Project & Tenders
Seamec Secures Vessel Deal with Kreuz Subsea
India’s provider of diver support vessel-based diving services Seamec has entered into a contract with Singapore-based subsea service provider Kreuz Subsea for the charter hire of vessel Seamec III. According to Seamec’s BSE notice, the vessel will be carrying out work in Mumbai High. Built in 1983,
SeaBird Inks LoI for Asia Pacific Work
SeaBird Exploration has signed a letter of intent (LoI) to provide a seismic source vessel for an upcoming survey in the Asia Pacific region. The project is due to start in the second half of June and will have a duration of approximately five to six months. The company did not disclose the name of
Cairn finds no oil at deeper VR-1 well target (Senegal)
Oil and gas company Cairn Energy has failed to unearth commercial quantities of oil from its exploration target at the VR-1 well offshore Senegal. To remind, Cairn had achieved the primary objective at the VR-1 well in March, which was to appraise the nearby SNE oil discovery. During the appraisal d
Alcatel Submarine Networks to Build Indigo Subsea Cable
AARNet, Google, Indosat Ooredoo, Singtel, SubPartners, and Telstra have entered into an agreement with Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) to build the new Indigo subsea cable system. Once completed, the Indigo cable system (previously known as APX West & Central) will strengthen links between Australi
Fight Continues for Gowanus Canal Cleanup
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer and Rep. Nydia Velázquez have sounded the alarm and expressed serious concerns over the Trump administration’s proposal to cut the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) budget by $2.6 billion, or 31 percent. As part of the EPA’s budget, the Administration has propos
Federal, State and Local Partnership to Restore Beaches in Maryland
The Board of Public Works yesterday unanimously approved $4.6 million in funding for regularly-scheduled beach and berm nourishment and repairs in Ocean City. The Ocean City Beach Replenishment Project will be managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in close cooperation with the Maryland Departm
Trendsetter Engineering to provide subsea equipment for Noble’s Leviathan
Trendsetter Engineering has been awarded multiple contracts to design and manufacture subsea production equipment for Noble Energy’s Leviathan project. Leviathan is a large natural gas field development in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Israel. Noble Energy operates Leviathan with a
Kraken to Build 3D Laser Imaging System for AWI
Kraken’s German subsidiary, Kraken Robotik, has been awarded a contract to design and build a 6,000-meter rated 3D laser/optical imaging system for the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven. The 3D smart camera system will be based on Kraken’s
Trendsetter Clinches Leviathan Subsea Deal Off Israel
Trendsetter Engineering has secured multiple contracts to design and manufacture subsea production equipment for Noble Energy’s Leviathan project, a large natural gas field development off the coast of Israel. Trendsetter’s scopes of work include multiple clamp connection systems, subsea distributio
Aptomar Environmental Monitoring for Martin Linge Field
Total E&P Norge has selected Aptomar’s tactical collaboration and management system (TCMS) to digitalise and manage environmental monitoring and oil spill detection at its Martin Linge field. The TCMS will combine subsea, topside and aerial oil spill detection sensors into one common operating pictu
Eni in gas discovery offshore Libya
Italian oil company Eni has made a new gas and condensate discovery in the Gamma Prospect in Tripoli-Sabratah Basin, offshore Libya. The discovery exploration well B1-16/3 is located approximately 140 kilometers from the Libyan Capital Tripoli City and five kilometers to the north of the producing B
RVO Invites Bids for Hollandse Kust Noord Geophysical Investigations
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl), part of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, issued a call for tenders for geophysical soil investigations at the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm zone on 5 April.
OEG Offshore wins Ichthys LNG job
OEG Offshore has secured a 5-year rental contract for the supply of offshore cargo units and helifuel tanks to support hook-up, commissioning and future production from the Inpex-led Ichthys LNG project.
Norway nods for Trestakk discovery development plan
Norwegian authorities have approved the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) of the Trestakk discovery on the Halten Bank in the Norwegian Sea. Investments are calculated at NOK 5.5 billion ($641M), almost half of the original estimate. Trestakk was discovered in 1986 and expected recoverable vo