Karoon Gas Australia Ltd advises that at 06:00 hours (WST) today, mechanical repair of the Blowout Preventers (“BOP”) was being undertaken. Upon completion of the repairs, the BOP and marine riser will be re-run to the sea floor to allow drilling of the 12-1/4” hole section to proceed. Since the las
DSME announced that the Hull No. 3401 Allseas Pieter Schelte Project’s float joining process started on 26th November. This is the biggest project ever constructed at the Okpo shipyard. It will be 328m long, 117m wide, and 30m high so it will completely fill the No.1 dock after the float joining. DS
Cable & Wireless Communications has become one of the founder members of a consortium to build a new submarine cable system that will increase access to fast broadband and pay TV in the Caribbean, Central and South America. The Pacific Caribbean Cable System (PCCS) will span 6,000km from Jacksonvill
Danish company Svitzer with its salvage headquarters based in The Netherlands, reports it has been awarded the contract for the removal of oil from the car carrier Baltic Ace. The 2007 built vessel sank in the North Sea following a collision with a container vessel on December 5. Five crew members o
Wave energy developer, Carnegie Wave Energy Limited, announced that it has secured environmental and maritime safety approvals for its Perth Wave Energy Project (PWEP). Over the last two years, Carnegie has undertaken extensive environmental impact assessment of all elements of the PWEP using a comb
Statoil Petroleum ASA has received consent to use a new production pipeline and well on Visund Sør. Visund Sør is located ten kilometres from the Gullfaks C and Visund A platforms in the North Sea and is part of production licence 120. Water depth at the site is 290 metres. [mappress] Press Release,
The Dutch coast guard has called off the search for missing crew members from car carrier Baltic Ace, which sank last week after collision with containership Corvus J near the entrance to the Rotterdam’s port. Since the accident happened outside the Netherlands’ territorial waters the Dutch police h
Woodside advises that MPRL E&P Pte Ltd has accepted its offer to farm-in to block A-6 in the Rakhine Basin, located in the western offshore area of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. The offer is for a 50% interest in the block and is subject to certain conditions including execution of fully ter
The Russkaya compressor station site (near Anapa, Krasnodar Territory) hosted the celebrations dedicated to the construction start-up of the South Stream gas pipeline. The celebrations were attended by Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, representatives of the participating countrie
As the regulatory requirement to assess reservoirs and lakes expands to include smaller bodies of water, HR Wallingford has developed a remote control boat which is able to collect hydrometric data quickly, simply, safely and accurately. The ARC-Boat employs a sophisticated SonTek (a Xylem company)
Eni Norge has signed a Maintenance and Modifications contract with Apply Sørco for the Goliat project. This is the third major operational contract awarded to a contractor with a local presence in Finnmark. The contract covers engineering support, studies, and maintenance and modification services.
Offshore Marine Management signed several contracts with cable suppliers and installers, in the beginning of 2012, for the upcoming Offshore Wind Interconnector installations (BorWin2, HelWin1, Dolwin1, SylWin1, Helwin2) for auxiliary works and supply and management of Guard Vessels. OMM has current
DCNS has been selected by the European Commission to lead a major collaborative research project under the broad heading of sustainable development. The aim is to protect marine flora and fauna by mitigating underwater noise footprints due to shipping. Guidelines will be drafted for the design of fu
Suncor Energy announced that the Terra Nova FPSO facility operating offshore Newfoundland and Labrador is in the final stages of commissioning in preparation for start-up following planned maintenance. The FPSO is expected to return to full production rates around the end of December. Suncor expects
