located approximately 100 kilometres east of the Shetland Isles, at a water depth of 150 meters. ATP is the owner and operator of the field with 100% interest.

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Africa ADX Energy signs rig contract for Sidi Dhaher well test

BG Group makes fourth gas discovery offshore Tanzania

ADX Energy has signed a contract with Dietswell for the provision of the Sedlar 160 drilling rig to flow test the Sidi Dhaher-1 oil discovery.

BG Group have made a fourth Tanzanian gas discovery from the Jodari-1 exploration well located in Block 1, offshore southern Tanzania.

A testing programme has been approved by Enterprise Tunisienne d’Activités Petrolieres (ETAP) and initial test results, along with well operations, are expected to commence by April 2012. The rig and auxiliary equipment are currently being audited and critical equipment will be tested in the storage yard in the city of Sfax prior to mobilisation to the Sidi Dhaher-1 well site.

Preliminary evaluation of the well results indicates gross recoverable resources are in the range of 2.5 to 4.4 tcf (trillion cubic feet) of gas.

Situated in the Chorbane Exploration Perm, the Sidi Dhaher Prospect is primarily located onshore in central Tunisia. ADX serves as operator with 40% interest, with partners Gulfsands Petroleum (40%), Xstate Resources (10%) and Verus Investments (10%) holding the remaining interest.

African Petroleum awarded second block offshore Ivory Coast The Republic of Côte d’Ivoire has awarded African Petroleum Corporation Ltd an exploration permit on Block CI-509 in the Gulf of Guinea. African Petroleum Corporation was previously awarded exploration rights to Block CI-513 in December 2011. 3D seismic mapping over both Blocks CI-513 and C-I509 is expected to commence in April 2012. Both blocks are located offshore the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire in the Gulf of Guinea. African Petroleum Corporation acts as operator with 90% interest, with partner Côte d’Ivoire’s national oil company Petroci (10%) holding the remaining interest.

African Petroleum lands contract for Liberia drilling programme in Q4 2012 African Petroleum Corporation has signed a contract with Ocean Rig for a two well programme in Blocks LB-08 and LB-09 offshore Liberia, West Africa. The programme will be completed using Ocean Rig’s Eirik Raude, a deepwater 5th generation semi-submersible drilling rig which is expected to commence operations in the third or fourth quarter of 2012. Including the option for a third well, the programme will continue Africa Petroleum Corporation’s drilling programme in Liberia, West Africa, and other West Africa blocks. Blocks LB-08 and LB-09 are located offshore Liberia, with the Mercury and Venus discoveries in Sierra Leone situated to the northwest, and the Jubilee Field located to the southeast. African Petroleum acts as operator and holds a 100% interest in both Blocks.

The partnership of BG Group and Ophir Energy have had exploration successes in all four wells drilled in Tanzania so far, with mean total gross recoverable resources currently estimated to be approaching some 7 tcf of gas. The next target for drilling is the Mzia-1 location in Block 1, some 23 kilometres to the north of Jodari-1, which is located approximately 39 kilometres offshore southern Tanzania, in water depths of 1150 metres. BG Group serves as operator with 60% interest, with partner Ophir Energy (40%) holding the remaining interest.

Brenham Oil & Gas receives letter of award for 15% interest in four blocks in West Africa Brenham Oil & Gas Corporation, a subsidiary of American International Industries, Inc., has received and accepted a letter of award from the Government of Equatorial Guinea, West Africa, for a 15% participating interest in four offshore exploration blocks. The four blocks are in between and along a geologic trend with a large producing oil and gas field complex showing peak production of more than 80,000 barrels of oil per day, as well as another undeveloped oil discovery.

Fairstar Heavy Transport secures US$1.2 million contract with Aveon Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. has signed a US$1.2 million contract with Aveon Offshore Ltd to provide marine transportation services for the Chevron OAGM project in Nigeria. Fairstar’s FJELL will transport two power barges from the Bonny River in Nigeria to the Escravos Area and the total operation is expected to take approximately 12 days. The OAGM project is located southeast of Lagos, Nigeria. Chevron serves as operator with 60% interest, with partner Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (40%) holding the remaining interest.

Chariot Oil and Gas sign drilling rig contract with Maersk

Maurel et Prom lands two licenses offshore Namibia

Chariot Oil & Gas’ wholly owned subsidiary, Enigma Oil & Gas Exploration, has signed a one-well drilling contract with AP Moller Maersk for operations in the Tapir South prospect, offshore Namibia.

Maurel et Prom has secured two exploration licenses from the Government of Namibia in the Walvis Basin, offshore Namibia.

Enigma has hired the ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig Maersk Deliverer to drill the prospect, with the well estimated to hold gross unrisked mean prospective resources of 604 million barrels of oil. Maersk’s unit was anticipated to arrive on site at the end of March 2012 and will be drilling in water depths of over 2,100 metres, to a total depth of 5,100 metres. Drilling is estimated to take two months and will mark the first well in Chariot’s 4 to 5 well 2012/2013 exploration programme within its highly prospective offshore acreage in the region. The Maersk Deliverer will relocate from Block LB-9 off Liberia where it has recently struck significant oil for African Petroleum Corporation at the Narina-1 wildcat. Located in Northern Block 1811A of the Taper South prospect, the well is approximately 80 kilometres off Namibia’s mainland. Chariot acts as operator holding 100% interest.

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The acreage covers License No 0044 (Block 2212B) and License No 0045 (Blocks 2313A, 2313B, 2413A). Under the agreement the first exploration sub period shall be for two years with a minimum exploration work of 600 kilometres and 1,800 kilometres of 2D seismic acquisition, for License 0044 and License 0045 respectively. Minimum exploration work for a second exploration sub period of two years would include 3D seismic acquisition (100 sq kilometres on License No 0044 and 300 sq kilometres on License No 0045). The seismic acquisition with GeoStreamer and Geosource will be operated by partner PGS Seismic UK Ltd. Blocks 2212B, 2313A, 2313B and 2413A are situated in the Walvin Basin, Offshore Namibia. Maurel et Prom Namibia is the operator of both licenses with 37% interest, with partners PGS Seismic UK Ltd. (48%), National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (8%), Livingstone Mining Resource Development (4%), and Frontier Mineral Resources (3%) holding the remaining interest.

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Statoil and ExxonMobil oil find in Zafarani prospect offshore Tanzania

Tullow makes Enyenra oil discovery in Ghana

Statoil and ExxonMobil have confirmed they made a large gas discovery in Block 2 of the Zafarani prospect, offshore Tanzania.

Tullow Oil Plc has announced that the Enyenra-4A appraisal well, in the Deepwater Tano licence offshore Ghana, has successfully intersected 32 metres of net oil pay.

Spudded by Statoil in early January 2012 with the Ocean Rig Poseidon UDW (ultra deep water) drillship, Zafarani-1 had encountered gas shows in a good-quality reservoir. Logging results reveal that the discovery is high-impact, so far proving that the well holds up to 5 tcf (trillion cubic feet) of gas-in-place. The well has encountered 120 metres of excellent quality reservoir with high porosity and high permeability. The gaswater contact is yet to be established and drilling operations will continue until total depth is reached. The Zafarai discovery is located in Block 2 offshore Tanzania in a water depth of 2,582 metres. Statoil operates the license with 65% interest, with partners ExxonMobil (35%) holding the remaining interest.

Oando secures US$74.9 million Shell drilling contract in Niger Oando Plc subsidiary, Oando Energy Services, has been awarded a two year drilling contract worth US$74.9 million by Shell for operations in the Niger Delta. OES Passion, under hire for the contract, is a unique swamp barge with sequential well drilling capabilities and a skidding system that enables it to drill up to six wells in one location. The rig is rated to 3000HP and thereby able to drill up to 7620 metres in water depths of up to 5 metres. The hire of swamp rig OES Passion brings the total number of rigs Oando Energy has in operation to three, following the deployment of the OES Integrity in 2009 and the OES Teamwork in 2010.

Technip wins two contracts for Tullow’s Jubilee project worth US$131 million Technip has been awarded two contracts by Tullow Ghana with a combined value of approximately US$131 million, for operation on the Jubilee field project. The contracts cover full project management, engineering, fabrication and installation of a new flexible riser, two rigid flowlines and 11 spools/jumpers, as well as the installation of two manifolds and five kilometres of umbilicals. Offshore installation is scheduled to be completed in the second half of 2012 using the Global 1200 and the Deep Pioneer, two vessels from Technip’s fleet. Both contracts are for work on Phase 1A of the Jubilee field project, located offshore Ghana at a water depth of 1,300 metres. Tullow serves as operator with 49.5% interest, with partners Kosmos Energy (18%), Anadarko Petroleum (18%), Sabre Oil & Gas (4.05%) and Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (10%) holding the remaining interest.

Pressure data from the oil leg has demonstrated that the oil is in static communication with the oil seen in the other wells in the field and indicates a continuous oil column of approximately 600m. The Ocean Olympia drillship drilled Enyenra-4A to a total depth of 4,174 metres in water depths of 1,878 metres. Located approximately seven kilometres southwest of Enyenra2A and almost 21 kilometres south of the Enyenra-3A well which defined the northern end of the Enyenra oil field, the Enyenra-4A well was drilled to define the southern extent of the field. Tullow operates the Deepwater Tano licence with 49.95% interest, with partners Kosmos Energy (22.05%), Anadarko Petroleum (18%) and the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (10%) holding the remaining interest.

Tullow and Africa Oil make Ngamia discovery Tullow Oil and Africa Oil Corporation have encountered in excess of 20 metres of net oil pay from their Ngamia-1 exploration well, onshore Kenya. The well was drilled to an intermediate depth of 1,041 metres by the Weatherford 804 rig and has now been successfully logged and sampled. Moveable oil with an API greater than 30 degrees had been recovered to surface that held similar properties to the light waxy crude discovered in Uganda’s Lake Albert basin. Spudded in February 2012, the well will now be drilled to a depth of around 2,700 metres to explore for deeper potential in Miocene age sandstones. Following this, the rig will move to the Tullowoperated Block 10A, where the Paipai-1 wildcat is due to spud in the second half of 2012. The Ngamia-1 well is the first of a multi-well drilling program at the 10BB block and adjacent prospects. Block 10BB is situated in the Lokichar Basin, located in Kenya’s Turkana County. Tullow Oil serves as operator with 50% interest, with partner Africa Oil (50%) holding the remaining interest.

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Middle East Tender for Bahrain LNG Terminal end of 2012 A tender to build an LNG (liquefied natural gas) import terminal in Bahrain will be awarded by the end of 2012. Bahrain plans to import 400 million cubic feet of natural gas. Recently, Bahrain has been in talks with Gazprom to buy about 3 million metric tons of LNG per annum.

AICCO awards PCS deal to Honeywell ALLA International Contracting Company (AICCO) has awarded Honeywell the PCS (process control system) contract at Saudi Aramco’s Yanbu Refinery.

first equipment sets to the customer in the fourth quarter of 2012 and all equipment deliveries are scheduled for completion by the summer of 2013. The majority of the equipment will be delivered from Aker Solutions’ subsidiary in Erkelenz, Germany. Aker equipment will be used on seven 9,000 metre 3,000hp cluster land drilling rigs being built for Abu Dhabi’s NDC. Honghua is building a series of seven drilling rigs for NDC under a deal valued at US$300 million struck in December 2011. Honghua will provide seven units of 9,000 metre 3,000hp cluster land drilling rigs, which will be primarily used in the operation of oilfields in the Middle-East.

AICCO is registered as a contractor with Saudi Aramco, Sabic and Sabic Engineering and Project Management (Sabic E&PM) for electro-mechanical and construction works to EPC contractors. AICCO’s scope of work is mainly control systems and instrumentation, as well as additionally including civil works and mechanical/piping tie-ins.

Al Jaber Energy awarded Zadco deal for oilfield work

Yanbu Refinery is located in Yanbu Industrial City on the west coast of Saudi Arabia, 350 kilometres north of Jeddah. Saudi Aramco serves as operator with 62.5% interest, with partner Sinopec Group (37.5%) holding the remaining interest.

Al Jaber has already received a letter of award and scope covers enabling works, civil works and other miscellaneous works at four artificial islands under construction. The duration of the project is 36 months.

Aker Solutions secures US$17 million contract in Bahrain

Located 84 kilometres northwest of the Abu Dhabi Islands, the Upper Zakum field covers around 1,200 sq kilometres of the Gulf marine areas. Abu Dhabi National Oil Company serves as operator with 60% interest, with partners ExxonMobil (28%) and Japan Oil Development Company (12%) holding the remaining interest.

Aker Solutions has been awarded a US$17 million contract by EnerServ W.L.L to deliver 600 sets of surface wellheads and trees to the Awali oilfield in Bahrain. The first delivery will be a total of 45 sets of surface wellheads and trees that is scheduled for June 2012. The contract will be delivered out of Aker Solutions’ surface products manufacturing centre in Batam, Indonesia, and supported in Bahrain. Located in the Gulf of Bahrain, the Awali field is operated by partners Occidental Petroleum Corporation, BAPCO and National Oil and Gas Authority.

Aker Solutions wins US$64 million drill components deal for NDC rigs Aker Solutions has won a US$64 million contract with a subsidiary of China’s Honghua Holding to deliver high specification drilling equipment components for seven new onshore drilling rigs destined for delivery to Abu Dhabi’s National Drilling Company (NDC). Each drilling equipment delivery includes a draw-work, three mud pumps, and a 1,000 tonne top drive amongst other equipment from Aker Solutions. Aker will deliver the

Zakum Development Company has awarded a contract to Al Jaber Energy Services, for early civil work at the offshore Upper Zakum oilfield.

Al Jaber’s GPS lands key contract in Oman Global Process Systems (GPS), a member of the Al-Jaber Group, has secured a contract with Larsen & Toubro Ltd to supply Gas Sweetening and Gas Dehydration process systems for the Lekhwair Gas Field Development in Oman. The contract is one of several awarded across the GPS Group recently, worth a combined value of US$200 million. Work has already commenced at the GPS office in Dubai, UAE, and will be carried out on a fast-track schedule. The Gas Dehydration and Gas Sweetening systems will be manufactured at GPS’ major fabrication facilities in Abu Dhabi. The Lekhwair development is located approximately 110 kilometres from the Yibal Government Gas Plant, and its associated network, in Oman. Petroleum Development Oman acts as operator with 100% interest.

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AMEC scores multi-billion dollar PMC service contract at Nasr and Umm Lulu fields

Gazprom awards Badra analysis contract to Expro

AMEC has been awarded a PMC (project management consultancy) services contract by Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (Adma-Opco) for the ‘execute phase’ of the Nasr Phase-1 and Umm Lulu Phase-1 field development projects, offshore Abu Dhabi.

Expro will undertake analysis of more than 100 PVT (pressure volume temperature) studies in a contract award with Gazprom in the Badra field, situated close to the Iranian border.

Scheduled to take 30 months, the multi-million dollar contract covers the EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) phase of these significant offshore developments. Phase 1 will include the construction of an early production facility, 33 wellhead towers, pipelines and pumps with a view to sustaining a production capacity of a further 125,000 bpd (barrels per day) from the fields. Phase 2, the EPC deal for which is yet to be awarded, is estimated to add a further 40,000 bpd to production. The Nasr and Umm Lulu fields are located approximately 30 kilometres northwest of Abu Dhabi, in the Arabian Gulf. Partners Zadco and Adma-Opco act as operators for the development.

Aramco committed to US$8 billion Petro Rabigh expansion Saudi Aramco have reaffirmed their committment to a US$6-8 billion expansion of its first integrated refining and petrochemical project, Rabigh Refining and Petrochemicals Company (Petro Rabigh). The company’s plant, on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast, expects to double petrochemicals capacity to 3.7 million metric tons a year, and create an estimated 5,000 jobs, if it completes a planned expansion to the refinery and adjacent industrial park. Feasibility studies for the work were finished earlier and an announcement on the financing for the planned expansion were said to be close, however Aramco’s partner in the venture, Sumitomo, have expressed a more cautious outlook on the project citing changing conditions in the economic and petrochemical market as reasons behind delays in their own preparations.

Baker Hughes joins BP and Schlumberger in talks to upgrade Kirkuk oil field Baker Hughes has joined BP and Schlumberger in separate talks with Iraq to more than double output from the country’s giant Kirkuk oil field in northern Iraq. Iraq is conducting preliminary talks with these three companies to examine plans to develop the field, located in the oil hub of Kirkuk province in northern Iraq. Iraq is aiming to sign a five to ten year deal with one of these firms to raise output from the field to 600,000 barrels a day eventually from 280,000 barrels a day currently. Situated in the northern region of Iraq, the Kirkuk Oil Field is currently wholly owned and operated by state-run North Oil Company.

Two further contract awards with large operators in the south of Iraq involve further PVT sampling studies and laboratory work. Expro will utilise its Iraqi capabilities as well as its fluids analysis centre and analytical data services teams in the UK to conduct more than 200 PVT studies. The Badra oil field is situated in Iraq’s Wasit province, 160 kilometres southeast of Baghdad city. Gazprom serves as operator with 30% holdings, with partners Iraqi Oil Exploration Company (25%), Korean Gas Corporation (22.5%), Petronas (15%) and Turkish Petroleum Corp. (7.5%) holding the remaining interest.

Linde to invest US$380 million in Jubail chemical complex The Linde Group and Sadara Chemical Company recently signed a long-term contract that will see Linde supply Sadara with carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen (H2) and ammonia (NH3) at a chemical complex now being built in Jubail. The on-site gases supply contract includes a HyCO facility for the production of CO and H2 plus an ammonia plant. Linde will be investing US$380 million in the project. Linde’s Engineering Division will design, deliver and construct the new turnkey gases facilities at Sadara’s site in the Jubail 2 petrochemical cluster. The company will be building a two-stream HyCO plant, plus a single-stream NH3 unit producing waterless liquid ammonia. Linde will also install a large NH3 storage tank, resulting in a sophisticated supply concept which will enable the plant to run smoothly and reliably at all times. The production units are scheduled to be ready in 2015. Linde will be investing US$380 million in the project, which will be the world’s largest chemical complex ever built in a single phase. Sadara, established in October 2011, is a joint venture developed by Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) and The Dow Chemical Company. The complex will be constructed at Jubail Industrial City, in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Aramco will own and operate the refinery once constructed.

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Lukoil and Samsung in deal to up Iraq output

Penspen secures PMS contract for Kuwait Gulf Oil Company

Lukoil have signed a US$1 billion deal with Samsung Engineering to develop the West Qurna-2 oil field, located in southern Iraq.

Penspen Group has won a contract from the Kuwait Gulf Oil Company to project manage the detailed design and construction of a new GCES (Gas & Condensate Export System) from Khafji in Saudi Arabia, on the Kuwait-Saudi Arabia border.

Over the course of 29 months, the contract requires Samsung to build five well pads with 67 development wells, water intake equipment, infrastructure to extract and treat oil, as well as a variety of other requirements. Lukoil serves as operator with 75% interest, with partners North Oil Company and South Oil Company forming a consortium (25%)

McDermott awarded EPCI contract by Al-Khafji Joint Operations McDermott International, Inc. has been awarded an EPCI (engineering, procurement, construction and installation) contract from Al-Khafji Joint Operations, for the expansion of the Hout field onshore production facilities. The EPCI agreement comprises more than 600 tonnes of structures including a tripod jacket, deck and flare tower and 42 kilometres of 24 inch subsea pipeline. McDermott will also carry out modifications to a number of existing platforms in the Hout field, through its dedicated brownfield division in Jebel Ali. McDermott’s scope of work includes engineering, with construction from its Jebel Ali fabrication facility and installation using vessels from its global fleet, scheduled to mobilise in the third quarter of 2013. The Hout field is located in the neutral zone between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Al-Khafji Joint Operations, a Kuwaiti and Saudi joint venture, serves as operator with 100% interest.

Penspen will project manage EPC contractor Technip’s design work, procurement activities and the construction as undertaken by Technip and its sub contractors. Project objectives will cover the delivery of condensate and gas product to Kuwait from Saudi Arabia, assistance in reducing gas flaring, and recovery of valuable hydrocarbon resources. The new export system will include gas facilities carrying 40 MMscfd of gas via pipeline to Kuwait, and 110 km of 12 inch diameter export pipeline, of which approximately 47 km will be offshore. Penspen will also assist with the commissioning of the final scheme. Kuwait Gulf Oil Company serves as operator with 100% interest.

Saipem lands new E&C Offshore contract in Saudi Arabia Within the framework of the Long Term Agreement signed with Saudi Aramco, Saipem has been awarded a contract for the fabrication, transportation and installation of offshore structures in the Marjan and Manifa fields, located in the Arabian Gulf. The contract comprises the fabrication, transportation and installation of four jackets and one observation platform, which will weigh a total of 3,300 tons. Offshore activities will mainly be performed by the derrick lay barge Castoro II, during the fourth quarter of 2012. The Marjan and Manifa fields are both located off the eastern coast of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and each is wholly operated by Saudi Aramco with 100% holdings.

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Oceania & Asia Ausdrill secures US$13.71 million Galilee drilling contract

cooling process, before storing and exporting the LNG via conventional LNG carriers.

Exoma Energy awarded Ausdrill a US$13.71 million contract to provide a drilling rig and services for its 2012 exploration program in Queensland’s Galilee basin.

Situated in the WA-371-P permit, the Prelude gas field is located in the Browse Basin, approximately 475 kilometres northeast of Broome, Western Australia, and more than 200 kilometres from the nearest point on the mainland. Shell is the operator with 100% interest.

Ausdrill will supply its recently purchased Schramm TXD200 rig to carry out the contract which runs for a 12 month period with an option to extend for a further 12 months. Covering five permit areas, the drilling programme is scheduled to commence in April 2012 with the aim of defining future development priorities for the coalbed methane (CBM), conventional oil, shale oil and shale gas plays identified in last year’s initial exploration program. Exoma will meet with joint venture partner China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) in Beijing to review the 2011 results and finalise the first stage of the 2012 drilling programme. Galilee Basin is situated approximately 70 kilometres northnortheast of Longreach, Queensland. Exoma Energy acts as operator with 50% interest, with partner CNOOC (50%) holding the remaining interest.

Drydocks World lands FLNG deal from SBM Offshore Drydocks World will build the world’s largest marine turret for SBM Offshore at its Dubai shipyard, which will form part of Shell’s pioneering FLNG (floating liquefied natural gas) facility at the Prelude gas field, offshore Australia. The scope of the yard’s work is to fabricate and load-out the internal turret in six modules, with the design, material and equipment to be provided by SBM Offshore. With a 30 metre diameter, 90 metre height and weight of 11,500 tonnes, the turret will be shipped to Samsung Heavy Industry’s yard in Korea for integration with Shell’s FLNG. The Turret Mooring System will anchor the FLNG facility at location for the duration of production operations, without the need to disconnect. The design allows the FLNG facility to weathervane passively and endure hazardous climate conditions, including extreme Category 5 cyclone events. SBM Offshore was awarded the turret contract by Technip for the EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) of the FLNG Turret Mooring System. The remainder of the facility is being built by the TSC Consortium at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje, Korea. Measuring 488 metres from bow to stern and weighing around 600,000 tonnes when fully loaded, Shell’s Prelude FLNG will be the largest floating offshore facility in the world. It will be moored over 200 kilometres from land and will produce gas from offshore subsea fields, treat and liquefy the resource onboard via a

Ezra wins US$70 million Apache subsea contract offshore Australia Ezra subsidiary, Emas AMC, has been awarded a subsea contract worth US$70 million by Apache for work on its Coniston-Novara development, offshore Australia. The contract includes transport and installation of the pipeline and manifolds, other manifolds, umbilicals and flexible flow-lines in water depths of around 380 metres. Emas AMC’s agreement includes options that would add on another US$30 million, bringing the potential value of the contract to US$100 million. Works is to begin immediately with offshore installation operations expected in the first quarter of 2013. Coniston-Novara is scheduled to go into production in 2013. Coniston and Novara lie in the WA-35-L permit off the coast of Western Australia. Apache serves as operator with 45.67587% interest, with partners INPEX (41.32913%) and Woodside (13%) holding the remaining interest.

Monadelphous Group wins Pluto LNG work from Woodside Monadelphous Group has secured a new three-year maintenance services contract from Woodside on the Pluto LNG Project at Karratha, in Western Australia. The contract includes work associated with its onshore and offshore facilities and has the option for two one-year extensions. It follows Monadelphous’s delivery of major construction services and commissioning support at Pluto through its Engineering Construction division since 2009. Monadelphous has also won a 12-month extension to the general maintenance services and projects contract with Chevron at its Barrow Island and Thevenard Island LNG operations. The Pluto LNG project is located 190 kilometres northwest of Karratha, Western Australia, in the Northern Carnarvon Basin. Woodside acts as operator with 90% interest, with partners Tokyo Gas (5%) and Kansai Electric (5%) holding the remaining interest.

Total signs China’s US$9 billion refinery agreement with KPC Total has signed a comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Kuwait Petroleum International and Petrochemicals Industries Company, two wholly owned subsidiaries of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), to be partners in a joint Kuwait-China oil refinery venture. With a proposed refinery which has a processing capacity of 300,000 barrel-per-day and an accompanying petrochemical complex, the joint venture is being completed in partnership with China’s Sinopec. The complex will be designed to process Kuwaiti crude oil as feedstock and to produce high-quality refined and petrochemicals products. KPC and Sinopec signed an agreement to build the US$9 billion complex more than two years ago. The refinery and petrochemicals complex is to be built in Zhanjiang, in China’s southern Guangdong province. Sinopec and KPC act as joint operators.

Ramunia awarded West Desaru subsea contract offshore Malaysia Ramunia Holdings Berhad has been awarded a US$7.8 million contract by Aquaterra Energy for the manufacture of wellhead support structures for the West Desaru project, off Peninsular Malaysia. Ramunia will fabricate two subsea structures, one topside structure and a boat landing facility for the oilfield under the agreement. Opertator Petrofac intends to accelerate the development of the West Desaru fault block by introducing an Early Production System, which will involve utilising both current export facilities and also upgrading and deploying a Mobile Offshore Production Unit, which is in the process of being purchased. The West Desaru project is situated in Block PM304, offshore Peninsular Malaysia. Petrofac acts as operator with 30% interest, with partners Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd. (25%), KUFPEC (30%) and PetroVietnam (15%) holding the remaining interest.

Santos finds more gas at Sangu, offshore Bangladesh Santos’ Sangu-11 well has penetrated a new gas reservoir in with approximately 20 metres of good quality gas pay in the Sangu area, offshore Bangladesh. The well will be completed and tied into the Sangu facilities, providing incremental gas to Chittagong in the coming months once marketing arrangements have been finalised. Work is continuing to assess volumes and flow potential of the reservoir. Sangu-11 was the third well of a 3-well drilling campaign in Block 16 PSC that commenced in September 2011. The first well, South Sangu-4, found gas in one target but was unable to add further reserves due to encountering anomalously high formation pressure,

and had to be abandoned prior to reaching its primary objective. The second well, NE Sangu-1 drilled in December 2011, failed to encounter commercial hydrocarbons and was also abandoned.

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After completion of Sangu-11, Seadrill’s jack-up drilling rig Offshore Resolute will be demobilised. The Sangu Development Area is located in the Bay of Bengal, offshore Bangladesh. Santos serves as operator with 75% interest, with partner Halliburton (25%) holding the remaining interest.

Shell closes US$58.1 million Prosafe Philippines deal Prosafe has been awarded a US$58.1 million short-term rig contract with Shell for operations off the Philippines. The accommodation rig specialist has received a Notice of Award for a minimum nine-month contract for hire of its rig Safe Astoria to work for Shell at the Malampaya 3 project for at least nine months. Shell also has three additional one-month options over the unit with on site operations planned to commence within the second or third quarter of 2014. However, Prosafe has provided Shell the alternative choice of a structure with 11 month firm period plus options, or 12 month firm period plus options. Total value of the firm period will be between US$58.1 million and US$70.5 million depending on which alternative is selected. The Malampaya 3 project is located offshore Palawan, Phillipines. Shell Philippines serves as operator with 45% interest, with partners Chevron (45%) and PNOC (10%) holding the remaining interest.

Wood Group wins Shell Surf agreement Wood Group Kenny has been awarded a frame agreement to provide SURF engineering and construction management services to Shell worldwide, with primary focus on the Asia Pacific region, along with other project-specific awards in Europe. The frame agreement was awarded for a term of five years with an option to extend for a further five years. Wood Group Kenny has already started work for Shell as part of the agreement, with a FEED study for the high temperature, high pressure Linnorm project in Norway, as well as work on the Prelude FLNG in Australia, the world’s first floating liquefied natural gas project. In addition, Wood Group Kenny is supporting Shell on the Gumusut project in Malaysia, and will provide subsea and topsides support for the Subsea Well Response Project (SWRP), a multi-company initiative focusing on worldwide subsea well control incident intervention in the North Sea. Gumusut is a joint development alongside the Kakap project and both are situated offshore Sabah, in eastern Malaysia. Shell and Murphy Sarawak Oil Company Ltd serve as operators of the joint development, holding major interest stakes, with partners ConcoPhillips and Petronas holding the remaining interest.

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Technip awarded engineering contract for Petronas’ RAPID project in Malaysia

DeepOcean wins South China Sea trenching project

Technip has been awarded a FEED contract by Petronas for its proposed RAPID (Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development) project located in the state of Johor, Malaysia.

CTC Marine Projects Ltd., a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding, has been awarded a major trenching contract from COOEC on the Liwan 3-1 Project offshore Shenzhen, China. CTC will be responsible for the trenching of approximately 174 kilometres of 30 inch pipeline from the shallow water host platform of the Liwan field development in water depth of 205 metres. CTC will use the MSV Volantis equipped with two ROVs and the 2.1 Megawatt UT-1 Trencher. The Liwan 3-1 development is located in block 29/26, situated approximately 300 kilometres southeast of Hong Kong and 65 kilometres southeast of the Panyu gas discovery, in the South China Sea. Husky Energy China acts as operator with 49% interest, with partner CNOOC (51%) holding the remaining interest.

The engineering contract is scheduled for completion in the second or third quarter of 2013. RAPID aims at building a world-scale integrated refinery and petrochemical complex to answer the growing need for specialty chemicals and to meet the demand for petroleum and commodity petrochemical products in the Asia Pacific region by 2016. With a capacity of 300,000 barrels per standard day, the proposed refinery will supply naphtha and liquid petroleum gas feedstock for the RAPID petrochemical complex, as well as produce gasoline and diesel that meet European specifications. The petrochemical units will enhance the value of the olefinic streams coming from the RAPID steam cracker by producing various merchant grades petrochemicals products such as polyethylene, polypropylene, synthetic rubbers and other petrochemicals products.

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Ichthys Australia Ichthys’ offshore portion is located on the WA285-P permit within the Browse Basin, in northwest Australia. Inpex serves as operator with 75% interest, with partner Total (25%) holding the remaining interest. The Ichthys LNG plant is situated on Blaydin Point on the Middle Arm Peninsula in Darwin. INPEX serves as Operator with 72.805% interest, with partners Total (24%), Tokyo Gas (1.575%), Osaka Gas (1.2%) and Toho Gas (0.42%) holding the remaining interest.

Daewoo wins US$2 billion Ichthys FPSO contract Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has won an order worth US$2 billion to build an FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading) vessel for Inpex Corp and Total E&P’s Ichthys LNG (liquefied natural gas) project.

liquids, including condensate. The gas will then be exported to the onshore liquefaction plant in Darwin via an 889 kilometres subsea pipeline. The Ichthys LNG Project is expected to produce 8.4 million tonnes of LNG and 1.6 million tonnes of LPG per annum, along with approximately 100,000 barrels of condensate per day at peak. INPEX and Total are proceeding with development works for the project, including the execution of engineering, procurement and construction of the onshore LNG plant, offshore Central Processing Facility, new-build Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel, and Gas Export Pipeline. Production start-up is targeted by the end of 2016. The Ichthys joint venture is seeking the continued support from the Australian Government, the Western Australian Government, the Northern Territory Government and other stakeholders for early and optimal commercial gas production from the Ichthys LNG Project. Upon the grants, WA-37-R and the location Block area in WA285-P, where the Ichthys gas-condensate field is located, will be registered as WA-50-L and WA-51-L, respectively.

The Ichthys FPSO will be a 335 metre-long vessel designed to produce 85,000 barrels per day of condensate and store 1.2 million barrels of liquids. Topsides will feature processing modules, mono ethylene glycol regeneration facilities and accommodation for 150 people. The company plans to deliver the FPSO in 2016, and it will be permanently moored in 250 metres of water via an internal turret system to be supplied by SBM Offshore.

John Holland JV awarded US$340 million Ichthys civil works contract

Empired lands US$5 million Ichthys LNG deal

The Macmahon-John Holland Joint Venture will undertake civil construction works associated with delivering the finished earthwork levels for the LNG plant and associated facilities. The works include access roads, earthworks, drainage and ground improvement works required for the establishment of the landmark project. Early works on the project will commence almost immediately with site works starting in early April 2012. Completion of the site development work is scheduled for mid 2014.

Empired Ltd has secured a US$5 million information systems contract with INPEX as part of its Ichthys LNG project. The agreement will see Empired supply, install, configure and manage the Coreworx information and cost control system over the next 5 years of the US$34 billion project.

INPEX granted production licenses on Ichthys LNG project INPEX Corporation and other project group companies have been granted production licenses for the Ichthys LNG project by the Australian Government. Upon the grants, INPEX has received the major necessary governmental authorisations for the Ichthys LNG project to move forward, including environmental approval and pipeline licenses. The Ichthys LNG project made final investment decision in January 2012. Gas from the Ichthys field will undergo preliminary processing offshore to remove water and raw

John Holland, in a joint venture with Macmahon Holdings Ltd, has been awarded a US$340 million site development civil works contract by the JKC Joint Venture (JGC Corporation, KBR, Chiyoda Corporation) for the onshore facilities of the Ichthys LNG Project near Darwin, in the Northern Territory.

NYK secures ocean carriage contract for Ichthys LNG project NYK-HINODE LINE has been awarded the ocean carriage for module contract by the JKC Joint Venture (JGC Corporation, KBR, Chiyoda Corporation) for the Inpex led Ichthys LNG project. The period of transportation is planned to be from the first quarter of 2014 to the second quarter of 2015, and will involve transportation of modules from Thailand, China and the Philippines to Darwin, Australia. M/V Yamato and M/V Yamatai, two of NYK-HINODE LINE’s owned, operated, self-propelled module carriers, will be allocated to transport various main units as module cargo for the project.

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Client features Alderley secures £22m in project wins Alderley, a market leader in liquid and gas metering and produced water treatment packages, continues its ongoing growth and success by securing orders in excess of £22 million in the first quarter of 2012. The orders are a global result for Alderley as the projects span across the world to include the North Sea, Africa, Middle East, Asia and Australia. The projects secured will see Alderley deliver a range of fiscal metering systems, proving systems, sampling, metering control, deoiling hydroclyclones, bespoke hydraulic solutions and specialist engineering support services. The manufacture of these applications will take place at Alderley’s worldwide facilities in the UK, Singapore, Saudi Arabia and UAE. Chris McGeehan, CEO says, “This is an excellent start to 2012 for the Alderley Group and falls in line with Alderley’s overall growth and development plans across all regions.” Chris continues by saying, “Through our established regional offices we have the capacity to continue to deliver world-class products internationally and we expect 2012 to continue to be a busy and successful year for the Alderley Group.”

For more information on Alderley and the projects they have delivered you can visit them at stand 2541-J at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas from the 30th April – 3rd May 2012.

Valeport develops new surveying and monitoring equipment Now into their 43rd year providing the hydrographic, oceanographic and military community with surveying and monitoring equipment, Valeport are pursuing their policy of continuous development to meet customer demands. New to the field is the VA500 altimeter. A 500KHz titanium housed package with options of a pressure sensor which offers high accuracy performance over a range of 0.1 to 100m. The Valeport TideMaster tide gauge offers you the latest technology with transducer choice of pressure sensor or radar. An optional MetPak™ II sensor when extra data is required can be simply plugged in at any time. The TideMaster continues Valeport’s success in providing quality instruments to meet the Hydrographic surveyor needs. For sound velocity data to enhance your single or multi-beam echo sounder surveys, Valeport offer a variety of sensors and profilers. The superior performance is recognised by all multi-beam manufacturers and users making the

Valeport sensor an “industry favourite” in the field. Latest developments include the Rapid SV profiler which has been developed for the fast collection of Sound Velocity Profiles (SVP) without compromising the quality of data. “Meeting and exceeding our customer expectations is what we aim to do” states Kevin Edwards, Valeport’s Sales & Marketing Manager “and this is what drives us. Our 12 month perpetual service warranty is typical of this and proving to be a winner. Valeport’s strength is in customer service and the policy of continuous product development. Our aim is to continue this high level of innovation and support”.

Aquasign introduces revolutionary fixing method for subsea markers Aquasign is a global company specialising in subsea antifouling markers with a guaranteed lifespan of 60 years. This longevity is due to our proprietary non-toxic oil release system which mimics fish skin – preventing marine growth attachment at the lowest level means that our markers will remain visible for the lifespan of your project. Underwater identification markers are our core business, we invest in research and development to ensure that our products not only remain unique but are also environmentally sustainable. Our antifouling systems were originally developed by Shell at their Thornton Research Centre who, after almost a decade of research, commercialised them under the trademark Aquasign®. Now the system is used on more than 800 oilfield projects globally and is the only marker system with a proven track record in excess of 25 years. Aquasign® is a bespoke product that can be fully customised to our client’s specific project requirements. We are fully accredited to ISO9001, 14001 as well as 18001, providing impressively short lead-times whilst exceeding our quality and safety targets. Our commitment to quality, competence and satisfaction sees us consistently ranked high in our customers’ top quartile of suppliers. Our brands that support Aquasign® include: • Biohesive® – an environmentally friendly silicone adhesive that has been approved for use with most substrates commonly used in the oilfield. • Shield® – for extra protection against accidental damage • AquasignPlus™– the ability to incorporate our customers RFID or bar code systems. The latest innovation to join this portfolio is a revolutionary fixing method – KISS. Through the use of specially formulated adhesive tapes the installation of subsea markers could not be easier simply Peel, Sick and Seal. Used in conjunction with our silicone adhesive – Biohesive 225, KISS provides watertight protection from corrosion and enhanced life span with a 30% increase to bond strength.

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