Project & Tenders
Shell secures Prelude FLNG with 16 mooring chains
Oil major Royal Dutch Shell has connected all 16 mooring lines of its giant Prelude floating LNG (FLNG) vessel set at the Prelude field, offshore Australia. The 488-meter-long and 74-meter-wide floating facility left the shipyard in South Korea in late June and reached the Australian waters in late
Fugro Extends Skandi Carla Charter with DOF
Fugro has extended the firm period of hire for the Skandi Carla time charter contract from July 2017 until end October 2019, the Oslo-listed DOF Subsea said on Friday. Skandi Carla is a purpose-designed and built ROV survey, IRM and construction support vessel. The 84 meters long vessel with accommo
Southern Dredging Wins Wilmington Harbor Contract
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, has just announced the award of a $5.9 million maintenance dredging contract for the Wilmington Harbor Anchorage Basin in New Brunswick and New Hanover counties, North Carolina. According to the Corps, the dredging contract was awarded to Southe
Global Marine to Install Rampion OWF Cable
Global Marine Group (GMG) has been awarded a contract from E.ON to install a fibre optic cable at the Rampion offshore wind farm, under construction 13km off the coast of Sussex, UK. Upon completion the cable will run from the shore to an offshore substation, providing a vital communications link fo
KBR to Work on BP’s Tortue Project
KBR has been awarded pre-front end engineering design (FEED) and project support services contracts by BP for the development of the Tortue / Ahmeyim field offshore Mauritania and Senegal. Under KBR’s global services agreement with BP, KBR has won these new contracts to provide pre-FEED and project
Khalifa Port Expansion Project on Display
Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of the State and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Ports, and Capt. Mohamed Al Shamsi, CEO of AD Ports, visited Khalifa Port Extension Project on August 6th 2017. Eng. Yasser Zaghloul, CEO of NMDC, welcomed the delegation and after a brief introduction of the project site they placed a
Actuant Sells Viking to Acteon
Actuant Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Viking SeaTech business to Acteon Group, a global subsea services business, for approximately $12 million. Actuant has also signed a definitive agreement to purchase Mirage, a $12 million revenue provider of industrial and energy main
Update on Louisiana’s Coastal Protection Program
Major updates on Louisiana’s coastal program and relevant issues were presented yesterday to the state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board at its monthly meeting, held in Morgan City. Pat Landry, CPRA Regional Operations Manager for Southwest Louisiana, outlined more than $800 million
DEME secures work for its LNG-powered fleet
Dredging International, part of the DEME Group, will deploy the company’s LNG-powered fleet for its contract with the Belgian transmission system operator Elia.
DEME to Install Submarine Cable for Elia Modular Offshore Grid
Dredging International, part of the DEME Group, has secured the contract from Belgian transmission system operator Elia for the submarine power cable installation for the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) in the North Sea. DEME will deploy its new fleet of vessels to carry out the works, including hoppers
Partrac Gets Hywind Metocean Monitoring Job
Partrac has been selected by Statoil to provide real-time wave and current measurement services for Hywind Scotland, the world’s first floating wind farm. Partrac has been contracted for a minimum of 1 year (with multi-year contract extension options) to manage the deployment and maintenance of the
Sirius shifting to operating firm as Ororo partners ink joint operating deal
Shares of the AIM-listed Sirius Petroleum have been temporarily suspended as Sirius awaits transition from an investing to operating company related to its role in the Ororo field development located offshore Nigeria. The Ororo field, discovered in 1986, is located within OML 95 in shallow waters of
Marinex Bags Sunny Point Dredging Contract
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, recently awarded a $6.05 million contract to Marinex Construction, Inc. for the maintenance dredging of Military Ocean Terminal in Sunny Point, Brunswick County, North Carolina. According to the Corps, the work will consist of removal and dispos
VIDEO: Catcher FPSO on sea trials before sailaway
BW Offshore-owned floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel BW Catcher, built for Premier Oil-operated Catcher development in the UK sector of the North Sea, is undergoing marine trials in Singapore ahead of its departure to final offshore location. Earlier this week, Premier Oil laun