Project & Tenders
Skangas scores Finnish LNG supply deal
Norway-based LNG terminal operator, Skangas has secured a framework agreement to supply liquefied natural gas to two Finnish LNG-powered vessels. Skangas will supply the chilled fuel to the offshore patrol vessel Turva and icebreaker Polaris for 2017–2019, following a tendering process arranged by t
GALLERY: ‘Pioneering Spirit’ sets world record with Brent Delta lift
Allseas-owned dynamically positioned single-lift installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel Pioneering Spirit has removed Shell’s 24,000 t Brent Delta platform topsides from the UK North Sea setting what the company claimed was the world record in lifting. Following its arrival to the Brent fie
Highlights of the week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (April 24– April 30). TechnipFMC has been awarded a contract by an affiliate of ExxonMobil for the engineering, manufacture and delivery of the subsea equipment for the proposed Liza deep-water project
Top News of the Week, 24 – 30 April 2017
Belgium Considers Hitting Offshore Wind Reset Button Belgium’s Secretary for the North Sea Philippe De Backer has suggested that the government should revoke concessions granted to three offshore wind projects and instead carry out a tendering procedure similar to those in Germany, Denmark or the Ne
Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (April 24-30, 2017). Port Arthur’s Expansion Project on Display The Port Arthur is ready to hold mandatory pre-bid conference for the port’s Berth 5 Expansion Project. Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger Tommy Norto
Giant vessel Pioneering Spirit reaches Brent field, set for Delta lift
Allseas-owned giant vessel Pioneering Spirit has arrived at the Shell-operated Brent field located in the UK sector of the North Sea to perform its heaviest lift until now. The twin-hulled, 382 meters long and 124 meters wide vessel executed its maiden heavy lift of the Yme offshore platform in the
Pompton Lake Cleanup Project Q&A Session
With the second phase of Pompton Lake cleanup underway, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just released “Questions & Answers” document regarding the dredging/soil removal project. Lake bottom sediment was contaminated with mercury and lead from the DuPont (now Chemours) Pompton Lake
Ichthys central processing facility sails away from South Korea
Inpex Corporation informed on Friday that the Ichthys Explorer, the Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG Project’s central processing facility (CPF), sailed away from its construction site in Geoje, South Korea en route to the Ichthys field offshore Western Australia. The unit sailed away following the comple
NPD Appoints AGR as Its Well and Drilling Specialist Advisor
AGR has been appointed as well and drilling specialist advisor to Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. AGR will deliver advice to support evaluation of drilling programmes, well design and testing, completions and plugging and abandonment. The two-year scope of work has the option to be extended for an
Statoil gets nod to modify Gina Krog for temporary oil transport solution
The Norwegian offshore safety agency, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given Statoil the consent to modify North Sea’s Gina Krog platform for deploying a temporary oil transport solution. This consent comes after the PSA gave the Norwegian oil major a consent to put the Gina Krog platform a
Bourbon Wins FLOATGEN Mooring Installation Job
French offshore services provider Bourbon has been awarded a contract for the mooring installation of the first floating wind turbine in France at the experimental test site of SEM-REV managed by Ecole Centrale de Nantes (ECN), in the context of European project FLOATGEN. FLOATGEN is a wind turbine
Shearwater to Start 3D Acquisition in North Africa
Shearwater has signed a one month contract with an undisclosed client for a 3D marine acquisition survey offshore North Africa. The contract will start promptly and will be performed by Polar Marquis while en-route from India to the North Sea. “In combination with the successfully completed ONGC con
Island Crown to Support OceanGate’s Titanic Expedition
Island Offshore has entered into an agreement with OceanGate Expeditions for the use of Island Crown as support vessel during the first manned submersible expedition to the wreck of the RMS Titanic since 2005. The assignment should start in May 2018 and will have a duration of 10 weeks for Island Cr
German Offshore Wind Farms Shine in Q1 2017
German offshore wind farms generated 4.8 billion kWh of electricity in the first quarter of 2017, a 36.7 percent jump compared to 3.5 billion kWh of electricity generated offshore Germany in the first quarter of 2016.