Operations & Maintenance
TAP Secures Italian Single Authorisation Permit
The Italian Government has granted Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) its Single Authorisation Permit. The Single Authorisation is a key permit that allows TAP to move ahead with the start of pipeline construction in 2016. TAP will cross Northern Greece, Albania and the Adriatic Sea before coming ashore
Barge Capsizes in Singapore Waters, Fourteen People Missing
Fourteen crew members are missing after a sand-carrier barge ‘Oceanline SC208’ capsized offshore Singapore yesterday, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) informs. At around 10.00 am, the MPA was alerted that a Bolivian-registered vessel had capsized 7.5 nautical miles north-east of Pe
Lithuania Continues Search for An-2 Missing Pilots
The operation of searching for the missing pilots of the An-2 aircraft in the Baltic Sea carries on, the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence informs. The An-2 and its crew lost contact on weekend in Lithuanian airspace and its two pilots have gone missing in the Baltic Sea The LNS Kuršis (M54) m
DOF Subsea Profit Down 65 Pct
Oslo-listed, DOF Subsea, has posted profit for the first quarter 2015 of NOK 139 million ($18.4 million), versus NOK 402 million ($53.3 million) in the year-earlier period. The 65.4 per cent drop in profit, or NOK 263 million, is mainly due to net financial loss of NOK 320 million, related to unreal
Franco-Scottish consortium inks GBP 2.5 mln SEM-REV deal
Consortium consisting of Scottish Hydro Group and French Wenex Equipments has secured GBP 2.5 mln contract for developing wave energy test site off France. The project involves manufacturing and installation of the array cabling infrastructure on the SEM-REV marine renewable energy project 16 nautic
GE: First Refurbishment of Subsea Trees in Nigeria
GE Oil & Gas has completed the first refurbishment of subsea production trees at its service base in Onne, Nigeria. The milestone was achieved under a contract awarded by Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo.). The GE team of Nigerian engineers dis-assembled the subsea trees to c
Jee Bags FEED Contract for Captain EOR Project
Jee Ltd. has been awarded a contract from Amec Foster Wheeler for the front end engineering design (FEED) of a jacket rigid polymer injection riser package (including J-tubes) as part of the Captain enhanced oil recovery (EOR) field development. The project will demonstrate the use of polymer chemic
Fugro Gets Another Borssele OWF Gig
Fugro has signed 2 new contracts with the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, for further mapping of the future Borssele wind farm park. According to RVO, under the contract, Fugro will take measurements of wind and sea conditions and conduct seabed researc
BP Settles Macondo Claims with Transocean and Halliburton
Transocean has reached two separate settlement agreements, with the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (PSC) and with BP Exploration & Production and BP America Production. These settlements together resolve substantially all outstanding claims against Transocean arising from the April 20, 2010, Macondo
Fugro Simphony Catches Fire, Crew Evacuated
Fugro Subsea Services-operated ROV support vessel Fugro Symphony has reportedly caught fire, early this morning in Peterhead Harbour. According to reports, the fire-fighting teams were called for duty at approximately 3 AM on Wednesday and it took about 35 firefighters to extinguish the blaze. More
Oceaneering Sheds Norway Staff
Oil services company, Oceaneering, is reportedly laying off employees in Norway as the company faces general decline in activity. According to Sysla.no, Oceaneering’s Erik Sæstad has confirmed that 100 new employees must leave the company, following the earlier reports on job cuts in Oceaneering Ass
Shell Gets Short Life Extension for Draugen
A/S Norske Shell has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) to extend the lifetime of the Draugen facility. Draugen is an oil field in the Norwegian Sea, around 150 km north of Kristiansund. A/S Norske Shell (Shell) is the field’s operator. Production on the field began in
Telstra’s Pacnet Breached by Hackers
Australian telecommunication company Telstra informed on Wednesday that its recently acquired subsea cable company Pacnet has had a security breach, potentially making its costumers vulnerable. According to reports, Pacnet was hacked on April 3, approximately two weeks before Telstra completed the a
CWind Secures Cabling Support Contract with CT Offshore
CWind has won a contract to supply rigging and cable pull-in services to CT Offshore to support their cable laying project at DONG Energy’s Gode Wind 1 & 2 offshore wind farms. Under the contract, CWind will support the pull-in of the cables at all 97 turbines as well as those connecting the array t