Project & Tenders
Quadrant spuds Driftwood well off Australia
Quadrant Energy has started drilling the Driftwood-1 commitment well on the WA-320-P permit, offshore Western Australia. Quadrant-operated WA-320-P permit is located in the Carnarvon Basin, offshore Western Australia and the Driftwood-1 commitment well is located in WA-320-P in the Barrow sub-basin
Osbit Delivers Well Intervention Equipment for Siem Helix 1
Osbit Ltd has delivered GBP 3 million (USD 4 million) worth of well intervention equipment to Helix Energy Solutions, for installation on Helix’s chartered Siem Helix 1 vessel. The equipment, weighing over 300t in total, consists of a BOP maintenance and storage tower, intervention tension frame and
Giant pipelayer Pioneering Spirit completes topsides lift system tests
Allseas has completed commissioning of the topsides lift system and the major part of the harbor test program of the single-lift installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel “Pioneering Spirit” in the Alexia harbour, Rotterdam, at the end of July 2016. According to Allseas’ statement on Monday, a
Unique Group Bags Two ABS Nitrox Dive-ROV Systems Orders
Unique Group’s Diving & Life Support division has secured orders for two of its Hydra ABS nitrox surface dive-ROV systems from the client in Nigeria. The systems comprise a dive-ROV control and chamber container, machinery container, air and nitrox 10ft HP gas storage containers, two single basket L
Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon Scheme up for Comment
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is asking for people’s views on further information submitted by the company behind the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon. Tidal Lagoon (Swansea Bay) Plc project would see a 9.5 km long sea wall built in Swansea Bay, between the Rivers Tawe and Neath. This will generate electric
RDA Contracting Secures Sacramento River Erosion Repairs
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, recently awarded a $2.16 million construction contract to RDA Contracting, Inc. of Rio Vista for Sacramento River erosion repair near Isleton. The work involves placing close to 14 tons of quarry stone along 591 linear feet of river bank where the e
PHOTO: Statoil’s Aasta Hansteen spar platform shaping up in South Korea
Norwegian oil major Statoil has informed that a substructure for the Aasta Hansteen spar platform, a first of its kind to be installed offshore Norway, has now reached its complete form. The 70,000-ton spar platform for the Aasta Hansteen field located in the Norwegian Sea is being built at the Hyun
BP to boost output from fields off Trinidad with compression project
Oil major BP will boost its production from the Columbus Basin, located offshore Trinidad, with a newly-sanctioned compression project. BP Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT) operates in 904,000 acres offshore Trinidad’s east coast and it has 13 offshore platforms, and two onshore processing facilities. The
James Fisher Acquires Lexmar
James Fisher has acquired the entire share capital of Lexmar Engineering Pte Limited and Lexmar Sat Systems Pte Limited (together ‘Lexmar’). The initial consideration is SGD 17.5 million (USD 13 million) in cash, with further future consideration of up to SGD 9.3 million (USD 7 million) subject to t
Magseis starts Red Sea seismic survey for Saudi Aramco
Magseis, a Norwegian geophysical company, has together with its partner BGP Arabia officially started operations on Saudi Aramco’s project in the Red Sea. Magseis was awarded Saudi Aramco’s S78 project for large-scale ocean bottom seismic acquisition in the Red Sea in February 2016. The company said
USA: HDR scores contract for Rev LNG’s small-scale plant
Omaha-based HDR said it has been selected as the owner’s engineer for Rev LNG, which is building a small-scale liquefied natural gas facility near Scranton in Bradford County in northeast Pennsylvania. The facility will have 180,000 gallons of storage and a liquefaction capacity of 50,000 gallons pe
Honeywell nabs Goldboro LNG contract
Honeywell Process Solutions said Monday it has secured a contract for Pieridae Energy’s Goldboro LNG project in Canada. Under the contract, Honeywell will provide automation and safety systems and serve as integrated main automation contractor for the new LNG facility being built in Eastern Canada t
Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (July 25-31, 2016). Royal HaskoningDHV to Design Cayman Islands Cruise Berthing Facility International engineering firm Royal HaskoningDHV has been appointed by the Cayman Islands Central Tenders Committee to prov
Statoil drops Bressay platform order at Daewoo
Norwegian oil company Statoil has canceled an option for a fixed platform for a UK North Sea development from South Korea’s shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering. According to the shipbuilder’s regulatory filing on Friday, Statoil canceled the order for the fixed platform for the Br