The hull of one of Siemens’ new service operation vessels (SOVs) is on its way towards Norwegian Havyard shipyard, where it is supposed to arrive any day now. On July 19, 2014, the hull was launched at the Cemre shipyard in Turkey, reported Ingo Bischof, Siemens’ Project Manager for Offshore Service
Tata Steel has signed a series of contracts with Subsea 7, one of the world’s leading contractors in engineering, construction and subsea services to the offshore industry, to supply undersea pipes to four separate North Sea projects. The four contracts, signed over the past year and worth an estima
Trawlercat Marine Designs (TMD), a specialised power catamaran design company, officially entered the 2010 UK Carbon Trust OWA competition with a very innovative 20m “North Sea-Cat” vessel design. However, the company has revised its 2010 competition entry design with two new models. The Offshore Wi
Mainstream Renewable Power has recently started its detailed geotechnical and geophysical survey of the proposed Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm site. The survey work has started on August 4th 2014 and will continue until approximately September 30th 2014. The planned wind farm site is located i
Work on jointing the Normandie 3 subsea cable to the Jersey land cable has started, last week, in the transition bay at Long Beach car park. The operation by Prysmian’s specialist engineers is expected to take about two weeks. The corresponding land/sea transition joint in France was completed last
Osiris has announced its third successful multi-year contract win at Arish Mell.The contract sees Osiris enter into their 12th successive year involved with effluent waste water pipe by being responsible for the inspection and maintenance of the pipeline. The Arish Mell pipeline begins at Research S
In July Hydrex mobilized a team of diver/technicians to Syros, Greece, for a complex repair operation on an 118-meter, 8550 DWT chemical tanker. The vessel had suffered large cracks in her hull plating as the result of a collision. She was not allowed to sail any further. Hydrex proposed a permanent
Fugro has disclosed information on its performance in the first half of 2014, with first half-year revenue of EUR 1,186.9 million compared to EUR 1,167.9 million in first half of 2013. Year-on-year revenue growth at constant currencies of 6.2% or 7.9% excluding multi-client. As previously announced,
Rosneft and ExxonMobil joint venture company Karmorneftegaz has began drilling of Universitetskaya-1, the Russian Federation’s northernmost well using the West Alpha rig. The start of the drilling was launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin during a teleconference with head of Rosneft Igor Sech
Prysmian Group has been awarded a new contract worth approximately $127 million (95 million euro) by IPTO (Independent Power Transmission Operator), the Transmission System Operator of the Greek electricity system, for the interconnection between the island of Syros (Cyclades) and the mainland power
1. McDermott Cuts Losses McDermott International, Inc. has reported a second quarter 2014 net loss of $11 million or $0.05 per fully diluted share, compared to a net loss of $149 million or $0.63 per diluted share in the prior-year quarter. 2. EMAS Lands USD 110 Mln in Contracts Ezra Holdings Limite
Norwegian Energy Company (Noreco) in July 2014 produced 6 979 barrels of oil equivalents per day (boepd) on average and delivered an update on Siri platform production. The technical installation work related to the permanent repair of the Siri platform has been completed and production from the Sir
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS (COPSAS) has received consent to use the West Linus jack-up drilling facility for drilling and completion of wells at Ekofisk 2/4-ZZ. The Ekofisk field was discovered in 1969 and is the oldest of the oil and gas fields in production on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. T
Ramboll analysts have considered whether engine failure, anchors or other hazards can threaten an upcoming and very innovative Submerged Floating Tunnel (SFT) across the Sognefjord in western Norway. The probability of a ship’s collision resulting in disastrous consequences is very low, shows two ri
