Project & Tenders
The Gulf Coast Council to Amend Initial Funded Priorities List
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (Council) is proposing to amend its Initial Funded Priorities List (FPL) to make the State of Louisiana the direct recipient of the full funding amount previously approved for the Lowermost Mississippi River Management Program. As approved in December 201
Allseas Seals Nord Stream 2 Pipelay Deal
Nord Stream 2 AG said it has signed a contract for offshore pipelay of the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea with Allseas on 6 April 2017. The contract follows the letter of intent agreed between both parties last December. Other tenders including the near-shore pipelay tende
Seaproof Solutions’ Cable Protection for Horns Rev 3 OWF
Seaproof Solutions has secured a contract from VBMS to supply cable protection systems (CPS) for Vattenfall’s Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm in Denmark. The contract covers the design and supply of cable protection systems for the installation of the 33kV inter-array cables for the 400MW offshore wi
Klaipedos Nafta, Fluxys sign LNG agreement
Klaipedos Nafta, the operator of the first Lithuanian LNG terminal in Klaipeda signed a memorandum of understanding with Fluxys of Belgium to cooperate in the development of small-scale LNG projects and infrastructure in Europe.
VIDEO: Statoil’s Aasta Hansteen substructure leaving dry dock
Norwegian oil major Statoil posted a time-lapse video on Monday, showing the preparations for the sail away of the 200-meter-long Aasta Hansteen substructure. Statoil said in the description of the video that the first step was filling the dock at Hyundai Heavy Industries’ facility in Ulsan, South K
Heerema and AF Decom to Scrap Four Ekofisk Platforms
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia is said to intend to enter into a contract with Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) for the removal and disposal of platforms connected to the Ekofisk field in the North Sea. According to AF Gruppen, a subcontractor to HMC, the contract includes engineering, preparation, remo
PHOTO: Launch of the Hopper Dredger Magdalen
Trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Magdalen was launched last Friday, March 31, at Eastern Shipbuilding Group’s Allanton yard in Panama City, Florida. The vessel, being built for Weeks Marine Inc., has already been earmarked for a project at the end of this year. Design and engineering of the 6,
John Agyekum Kufuor FPSO arrives offshore Ghana
The newbuild FPSO John Agyekum Kufuor, to be used for the giant Sankofa oil and gas development offshore Ghana, has reportedly reached the West African nation’s waters. According to a local news website Graphic, the FPSO is now undergoing mooring operations at the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) i
Sandvik Lands Leviathan Umbilical Tubes Contract
Sandvik Materials Technology has secured a contract to be the sole provider of stainless steel umbilical tubes for the Leviathan gas field in the Mediterranean Sea, offshore Israel. The order was booked in the first quarter and the value is about 400 million SEK ($40 million) with deliveries schedul
Wood Group Scores Snorre Flowlines FEED
Wood Group has been awarded a contract with Statoil to provide front end engineering design (FEED) to the subsea flowline system of the Snorre expansion project in the Norwegian North Sea. The contract will be delivered by Wood Group’s Stavanger, Norway office and follows on from the completion of a
IOG Acquires Thames Gas Pipeline in North Sea
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) has signed a sale and purchase agreement regarding the acquisition of the recently decommissioned Thames gas pipeline in the Southern North Sea for a nominal consideration from Perenco UK, Tullow Oil and Centrica. The pipeline will provide the proposed export route for
E.ON to Invest in Airborne Wind Tech Demo Site. Teams Up with Ampyx Power
E.ON has announced that it will invest in the development of a demonstration site for airborne wind technology in County Mayo in Ireland, and that it entered into a collaboration agreement with Ampyx Power as the first user of the test site.
G8 Subsea Buys Aleron ROV
Aberdeenshire-based Aleron has sold the XL150 remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to a new client in South East Asia, G8 Subsea. The XL150 has seen several upgrades performed by Aleron Subsea including a single mode-upgrade to boost its survey capability and an HPU upgrade taking the system to 150HP to
Lundin completes Edvard Grieg appraisal well
Lundin Petroleum has completed the Edvard Grieg Southwest appraisal well 16/1-27, located offshore Norway. The appraisal well 16/1-27 in PL338 on the Edvard Grieg field is located on the southwestern flank of the field targeting additional resources. The well, spud in early March, was drilled 3 km w