Equipment
VBMS Bags Normandie 1 Interconnector Setup Gig
VBMS has been awarded a contract by Jersey Electricity for the installation of an interconnector between Jersey, the largest Channel Island, and France. The 28-kilometre 90kV HVAC cable, part of Channel Island Electricity Grid (CIEG), will connect both grids in order to improve the electricity suppl
Another Contract for DEME in Norway
The Belgian company DEME Environmental Contractors (DEC), member of the DEME Group, and the Norwegian company Veidekke Entreprenør AS have established a joint venture and entered into a contract for remediation of the historic refinery site located at Valløy near Tønsberg (Norway), on behalf of Esso
Akastor to Scale Down to 6000 Employees
Oilfield services investment company, Akastor, has remained in red as the challenging market situation continues in the second quarter. The Oslo-listed company posted a loss of NOK 298 million ($36.4 million) for the second quarter 2015 and loss for the first half year of NOK 549 million ($67 millio
Savannah River Cannon Removed
U.S. Navy divers and specially trained handlers removed the first cannon from the Savannah River during the current phase of the recovery of the CSS Georgia ironclad yesterday. In recent days Navy divers specially trained in recovering unexploded ordnance have been collecting cannonballs from the ri
Subsea 7, KBR team up
Subsea 7 has signed an agreement to form an alliance with Houston-based KBR, Inc. (KBR) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Granherne Inc., to cooperate in the delivery of Concept and Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) services to the global offshore oil and gas industry. In a statement issued Thu
Subsea 7, KBR in Concept and FEED Pact
Subsea 7 has signed an agreement to form an alliance with Houston-based KBR, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Granherne, to collaborate in the delivery of Concept and Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) services to the global offshore oil and gas industry. Within the cooperation agreement betwee
Earlcoate Completes Christchurch Project
Earlcoate Construction have completed the beach recycling project at Mudeford for Christchurch and East Dorset Council. The contract was carried out in an environmentally-sensitive area and planned accordingly. The main requirement of this coast protection scheme was to dredge and pump ashore approx
Picture of the Day: Ibn Battuta in Egypt
Jan De Nul Group has just posted on its official facebook page this amazing photo of their Ibn Battuta, one of seven cutter suction dredgers of Jan De Nul Group currently working on the New Suez Canal Project in Egypt. By the end of this month, 24 vessels of the Challenge Consortium (Nati
Aker Solutions: Clients Applying Pressure on Bidding
Aker Solutions’ subsea business is currently in play for over NOK 30 billion in potential awards, while the whole group is engaged with tenders worth over NOK 50 billion and looking at twice this value in terms of opportunities, the company said in today’s Q2 presentation. However, Luis Araujo, Chie
WATCH: Boeing Introduces Echo Seeker UUV
The video shows Boeing’s newest autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle, Echo Seeker. Echo Seeker is capable of performing dives at 20 000 ft of water. The vehicle, a follow up to Boeing’s Echo Ranger, can perform underwater missions up to 3 days. Boeing tested the system in 15 ft of water at its spe
Energean completes seismic survey over Prinos field
Energean Oil & Gas, the international oil & gas exploration and production company focused on the Mediterranean and North Africa, has completed a new 3D seismic survey over the Prinos Oil Field and its surrounding licenses, in the Gulf of Kavala, North Eastern Greece. In the context of the 3D seismi
ABB in $100 Mln Al Nasr Win
ABB has received orders, worth around $100 million, from Hyundai Heavy Industries for electrical and telecommunication systems under the contract for EPC Work of Nasr Full Field Development Project off the coast of the United Arab Emirates. The facilities covered by the referred contract will be pow
VIDEO: TenCate Custom Applications
Textiles technology group Royal Ten Cate (TenCate) has just released a video about the TenCate Geotube® and TenCate GeoContainer® custom applications. TenCate Geotube® Technology offers solutions for both dewatering applications and marine structures/shoreline protection applications. The two TenCat
FORCE Builds Two Subsea Observation Platforms
The Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) has unveiled two underwater monitoring platforms, now in their final stages of testing in Dartmouth before sea trials in the Bay of Fundy. The Fundy Advanced Sensor Technology (FAST) platforms are recoverable instrument platforms designed to monitor