Equipment
Waterking Excavators Delivered to Central Asia
An Italian customer, who already purchased three amphibious excavators from Waterking BV, has ordered another set of four WK machines. The first time, the customer showed interest for a WK 220 NG with Caterpillar upper structure and two WK 250 NG’s with Doosan upper structures with two sets addition
PHOTOS: Boskalis’ Terra Plana Sea Trials Successfully Completed
TBG Harlingen – Thecla Bodewes Group has just announced that the sea trials of the Boskalis’ new water injection dredger Terra Plana were successfully completed. The contract for the construction of the Terra Plana was signed on June 3, 2015 and the actual work on the dredger began in September 2015
ACE Winches Grabs Its Second Hebron Contract
ACE Winches has been awarded a six-figure contract with an operator to support in connecting the Hebron gravity based structure (GBS) and topsides. The project will see ACE Winches supply hydraulic drum winch packages for the deep-water Hebron oil field located off the coast of Newfoundland and Labr
Tekmar in Walney Extension Win
Tekmar Energy, the offshore wind farm cable protection specialist, has been awarded a contract with DONG Energy to supply 184 of its TekLink CPS on the Walney Extension. This comes after Tekmar’s previous involvement in the Walney 1 and Walney 2 projects where the company supplied earlier generation
GE Lands Johan Sverdrup Contract
GE Oil & Gas has been awarded a surface wellhead & christmas tree equipment and services contract by the Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil for its Johan Sverdrup project in the North Sea. With the new multi-year agreement, GE Oil & Gas will manufacture, deliver and install its standardized surfa
Bibby Offshore Steps into Offshore Wind Cable Installation Arena
Bibby Offshore is moving into the offshore wind array cable installation market with the acquisition of a power cable lay carousel from Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS). Bibby Offshore and ESS have also entered into strategic alliance by way of a framework agreement. Under this strategic alliance, Bibby
New Berth Depth Monitoring from Kongsberg
Kongsberg Maritime’s Subsea Monitoring (SuMo) and Kongsberg Mesotech have developed a new sonar based system that continuously monitors the depth of port berths. Called BDMRS – Berth Depth Monitoring and Reporting System, it delivers real-time data about dynamically changing berth conditions. The sy
Fugro in Route E39 Fjord Crossings Study
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) has awarded Fugro a contract worth 111 million NOK for environmental measurements in connection with the planned coastal highway (Route E39) that will run from the South of Norway (Kristiansand), along the west coast and into central Norway (Trondheim
Wintershall Norway Picks TCO for Well Completion Ops
TCO has been selected as the preferred vendor and service provider for its chemical injection systems and reservoir isolation plugs for Wintershall’s activities in Norway. The agreement is one out of several contracts awarded by Wintershall for supply of well completion equipment and services on the
AccessESP Names Manager for Middle East and North Africa
AccessESP, a provider of rigless electric submersible pump (ESP) conveyance solutions for the oil industry, has appointed Anwar Assal as Middle East and North Africa region manager. Based in Dubai, Assal will be responsible for developing and enhancing new and existing AccessESP relationships across
GSP Shipyard to build tension mooring barges for Aasta Hansteen
GSP Shipyard has signed an agreement with Norway’s SL Mekaniske, a provider of steel structures for the offshore industry, for the construction of four tension mooring barges for the Aasta Hansteen field development project. The works are part of the of the complete inshore mooring installation syst
Jee Completes Wind Farm Cable Risk Analysis Project
Jee, a subsea cable specialist engineering company, has completed a project for a wind farm operator to assess the risks to the array cables within a UK offshore wind farm. With concerns about the integrity of cables on the wind farm, the operator awarded Jee a contract in March 2016 to compile a ri
Tendeka awarded 4-year contract with Wintershall
Tendeka, a provider of completions systems and services to the oil and gas industry, has won a four-year contract with Wintershall in Norway. According to a statement by Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce, a North-east Scotland’s private sector business organisation, Tendeka will supply sand sc
MacGregor Winches for NEMOS Wave Energy Project
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won an order to supply winches for the NEMOS wave energy project. NEMOS employs floating structures that move in a controlled trajectory to capture up to 80 percent of available wave energy, compared to 50 percent achieved by conventional rise and fall systems. Their