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  • Transocean semi-sub to drill at least nine more wells in Norway

    7 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Transocean has secured a contract extension in Norway with the firm part of the backlog worth about $181 million.

  • Kongsberg to furnish Brazil-bound FPSO with electrical and control equipment

    10 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology, Vessels

    Kongsberg Maritime has inked a deal with Yinson to deliver electrical and control technologies for an FPSO, which will operate off Brazil.

  • New jobs for Diamond Offshore’s rig fleet in U.S. and UK as drilling market shows signs of ‘broad-based upcycle’

    9 May 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Diamond Offshore has secured new contracts and extensions with higher day rates for several rigs in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and the UK North Sea.

  • Two UK contractors in partnership to transform life of field services in North Sea

    13 December 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Bilfinger and Global E&C have formed Torus BGP JV to transform the delivery of late-life services for CNR International’s North Sea assets.

  • Equinor bites the dust in North Sea well despite ‘play opener’ expectations

    6 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor has found no traces of a hydrocarbon reservoir after drilling a North Sea well off Norway.

  • His Majesty the King to Open Equinor’s Johan Sverdrup

    9 December 2019
    Operations & Maintenance

    Equinor has informed that His Majesty the King will perform the official opening of the Johan Sverdrup field centre on January 07, 2020. Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg and the Minister of Petroleum and Energy Kjell-Børge Freiberg will also be present. The official opening will take place at the field centre in the North Sea. Equinor […]

  • Second Dredge for Buxton Beach Nourishment

    11 August 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Weeks Marine has resumed Buxton Beach Nourishment operations after two days of being shut down due to weather, reports Dare County. According to the update, the contractor resumed pumping sand yesterday around 9:30. The current marine forecast looks favorable for pumping the next several days. “The cutterhead dredge McCaskill will work on filling a 900-foot section […]

  • Ocean City Beachfill Timeline Released

    12 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    Ocean City Mayor, Jay Gillian, has announced a rough timeline for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’s beach replenishment project that affects Ocean City, NJ. Three Jersey Shore towns – Strathmere, Sea Isle City and Ocean City – are part of the $32.5 million contract, awarded to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company of Oak […]

  • N-Sea Begins Central and Northern North Sea IRM Campaign

    11 September 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    N-Sea Offshore is carrying out work on a £30 million contract to provide subsea inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) services for an oil and gas development and production company. The three-year all-inclusive contract with options for extensions is utilizing N-Sea vessels and project crews for vessel based and daughter craft diving combined with ROV operations. […]

  • End in sight for fairway adjustment project in Hamburg

    10 September 2020
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    Port of Hamburg, Germany, has just announced that the fairway adjustment of the Elbe River is on its home stretch. In the final stage this week, the cutter-head suction dredger (CSD) Fernão de Magalhães – owned by Jan De Nul – will do the remaining work on the Elbe river bed. According to the port, […]

  • PHOTO: Watermaster Shows Great Results in Chennai

    20 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    The Greater Chennai Corporation recently acquired an amphibious multipurpose Watermaster dredger to counter the water hyacinth problem plaguing the Chennai’s water canals in Kodungaiyur.  Hyacinth can be a real problem in many ways: it restricts water flow, blocks sunlight for aquatic plants, starves water of oxygen and kills fish. For years, the Chennai Corporation has […]

  • Transocean finds more work for five rigs

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

    Transocean has secured contract awards and extensions for five drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), North Sea, Norway and Suriname.

  • Canada: Expansion Work Starts on Goderich Harbour

    7 April 2014

    Work began this week on a $2.09 million project to improve the north pier at Goderich’s harbour. “It’s an investment in one of Goderich’s greatest assets; the deep water port. It’s part of the strategy to bring it up to a high quality port to hopefully attract new cargoes,” said Rowland Howe, president of Goderich […]

  • On a mission to curb rig emissions, Diamond Offshore joins forces with Norwegian firm

    17 February 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition

    In a bid to reduce its carbon footprint and improve energy efficiency, Diamond Offshore, has teamed up with Norway’s Stepwise.

  • Crippled containership towed to Dunkirk after losing engine power

    28 December 2022
    Green Marine, Vessels

    A Liberian-flagged containership HSL Nike suffered an engine malfunction on Monday, December 26 while sailing toward the port of Rotterdam. The vessel anchored off Cap Gris-Nez in northern France to avoid drifting while the crew tried to repair the engine. After a full day of investigations carried out by the crew, the breakdown was not resolved, […]

  • Olympic Subsea Secures Vessel Work in Renewables Market

    24 May 2019
    Project & Tenders

    Olympic Subsea has entered into an agreement with Adwen GmbH, a subsidiary of Siemens Gamesa, for the multipurpose offshore vessel Olympic Orion. The contract period is firm for six months with further options, and it is expected to start in Q2 2019. Olympic Orion is equipped with gangway system, 100 ton crane and accommodation module […]

  • Swedish offshore wind developer opens call for seabed surveys

    6 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Swedish energy company Vattenfall has issued a tender looking for a contractor or contractors to deliver bathymetric survey services at offshore wind sites. Vattenfall plans to sign a framework agreement with the selected company/companies for scheduled and ad-hoc seabed surveys at offshore wind projects. The tender is divided into three lots. Lot 1 is for services […]

  • Site investigation at 3.1 GW East Anglia Hub set to start

    22 July 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Site investigation work at East Anglia Hub is expected to start in July, according to Iberdrola, the parent company of ScottishPower Renewables, which will build the 3.1 GW project in the UK. The site investigation operations will mark the first deployment of personnel and contractors on the project, the developer states. ScottishPower Renewables combined the East […]

  • Littlehampton Flood Defense Scheme Nears End

    20 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Environment Agency is working in partnership with Arun District Council, West Sussex County Council and Littlehampton Harbor Board to improve the tidal flood defenses along the East Bank of the River Arun in Littlehampton. The work is being carried out by the contractors, Volker Stevin. The Environment Agency started building the scheme at the […]

  • Highlights of the Week

    15 December 2019
    Business & Finance

    Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (December 9 – December 15, 2019).   TSHD Sanderus Passes Sea Trials, Ortelius Hits the Water Jan De Nul said in its latest announcement that their 6.000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Sanderus has successfully passed the sea trials.   […]

  • Van Oord’s Costa Verde Kicks Off Aberdeen Dredging Operations

    11 September 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The construction program supporting the expansion of Aberdeen Harbor into Nigg Bay has passed a significant milestone with the beginning of dredging operations. The construction project, which commenced in May this year with the development of a north breakwater access road, and the start of work on the north breakwater itself, has progressed well, and […]

  • Oceanside Work in Full Swing

    3 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    The City of Oceanside Harbor, CA, said in its latest announcement that their weekly dredge progress meeting was held earlier this week with representatives of the harbor, city, USACE and Manson Construction. According to the latest update, the dredging operations began April 29th at 3:30pm and 16,000 cubic yards of sand was delivered to the […]

  • DeltaTek Deploys SeaCure on Subsea Well for Chevron

    13 November 2018
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    DeltaTek Global has deployed its SeaCure technology on the West Wick subsea appraisal well which is being drilled by the Ocean Guardian under the work scope for Chevron North Sea. The SeaCure cementing system delivers stabbed-in, inner string cementing for subsea wells and was deployed to cement a 30″ conductor casing. The project is a continuation of […]

  • Morlais tidal scheme lines up for North Wales Growth Deal boost

    21 December 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Anglesey tidal energy project, Morlais, is set to become one of the first projects to benefit from the proposed £240 million North Wales Growth Deal.

  • STATS anticipates steady year despite market conditions

    10 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment

    UK-based pipeline technology specialist STATS has booked EBITDA earnings of £5.6 million, according to its annual accounts as at 31 December 2019. The company generated revenues of £39.1 million, down from £43.4 million in the prior-year comparable period. However, STATS noted its 2018 result included its largest ever contract, completed for Abu Dhabi client. STATS […]