Equipment
Kongsberg M3 Sonar for Teledyne Seabotix ROV
Teledyne Seabotix has integrated its vLBV observation class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) with Kongsberg M3 sonar system. The M3 sonar is a 2D multibeam system which provides high-resolution images by combining the rapid refresh rate of conventional multibeam sonar with image quality comparable to
Wellesley spuds Goanna offshore well (Norway)
Faroe Petroleum has informed that drilling has started at the Goanna exploration well 33/9-22 S in license PL 881, offshore Norway. The Goanna license, operated by Wellesley Petroleum, is located in the northern part of the Norwegian North Sea, near the border with the UK and adjacent to the giant p
Minesto Takes Delivery of Deep Green Wing
Minesto has taken delivery of the wing, the first one built for a Deep Green system in commercial scale. The wing was delivered to Minesto’s team in Holyhead from Southampton, where it has been manufactured by Green Marine. Prior to the delivery, factory acceptance test was performed at Green Marine
JD-Contractor Gets Nissum Bredning Cabling
JD-Contractor has been awarded the contract for the cabling of the 28MW Nissum Bredning project in Denmark, where Siemens Gamesa will test a variety of its new offshore wind solutions. On behalf of I/S Nissum Bredning Vind, Siemens Gamesa is constructing four wind turbines and related equipment in N
IKM Cleandrill Lands Absheron Gig
Early 2018 IKM Cleandrill will start its first offshore operations in the Caspian Sea, after being awarded a contract for riserless mud circulating system services by Total E&P ABSHERON BV on behalf of JOCAP, Joined Operating Company for Absheron Project, JV between SOCAR (50%) and TOTAL (50%). The
Forum Takes Over Global Tubing, Gets Quantum as Major Shareholder
Forum Energy Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the membership interests in Global Tubing from its joint venture partner Quantum Energy Partners. As part of the transaction, Forum will also acquire management’s interest in the joint venture and repay Global Tubing‘s net debt.
Kraken Project Aims to Reduce IRM Costs
A new European project named Kraken has started. The project received €350.000 through financing of OCEANERANET (Ocean Energy European Research Area Network) and gathers four partners of three different countries: WavEC Offshore Renewables and Instituto Super Técnico (Portugal), SIANI (Canary Island
PGS Gets New President & CEO
Norwegian seismic player Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has appointed Rune Olav Pedersen as the new president & CEO of the company. He will succeed Jon Erik Reinhardsen on September 1, 2017. “The Board has run a thorough succession process since early spring, and assessed a number of very qualified No
Crown Estate Scotland Makes Offshore Data Available to Public
Crown Estate Scotland now has spatial data relating to the organisation’s offshore assets freely available on its website for the first time. The data covers infrastructure projects and undersea cabling and can be used by a range of organisations from oil and gas companies to consultancies and educa
Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (August 21-27, 2017). Jan De Nul’s New Cutter Suction Dredger Launched Mrs. Julie De Nul has released the self-propelled cutter suction dredger Willem van Rubroeck in the sea at the Uljanik Shipyard in Croatia.
PHOTO: Upgrading TSHD Amazone
Royal IHC and Dutch Dredging have joined forces to upgrade the pump room on the trailing suction hopper dredger Amazone. Both companies worked together in close cooperation to design a drive train capable of reducing its loading time by more than 30%. “IHC is the only service provider capable of sup
Uljanik: Launching of Jan De Nul’s New CSD Set for Tomorrow
Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik has just announced that the launching ceremony of one of the world’s largest cutter suction dredgers, Jan De Nul’s ‘Willem van Rubroeck’, will take place tomorrow, August 26. The new CSD will be approximately 50% more powerful than the J.F.J. De Nul, currently the larges
MacArtney Nets Oceanographic Instruments Order from University of Bergen
MacArtney has secured an order for LISST instruments from University of Bergen, Norway. LISST instruments are manufactured by Seattle based oceanographic instrument manufacturer, Sequoia Scientific, and used for environmental monitoring, industrial, and scientific application. The order placed by Un
New Qatar and Singapore Contracts for DEME
DEME’s subsidiary MEDCO (Middle East Dredging Company) has been awarded a contract for the Old Doha Port Redevelopment project in Qatar. In Singapore, DIAP (Dredging International Asia Pacific Pte Ltd) also secured a contract for the Ayer Merbau Reclamation Phase 2 project, DEME said in its latest r