Shell has signed an agreement with Qatar Petroleum International to dispose a 23% interest in the Parque das Conchas (BC-10) project offshore Brazil. The transaction is worth approximately US $1 billion, and it is subject to approval by the National Petroleum and Gas Agency (ANP, Brazil’s Oil and Ga
Efforts to lower the cost of offshore wind energy have taken a step forward with the SPARTA (System Performance, Availability and Reliability Trend Analysis) project, which will create a database for sharing anonymised offshore wind farm performance and maintenance data. The project was launched tod
MMT and Reach Subsea have just started their first joint project; the pre-lay survey, deburial and preparation work for EMAS AMC. The onging project for the Troll A-field in the North Sea is operated from the vessel Stril Explorer with survey and ROV specialist from both companies. The duration for
Unique Seaflex, a Unique Maritime Group company which is one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution provider has facilitated one of the most complex underwater lift projects. The project was carried out for Lundin Tunisia BV in approximately 300m of water. Lundin Tuni
Participants of the Wind Working Group, which is a part of the Wilhelmshaven Port Management Association e.V. (Wilhelmshavener Hafenwirtschaft-Vereinigung; WHV), agreed at their fifth meeting that the Wilhelmshaven harbor’s inner port has optimal conditions to become a growing service port for the o
Participants of the Wind Working Group, which is a part of the Wilhelmshaven Port Management Association e.V. (Wilhelmshavener Hafenwirtschaft-Vereinigung; WHV), agreed at their fifth meeting that the Wilhelmshaven harbor’s inner port has optimal conditions to become a growing service port for the o
HitecVision has announced the acquisition of GC Rieber Shipping ASA (GCR) shares in Reef Subsea. Through this share purchase HitecVision secures 100% of the shares in the company and enables Reef Subsea to move forward with a strategy to develop Reef along two main business areas – dredging and exca
HitecVision has announced the acquisition of GC Rieber Shipping ASA (GCR) shares in Reef Subsea. Through this share purchase HitecVision secures 100% of the shares in the company and enables Reef Subsea to move forward with a strategy to develop Reef along two main business areas – dredging and exca
Carnegie Wave Energy Limited provides an update on its CETO 6 project that will follow the Perth Wave Energy Project which is currently under construction at Garden Island, Western Australia. As mentioned in Carnegie’s most recent quarterly activities report, the design of the next generation CETO 6
Damen recently said that it was building the FCS 2610 for stock to keep up with demand and that the company would soon have 40 of these vessels built in just three years. The first of two Sure Wind Marine’s Damen FCS 2610 vessels was handed over on January 8th 2014 and was named ‘Sure […]
In 2013, FoundOcean played a key role in numerous foundation installations within the renewables industry. Contracted to Offshore Wind Force (OWF), FoundOcean completed grouting operations at the West of Duddon Sands 108-monopile wind farm. The DONG Energy project took just 5 months to complete, ave
The AMEC Tekfen Azfen (ATA) consortium has been awarded a contract totalling $974 million for BP-operated Stage 2 development of the Shah Deniz gas field in the Caspian Sea. AMEC will contribute its project and construction management expertise to the consortium. The contract covers the fabrication,
Spectrum and CGG announced that the acquisition of high-end BroadSeisTM 3D multi-client survey program offshore Brazil in the Foz do Amazonas Basin has commenced. As communicated earlier, the two companies are working as equal partners on this project which has received high prefunding from a number
Claxton, an industry leader in riser provision, played a key role in the success of a new development in the UK North Sea in water depths of approximately 90 meters. This development includes a floating production, storage and offloading vessel, which was specially modified to meet the field’s requi
