Scientists at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have secured a three-year contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to carry out ‘quality control’ checks on ocean data captured by one of its satellites. The team at NOC were approached by ESA to analyse data recorded by CryoSat-2, due to the
AF Gruppen ASA’s (AFG) wholly owned subsidiary, AF Decom Offshore U.K. Limited in a consortium with Heerema Marine Contractors Nederland SE, called Heerema-AF Consortium, has been awarded a Letter of Intent by CNR International (U.K), for the removal and disposal of the Murchison Platform in the Nor
AF Decom Offshore U.K. Limited in a consortium with Heerema Marine Contractors Nederland SE, called Heerema-AF Consortium, has been awarded a Letter of Intent by CNR International (U.K) Limited, for the removal and disposal of the Murchison Platform in the North Sea. Murchison oil field straddles ac
COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard, a subsidiary of COSCO Shipyard Group, has secured contracts valued over USD 470 million from Maersk Supply Service (MSS), part of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, to build four subsea supply vessels. The secured contract comes with an option for Maersk Supply Service to build a
Lundin Petroleum AB, through its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS, has announced that it has entered into agreements to acquire a 35 percent interest in PL674 licence. Lundin Norway will acquire a 15 percent interest in PL674 from Petrolia Norway AS and a 20 percent interest of a carve out a
Romica Engineering Ltd (REL) have signed a contract with Geo Marine Technology Co. Ltd China to provide a Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) launch and recovery system (LARS) to The Second Institute Oceanography (State Oceanic Administration) China. This system provides the capability of 10,000m
Ashtead Technology, an international subsea equipment specialist, has increased its product portfolio with an exclusive sales agreement with ECA Robotics for its range of specialist underwater inspection equipment. The agreement with the French company is for the rights to sell the ECA Hytec range o
Solstad Offshore has reported that Subsea 7 has declared their option to extend the contract for the construction vessel “Normand Subsea” with one year from March 2015. This is the second of a total of four yearly options. The Normand Subsea is an IMR, Survey and Light Construction vessel specifical
Tata Steel has signed a series of contracts with Subsea 7, one of the world’s leading contractors in engineering, construction and subsea services to the offshore industry, to supply undersea pipes to four separate North Sea projects. The four contracts, signed over the past year and worth an estima
Aker Solutions has agreed to lease a new office complex in Aberdeen for 20 years as part of an expansion in the UK. The facility is under development and will consist of three interconnected buildings in the Aberdeen International Business Park on Dyce Drive, the main route between Aberdeen’s city c
Statoil Petroleum AS has received consent to use the COSL Pioneer semi-submersible drilling rig for drilling and completion of wells 34/8-C-2 H and 34/8-C-2 AH at Visund Nord. The activity is scheduled to begin in August, with a duration of around 120 days. Visund is an oil field located east of the
EnBW today notified that the prequalification process period for the delivery and installation of subsea cables for the company’s Hohe See offshore wind farm has been extended. The contract includes planning, procurement, manufacturing, supply and installation of inter array cables for an offshore w
Chart Industries said that Chart Ferox, its unit in the Czech Republic, has supplied its first skid mounted LNG refuelling station to Gasrec’s Bridgwater site in the UK. The station includes a 30m3 horizontal LNG storage tank, submerged transfer pump & LNG dispenser all mounted within a single frame
Osiris has announced its third successful multi-year contract win at Arish Mell.The contract sees Osiris enter into their 12th successive year involved with effluent waste water pipe by being responsible for the inspection and maintenance of the pipeline. The Arish Mell pipeline begins at Research S
