Equipment
Aibel to hook-up Oseberg C living quarters
Statoil has awarded Aibel the contract for the hook-up of new living quarters to the Oseberg C platform. The contract has an estimated value of about NOK 125 million.
Facts About: Cutter Suction Dredgers (Video)
Facts About is a series of concise, easy-to-read leaflets which give an effective overview of essential facts about specific dredging and maritime construction subjects. This leaflets aims to provide basic understanding of how Cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) work. Although systems for describing dred
Doedijns to supply UCS for Gina Krog jacket
Doedijns recently received an order to supply the complete Upending Control System (UCS) for the Gina Krog launch jacket currently being fabricated at the Heerema yard in Vlissingen, The Netherlands. Weighing 17.000 tons with a height of 142 meters, a footprint of 60 x 50 meters and a top of 40 x 30
CNOOC nets USD 1.6 bln Yamal LNG deal
A unit of China National Offshore Oil Corporation said it had signed the company’s largest ever contract with Russia’s Yamal LNG project. The contract value is about $1.6 billion. Under this deal, CNOOC’s Offshore Oil Engineering Co will construct core modules for the liquefaction process of the Yam
‘Maersk Viking’ kicks off GoM operations for ExxonMobil
Danish drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has informed that one of the company’s drillships has started drilling operations in the US Gulf of Mexico. Maersk Drilling has reported through their Facebook page that the company’s first drillship Maersk Viking began operations in Gulf of Mexico for the
Advantec Delivers IWOCS for Nexen’s Golden Eagle
Award winning Subsea Controls Company, Advantec Aberdeen Ltd has delivered Bespoke Intervention Work Over Control System (IWOCS) to Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd for its Golden Eagle Area Development project. The design, manufacture and delivery of the IWOCS, along with a separate five year services contra
Thien Nam to use Sonardyne’s Ranger 2 to track ROVs
Vietnamese survey company, Thien Nam Positioning JSC, has recently invested in its first Ranger 2 USBL acoustic positioning system from Sonardyne International Ltd., purchased through the company’s regional office in Singapore. Ranger 2 will be used to track a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) during
Vietnam: Thien Nam Positioning JSC Invests in Sonardyne Ranger 2
Vietnamese survey company, Thien Nam Positioning JSC, has recently invested in its first Ranger 2 USBL acoustic positioning system from Sonardyne International Ltd., purchased through the company’s regional office in Singapore. Ranger 2 will be used to track a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) during
Scana’s Propulsion Systems for New Offshore Vessels
Scana Propulsion, a subsidiary of Scana Industrier ASA, has signed two contracts for delivery of propulsion equipment to sophisticated offshore vessels. The total value of the contracts are about 38 million NOK. The contract with Flensburger Schiffbau GmbH in Germany is for delivery of propulsion sy
Scana pens two propulsion equipment contracts
Scana Propulsion, a subsidiary of Scana Industrier ASA, has signed two contracts for delivery of propulsion equipment to sophisticated offshore vessels. The total value of the contracts are about 38 million NOK. The contract with Flensburger Schiffbau GmbH in Germany is for delivery of propulsion sy
‘BOA Thalassa’ mobilized for Barents Sea survey
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has received a contract from A/S Norske Shell and its partners in PL706 for 3D EM data acquisition in the Barents Sea. The survey will start in July and has an expected duration of approximately 10 days using the vessel BOA Thalassa. The vessel of the MT 6007 d
SubSea Engineering Acquires Hyper-Sub Assets
SubSea Engineering, Inc. announces that it has acquired the assets of the high-speed, high-efficiency Hyper-Sub, which will transform how submersible crafts are used. The firm will be bringing this transformative product to market, and acquiring other cutting edge technologies for naval special oper
Bechtel reaches construction milestone at GLNG facility
Bechtel has successfully delivered and installed all of the modules for the first liquefied natural gas production train at the GLNG facility on Curtis Island in Queensland, thus reaching a milestone in the construction of the plant that will consist of two production trains. “Milestones such as thi
ABP’s Port of Newport Invests in Atlantic Shed
Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Port of Newport is to invest £2.5m refurbishing its Atlantic Shed warehouse to provide additional covered space for its growing steel and bulks business. The project takes the total for new investment by ABP in the docks at Newport to more than £10m in the past 18 mon