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  • UK: FoundOcean Awarded Narec’s NOAH Met Mast Contract by SeaRoc

    1 November 2012

    SeaRoc has awarded FoundOcean the grouting contract for Narec’s Offshore Anemometry Hub (NOAH), which is located three nautical miles off the coast of Blyth. The installation will be equipped with a variety of monitoring sensors to collect the necessary environmental data to inform the development, construction and operation of the proposed Blyth Offshore Wind Demonstration […]

  • Finland: STX Turku Shipyard Names New Multipurpose Deck Cargo Vessel

    7 June 2012

    On Tuesday 5 June 2012, the naming ceremony of the multipurpose deck cargo vessel built for Gaiamare Ltd was performed at STX Turku Shipyard. Godmother of the vessel, Minister of Transport Merja Kyllönen, christened the ship, given her the name “Meri”. The festive event held on the outfitting dock of the shipyard was witnessed by […]

  • Corps Repairing Union Slough Levee

    18 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Repairs to the Union Slough Levee started in earnest yesterday as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials commenced construction on a 100-foot-long damaged segment on the southwest corner of Smith Island, just south of Everett’s Water Pollution Control Facility. Located on the Snohomish River’s right bank, the $86,000 project will address sloughing, slope scour, […]

  • Update: St Johns Ship Building Hands Over OSV ATLANTIC SPIRIT

    30 January 2014

    St Johns Ship Building of Palatka, Fla. has delivered a new Offshore Support Vessel the ATLANTIC SPIRIT to Inland and Offshore Contractors, Ltd. “ATLANTIC SPIRIT” (Yard No 157) was designed by Entech and Associates Inc. of Houma, Louisiana. The vessel is the third delivery of this design with forth scheduled for delivery in late March early April […]

  • Subsea 7 Takes Delivery of Heavy Duty ORTs from Sonardyne

    26 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Subsea engineering, construction and installation company, Subsea 7, has taken delivery of a consignment of acoustic release transponders and accompanying heavy duty release frames from Sonardyne International Ltd. The Oceanographic Release Transponders (ORTs) will be used, up to 17 at a time, to assist with the installation of 20 structures being lowered to the seabed […]

  • SPT Offshore Sets Up Suction Piles for Wintershall

    16 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    SPT offshore, acting as a subcontractor of Scaldis Marine Contractors, successfully installed the 3 suction piles forming the foundation of SPT’s tripod substructure and minimum facilities concept utilized for the Wintershall L6-B field development. The suction piles were simultaneously installed in a record time of 3 hours. Similarly, the verticality achieved was 0.01 degree out […]

  • McDermott builds specialty valves for Ichthys LNG

    2 October 2014
    Equipment, Research & Development

    McDermott said that its team of experts has achieved a first of a kind in the valve industry; creating the world’s largest forged body specialty valve, in collaboration with Subsea.  The valves are destined for the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG project in Australia. “The Ichthys project umbilical, riser and flowline infrastructure – which will be installed […]

  • Investigation finds flaws on COSL rig after fatal incident

    8 April 2016
    Exploration & Production

    Norway’s offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has revealed the results of its investigation of a fatal incident on board the COSLInnovator rig that occurred in December 2015, offshore Norway.  At the time of the incident, the COSL Innovator, built in 2011 and owned by COSL Drilling, was working for the Norwegian oil company […]

  • France: Technip Completes Construction of State of the Art Apache II Vessel

    19 May 2010

    Technip announced that it has successfully completed the construction of its new vessel, the Apache II, at its construction yard in Pori, Finland. The work involved transferring the Apache’s high-performance pipelay equipment on to a new-built hull acquired in 2009, as a result of which the Pori yard has delivered a state of the art […]

  • New DP System from GE Power Conversion

    8 May 2013

    GE’s Power Conversion business announces that they are bringing enhanced operability to the company’s Dynamic Positioning (DP) system. The latest version, being launched at OTC, is more energy-efficient, better integrated, and—most importantly—more ’mariner friendly’. Since they were introduced some 50 years ago, DP systems have become increasingly complex in their configurations and in their operation. […]

  • Crowley delivers Tubular Bells topside to Gulf of Mexico location

    28 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    On the heels of the recent successful delivery of offshore production facility Jack/St. Malo, Crowley has once again shown support for the domestic petroleum industry by providing ocean towing services for the Tubular Bells topside in the Gulf of Mexico for Saipem, a large, international contractor for the oil and gas industry.   This recent […]

  • USA: GE Introduces Modular Frac Manifolds

    8 May 2013
    Equipment

    GE Oil & Gas’ Pressure Control business announced it is adding modular frac manifolds to its fracturing services portfolio. Unveiled at the 2013 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), the new product expands GE’s support of operators in the unconventional market, including shale gas. GE’s modular frac manifold is a skid-mounted assembly designed to safely allow simultaneous […]

  • WindSentinel Follows GL Garrad Hassan Protocol (Canada)

    16 March 2011

    One of the major challenges in offshore wind resource assessment is gathering and validating data to support development of the wind turbines. To date, developers have constructed meteorological masts to collect comprehensive wind data. These masts, however, are approximately 100 metres tall and typically cost around $5 million to design and install. Once construction approval […]

  • Ithaca Completes Flow Test on Fourth Stella Field Development Well

    16 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Ithaca Energy Inc. announces the successful completion of flow test operations on the fourth development well on the Stella field, with the well achieving a flow rate of 12,005 barrels of oil equivalent per day (“boepd”). Well 30/6a-B2Z (“B2”) is the fourth development well drilled on the Stella field.  The well was drilled to a […]

  • Island Offshore Orders ULSTEIN-Designed Vessel (Norway)

    20 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    ULSTEIN has entered into a contract with Island Offshore and their American partner Edison Chouest Offshore for the delivery of a multifunctional offshore vessel based on ULSTEIN’s SX121 design, with an option for an additional vessel. The vessel is prepared and tailored for the well intervention, IMR and SURF segments, and meets the latest requirements […]

  • New Workhorse for Huta Marine Works

    9 May 2014

    In the early morning of Saturday 8 March the Al Bahar C/D Huta 12 was launched and given her name at the IHC Merwede shipyard in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands. The self-propelled cutter suction dredger was designed and built by IHC Holland for Huta Marine Works, Saudi Arabia. Following the launch IHC Merwede has until summer […]

  • UK: Ardersier and Petty Residents Find Out about Plans for Former Oil Yard

    7 June 2013

    Ardersier and Petty residents had the opportunity (Wednesday June 5) to find out more about the Port of Ardersier’s ambitious plans to develop the former oil yard. Alastair Wood, of Savills property consultants, which represents site owners the Port of Ardersier Ltd, gave a brief presentation and answered questions on the proposed development. Ronnie Fraser […]

  • Chesapeake and CNOOC Limited Announce Closing of Niobrara-Focused DJ Basin and Powder River Basin Project Cooperation Agreement (USA)

    17 February 2011
    Project & Tenders

      Chesapeake Energy Corporation and CNOOC Limited announced the closing of a project cooperation agreement whereby CNOOC International Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of CNOOC Limited, purchased a 33.3% undivided interest in Chesapeake’s 800,000 net oil and natural gas leasehold acres in the Denver-Julesburg (DJ) and Powder River Basins in northeast Colorado and southeast Wyoming. […]

  • Scottish Businesses Gather Behind Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Project

    16 August 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment

    A coalition of organisations that are supportive of the GBP 2 billion Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm project has joined forces to appeal to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Scotland to abandon further court action aimed at delaying the project.

  • Aquatera, Jee Finish 1st Phase of Tidal Cable Laying Project

    18 November 2015
    Research & Development

    Stromness-based energy and environmental consultancy Aquatera Ltd  and Jee Ltd have carried out the deployment and recovery of Jee’s U-tube cabling protection structure in Orkney, thus completing the first phase of a project to investigate cost-effective methods of cable laying for tidal energy arrays. Funded by Scottish Enterprise, the £2.4m Tidal Array Cabling Solution project was […]

  • INTERVIEW: DylanGroup Forges Ahead

    30 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    As the offshore industry moves toward further expansion and building-up of its capacities there is an ever-growing need for resourceful and reliant steel partners in the market who can provide custom-made steel piping products and services. In order to find out more about the on-going projects and their implementation, we spoke with Barry van Manen, […]

  • Somerset County Council Proposes Flood Fund Boost (UK)

    16 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    A further flood funding boost of £500,000 has been proposed for river dredging by Somerset County Council yesterday, and it brings the total proposed by the council to £1m. The Council is planning to up its offer of £300,000 for dredging, and £200,000 for local flood prevention schemes, to a total of £1m – with […]

  • Corps OKs Release of Final Report for Central Everglades Project (USA)

    26 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, is one step closer to finalizing a report on the Central Everglades Planning Project after receiving unanimous approval to release the document for state and agency review in the next few weeks. This milestone was achieved today at the Corps’ Civil Works Review Board (CWRB) in Washington […]

  • ION’s NarwhalTM Receives 2014 Spotlight on Arctic Technology Award

    7 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    ION Geophysical Corporation announced that its new NarwhalTM for Ice Management software received a Spotlight on Arctic Technology award, to be presented at the Arctic Technology Conference in Houston on Monday, February 10. The Arctic Technology Conference (ATC) shines the spotlight on the latest innovations in the Arctic E&P industry with its annual event. A […]

  • Cuadrilla Seeks to Unlock Lancashire’s Shale Gas Potential

    19 May 2014
    Research & Development

    Following extensive public consultation Cuadrilla Resources will submit, before the end of the month, a planning application to Lancashire County Council to drill, hydraulically fracture and test the flow of gas from up to four exploration wells at its proposed exploration site at Preston New Road. Once the planning application for Preston New Road has […]