Oceaneering has entered into a two-year charter for use of the Island Pride, a multi-service subsea support vessel owned by Island Offshore Shipping International. The vessel is expected to be available for work in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM) in early January 2015. Before it starts the work, the I
Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) and Royal IHC (IHC) have signed a contract for a state-of-the-art 4,000 cubic meter capacity Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger. The agreement was endorsed by Chairman Dr. Priyath B.Wickrama and Managing Director Capt. Nihal Keppetipola on behalf of SLPA and Area Direct
Canada’s Antrim Energy Inc. has responded to an announcement made yesterday, November 24, by Sound Oil that it intends to launch a public offer for 100 per cent of the share capital of Antrim Energy. Antrim says that its board of directors will carefully review and evaluate the announcement and inte
Eidesvik Offshore and Reach Subsea have in partnership entered into a firm contract with Technip in Norway. Reach will execute the contract using Eidesvik Offshore’s newbuild TBN Viking Neptun, equipped with Reach ROVs and manned by Eidesvik marine personnel and Reach ROV personnel and engineers.
Plexus Holdings has received a purchase order from an oil and gas operator to supply surface wellhead and mudline equipment services for a gas and condensate exploration well in the UK Continental Shelf in the North Sea. The value of the order is estimated at approximately £1.9 million with revenues
Belgium and Greece have signed agreements designed to foster cooperation between Belgian and Greek natural gas sectors.
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has signed a contract with Shell for a Pusnes permanent mooring system. Contract value is around EUR 20 million. “We are very happy to finalise this large contract,” says Jan Martin Grindheim, Vice President, Offshore Mooring Systems at MacGregor. “It is strategically im
Skangass signed a two year deal with Eni for the supply of LNG from the Fluxys LNG terminal in Zeebrugge.
GDF Suez has signed a contract with Idemitsu for the acquisition of 10% share in the license PL 420, in the North Sea. PL 420 is situated between the Gjøa field and the Skarfjell discovery, and contains the discovery Titan. The exploration well Atlas in the license started November 4, with the semi-
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (November 17 – November 23). French oil services provider Technip has announced that, on Monday, November 10, 2014, it approached CGG to create a first tier oil and gas services provider. The pro
DONG Energy has awarded a contract for one of the largest seabed investigation campaigns in the history of the offshore wind industry to a UK company. Worth £13 million, the contract has been won by Wallingford-based Fugro GeoConsulting, part of the Fugro Group, the integrator of geotechnical, surve
GTT of France received an order for containment systems for Höegh LNG’s fifth FSRU being built by Hyundai Heavy Industries.
TenneT Offshore GmbH has invited tenders for the underwater ordnance removal on the planned DolWin3 offshore submarine cable connection of approximately 42 km. The starting point will be KP 43 north of the island of Borkum, Germany. The route is within the German EEZ and the final destination is the
Statens vegvesen (The Norwegian Public Roads Administration) has been assigned to review the E39 as a ferry-free road connection along the coast of Vestlandet, Western Norway. This includes, as one of the main priorities, the construction of an underwater tunnel that crosses the Romsdal Fjord. The c
