FoundOcean has been awarded the contract by Graham Construction to pile grout the foundation for the world’s largest offshore wind turbine, developed by Samsung Heavy Industries, in Fife, Scotland. This will be the first 7MW turbine to be installed. Each blade measures over 80m, longer than the wing
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been engaged by Xcite Energy Resources Limited (XER) to undertake engineering services for the Bentley oil field in the North Sea. The companies have also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support the future field de
Statoil Petroleum AS has awarded a contract to Floatel International for provision of an accommodation and construction support vessel for the Gina Krog Field Development project. The Gina Krog field is located on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, approximately 250 kilometers west of Stavanger, Norwa
Leading independent survey contractor UTEC has announced the acquisition of Star Net Geomatics Limited. UTEC – with a global footprint comprising 11 offices around the world including Aberdeen, Scotland – has acquired Star Net Geomatics Limited (Star Net) which has its headquarters in Livingston, Sc
Atlantic Offshore has ordered a new vessel valued EUR 25 million from the Spanish shipyard Zamakona Yards in Bilbao. The ship is the ninth newbuilding and the company expects that there will be more new vessel in the fleet over the next few years. This is the third time the Bilbao based shipyard con
Foster Wheeler AG announced that it has acquired Ingen Ideas (“Ingen”), a privately held upstream consultancy company located in Aberdeen, UK. Ingen specializes in field development and project decision support, focused on the evaluation and implementation of oil and gas field developments covering
KCI has been awarded with the installation assistance of tripods series 3, 4, 5 and 6 for Offshore Wind farm Global Tech I in the German part of the North Sea. In September 2012, the installation of the first tripods weighing approximately 900 tonnes each started. The tripod installation is still on
Prosafe has been awarded a contract from Statoil (U.K.) Ltd (“Statoil”) for the provision of either the Safe Zephyrus or Safe Boreas accommodation support vessel at the Mariner project in the UK Continental Shelf of the North Sea. The contract has been awarded following a competitive tendering proce
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded a two-year contract extension from BG Group to continue to provide engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and project management support for all of BG Group’s facilities in the central North Sea. The
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, announces that it has signed a new contract for two wells from Det Norske Oljeselskap ASA (‘DetNor’), a leading oil and gas company, to s
VSMC recently signed two separate contracts to lay and bury export cables for the Westermost Rough (ENG) and Humber Gateway (ENG) wind farms. With these latest projects, VSMC strengthens its strong position in laying and burying electricity cables in and to offshore wind farms. Westermost Rough Offs
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been contracted to provide the design for a large heavy construction vessel (HCV). The ship is to be built for Subsea 7 S.A., the seabed-to-surface engineering, construction, and services contractor to the offshore energy i
The Clair Ridge Drilling & Production jacket of 23 000 tonnes – the biggest jacket ever built by the Norwegian Kvaerner yard yesterday left Verdal and is now on tow to its location west of the Shetland Islands. The jacket’s footprint on the seabed is 85 x 68 metres. With the delivery of the [&hellip
Rolls-Royce Plc has won a contract to convert the merchant ship Bergen Viking to run on engines powered by natural gas, replacing the current diesel engines. The Norwegian ship owner Bergen Tankers AS has chosen gas engines and accompanying systems from Rolls-Royce for this upgrade, to provide a mor
