Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai, Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Secretary Le Thanh Hai and Deputy Ambassador of Belgium in Vietnam Geert Vansintjan initiated the second phase of the Soai Rap River dredging project on Saturday, June 21, reported vietnamnews.vn. The 54 kilometer lon
Statoil has received consent to use the Transocean Leader semi-submersible drilling rig for permanent plugging of well 6407/7-3 on the Njord field. Njord is an oil field in the Norwegian Sea, around 30 km west of Draugen, in approximately 330 metres of water. Njord has been developed using a steel s
Vroon Offshore has announced that the “VOS Fabulous” has arrived safely in Aberdeen. Vroon Offshore Services Aberdeen has welcomed the vessel “home” following her long journey from Nanjing East Star Shipyard in China. VOS Fabulous is the first to be delivered in a ten-vessel newbuilding programme, w
The Danish Nature Agency, under the Danish Ministry of Environment, has issued a tender for Copenhagen hydrographic survey services. The purpose of the survey is to map the remaining resources and obtain more information about the mining areas in the Sound. Furthermore, the survey should determine t
Autorità di bacino della Puglia announced tender invitation worth 1,6 million EUR for the provision of hydrographic survey services. The provision of marine geophysical surveys is aimed at the identification of deposits of sand useful to the artificial nourishment of stretches of coastline erosion o
Statoil Petroleum has received consent to use the shuttle tanker, Navion Europa, as a temporary storage vessel for the Heidrun field and the Heidrun Oil Export Solution (HOES). Heidrun is located at Haltenbanken in the Norwegian Sea. Water depth is around 350 metres. The field has been developed usi
Statoil has received approval to use the Songa Trym semi-submersible drilling rig to drill a well in the North Sea, offshore Norway. Expected start-up is June 2014, with a duration of approximately 40 days. The well 35/11-A-31 is located in the Fram H-Nord field in development licence 090. Water dep
Norwegian oil giant Statoil has failed to find oil at its Apollo prospect in the Barents Sea.
Luka Koper and the Netherlands-based company Van Oord have concluded the contract on deepening the access channel and northern section of Basin I within the Port of Koper harbour area. The contract in the amount of EUR 2.48 million anticipates the seabed dredging along the Container Terminal to 14 m
On behalf of its client, Highland Group Holding Limited and its partners, K2 Management is developing the 210MW Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm with the aim to reach financial close in Q2 2015. Suppliers have been pre-qualified and the project is now ready to send out Invitation to Tender (ITT). “
The Danish Energy Agency has issued preliminary tender documents for the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind to four pre-qualified bidders: Vattenfall, Dong Energy, E.ON and Statoil. The comprehensive tender documents contain preliminary specifications, a draft of concession agreement, model licenses and auth
IKM Consultants AS has won a new 5-year framework contract with BP Norway for the provision of consulting services. “The company has had a long-standing contractual relationship with BP Norway and are pleased to be able to continue this cooperation through this new contract,” says General Manager Pe
CWind has been awarded a contract by Technip Offshore Wind, for the provision of cable pull-in services, complete with crew transfer vessel, to transport CWind technicians on site and support the cable pull-in. Building on previous project scopes, CWind is now project managing the entire tower side
GTT announced the notification of two LNGCs to be built by Japanese shipbuilder Imabari. These large vessels will be equipped with the innovative Mark III Flex containment system pioneered by GTT and also includes a new MEGI propulsion system. Vessels are scheduled for delivery in 2017. These vessel
