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  • Shell Creek Levee Project Starts (USA)

    26 March 2014

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, in partnership with the city of Schuyler and the Lower Platte North Natural Resources District, has begun construction of a 2.5-mile levee along Shell Creek north and east of Schuyler and is marking the occasion with a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, March 27th starting at 10:15 a.m. […]

  • Dredging at Pier Sixty-Six Marina Underway

    31 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    A dredging program at the Pier Sixty-Six Marina in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, aimed to remove silt and other material from the marina’s bottom, is moving ahead. Commenting the latest news, Marine Director Megan Lagasse said: “We have recently started the process of dredging on the west side of our North Marina, including where the Intracoastal […]

  • West Bay and Lyme Regis Annual Dredging Works Rescheduled

    27 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    Dredging works for West Bay and Lyme Regis Harbors have been rescheduled due to unforeseen circumstances, according to the West Dorset District Council’s latest release. Works at West Bay will start again today and run through to 4 April with some night shift work, if required, the announcement said. The method of West Bay’s dredging works […]

  • Subsea 7 nets IOG North Sea SURF

    7 May 2020
    Project & Tenders

    Subsea 7 has secured a contract from Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) for the Blythe and Vulcan satellites field development in the UK Southern North Sea. The SURF contract follows the recent approval of the Phase 1 Field Development Plan by the UK Oil and Gas Authority. It includes 35 kilometres of flowlines between the […]

  • Corps Awards $1.9 Million Contract to Repair Hampton Jetty

    18 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    The north jetty feature of the Hampton Harbor Federal navigation project in Hampton, New Hampshire, will be repaired under the terms of a $1.9 million contract issued recently by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District. Work will be accomplished by Mohawk Northeast, Inc., of Plantsville, Connecticut. Construction is scheduled to start on […]

  • Aker BP files development plan with fast-track solution for North Sea field

    27 September 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Rules & Regulation

    Aker BP has submitted a plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Frosk field to the country’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.

  • Qatar Petroleum reaches NFE FID, contracts Chiyoda, Technip

    9 February 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    LNG giant Qatar Petroleum has taken the final investment decision for developing the North Field East Project (NFE).

  • Repsol’s North Sea field secures life extension

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

    Repsol has received consent from Norway’s offshore safety regulator for the life extension of a field in the North Sea off Norway.

  • Jill begins geotechnical investigations at Thor offshore wind project

    1 July 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Jill has started the geotechnical investigations at the Thor offshore wind project in the Danish North Sea. Jill completed the first borehole drilling out of 20 in total at the site located west of Nissum Fjord, 20km from the shore. As reported in mid-April, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier secured a contract by Denmark’s […]

  • USA: Norfolk Dredging Shifts Works to Deepwater Point Range

    2 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Dredging operations have been completed in New Castle Range of the Delaware River and all submerged pipeline has been removed. Norfolk Dredging, the contractor, is currently conducting dredging operations at Deepwater Point Range, scheduled to continue through mid-May, 2014. The Dredge ESSEX is operating in Deepwater Point Range, working from south to north, starting on […]

  • Germany: Sand Works at Jade Weser Port Completed

    2 February 2012

    Sand pumping at the Wilhelmshaven’s Jade Weser Port terminal has been completed with the utilization of 45.9 million cubic meters of sand. The terminal development started in May 2008 and the material used for construction of the 360-acre port area has been transported from the north, south and the fairway sand mining areas. This prosperous […]

  • Siemens Gamesa turbines for German offshore wind farm

    2 April 2020

    Siemens Gamesa has received a firm order to deliver its SG 8.0-167 DD Flex wind turbines for innogy’s 342 MW Kaskasi offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. In total, Siemens Gamesa will manufacture and deliver 38 wind turbines for the project. The order also comes with a two-year service and maintenance contract. The […]

  • Future Looks Great for Indonesian Ports

    9 March 2012

    North Jakarta’s Tanjung Priok port should be able to handle nearly double its current quantity of intermodal shipping containers when a Rp 17 trillion ($1.9 billion) revamp is completed by 2017, says Richard J. Lino, the president of state port operator Pelindo II. Once the project is completed, it may further reduce the number of […]

  • 50Hertz, Elia issue UXO survey and clearance call

    7 March 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    German and Belgium transmission system operators (TSOs), 50Hertz and Elia, have issued a tender for offshore unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey, identification, and clearance campaign in the cable installation corridor(s) in the Baltic and North Seas. Since this joint procurement involves different countries, the state applicable national procurement law is that of Germany. The objective of the UXO […]

  • Transocean, TechnipFMC, Heerema, McDermott, Fugro, DOF, and McMahon get decom work at Woodside‘s oil & gas fields

    31 May 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Woodside has handed out deals to multiple players for the decommissioning of subsea infrastructure at several oil & gas fields off Australia.

  • MRE to power SeaMade

    14 May 2020
    Project & Tenders

    Manor Renewable Energy (MRE) has signed a contract with Siemens Gamesa to provide temporary power provision during the turbine commissioning phase at the SeaMade offshore wind farm. “Following several successful European temporary power provision projects over the recent past, we are looking forward to once again working with Siemens Gamesa; it’s a combination that works,” […]

  • Salix Busy with the Walthamstow Wetlands Scheme

    26 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Salix River and Wetland Services Ltd., a bioengineering firm based in South Wales, has been busy for quite some time now with the transformation of Walthamstow Wetlands into the largest urban wetland reserve in Europe. The company has just released this photo of the large modular pontoon with 13 tonne machine placing the silt behind nicospan revetment. Salix began work […]

  • OMV gearing up to drill two North Sea wells

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

    OMV has secured a drilling permit from Norway’s authorities for two exploration wells in the Norwegian part of the North Sea.

  • GLDD Secures Tampa Harbor Gig

    30 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Historic Egmont Key will soon receive critical sand thanks to maintenance on the Tampa Harbor channel. The small island has experienced large-scale erosion and structural damage on its western shoreline.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District awarded a $13.4 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company of Oak Brook, Ill., to […]

  • Preparations Underway for Hilton Head Island Beachfill

    21 January 2016
    Business & Finance

    The preliminary activities associated with the 2016 Beach Nourishment Project will start in the upcoming weeks, the Town of Hilton Head Island said in an announcement yesterday. In particular, pre-project surveys of both the beach and the offshore borrow sites will be conducted. Both land and water based survey crews will be present and active within […]

  • Dutch take aim at lower green hydrogen costs by combining offshore wind and floating solar

    28 February 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology, Vision

    A consortium of Dutch companies has launched a government-backed project to explore the synergies between offshore wind, offshore solar and hydrogen production at sea for improved sustainability of North Sea renewable energy projects.

  • Surveys start for OW Ocean Winds’ Polish offshore wind project

    21 April 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development

    OW Ocean Winds Polska has announced that the company started geophysical and geotechnical surveys for its BC-Wind offshore wind farm in Poland. The surveys are being carried out by the British company Gardline Limited and they are planned to be completed in the third quarter of this year. OW Ocean Winds Polska, part of the […]

  • Greenpeace activists end 13-day occupation of Shell’s oil platform (Gallery)

    14 February 2023
    Business & Finance, Environment, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vessels, Vision

    Greenpeace activists have disembarked Shell’s oil platform at the port of Haugesund in Norway after 13 days of occupation and a journey of almost 4,000 kilometers from the Canary Islands, with no arrests having taken place.  Four activists boarded the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit from inflatable boats north of the Canary Islands […]

  • Equinor Starts Up Deepest Field on Norwegian Continental Shelf

    17 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Equinor and its partners started production from the Aasta Hansteen gas field in the Norwegian Sea. Gas from the Aasta Hansteen field is available to the market for the first time and together with the Polarled pipeline the field opens a new region for gas export to Europe. “Aasta Hansteen is a pioneer. Located in […]

  • Two UK carbon capture and storage projects selected for state funding

    19 October 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Transition

    UK has selected two clusters to receive the funding and develop their proposed carbon capture usage and storage projects starting from 2025.