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  • Leith Flood Mitigation Works About to Begin

    1 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    Otago Regional Council has just announced that the flood mitigation works along the Water of Leith, between the Union Street Bridge and the Leith Street Footbridge, will start shortly. Being conducted as part of the Leith Flood Protection Scheme, this project will involve riverbank excavation and associated works. These works will take place between January and […]

  • Cromer Coast Protection Scheme Nears Completion

    14 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    The £8 million Cromer Coast Protection Scheme which restarted in September last year is close to completion, according to the North Norfolk District Council. Cllr Tom Fitzpatrick, Leader of North Norfolk District Council, said: “This vital project will help protect Cromer for years to come. We’re in the final phase and we have worked hard to […]

  • IJmuiden to Get New Sea Lock

    20 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    After a lifetime of almost 100 years, the Northern lock in IJmuiden needs replacement. Rijkswaterstaat (the Dutch Highways and Waterways Agency) intends to award the construction of the new IJmuiden sea lock, which is located at the entrance to the North Sea Canal, to the Consortium OpenIJ. After contract close, this consortium, consisting of BAM, […]

  • Equinor Starts Sverdrup – Mongstad Oil Flows

    21 October 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Oil from the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea has arrived at the Mongstad plant north of Bergen. “This is a great day for Equinor and the Johan Sverdrup partnership, consisting of Lundin Norway, Petoro, Aker BP and Total. First oil to Mongstad only a few days after production start confirms that the field […]

  • Prosafe contract hangs in the balance as Shell delays Shearwater work

    14 May 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    The future of Prosafe’s contract for the Safe Zephyrus flotel with Shell is uncertain following Shell’s decision not to perform its previously planned work at the Shearwater field this year.

  • GCWA to Dredge West Crab Island Channel

    8 May 2020
    Business & Finance

    The Gold Coast Waterways Authority (GCWA) is pushing ahead with dredging works on the Gold Coast, ensuring vital transport links remain open for the city’s marine industries. “Dredging is starting in the West Crab Island Channel in the section from the Ephraim Island bridge down to the intersection with the North Channel,” CEO Hal Morris […]

  • Go-ahead for two oil & gas firms to drill in North Sea with Odfjell rigs

    5 June 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Aker BP and Neptune Energy have received consent from Norway’s offshore safety regulator for exploration drilling in the Norwegian North Sea.

  • Rosenberg Worley Inks Vår Energi EPCI Deal

    16 August 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Vår Energi has awarded an EPCI (engineering, procurement, construction and installation) contract to Rosenberg Worley in Stavanger, Norway. The contract encompasses the lifetime extension of the Jotun floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO), enabling oil and gas production from the Balder field until 2045. A large proportion of the contract value is expected to […]

  • GMS lands two new contracts, spurring its hopes for higher rates and fleet utilisation

    21 December 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    GMS has won two new contracts for two of its large-size class vessels and expressed hopes for higher rates and improved fleet utilisation.

  • Dredging Clears Humboldt Bay Entrance Channel

    20 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    Humboldt Bay – California North Coast’s only deep-water port – is once again safe for shipping after roughly 1.1 million cubic yards of sediment were removed from the bay entrance channel. In its latest release, the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Conservation and Recreation District announced that all shipping restrictions have been lifted following the completion of […]

  • VBA Wins North Lincolnshire Flood Defense Project

    10 August 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    VBA, a joint venture comprising VolkerStevin, Boskalis Westminster and Atkins, has won another local authority (RMA) contract through the Environment Agency’s Water and Environment Management (WEM) framework – this time for North Lincolnshire Council. The North Lincolnshire Lakes scheme located in Scunthorpe, was awarded to VBA to increase flood defense protection and improve existing barriers […]

  • Deep dive: What’s in store for Valaris rigs?

    13 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    An in-depth review of Valaris’ rigs, including details about new contracts and extensions along with other recent activities related to its fleet.

  • Equinor cleared to use Odfjell rig in North Sea

    18 December 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    Equinor has received consent from the country’s offshore safety watchdog to use the Deepsea Atlantic rig on a well in the North Sea off Norway.

  • Pamet Harbor Dredging Completed (USA)

    27 February 2012

    “The dredging project on the Pamet Harbor was completed last week,” said Tim Silva, chair of the Pamet Harbor Commission. This project took three weeks, and it was completed ahead of schedule due to warm weather. “A machine stirs up the sand, and pumps it to Gull Island, between the north jetty and Corn Hill,” […]

  • USACE Dredger Currituck Arrives in Milford

    16 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    The USACE’s split hull-special purpose dredger Currituck has arrived in Milford and is scheduled to spend the next two weeks clearing the federal channel of navigational hazards, according to the Mayor Ben Blake. During this period, the crew of the Currituck will remove the silting and shoaling along the federal channel by relocating approximately 14,000 […]

  • Eni Starts Vandumbu Field in Angola

    11 December 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    Eni has started production from the Vandumbu field through West Hub N’Goma FPSO in Block 15/06, approximately 350 km North West of Luanda and 130 km West of Soyo, Angola. First oil from the Vandumbu field was achieved in late November 2018. This, along with the start-up of a Subsea Multiphase Boosting System (SMBS) achieved […]

  • Cairns Port Dredging Pays Off Big

    28 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    Thanks to the Palaszczuk Government’s investment in a $127 million project to widen and deepen the shipping channel, the largest ship ever to enter the Port of Cairns berthed today marking a historic evolution for Far North Queensland’s cruise ship industry. This time last year, the 294-meter-long Queen Elizabeth would have been forced to drop […]

  • HHI Construction Operations to Resume Following Hurricane Matthew

    18 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Weeks Marine Inc. is about to restart the beach renourishment activities at the Town of Hilton Head Island. According to the town’s latest beach nourishment update, the contractor expects to restart beach renourishment activities in South Forest Beach no later than October 19, 2016. The town is aiming to replace the sand washed from the design template along […]

  • UK’s tax changes: First step to ‘restore confidence’ in oil & gas sector and safeguard energy security

    9 June 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    The UK has now made adjustments to the oil and gas tax terms in a bid to protect the country’s energy security.

  • Shell fires up Olympus tie-back in Gulf of Mexico 

    29 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Shell has kicked off production at a tie-back to its Olympus production hub, unlocking further value in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

  • Chrysaor spuds North Sea well with COSL rig

    18 February 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Drilling operations on the Chrysaor-operated Jerv exploration well, located offshore Norway, started on 18 February 2021, using the COSLInnovator rig.

  • Neptune kicks off production from oil & gas field off Norway

    28 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Neptune Energy has brought on stream an oil and gas field in the Norwegian Sea off Norway, which has been tied back to Equinor’s platform.

  • FM Area Diversion Update: District Court Modifies Injunction

    9 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    U.S. District Court Judge John A. Tunheim has modified the injunction to allow all requested construction to proceed on the FM Area Diversion Project. The project is designed to protect the Fargo-Moorhead-West Fargo metro area during times of extreme flooding. The scheme is aimed to prevent catastrophic flooding with a few major components. The ruling […]

  • Spirit moves to decommission North Sea field

    30 August 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Rules & Regulation, Vessels

    Oil and gas company Spirit Energy has now started the first phase of preparing to decommission its Chestnut field, located in the North Sea.

  • Danish govt to hold co-ownership in future CO2 storage licenses under new political deal

    22 June 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    The Danish government has signed a new political agreement with eight parties which implies that it will have a 20% co-ownership in future carbon storage licenses in the North Sea. Danish parties Venstre, Socialistisk Folkeparti, Radikale Venstre, Enhedslisten, Det Konservative Folkeparti, Dansk Folkeparti, Liberal Alliance and Alternativet agreed that the government must have a co-ownership […]