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Navantia Rolls Out First East Anglia ONE Transition Piece
The first of forty-two transition pieces to be built by Navantia for Iberdrola’s 714MW East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm is ready for a paint job.
Swedegas bankrolls LNG development at port of Gothenburg
Swedish gas grid owner and infrastructure company, Swedegas, will invest in LNG infrastructure at the port of Gothenburg to meet the shipping industry’s demand for the chilled fuel.
Damen takes over Keppel’s Verolme shipyard
Dutch offshore shipbuilder Damen has completed the purchase of the Verolme shipyard from Singapore’s largest rig builder, Keppel Offshore & Marine. Keppel said on Saturday that the company’s shipyard in the Netherlands was sold to Damen Shipyards Group for a total consideration of EUR 23.5 million (
VBMS Brings Moby Dig to Dry Land
An excavator stranded while working on the Rampion offshore wind project in Sussex has been lifted and brought to dry land.
Dea Gets Approval for Drilling at Dvalin
Dea Norge has received consent from Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to drill a shallow gas well on the Dvalin field in the Norwegian Sea. Dvalin is a gas field in the Norwegian Sea, consisting of two separate structures: Dvalin East and Dvalin West. Dvalin East was proven in 2010, around 15
Engie makes new appointments
French utility and LNG player Engie, named Paul Maguire as chief executive officer of the company’s Asia Pacific division with effect from June 1.
Russia’s Gazprom gets new board
Russian gas giant Gazprom elected a new board of directors during its annual shareholder’s meeting held on Friday in Moscow. Viktor Zubkov has been renamed as chairman of the Gazprom board of directors, while the company’s Chief Executive Alexey Miller, has been renamed as deputy chairman of the boa
E.ON forms new power and gas unit
German energy group E.ON established its own procurement and marketing function for the German, British and Swedish markets. The so-called Market Operations teams in these countries will focus on transactions on wholesale energy markets and the grid operators’ balancing markets, E.ON said on Monday.
UK: Zennor completes Arran entry
Independent oil and gas company Zennor Petroleum has completed the acquisition of interests in Production Licence P359 offshore the UK. Zennor said on Monday that the acquisition was completed by subsidiary Zennor North Sea Limited on June 30, 2017. These interests comprise of a 40.0002% working int
Goulphar
Along with South-East Asia and Japan, Europe has an infrastructure which relies heavily on ferries and RoRo vessels for its transportation needs. As traffic is increasing and many ferries are aging, the construction of ferries is seen as one of the potential growth sectors in the shipbuilding busine
Popular news, June 26 – July 2, 2017
The most popular articles of the week. The most popular articles of the week June 26 – July 2.
Top news of the week June 26-July 1
VIDEO: Shell’s Prelude FLNG on way to Australia Shell’s giant Prelude FLNG facility has left the Samsung Heavy Industries’ Geoje shipyard in South Korea where it was built, bound for waters offshore Western Australia. Coral South FLNG contract goes to Aker Solutions Aker Solutions of Norway has secu
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (June 26 – July 02). Subsea 7 has acquired certain businesses of EMAS Chiyoda Subsea (ECS). The acquisition, under a US bankruptcy code Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganisation, was confirmed by the U.S. Bank
Photo of the Day: Offshore Wind Components at Sif’s Maasvlakte Site
Sif Group has published a photo of its new site at Maasvlakte in Rotterdam accommodating, among others, piles for the Beatrice offshore wind farm foundations and monopiles for the Rentel offshore wind farm.