Equipment
ENEC Completes Barakah Artificial Reef
The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has announced the completion of the final stages of an artificially constructed reef, located 3.8km from the shoreline of Barakah, the home of the UAE’s peaceful nuclear energy program. Developed in partnership with the National Marine Dredging Company
Picture of the Day: Boskalis’ Newest Dredger
The Freeway, Boskalis’ newest hopper dredger with a capacity of 4,500 m³, is about to be presented to the fleet in a naming ceremony set for Friday 16 January. “The Freeway sailed past our offices in Papendrecht towards the Ketelhaven and off course all the colleagues waved to the crew,” announced B
Jutal nets platform jacket construction work
China-based Penglai Jutal Offshore Engineering Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (PJOE) has recently been awarded a construction contract to build an offshore platform jacket for an offshore oil project in South China Sea. The company did not reveal the name of the client nor the exact location of the proj
GTT tech ordered for Teekay’s LNG newbuilds
GTT of France informed of an order for its containment system for three large liquefied natural gas carriers.
Wintershall hires VBMS for North Sea umbilical installation
VBMS, a strategic joint venture of VolkerWessels and Boskalis, has been awarded another contract by Wintershall Noordzee B.V. The scope of work includes the installation, burial, survey and pull-ins of an 18.5km control umbilical which connects the Ravn platform to A6-A, located in the Danish and Ge
USACE: Spotlight on David B. Boothby Jr.
Dredging the Texas coast to keep navigation channels open for commerce and recreation often goes unnoticed, with many citizens not aware this vital process is taking place out in the Gulf of Mexico on a recurring basis. For David B. Boothby Jr., leaving a successful 31-year career in the private sec
McDermott, GE form io oil & gas consulting
GE Oil & Gas and McDermott International, Inc. today launched io oil & gas consulting, a new independent venture to transform the development of front-end solutions for offshore fields. io aims to deliver greater certainty into the design and planning of the offshore oil and gas field and overhaul t
TPSMI Scores Approved Supplier Status with TOTAL
TPSMI has completed TOTAL EP Diving Safety Management Systems audit to reach approved supplier status. The audit took place towards the end of 2014 and was conducted at the TPSMI’ Africa head office in Congo, where a full review of the processes, facilities and staff competencies was carried out. Th
Fairmount tug delivers part of 120m J-Lay tower
Tug Fairmount Expedition tug has delivered the biggest component of the 120 meters high J-Lay tower for one of the world’s biggest crane vessels, Saipem 7000, offshore Burgas, Bulgaria. The tower component was loaded on Saipem’s cargo barge S42. The ocean going tug Fairmount Expedition towed the bar
Petra Energy Sells Stake in Bumi Subsea
Petra Energy Berhad (PEB), a provider of comprehensive range of integrated brown field services for the upstream oil & gas industry, has completed the disposal of the 51% equity interest in Bumi Subsea SDN BHD (BSSB). The company entered into Shares Sales Agreement with Farid Khan bin Kaim Khan (“FK
Picture of the Day: WHEELER in New Orleans
The government-owned trailing suction hopper dredger WHEELER departed New Orleans in late November on its way to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District to perform an urgent maintenance dredging at the Freeport Harbor. The 45-day project included removal of approximately two million cubi
EFC Group’s BOP for DSIC Offshore
EFC Group, a designer and manufacturer of instrumentation, monitoring, control and handling systems for the global oil and gas industry, has completed a £1.3million ($2.2million) contract to design and build a BOP and diverter control system for China based Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Co (
Industry Joins on Subsea Cable Performance
A collaboration between the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and GnoSys Global Ltd is supporting the development of a new insulation material for power cables to improve their performance in the onshore and offshore renewable energy industries and drive down whole life network costs. New, mo
ESS Wraps Up Westermost Rough Seabed Clearance for DONG
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has successfully completed a boulder clearance and seabed preparation campaign on behalf of DONG Energy. The subsea engineering specialist cleared almost 50,000 boulders and other obstructions from 33 routes spread over a distance of 40km at the Westermost Rough wind farm