Evergas said that it has secured 15-year shipping agreements with INEOS Europe for the transportation of ethane into Europe from the US Mariner East project. Under such agreements Evergas will build and operate new customized vessels that will be dedicated to the transportation of ethane from Marcus
CB&I announced that it has been awarded a contract in excess of US$175 million by DONG Oil Pipe A/S for the engineering, procurement and construction services of the DO Hejre Crude Stabilization Project at the DONG Oil Pipe Oil Terminal in Fredericia, Denmark. This is a fourth quarter 2012 award. “T
Badger Explorer ASA (“BXPL”) has signed a sponsorship agreement with Chevron Energy Technology Company, a division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (“Chevron”), whereby the company will co-sponsor the development of the Badger autonomous drilling tool through the Badger Explorer Demonstrator Program. The obje
In order to step up efforts to attain its energy transition goals, France is thinking about launching another round of tenders just few weeks after launching the second offshore wind tender. “We are thinking about a third tender,” said French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, Reuters reports. The te
Subsea 7 S.A. announced it has been awarded a project worth approximately US$135 million by Shell U.K. Ltd as part of Shell’s Fram oil and gas development in the Central North Sea. The project encompasses the engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of a 4.5km pipeline bundle of approx
Top News of the Week of Jan 14 – 19, 2013
Port Atlantique de La Rochelle awarded a port diving services contract worth 480,000 EUR to Atlantique Scaphandre. Diving services are needed in order to maintain underwater structures of the Port of La Rochelle, (PALR), with ongoing inspection works for monitoring of subsea installations with vario
The Fife Council has introduced a plan for the dredging project at the Glenrothes area. The project consists of reducing the accumulated silt on the harbour basin floor and entrance channel by an agitation dredging process which will stimulate the particles into temporary suspension in the water, wh
IKM Subsea have been awarded a 3+2 year frame agreement by Nexans Norway for ROV services. The contract has an expected value in excess of 100 million NOK. Initially the frame agreement will include ROV services onboard Nexans Cable lay ship, Skagerrak Nexans. Further ROV work on other vessels chart
Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has secured a US$50 million contract with Nexen Petroleum UK Limited to carry out the hook-up and commissioning of the Golden Eagle Area Development (GEAD) project in the UK North Sea. The Golden Eagle field will be developed using two platforms – a wellhead platform and a pro
Cryonorm Systems said it received an order to install LNG bunkering system for Risavika harbour from Skangass. The order consists of an LNG bunkering system for ferries going from Norway to Denmark. Cryonorm Systems said it will engineer, produce, install and supervise the installation of the comple
Reef Subsea announced they have signed a five-year plus options charter for a new-built dynamically positioned subsea construction vessel from Olympic Shipping AS in Norway. The vessel, to be named “Olympic Reef”, built by Kleven Maritime in Norway, is to be delivered in August 2013. The vessel will
RS Aqua Ltd. announced that they have signed a distribution agreement with Liquid Robotics Inc, USA to provide UK/Ireland sales and technical support for Wave Glider®, the world’s first wave powered autonomous marine robot. The impact of Wave Glider® within the ocean research and allied fraternities
Babcock is to manufacture and deliver over 70 subsea structures as part of the major Quad 204 offshore redevelopment project, some 130km west of Shetland, UK, under a £30m+ contract awarded by BP. The complex and highly technical Quad 204 project consists of a new Floating Production System Offshore
