The Offshore business stream of the Penspen Group, Andrew Palmer & Associates, has been contracted to provide Detailed Design services to EPC Offshore Limited (EPC) in support of Ithaca Energy’s Greater Stella Area (GSA) Development. The contract follows on from Penspen’s recent work for EPC Offshor
Subsea 7 has exercised an option to extend the contract on the construction vessel Skandi Seven with 1 year from 31st of March 2013. DOF Subsea, subsidiary of DOF ASA, has previous announced that Subsea 7 has fixed the vessel Skandi Skansen for a period of 100-200 days per year over the next 4 years
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won a significant order from the Dutch-German transmission grid operator TenneT to supply an AC (alternating current) power transmission link connecting Nordergründe, an offshore North Sea wind farm, to the mainland grid in Germany. The ord
Reef Subsea has been awarded a seabed dredging contract by A/S Norske Shell on Ormen Lange field for its newly-built Scanmachine 4. The project objective is to perform final seabed preparation for pipelay within narrow geometrical tolerances (+/- 20cm) and with a curved route to follow. The dredging
Kleven Maritime has signed a contract with ship owner Rem Offshore for the building of an advanced multifunctional subsea support and construction vessel. The contract value is around 550 million NOK. ‘Kleven Maritime and Rem have had a strong relationship for many years, and we are very pleased tha
Turkish state-owned natural gas company, Botas, is expected to sign a preliminary agreement with Qatargas, world’s largest LNG producer, soon, thus creating the groundwork for Turkey to import of 2.5 to 3 billion cubic metres (bcm) of Qatari LNG, Reuters informs. Speaking at a press conference in Do
Trapoil, the independent oil and gas exploration and appraisal company focused on the UK Continental Shelf (“UKCS”) region of the North Sea, has been advised by Summit Petroleum Limited that the 12 ¼” hole section of the Orchid well bore has been re-drilled as a mechanical side-track. The partners i
The Board of Mediterranean Oil & Gas Plc, the central Mediterranean producer, developer and explorer of oil and gas assets, has announced that production from the Guendalina gas field, located offshore Italy, in the first quarter of 2012 achieved an average gross production (100% basis) of 580,000 s
Oceanteam Shipping ASA has announced that it’s new Lay Vessel, CSV North Ocean 105 which is jointly owned with J Ray McDermott (Norway) AS, has been delivered on time and has immediately commenced a five year time charter. The company’s fleet of CSVs now consists of four partially owned North Ocean
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Subsea 7 for the design and fabrication of a control umbilical for Statoil’s Svalin C project on the Norwegian continental shelf. Contract value is undisclosed. Scope of work includes a six kilometre long control umbilical, connectors, engineering and pr
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Subsea 7 for the design and fabrication of a control umbilical for Statoil’s Svalin C project on the Norwegian continental shelf. Contract value is undisclosed. Scope of work includes a six kilometre long control umbilical, connectors, engineering and pr
French oil and gas company Total today announced that the two technical solutions to stop the gas leak on well G4 of the Elgin platform are progressing according to plan. As announced, drilling of the G4 relief well (G4-K1) commenced while in parallel experts continued with key tasks in preparation
The rapid development of renewable energy capacity is central to the delivery of the EU’s target of a 20 % renewable energy contribution by 2020. Wave and tidal energy is expected to provide a share of the UK’s renewable electricity by this date. As part of this, The Crown Estate is offering interes
Greek Ypoyrgeio Ypodomon announces tenders for design, construction, financing, operation, maintenance and operation of a road project through an underwater tunnel. The aim of a project is to replace the existing bridge between Lefkada and Aitoloakarnania. According to the company, the scope of work
