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  • ESCP to Present Gosport Coastal Defenses

    11 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    The Eastern Solent Coastal Partnership (ESCP) together with the Environment Agency is about to hold the first out of three public exhibitions about the Coastal Defense Improvements in Gosport. Gosport Borough Council is undertaking a project to recommend the replacement and improvement of sea defenses at three Gosport sites; Forton, Seafield and Alverstoke. Once built, the […]

  • Senator: Reef Report Card Ignores Dredging (Australia)

    10 July 2013

    Improvements in the Great Barrier Reef Report Card released today are dwarfed by the impacts of the dredging and dumping the old parties are allowing in the Great Barrier Reef for the big mining companies, say the Australian Greens. “We’ve seen some reduction in chemical runoff from some reef catchments reported today but the old […]

  • Chevron Enters PSC with CNOOC for Offshore China Acreage

    17 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Chevron Corporation announced that its China subsidiary has entered into production sharing contracts (PSC) with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) for two exploration blocks in the South China Sea’s Pearl River Mouth Basin. Under the PSC agreements, Chevron China Energy Company will hold a 100 percent interest in blocks 15/10 and 15/28 in the […]

  • UK Signs Piracy Deal with Mauritius

    11 June 2012

      Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron and his Mauritius counterpart Navinchandra Ramgoolam signed a deal for suspected pirates caught by the British navy to be prosecuted on the Indian Ocean island. Cameron said the agreement signalled that Indian Ocean states were stepping up the battle against piracy. Britain has similar deals with the Seychelles and […]

  • 4.1 GW Scottish offshore wind site soon to buzz with activity

    29 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    SSE Renewables is set to soon return to the 4.1 GW Berwick Bank Wind Farm located off the east coast of Scotland to commence further geotechnical survey work. Fugro is in charge of carrying out the work and will use the 83-meter long Fugro Scout. The survey is planned to mobilize between 7 and 10 […]

  • Fugro Nets Geotechnical Site Investigation Deal Off Germany

    4 September 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Fugro has been awarded a multi-annual geotechnical site investigation contract from the Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Das Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH)) in the German North Sea and Baltic Sea. The programme will be completed in three phases over the next 3 years and comprises geotechnical investigations at potential offshore wind farm […]

  • Dutch OTEC, wave innovators gear up for Making Waves

    7 September 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    Seventeen innovators in the Dutch water sector have made it to the final round and will pitch their ideas at the Making Waves event being held today at Afsluitdijk storm barrier in the Netherlands.

  • Saipem Inks WEC Tech Development Deal with Wello

    27 September 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Italian offshore energy services major Saipem and the Finnish company Wello have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to optimize wave energy converter Penguin technology. The objective of the agreement is the development of future initiatives in the sector. Saipem will support Wello to optimize the installation procedure and operability of the WEC Penguin technology. […]

  • Fugro Provides ROV Services to Petrobras

    18 June 2018
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Fugro has been hired to provide remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services to support Petrobras in its exploration and production activities following two new contract wins. Under the two new contracts Fugro’s ROV spread will support drilling related activities, such as towing, mooring, commissioning and de-commissioning, and positioning of production and drilling units, as well as […]

  • Petrobras Working on Oil Spill Containment Offshore Brazil

    2 February 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Petrobras announces that, since Jan 31, it has adopted all contingency procedures in response to the rupture that took place in the vertical production testing column (connecting the platform to the wellhead) of FPWSO Dynamic Producer. The platform is operating in the Extended Well Test (EWT) that is underway in the Carioca Nordeste area, in […]

  • TGS to conduct geophysical survey at RWE’s Dogger Bank South offshore wind farm sites

    31 March 2025
    Business Developments & Projects

    TGS is scheduled to start geophysical survey work across the Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind farm sites in the UK on March 27. According to a Notice to Mariners issued by the DBS project, the Norway-based energy data and intelligence company will be using the seismic vessel Ramform Vanguard, supported by the guard/scout vessel […]

  • Report: Drilling finished in Phase 19 of South Pars gas field

    25 May 2015
    Project & Tenders

    Drilling operations in Phase 19 of the massive South Pars gas field, located in the Persian Gulf, have been completed.  The development of the Phase 19 of South Pars Gas Field was done by Petropars, a developer of exploration, exploitation and production in upstream projects. According to petro energy information network, Shana, the drilling manager of Petropars, Mahmoud […]

  • Chevron, CNOOC Sign Two PSCs for Acreage Offshore China

    16 January 2013

    Chevron Corporation announced today that its China subsidiary has entered into production sharing contracts (PSC) with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) for two exploration blocks in the South China Sea’s Pearl River Mouth Basin.  Under the PSC agreements, Chevron China Energy Company will hold a 100 percent interest in blocks 15/10 and 15/28 in […]

  • Wello’s Penguin Gets Saipem Boost

    27 September 2019
    Research & Development, Technology

    Italian offshore energy services major Saipem and the Finnish company Wello have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to optimize wave energy converter Penguin technology. The objective of the agreement is the development of future initiatives in the sector. Saipem will support Wello to optimize the installation procedure and operability of the WEC Penguin technology. […]

  • Photo of the Day: Second Siemens SOV Gearing for Launch

    14 October 2016

    Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder Ulstein has shared a photo of the second wind farm service operation vessel (SOV) built for Bernhard Schulte Offshore and chartered out to Siemens Wind Power Service as the vessel is getting ready to be launched. Ulstein did not reveal the exact date of the launch, but the company revealed earlier […]

  • Effective State Governance Crucial in Combating Somalia Piracy

    24 October 2014

    While noting the progress made to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman  said that a sustained long-term solution must include the presence of effective Government and State institutions that provide basic services and alternative ways for people to make a living. Briefing the Security Council […]

  • Highlights of the Week

    15 March 2020
    Business & Finance

    Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (March 9-15, 2020).   DEME’s Split Barge Deugniet Hits the Water Deugniet, a twin vessel of DEME’s other newbuild split barge Bengel, was successfully launched in Batam, Indonesia, today.   VIDEO: How Does Eko Atlantic City Get Its Sand? Eko […]

  • Nautilus Puts Its Seafloor Diamond Drill Rig Trough Wet Test Program

    6 June 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Nautilus Minerals has started wet testing of its new seafloor diamond drill rig, which the company has developed to relieve the drilling requirements of its future exploration programs. The scope of the testing is to check the operational functionality of the drill rig’s control systems, landing capability, hydraulic functions, video survey systems, and drilling cycle […]

  • Neptune Supports PIAM Project Off Argentina

    20 December 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Neptune has been awarded a contract from Sea Trucks Group to support the Enap Sipetrol Argentina pipelay construction for the PIAM project. The company will provide integrated survey, ROV and stabilization services for PIAM project in the Magallanes field, offshore Argentina. The scope of work covers installation of three pipelines of various sizes ranging from 6 to […]

  • SOV Crews Prefer Astern Operations at OWFs

    6 December 2016

    Ulstein reported today that operational feedback on Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) had shown SOV crews choose to operate the vessels in astern mode at least 50% of the time at offshore wind farms.  The company has delivered three SOVs so far, one to Siem Offshore Contractors and two to Bernhard Schulte Offshore. A vessel’s ability to back […]

  • Ashtead Supports US Airship Subsea Wreckage Exploration

    19 October 2015
    Operations & Maintenance

    Ashtead Technology has been supporting attempts to explore the wreckage of the USS Macon, the United States Navy’s last flying aircraft that sunk to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Designed for long-range scouting, the airship crashed off the coast of California in 1935 when it was returning to the Moffett Federal Airfield following a successful […]

  • Capstone to Supply Power Packages for Offshore Rigs in Alaska

    6 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Capstone Turbine Corporation has received multiple orders for oil and gas offshore platforms from its new Alaskan distributor Chenega Energy LLC. The orders are for a single C1000 and multiple C200s power packages for use on offshore platforms in Alaska’s Cook Inlet. Chenega Energy secured the orders from Hilcorp Alaska LLC, which purchased 10 oilrigs in […]

  • Subsea Innovation Delivers Connectors to Qatar’s RasGas

    25 March 2016
    Equipment

    Subsea Innovation has completed the design and manufacture of two 16” mechanical pipeline connectors for use by oil & gas operator RasGas. These are the first systems that Subsea Innovation have produced for RasGas, the company said. RasGas required the connectors to meet specific weld specifications that included being Inconel clad. Inconel cladding provides additional protection for […]

  • Ulstein Cuts First Steel for Merkur SOV

    10 September 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder Ulstein has cut the first steel for a Service Operations Vessel (SOV) ordered by Bernhard Schulte. The SOV yard number 315 is of the SX195 design from Ulstein, and is destined to operate for GE Renewable Energy on the Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The vessel […]

  • Ulstein to Launch Second Siemens Wind Farm SOV in October

    30 August 2016

    Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder Ulstein plans to launch the second wind farm service operation vessel (SOV) built for Bernhard Schulte Offshore and chartered out to Siemens Wind Power Service from the dock hall at Ulstein Verft in two months’ time. The vessel is expected to start sea trials by the end of the year, Ulstein said. Her […]