Premier Oil, a UK-based independent oil and gas company, has informed that the development of the Solan field in the UK North Sea, west of the Shetland Islands, is progressing well. In its recent trading update, the company said that the construction and onshore commissioning of the jacket and the t
JD Contractor A/S, one of the biggest underwater contractors in Denmark, has been awarded a contract for subsea cable installation. The contract, awarded through tender procedure, is for the installation of 10 kV submarine cables between Lolland-Asko and Lilleø-Femø. JD Contractor secured the contra
‘Pieter Schelte’, the biggest vessel in the world, is to be completed in the port of Rotterdam. Owner and designer Allseas and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have signed an agreement to this effect. The plan is for ‘Pieter Schelte’ to arrive in Rotterdam at the end of 2014. ‘Pieter Schelte’ is 38
Statens vegvesen (The Norwegian Public Roads Administration) has invited tenders for Bjørnafjord hydrographic survey. The purpose of the survey is measurement of wave and currents along two routes in an area between Reksteren and Halhjem. The necessary data will be used for an alternative floating b
Øresundsbro Consortium, a Copenhagen based company, has issued a tender invitation for the provision of diving services. The framework agreement will cover the Company’s owned and operated Øresund Bridge. The project is expected to last for two years with the completion planned for August 27, 2016.
Polarcus Limited has entered into an addendum to the sale and lease-back financing arrangements dated 30 June 2008 for Polarcus Naila seismic vessel. The parties to the arrangement have agreed to increase the charter hire under the terms of the bareboat charter by USD 8,600 per day effective from 15
The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company Limited, Maritime Centre, Port of Liverpool has issued a tender for port infrastructure works that could be worth up to £40 million. The tender says that contractor is to provide infrastructure and ancillary works including further development of all necessary de
The Port Authority of the Balearic Islands (APB) has announced tender for redesign and improvement works of the South Ro-Ro Quay and the Fuel Quay at the Port of Ibiza. The budget for the tender is €9,181,44.96, and the maximum execution period has been set to 15 months. The work will be carried out
Vroon Offshore Services has made a video promoting their newbuild subsea-support vessels VOS Sugar and VOS Star. Both vessels are being built at Fujian Southeast Shipyard, China and are due for delivery in 2015. VOS Sugar and VOS Star have a 68.04 m length overal, 14.95 metres beam moulded and can a
Statoil has awarded Aibel the contract for the hook-up of new living quarters to the Oseberg C platform. The contract has an estimated value of about NOK 125 million.
GTT of France said it has received a notification by the Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the two newbuildings ordered by GasLog, a Monaco-based shipping company, that specified the use of GTT technology. GTT, responsible for the design of membrane containment systems for the ma
Doedijns recently received an order to supply the complete Upending Control System (UCS) for the Gina Krog launch jacket currently being fabricated at the Heerema yard in Vlissingen, The Netherlands. Weighing 17.000 tons with a height of 142 meters, a footprint of 60 x 50 meters and a top of 40 x 30
A unit of China National Offshore Oil Corporation said it had signed the company’s largest ever contract with Russia’s Yamal LNG project. The contract value is about $1.6 billion. Under this deal, CNOOC’s Offshore Oil Engineering Co will construct core modules for the liquefaction process of the Yam
Aberdeen based 3sun Group, a specialist provider of products and services to the global energy industry, has been awarded a marine operations and management contract by Statoil, worth £1million. The six month contract, which commenced last month [June], will be based within the Outer Harbour of East
