Babcock is to manufacture and deliver over 70 subsea structures as part of the major Quad 204 offshore redevelopment project, some 130km west of Shetland, UK, under a £30m+ contract awarded by BP. The complex and highly technical Quad 204 project consists of a new Floating Production System Offshore
Ezra Holdings Limited (Ezra or the Group) a leading contractor and provider of integrated offshore solutions to the oil and gas (O&G) industry, ushered in its new fiscal year with a 54% surge in revenue to US$278.7 million and a 44% jump in gross profit to US$49.9 million for the three months ended
Subject to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Russian Federation Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology and Ministry of the Environment of the Republic of Finland, the Finnish authorities received the report on environmental monitoring for 2012 along the Nord Stream route in Russian wate
FoundOcean has been awarded a major offshore wind farm grouting contract in European waters by Offshore Wind Force, a joint venture of Dutch-based contractors Volker Stevin Offshore and Boskalis Offshore. The West of Duddon Sands Offshore Wind Farm is being constructed by DONG Energy and ScottishPow
Two robots equipped with instruments designed to “listen” for the calls of baleen whales detected nine endangered North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of Maine last month. The robots reported the detections to shore-based researchers within hours of hearing the whales (i.e., in real time), demons
Aker Solutions subsidiary Aker Oilfield Services has signed a contract to provide subsea construction services offshore Brazil. Contract value is undisclosed. An undisclosed customer will utilise Aker Oilfield Services’ subsea construction vessel Aker Wayfarer for a period of 230 days. Start-up of o
Aquamarine Power Ltd. plans to bring its technology to market by adding one or two new investors, who will provide funds and expertise to help the company achieve this goal, Aquamarine’s CEO Martin McAdam revealed to Bloomberg without giving further details on this subject. Aquamarine Power, with AB
An undersea cable damage caused a distruption for hundereds of phone and broadband users on the Isle of Wight. The damaged submarine cable between Portsmouth and Ryde on the Isle of Wight has affected around 600 customers. “We have been working since this morning to restore service to those impacted
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has received an order from CNR International Ltd. for subsea equipment for the Baobab field. The Baobab field is located in Block CI-40 West Africa approximately 16 miles (25 kilometers) offshore from the Ivory Coast. FMC Technologies’ scope of supply i
Iceland is considering to use its geothermal energy to supply Britain with green power through a new subsea cable which would be built by 2020, Daily Star informs. Hordur Arnarson, the chief executive of Landsvirkjun, was quoted as saying: “We believe it’s a win-win situation, because we have a flex
Reef Subsea Dredging & Excavation announced today they successfully completed their integral part in the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm project working collaboratively with the operations team for Fluor, the principle contractor. Reef Subsea Dredging & Excavation (RSD&E) completed their multi-mi
With effect from 3 January 2013 Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) and Clean Caribbean & Americas (CCA) have joined together as a single organisation to meet the expanding needs for oil spill preparedness and response around the world. Members of the combined organization are widely expected to benef
Subsea 7 S.A. today announced an award to its Mexican joint venture from Pemex valued at approximately $140 million. The contract comprises the engineering, fabrication and installation of a 16km pipe, two slug catchers and two cantilever structures for the Line 60 Project in the Bay of Campeche. Th
Malaita Premier Edwin Suibaea expressed his support for the submarine cable project which the Solomons Oceanic Cable Company (SOCC) plans to implement in July this year. The submarine cable which will run between Sydney and Guam will link Solomon Islands to the rest of the world, Solomon Star report
