Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading total solutions provider, has been contracted to supply a complete power system, including two of its 6-cylinder Wärtsilä 20DF dual-fuel medium-speed engines, for a new dry cargo inland waterway vessel. This order extends the benefits of gas fuelled operation
AF Group said it has been awarded a contract by Statoil Petroleum AS for civil works of maintenance and modifications at Hammerfest LNG. The contract contains maintenance and modifications for civil works at Hammerfest LNG. Construction will commence in May 2012 with expected completion in May 2016.
DNV has, as part of a strategic partnership with StormGeo, acquired the right to purchase 22,7 % of StormGeo’s shares through a mutually convertible capital issue. The core focus of StormGeo will remain within the fields of oil exploration, renewable energy as well as shipping, media and aviation. F
Statoil and Rosneft signed a cooperation agreement. The companies have agreed to jointly explore offshore frontier areas of Russia and Norway and to conduct joint technical studies on two onshore Russian assets. The agreement also envisages Rosneft’s acquisition of participating interests in selecte
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 a new order worth £1.3 million from BG International Ltd (‘BG International’), a wholly owned subsidiary of BG Group plc, to su
Superior Energy Services of Houston, Texas, took delivery of one of the most advanced maritime training simulators ever developed, in April 2012. The next-generation simulator from Kongsberg Maritime will be used to provide integrated, real-time training for Superior’s offshore marine personnel at i
Nautronix have been awarded a three year contract by the Norwegian SURF contractor, Ocean Installer AS, for the supply of survey services to support their offshore construction activities. The contract includes the provision of onshore and offshore survey services in support of tendering and project
Ocean Installer announces contract award from ExxonMobil Exploration & Production Norway AS (EEPNAS) for survey and intervention work at the Balder field. The work awarded from EEPNAS for the Balder field is inspection and maintenance of the subsea control system. The work is planned to be performed
BG Group today announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Cosan S.A. Indústria e Comércio (Cosan) for the sale of its 60.1% holding in Comgás, Brazil’s largest gas distribution company, for approximately $1.8 billion (R$3.4 billion). Subject to partner consent, BG Group and Cos
Dolphin has exercised the option and signed a long term time-charter on the 3D seismic vessel Sanco Sword from Sanco Shipping AS, for an initial 5 year firm period with options to extend for additional 3 times 2 years. The Vessel is the second purpose built high capacity 3D seismic vessel to be deli
Sanco Shipping AS has declared an option for a second seismic vessel to be built at Kleven Maritime’s yard Myklebust Verft in Norway. The vessel, to be named Sanco Sword, is to be delivered in Q1 2014. Its sister vessel Sanco Swift will be delivered from Myklebust Verft in July 2013. Kleven Maritime
Elering and Tallinna Sadam have chosen Vopak LNG, a LNG focussed subsidiary of Royal Vopak , as their international strategic partner for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal planned at Muuga Harbour. Elering and Tallinna Sadam signed today a Letter of Mutual Intent with Vopak LNG, in which the
Boskalis has signed a contract with partners DONG Energy and Scottish Power Renewables for the partial construction of the “West of Duddon Sands” offshore wind park in the Irish Sea. The work comprises the preparation of the seabed and the transport and placing of 108 wind turbine foundations. The p
Independent Risk Management Systems B.V. (IRM Systems), an independent supplier of emergency pipeline repair systems (EPRS) and pipeline repair services, announced that pipeline operator BBL Company awarded the company a contract to produce a Concept Proposal that will provide a thorough assessment
