Operations & Maintenance
NHC Names Global Training Manager
Lieutenant Commander Richard “Soapy” Watson has been appointed as Global Training Manager for National Hyperbaric Centre (NHC). During 2014, the centre drove forwards development within its successful training department. New courses were added to the NHC portfolio including Subsea Isolations and RO
Scotland to boost wave energy with GBP 14 mln
Wave Energy Scotland will receive a total of GBP 14.3 mln over the period of following thirteen months, Scotland’s Energy Minister Fergus Ewing announced today. Wave Energy Scotland’s first contract will be the collaboration with 12 former Pelamis employees, led by former Pelamis’ Chief Executive Ri
Jumbo Installs MEG Riser on Ikhwezi, South Africa
Jumbo completed the subsea installation of the replacement MEG riser for the Ikhwezi Project at the existing FA Platform, at the end on January 2015. The contract was awarded by PetroSA at the end of 2014, Jumbo informed. Jumbo’s Fairplayer, a DP2 Heavy Lift Crane Vessel with 2 x 900 Te revolving de
Gazprom Boosts Export Routes
The Gazprom Board of Directors has approved the company’s strategy aimed at diversifying its export routes and increasing the Russian gas competitiveness. It was noted that gas supply alternatives as well as enhanced reliability and safety of supplies were of primary importance to make Gazprom’s pro
UTEC Gets Moho Nord Survey Contract from Technip
UTEC, an Acteon company, has announced the award of the full survey services contract on the upcoming Technip Moho Nord EPIC project in West Africa. The project, operated by Total E&P Congo, is located approximately 75 kilometers off the coast of the Republic of the Congo, at water depths ranging fr
Ithaca: FPF-1 Modification Delays GSA Start-Up
Ithaca Energy is facing further start-up delays of the Greater Stella Area production hub, due to delay in “FPF-1” floating production facility modifications programme being done in Poland. The FPF-1 is being modified by Petrofac in the Remontowa yard in Poland and the rate of progress is insufficie
McDermott, Petrofac in Subsea Pact
McDermott and Petrofac have formed a strategic marketing alliance to pursue top-tier deepwater subsea, umbilical, riser and flowline (SURF) projects. The five-year alliance expects to provide oil and gas companies a competitive, integrated solution across a broad range of complex engineer, procure,
Neptune Wraps Up Ichthys Gig
Neptune’s Subsea Stabilisation division has recently completed the structural grouting of the Riser Support Structure (RSS) under contract to a subsidiary of McDermott for the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project. McDermott is the appointed main contractor for the subsea Umbilicals, Risers and Flowlin
Report: DW Asia Pacific Well Intervention Market Analysis
Offshore Network and Douglas Westwood discussed current market dynamics for well intervention projects in the Asia Pacific as well as regional opportunities for the contractor community. Many operators in the Asia Pacific have specialist intervention and workover teams in place that are dedicated to
Technip Bags Glenlivet Subsea Contract Off UK
Building on the previous award by Total E&P UK of the contract for the Edradour Subsea Development, located approximately 75 km North West of Shetlands in the UK waters, Technip has been awarded an additional scope for the parallel development of the Glenlivet field located nearby. The Glenlivet spe
Kvaerner Loses Sverdrup Bid, Plans More Cuts
Kvaerner plans to implement further cost reductions after failing to secure the Johan Sverdrup tender, a job that the company had strong ambitions to win. Statoil announced today that the contract for delivery of the Johan Sverdrup drilling topside has been awarded to Aibel. “The loss of this tender
Eidesvik to Christen Viking Neptun on Saturday
Norwegian vessel owner, Eidesvik Offshore, will perform a naming ceremony for its latest Offshore Construction Vessel ‘Viking Neptun’ in Stavanger, this Saturday, February 28. The 145 meters long ICE 1B-class vessel was delivered from Kleven last Tuseday. The vessel, scheduled to kick off its work c
Bilfinger to Install Nordergründe OWF Monopiles
Bilfinger Marine & Offshore Systems has won an order for the installation of 19 steel foundations at the new Nordergründe offshore windpark in the North Sea and for the transportation of 18 wind turbines to the installation site. The order from windpark developer and operator wpd in Bremen has a vol
CSA Builds Mobile Labs for Oil Spil Response
On behalf of the Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) and BP Exploration & Production Inc. (BP), CSA Ocean Sciences, Inc. (CSA) has developed mobile operational and laboratory containers. According to CSA, these containers meet the standards of Det Norske Veritas, American Bureau of Shipping, and