The Federal Administrative Court (FAC) in Leipzig has decided to prolong its final decision on the deepening and widening of the navigation channel on the Lower and Outer Elbe River. The Court in Leipzig yesterday adjourned the proceedings by the BUND and NABU environmental associations against the
DeepOcean AS, subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, has been awarded a contract for Seabed Survey Services for 2015 by Statoil. The Contract awarded by Statoil, covers services on Norwegian Continental Shelf and supports DeepOcean’s position as a provider of advanced light construction and seabe
The Environment Agency, Devon County Council and Exeter City Council are working together to design and build a scheme which will reduce flood risk to the city of Exeter. Exeter has a long history of flooding, going back as far as the 13th century. The current flood defenses were built in the 1960s
BESIX Group, of the Belgium’s largest companies operating in the construction industry, has won a contract for the design and construction of a new berth and the adjacent container stacking yards at the DCT Gdansk (Deepwater Container Terminal Gdansk). The new 650m long berth will increase DCT’s ann
Atlantic Petroleum has informed that well test preparation operations continue on the 43/13b-7 Pegasus West gas well, on UK Licence P1724, in the Southern North Sea. The well is being completed so that it can be used for later production, if the flow test proves commerciality. Results from the tests
The deadline for comments on changes proposed by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) to regulations for lifeboats on offshore facilities expired on October 1, 2014. PSA says these responses will now be studied in detail before the amendments are finalised. Ensuring the same level of safety f
Fugro has been awarded a contract by BP Exploration Operating Company for the provision of wellhead and riser monitoring services. The contract will support BP drilling activities for the Quad 204 redevelopment of the Schiehallion field, West of Shetland. A total of 25 wells are to be drilled over t
Statoil and its partners have completed their joint seismic acquisition project in the south-eastern Barents Sea. New forms of cooperation have ensured resource-efficient acquisition, the company says.
Bergen Group Hanøytangen AS has been awarded a rig upgrade contract from Dolphin Drilling AS. The contract is for upgrades and 5-year Class Renewal Survey (CRS) on the semi-submersible production and exploration rig Borgland Dolphin and it is based on the Letter of Intent announced on September 15,
French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls announced officially, on September 26th in Arras, the government’s commitment to the building of the Seine-Nord Canal linking the Greater Paris area with the major ports of northern Europe, including Dunkirk Port. This long-awaited project is estimated to be worth
DOF Installer ASA, an entity in the DOF Subsea Group, has entered into an agreement to sell one of its three sister vessels to an international buyer. Delivery to the new owners is expected late 2014. The sale will release approx. NOK 650 mill. ($ 100.7 mill.) after redemption of debt. DOF Installer
ABB, a power and automation technology group, has won an order from Armada Kraken Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Bumi Armada Berhad, a Malaysia-based international offshore oilfield services provider. ABB will provide power and automation technologies for the floating, production, storage and offloading (
The oil from DONG Energy’s oil fields in the North Sea: Siri, Nini, Nini East, Cecilie and Stine-1, is now sent directly to the oil tank below the Siri platform. This takes place after completion of extensive repair work lasting several years.
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has entered into a data licensing agreement with an international oil company worth USD 3.7 million, after adjustment for partner’s share of the revenues, for the provision of 3D EM data from EMGS’ multi-client data library in the Barents Sea. The multi-client
