Together with the operating company BritNed Development Ltd., Siemens Energy has placed the BritNed HVDC transmission link between Britain and the Netherlands into operation. BritNed is a joint venture of National Grid, the international electricity and gas company and one of the largest investor-ow
Seaway Heavy Lifting took delivery of their new build DP3 crane vessel Oleg Strashnov. During the last two weeks, the sea trials and test lifts were successfully completed. DNV witnessed the 5,500 mt overload test. Earlier this month the 800 mt auxiliary hook and 200 mt whiphoist were already succes
Subsea 7, a global leader in seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services, today announces the award of an engineering and installation contract by E.ON Ruhrgas UK E&P for the Huntington Development in the North Sea. The Subsea 7 workscope comprises the installation of 12km of the 8-inch
BP has decided to extend the maintenance and modification contract with Aker Solutions, exercising a one year option in the existing agreement for the Ula, Valhall, Hod and Tambar fields. Work under the new option will last until April 2012. The contract value is estimated to be NOK 2-300 MNOK. The
Neptune announces the commencement of a significant fabrication scope at its workshops in Stonehaven and Fordoun (Aberdeen, UK). Valued at approximately £1million (AUD$1.56 million), the project involves the fabrication of specialist subsea structures and equipment and is anticipated to continue for
Popular Kongsberg Maritime demo boat comes to Southampton. The Kongsberg Maritime stand (N1) and specially equipped demo boat will feature a range of new and leading survey systems during the forthcoming Ocean Business technology exhibition and training forum, which takes place at the National Ocean
Statoil and KazMunayGas have signed the Heads of Agreement (HoA) on the Abay block in the Kazakhstani sector of the Caspian Sea. Under the HoA, the parties plan to conduct evaluation of the hydrocarbon potential of the “Abay” block in the Northern Caspian Sea. Statoil and KazMunayGas will jointly es
Norwegian Energy Company (Noreco) has appointed Ellen Sandra Bratland as new Chief Operating Officer. Bratland has been working for Noreco since 2008 and comes from the position as Asset Manager for Noreco’s field developments in Norway and UK. Bratland holds a M.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering f
Further to the announcement made on 16 March 2011, Lansdowne Oil & Gas plc, announces it has signed a contract with Polarcus Limited (“Polarcus”) for the acquisition of 3D seismic surveys over the Rosscarbery, Amergin and Midleton Prospects in the North Celtic Sea, offshore Ireland, covering an aggr
Under the charter contract with Centrica Energy Upstream, the charter is automatically extended by six months unless notice is given six months prior to the expiration of the contracted period. The expiration of the currently contracted period was September 28, 2011, and the charter for FPSO Sevan H
Aker Solutions has been awarded a letter of intent (LOI) by Statoil for the engineering, procurement and construction of a subsea production system for the Fossekall-Dompap project on the Norwegian continental shelf. Aker Solutions estimates the contract value to be approximately NOK 1 billion. Scop
GC Rieber Shipping has entered into a three-year charter agreement with the UK Ministry of Defence (“MoD”) for the vessel “Polarbjørn”. The contract commences medio April 2011 and expires in March 2014. The contract with MoD will in combination with the recently announced charter agreement for the C
Converteam announces today the signing of an agreement with GE pursuant to which the financial Converteam shareholders commit to sell their shares to GE. Pierre Bastid and Florent Battistella will retain a significant shareholding in Converteam after the closing of the transaction. This agreement is
Aker Solutions has completed loading eight subsea templates destined for Eni Norge’s Goliat project in the Barents Sea… (offshore) [mappress] Source: offshore , March 30, 2011;
