Project & Tenders
Petrel, partners accept Ghana acreage offer ‘in principle’
Following years of stalemate Petrel Resources and its partners in the Pan Andean consortium might be on the verge of resolving a dispute over their offshore assets in Ghana. To remind, in 2008 the Pan Andean consortium in which Petrel now holds a 30% stake agreed an exploration licence over block Ta
GLDD Kicks Off Duval County Shore Protection Project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, has just announced that the Duval County Shore Protection Project is officially underway with dredge Terrapin Island pumping sand at the south end of Jacksonville Beach. The Corps contractor, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company will place sand o
Osbit Supplies Subsea Docking System for Modus AUV
Osbit, the subsea engineering and technology company, has delivered two subsystems for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), operated by subsea and seabed intervention company Modus. Osbit has designed and manufactured a floating launch dock and a sea parking garage to meet Modus’s launch and reco
Boustany Applauds 2016 WRDA Bill
U.S. Congressman Dr. Charles Boustany issued the following statement after the United States Senate passed the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016, S. 2848, which includes language authorizing the signed Chief’s Report from USACE for the Southwest Coastal Louisiana Feasibility Study. Foll
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (September 12 – September 18). Aker Solutions, Det norske oljeselskap and Subsea 7 agreed on a so-called “one for all, all for one” collaboration model that should, as the companies believe, mark a maj
Greens cry ‘Deepwater Horizon!’ as BP reveals oil spill model for Australian project
Greens and environmentalists are calling new ‘Deepwater Horizon’ after the release of BP’s oil spill modelling produced to evaluate effects of an oil spill in its proposed Great Australian Bight drilling program. BP on Thursday released the worst-case oil spill scenario for Stromlo-1 well located wi
Maersk Supply Service Scores North Sea Decom Work
Maersk Supply Service has been awarded a contract to provide decommissioning services for the Janice subsea field in the North Sea for Maersk Oil UK. Maersk Supply Service will assume responsibility for engineering, project planning and managing the scope of the subsea decommissioning. “With the awa
Aker Solutions in Troll B Win
Aker Solutions has secured a contract from Statoil to deliver a compression module for the Troll field in the North Sea to help boost output at one of Norway’s key offshore fields. The contract is valued at NOK 370 million and is an option in a front end engineering and design (FEED) agreement award
Borssele III & IV Tender Kicks Off Today. Minimum Turbine Capacity 6MW
The Dutch government’s call for tenders for Borssele III and IV offshore wind sites is set to be launched today, with the period for submitting bids ending at 5 p.m. on 29 September. As of this tender round, turbines used for projects must have a nominal capacity of 6MW at least, in line with market
Borssele III & IV Tender Kicks Off Today. Minimum Turbine Capacity 6MW
The Dutch government’s call for tenders for Borssele III and IV offshore wind sites is set to be launched today, with the period for submitting bids ending at 5 p.m. on 29 September. As of this tender round, turbines used for projects must have a nominal capacity of 6MW at least, in line with market
Charleston Deepening Moves to the House for Final Authorization
The U.S. Senate yesterday passed the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016, a significant milestone that moves the 52-foot Charleston Harbor Deepening Project to the U.S. House of Representatives for final authorization. “WRDA is critical legislation for port and port-related infrastructure
Oceanside Harbor Dredging Project on Track
Navigational dredging within Oceanside Harbor continued this week with the contractor, CJW Construction, reporting having removed approximately 5,000 cubic yards of material from the harbor’s entrance channels from September 8 through 14. CJW also reported six-days lost to large ocean swells in this
Boskalis Megacutter HELIOS Nears Completion
Royal IHC yard in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands, has completed installation of the cutter ladder for Boskalis’ self-propelled cutter suction dredger HELIOS. The cutter ladder – which has a length of 47m and a weight of 1,717,000kg (excluding the side winches) – was built at IHC shipyard in Sliedrecht.
Vaalco sees more well trouble off Gabon
Vaalco Energy has been forced to temporarily shut in a well at its Avouma platform offshore Gabon due to a recurring issue with an electrical submersible pump. The company previously reported in late July that the primary electrical submersible pump (ESP) failed in the Avouma 2-H well on the Avouma