Seaway Heavy Lifting is pleased to announce being awarded by Scira Offshore Energy Ltd the Foundation installation contract, including installation of two offshore Substation Topsides for the Sheringham Shoal project. Sheringham Shoal is a wind farm of 88 turbines and 2 substations over an area of 3
Scheldepoort Repair & Conversion Yard in the Netherlands secured a major contract for the conversion of the “M/V Agile” into a high-tech flexible Pipe Lay Support Vessel (PLSV). The Owner and operator of the vessel McDermott Inc is a well known company in the world-wide offshore industry. The conver
As people begin arriving in Brussels on Sunday for the EWEA 2011 Annual Event, it’s a safe bet that many of them will be talking about what is expected to become the world’s largest offshore wind farm. The three developers of the London Array announced on Tuesday that the first of 177 foundations ha
TGS announces that it has signed a Letter of Intent with CGGVeritas to charter a high capacity vessel for 3D multi-client projects in Europe during the 2011 summer season. The charter will begin before the end of April and will last for approximately 4 months. The agreement also provides an option f
CeltixConnect, provider of Europe’s most advanced subsea telecommunications network, today announced it has been awarded subsea consent, in the United Kingdom, for the deployment of Europe’s most modern subsea telecoms cable linking Ireland and the UK. The consent was awarded by DEFRA (Department of
Technip was awarded an installation contract, worth more than €20 million, by EOG Resources United Kingdom Limited, for the development of the Conwy field, located in the East Irish Sea. The contract covers: * welding and installation of an 11.4 kilometer, 8” production pipeline and an 8” water inje
Russian shipyard Sevmash will begin sea trials for the three new generation nuclear powered submarine, which are under construction at the… (brahmand) [mappress] Source:brahmand ,March 09, 2011;
FarSounder announced the sale of their Ship ProtectionSystem (SPS) to Alphatron Marine, of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The system will be installed on a luxury super-yacht being custom-built at a Dutch shipyard. The system is designed to provide underwater threat protection while at anchor or at the
Apache Corporation reported that interim repair work on the Forties Bravo to Charlie pipeline was completed on March 6, 2011, and production from Forties Bravo is ramping up to approximately 50 percent of the pre-outage rate of 11,600 barrels of oil per day. The replacement pipeline is scheduled for
Cameron has received a contract valued at approximately $200 million from ConocoPhillips to provide equipment and services on two new platforms in the Greater Ekofisk Area Development offshore Norway. The contract is subject to Government approval of the Plan for Development and Operations (PDO) for
Technip was awarded by GDF SUEZ an engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract, worth approximately €45 million, for the Gjøa field development located in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. This contract covers: * engineering and fabrication of two smoothbore gas export rise
Power conversion specialist Converteam has announced that it has been selected to supply major elements of electrical equipment for a 1MW tidal turbine known as HS1000. The contract awarded by Hammerfest Strøm UK Ltd includes the subsea generator and the shore based systems including a power convert
FoundOcean has been awarded the offshore grouting contract by SBM Offshore for the MOPUstor Phase 2 installation in the Yme Oil Field, North Sea. Grouting equipment has been mobilised and set up on the work vessel, and a suitable work window is awaited prior to mobilisation of the 12-man crew. The M
Movistar has launched an undersea fibre-optic cable linking the Canary Islands with the Peninsula… (telecompaper) [mappress] Source: telecompaper ,March 03, 2011;
