McDermott International received authorization from the Central Administration of Customs in Mexico to operate its Altamira fabrication facility near Tampico, Mexico, as a free trade zone. The Altamira fabrication yard鈥
The shallow waters of the Persian Gulf, also known as the Arabian Gulf, belie the plethora of offshore infrastructure 鈥 new and old 鈥 in the Middle East. Elaine Maslin probes beneath the waves. In 2005鈥
Subsea hardware spending in 2014-18 is forecast to nearly double the size of installed subsea infrastructure, according to Douglas Westwood鈥檚 latest estimates. Matt Loffman sets out the detail. Douglas-Westwood forecasts subsea hardware capex will total US$117 billion between 2014 and 2018鈥
Oil and gas exploration has turned many areas of Sub-Saharan Africa into economic hotspots, and operators are now looking at South Africa鈥檚 western coast. Planned infrastructure improvements may improve exploration logistics, but鈥
The Aasta Hansteen project, one of biggest and most complex industrial projects in Europe, is on schedule to begin production in 3Q 2017, says Statoil. Statoil, which made a presentation about the project at ONS, in Stavanger, this week鈥
The Heidrun FSU crane in Protea鈥檚 yard, Poland. Photo from Protea. Protea has designed its largest crane to date for Statoil鈥檚 Heidrun FSU, a project that will aid the life extension of the Heidrun field鈥
