Equipment
Texas City Dredging Contract Awarded (USA)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a contract in the amount of $3,583,500 to Orion Marine Construction Inc., for the maintenance dredging of the Texas City Channel in Galveston County, Texas. The contractor is required to remove approximately 936,000 cubic yards of dredged
Technip takes part in Kodiak development
Technip has been awarded by Deep Gulf Energy II LLC a lump sum contract for the development of the Kodiak field, located in Mississippi Canyon Blocks 727 and 771, in the Gulf of Mexico, at water depths ranging from 1,472 meters to 1,710 meters.
BP extends Oceaneering’s Angola contract
Oceaneering International, Inc. has announced that BP p.l.c. has exercised both one-year options to extend the field support vessel services contract with Oceaneering for work offshore Angola on Blocks 18 and 31. Under this contract term extension, Oceaneering will continue to provide project manage
Orion Marine to Attend Global Opportunities Event
Orion Marine Group, Inc., a leading heavy civil marine contractor serving the infrastructure sector, yesterday announced Chris DeAlmeida, Orion Marine Group’s Chief Financial Officer will be presenting at the 2014 8th Annual Imperial Capital Global Opportunities Conference on Tuesday, September 18,
Alcatel-Lucent Starts Seabras-1 Construction
Seaborn Networks and Alcatel-Lucent have announced that construction of the Seabras-1 submarine fiber optic cable system between the US and Brazil has begun. Seabras-1 system is a six-fiber pair system with an initial maximum design capacity of 60 Terabits per second. “We look forward to continuing
Dredging on New Suez Canal in Full Swing
Dredgers are now in operation at the new canal in Suez, according to sis.gov.eg. Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Mohab Mamish was on the site on Tuesday as dredgers “Tariq bin Zeyad” and “10th of Ramadan” entered the new canal from the south. “Salahuddin al-Ayyoubi” and “Mecca” are also o
Odfjell Well Services clinches Statoil contract
Odfjell Drilling’s well service division, Odfjell Well Services, has entered into a new contract with Statoil for tubular running services and rental services on the Norwegian continental shelf.
Cygnus Instruments Provide Solutions for Marine and Shipping Industry
In the marine and shipping industry, where steel corrosion is a constant challenge, Cygnus ultrasonic thickness gauges play a major role in providing a solution to this challenge. The Cygnus Multiple-Echo technique has been recommended and endorsed by the world’s leading classification societies for
Statoil to drill at Troll with COSL Innovator using new method
Statoil Petroleum AS has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway to use the COSL Innovator mobile drilling rig for production drilling on the Troll field, offshore Norway, using the Controlled Mud Level method. The consent covers the use of COSL Innovator for production drilling
Picture of the Day: Urban Dredging in Dhaka
Dhaka WASA Drainage (O&M) Circle has recently launched the Urban Dredging Demonstration Project (UDDP) as part of the Water Operators Partnership (WOP) between Dhaka WASA and Vitens Evides International (VEI). The launch is part of a recently started 10-year dredging program by Dhaka WASA to clean a
Unique System mobilizes Hyperbaric Reception Facility in GoM
The system was leased by Cal Dive International for the duration of its project in order to ensure the safety of its saturation divers in the event of an emergency while on the project.
Sembcorp Marine’s steel fabrication facility to boost productivity
The multi-functional steel fabrication facility will significantly enhance automation and productivity at offshore rig building, conversion and production and ship-repair businesses.
Dutch-Danish Subsea Cable Link Gets Final Nod
The Dutch transmission system operator TenneT TSO B.V. and its Danish counterpart Energinet.dk have given their final approval for the development of COBRAcable. This new, over 300-km-long subsea direct-current electricity connection, will directly connect the Dutch and Danish power grids. Completio
Sembcorp Marine acquires SSP Offshore
The key assets of SSP Offshore include its flagship SSP Floater technology – the next-generation circular hull form – and the company’s entire portfolio of proprietary SSP® (Satellite Services Platform) solutions, including the SSP Driller for deepwater drilling, the SSP Plus FPSO for production and