Deep Sea Mooring (DSM) has won the contract to provide a comprehensive range of mooring services to Maersk Drilling for its sixth generation, semi-submersible drilling rig Maersk Discoverer. DSM will now design, engineer and install the mooring system for the advanced rig. “This is the first time we
Premier has announced that first gas under the Domestic Swap Agreement (DSA) started on 1 July 2014. Premier will supply up to an additional 40 BBtud (gross) from its operated Natuna Sea Block A offshore Indonesia to the domestic market, via a swap arrangement. Under the arrangement, Premier will de
Unique System FZE has recently supported a significant hydrographic project that included the installation of Kongsberg’s EM 2040 multibeam echo sounder units for “Bayanat for Mapping & Surveying Services (Bayanat)” in 2 different vessels at Abu Dhabi, UAE. Bayanat is a wholly-owned Mubadala company
Kvaerner and China Offshore Oil Engineering Co. Ltd (COOEC) have established an Engineering Joint Venture, Kvaerner COOEC Engineering & Technology Ltd (KCET), located in Qingdao, Shandong, China. KCET is established to carry out and further develop joint engineering capability for international EPC
Teledyne Benthos and Teledyne RESON are developing a new deep tow vehicle for Odyssey Marine Exploration. The vehicle is equipped with a SeaBat 7125 Multibeam Sonar and will be used to find shipwrecks on the seabed in very deep waters. The Vehicle will be about four meters long and are to be towed w
ABB has commissioned the upgrade of the control and protection system of the Skagerrak 3 HVDC link between Norway and Denmark. The installation and commissioning time was only four weeks to minimize outage time. In addition to the system upgrade, the delivery included control of the bipolar configur
The sponson has been lifted off through the Conquest crane and is now being submerged. In the next hours it will be connected to the wreck. Following this installation, technicians will progress with the last of the 30 sponsons, P1. In the refloating phase, sponsons will be gradually emptied of ball
Polarcus Amani has mobilized for a 4,400 sq. km RIGHTBAND 3D multi-client survey in the Southern Porcupine basin, offshore Ireland. The multi-client project, being acquired in collaboration with ION GeoVentures and GeoPartners, will be the largest ever 3D multi-client seismic survey acquired offshor
Ezra Holdings Limited, a leading contractor and provider of integrated offshore solutions to the oil and gas industry, today announced that the Group’s Subsea Services division, EMAS AMC, has achieved the significant milestone of installing 50 platforms for Chevron in the Gulf of Thailand. Under a m
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M)’s wholly owned subsidiaries Keppel Shipyard Ltd and Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd have secured contracts worth a total of S$368 million ($295 million). The contract secured by Keppel Shipyard is for the conversion of a Floating Production Storage and Offloading
Nave Galatea, Italian Navy’s coastal hydrographic unit, is currently engaged in geodetic and topographic surveys in Venice and Marghera for the 2014 Idro-Oceanigraphic Campaign. These two areas are characterized by peculiar tidal rhythms and subjected to evolutionary dynamics, such as subsidence (si
Harkand has completed the project management and engineering for the mobilization of Siem Spearfish in Port Fourchon, Louisiana after arriving just nine days earlier from the Vard facility in Norway. The newbuild multi-purpose service vessel (MPSV) was designed and built with input from Harkand – pa
AWE Limited, as Operator of Petroleum Mining Permit 38158 offshore Taranaki, New Zealand, reports that, as at 06:00 hours (6.00am) NZDT today, the Oi-2 exploration well was at a measured depth of 1,505 metres. The 9 5/8” casing string has been installed and cemented at a depth of 1,487 metres. Prepa
Wood Group Kenny (WGK) has been awarded an engineering services contract to support Tullow Ghana Limited and its partners through the execution phase of the Tweneboa, Enyenra and Ntomme (TEN) project, offshore Ghana. WGK will provide subsea, umbilical, risers, flowlines (SURF) engineering services.
