Equipment
Deep Sea Mooring Bags Repsol Contract on NCS
Global energy company Repsol has selected Deep Sea Mooring (DSM) to provide a range of mooring services for their drilling operations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. DSM will be responsible for marine engineering and supplying the mooring equipment. The company will also assist in offshore opera
Repsol hires Deep Sea Mooring for NCS support
Global energy company Repsol has selected Deep Sea Mooring (DSM) to provide a range of mooring services for their drilling operations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
Bladt Industries Gets Steel for Innovative ‘Suction Bucket’ Foundation
Tata Steel, Europe’s second largest steel producer, in conjunction with German pipe manufacturer Eisenbau Krӓmer, has successfully completed delivery of 400 tonnes of 3D profiled and submerged arc welded (SAW) tubular steel to Bladt Industries which is being used for an innovative suction bucket fou
Decommissioning North Sea platforms to cost $66.3 B
Decommissioning North Sea oil and gas facilities is projected to cost £40.6 billion ($66.3 billion) over the next 25 years in the North Sea, Oil & Gas UK says. According to Oil & Gas UK when the time is right, oil companies will seek to decommission as efficiently and cost effectively as possible wh
Sulzer pulls out of Dresser-Rand talks after Siemens offers $7.6B
Germany’s Siemens will buy Dresser-Rand, a U.S.-based oilfield equipment provider, for a sum of $7.6 billion.
Utilizing the Full Potential of Dredging Works
Marine extraction sites alter the morphology of the seabed and in doing so offer unique opportunities to create a new environment in these locations, stated the article “Utilizing the Full Potential of Dredging Works: Ecologically Enriched Extraction Sites”, published in the September issue of Terra
Picture of the Day: Parrett River Dredging
Dredging works on the rivers Parrett and Tone are in full swing. This work is taking place on the left hand bank of the Parrett between the confluence with the river Tone and Burrowbridge. [mappress] September 22, 2014
EuDA Annual General Meeting Set for November
The Annual General Meeting of the European Dredging Association (EuDA) is scheduled for 13 November 2014. With the title “Breaking Trade Barriers around the World – Special Focus on the World Dredging Markets”, this event will take place at the Stanhope Hotel in Brussels and will start at 10.00am. “
Jan De Nul Provides Scour Protection for Butendiek OWF
In early 2014 the construction of the offshore wind farm Butendiek, located in the North Sea west of Sylt, started. Butendiek comprises 80 turbines with each 3.6 MW, resulting in a total capacity of 288 MW. Jan De Nul Group is in charge of the installation of scour protection for the 80 monopiles. T
Rotterdam Hosts ‘Deltas in Times of Climate Change’
Floods in Bangkok and the Thames delta, salt intrusion in Egypt and Bangladesh; these are just some examples of rising risks to coastal river deltas and delta cities driven by rapid urbanization, subsidence and climate change. How to manage the growing risks for population and industry in the deltas
Top News of the Week of Sep 15 – Sep 21, 2014
1. Subsea 7 Reduces Norwegian Workforce Oil services company Subsea 7 is reportedly reducing its Norwegian workforce between 100 and 150 employees due to project delays. 2. Scientists Find Large Submarine Canyon in Med A massive underwater canyon has been discovered in the Mediterranean near Italy b
Van Oord Paves the Way for Koper Port Growth
The Group Luka Koper, one of the fastest growing ports in the Adriatic Sea, and Dutch-based company Van Oord have completed the first phase of the Port Koper deepening project. The increased water depth of 14 m at the port’s Container Terminal will allow the berthing of bigger vessels with larger lo
Bright Future for Midlands’ Waterways
People living in the Midlands are being invited to find out more about exciting plans for the future of the region’s historic waterways. A meeting will enable people to meet representatives of the Canal & River Trust’s Central Shires Waterway Partnership and discuss their ten year plan for the regio
UK Ministry of Defence to Acquire New UUVs
UK Ministry of Defence, Ships from Bristol has issued a tender for the provision of unmanned underwater vehicles. The tenders are required to supply two unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) with side scan sonar and bathymetric capability (conductivity and temperature Sensors), navigation system, thro