Equipment
WATCH: Gina Krog Jacket in Place
During the last weekend in June the Gina Krog jacket was installed in the North Sea. Including rigging and buoyancy tanks the jacket weighing more than 17 000 tons was secured to the seabed with 18 more than 90 meter long piles, and it’s ready for the summer drilling campaign. The Gina Krog jacket l
AALEA Orders Second Tomahawk ROV from Sub-Atlantic
Sub-Atlantic has won a second contract with Italian oil and gas subsea services provider, AALEA, for the delivery of one of Tomahawk observation ROV systems. It is the second system of its kind that Sub-Atlantic has provided for AALEA with the first successfully completing a 100km pipeline survey in
Nexans’ XLPE Cables for JFK & Storstrømmen Project
Denmark’s electricity grid is to be reinforced with more than 290 km of Nexans’ XLPE cables as part of ENERGINET.DK’s JFK & Storstrømmen project. Nexans will supply two submarine cable systems and two underground cable systems in Denmark in a contract worth approximately €25 million. Nexans will pro
Freiberg Hosts Dredging Summer School
A unique summer school, named ‘From Dredging to Deep-Sea Mining’, has been underway for the past few days (July 6-10) in Freiberg, Germany. The school, organized by the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, is aimed at improving the knowledge of students and young researchers from different co
SRP Secures Contract for Nimway Connector Development
Subsea Riser Products Ltd (SRP), an Acteon company, has secured a contract to develop and qualify its Nimway 510 and Nimway 710 completion and workover riser connectors for a subsea wellheads and production systems provider. The commitment of more than US$4 million is against SRP successfully qualif
Sub-Atlantic in ROV deal with AALEA
Sub-Atlantic, a manufacturer of remotely operated vehicles (ROV), has won a second contract with Italian oil and gas subsea services provider, AALEA Offshore. Under the contract, Sub-Atlantic will deliver one of its Tomahawk observation ROV systems. The Tomahawk has been optimised as a survey system
Bilfinger Nets Race Bank Foundations Order
Bilfinger Mars Offshore has won an order for the production of 91 steel foundations for the North Sea wind park. The wind park, located 28 kilometers from the United Kingdom’s east coast, will have an output of about 580 MW and will provide 400,000 households with electricity. The client is Danish e
Holland to Clacton Scheme Gets Boost
A third phase of a major coastal protection scheme from Holland to Clacton is being lined-up with a funding boost of £3 million. The cash is coming from Anglian Water (AW) and will go towards the seafront project. The scheme, announced today by Nick Turner, Tendring District Council’s (TDC) Cabinet
HullWiper Expands to Danish Ports
Authorities at the Danish ports of Copenhagen, Kalundborg and Fredricia have granted permission for GAC EnvironHull’s HullWiper solution to be used within their ports and outside of holding areas. These approvals represent the latest expansion of the service into the Scandinavian region, following t
Liebherr to deliver cranes for Total’s Egina FPSO
Liebherr Offshore Crane Division has almost completed another project with partner Total. Three ram luffing knuckle-boom cranes of the type RL-K 4200 will be delivered for Total’s Egina Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel. The Egina field is located in OML 130 offshore Nigeria a
Scientists Take Closer Look at Eckernförde Bay
The GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel has started a long term monitoring of the Eckernförde Bay and the last three years scientists have obtained high resolution bathymetry using RV LITTORINA and RV ALKOR. Eckernfoerde Bay comprises a variety of geological, geochemical and biological f
VIDEO: Edvard Grieg topsides sail away
Aker Solutions informed that the process module for Lundin Petroleum’s Edvard Grieg platform has been transported from Aker Solutions’ yard in Egersund, Norway out to field last week. The Edvard Grieg field is located in the Utsira High area in the central North Sea, offshore Norway. The video shows
Technip to Axe 6000 Jobs
French engineering giant, Technip, has informed that the company will accelerate its cost reduction and efficiency efforts worldwide through a restructuring plan in response to the downturn in the oil and gas market. As the company noted in the first quarter of 2015, the sharp fall in oil prices has
Technip to lay off 6000 workers. Expects rough waters ahead
French oilfield services provider Technip is preparing to slash 6,000 positions as a response to “an even more challenging environment in oil & gas”, aiming to boost its cost cutting efforts through a massive restructuring plan. The company on Monday said it is looking to save €830 million, of which