Business & Finance
UK: Stork Subsea Invests in New Specialist Dive Intervention Craft
Stork Technical Services Subsea, the subsea division of the leading global provider of knowledge-based asset integrity management services for the oil and gas, chemical and power sectors, has invested more than £2 million (approx USD 3.3 mln) in a new specialist dive intervention craft (IC) and full
ABB Wins Offshore Wind Connection Order from TenneT in Germany
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won a significant order from the Dutch-German transmission grid operator TenneT to supply an AC (alternating current) power transmission link connecting Nordergründe, an offshore North Sea wind farm, to the mainland grid in Germany. The ord
Hartman Marine, Conoship to Change the World of Transport (The Netherlands)
The collaboration between the two companies originates from the end of the last century. Hartman Marine Group (named Hartman Marine at that time) ordered a Conoship designed 2.850 tdw MP vessel at Conoship member shipyard Tille Scheepsbouw in Kootstertille, The Netherlands. After a few years the Har
Dutch No Limit Ships Delivers Yard’s Biggest Hydrographic Research Vessel
By mid-April No Limit Ships Shipyards will deliver a 19,40 metres long survey vessel. It will be the biggest vessel for hydrographic research the yard has built so far. The vessel is destined for a Russian customer who has already used smaller No Limit survey vessels. In recent years the yard has su
UK: Valiant Farms Out Tybalt to Agora
Valiant Petroleum plc announces that it has signed a Farm Out Agreement with Agora Oil and Gas (UK) Limited in respect of the Tybalt appraisal well, located in Blocks 211/8c & 13c in the UK Northern North Sea. Under the agreement Agora will increase its interest in Tybalt to 40% in return for a part
Norway: Reef Subsea to Conduct Seabed Dredging at Norske Shell’s Ormen Lange Field
Reef Subsea has been awarded a seabed dredging contract by A/S Norske Shell on Ormen Lange field for its newly-built Scanmachine 4. The project objective is to perform final seabed preparation for pipelay within narrow geometrical tolerances (+/- 20cm) and with a curved route to follow. The dredging
ERRIA Delivers Fourth Vessel to Uni-Tankers (Italy)
ERRIA, a shipping company specialized in providing administrative ship management, announced that it has sold and transferred vessel named Erria IDA in Augusta, Sicily on April 23, to the Uni-Tankers shipping line. Erria IDA is the fourth of nine vessels that the company is planning to sell. MT Erri
RWE Dea Discovers Gas in Norwegian Sea
RWE Dea Norge AS, operator of production licence 435, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 6507/7-15 S. The well was drilled about 3.5 kilometres west of the 6507/7-14 S gas discovery made in the same licence in 2010, and 15 kilometres northwest of the Heidrun field in the No
Norway: Kleven Maritime to Build Subsea Construction Vessel for Rem Offshore
Kleven Maritime has signed a contract with ship owner Rem Offshore for the building of an advanced multifunctional subsea support and construction vessel. The contract value is around 550 million NOK. ‘Kleven Maritime and Rem have had a strong relationship for many years, and we are very pleased tha
UK: WesternGeco’s ObliQ Improves Seismic Imaging
WesternGeco, a geophysical services company and a business branch of Schlumberger, yesterday introduced the ObliQ sliding-notch broadband acquisition and imaging technique, which enhances low-frequency content of marine seismic data without compromising high frequencies. The ObliQ technique increase
Norway: Kleven Maritime Secures Subsea Support Vessel Contract
Kleven Maritime has signed a contract with ship owner Rem Offshore for the building of an advanced multifunctional subsea support and construction vessel. The contract value is around 550 million NOK. ‘Kleven Maritime and Rem have had a strong relationship for many years, and we are very pleased tha
Denmark: Vestas Reaches Installed Wind Energy Global Capacity of 50GW
As the world’s energy mix is being reshaped, a significant milestone has been achieved: Vestas has reached an installed global capacity of 50GW of wind energy, a result of years of hard work with our customers and partners, and a significant milestone for the maturing wind industry. Fifty GW amounts
Norway: Rem Offshore Orders OCV from Kleven
Kleven Maritime has signed a contract with ship owner Rem Offshore for the building of an advanced multifunctional subsea support and construction vessel. The contract value is around 550 million NOK (USD 95.7 million). ‘Kleven Maritime and Rem have had a strong relationship for many years, and we a
Hydroid Launches REMUS 600-S AUV at IHC in Monaco
Hydroid, Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime and the leading manufacturer of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), announced its newest AUV, the REMUS 600 Survey (REMUS 600-S) at the XVIII International Hydrographic Conference (IHC) in Monaco. The REMUS 600-S is a high performance version of t