Carmelo Caruana was recently entrusted by Capricorn Energy Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cairn Energy plc, to manage a major operation to store and maintain oil and gas drilling equipment destined for North Africa.

The six-week operation involved the handling and inspection of 3,600 tonnes of casing joints at a dedicated site at Ħal Far under Capricorn’s supervision and project leadership. The casing joints were then stacked in preparation for load-out from Malta to their destination in North Africa.

“An operation such as this puts Malta on the oil and gas industry map as a logistics and supply base in the Mediterraean. It is beneficial to Malta’s maritime hub campaign – there is significant potential for the future,” Carmelo Caruana Company Ltd managing director Karl Naudi said.

Carmelo Caruana Company Ltd has previously handled more than 140,000 tonnes of concrete-coated steel pipes used for the gas pipeline between Libya and Sicily.