Project & Tenders
Exmar Hires EM&I for Accommodation Barge Check-Up
Exmar has awarded EM&I, the asset integrity and IMR services provider, an ODIN contract for the diverless UWILD inspections on the Kissama accommodation barge operating offshore Cabinda, Angola. The award follows a win with Bumi Armada for the ODIN diverless UWILD for the Armada Olombendo FPSO which
Red River in Need of Dredging
U.S. Senators David Vitter and Bill Cassidy sent a letter last Friday to senior officials within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, urging them to reallocate any possible funds toward the dredging of an important segment of the Red River, which has experienced historic flooding in the last 12 months.
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (June 27 – July 03). NOPSEMA revealed a recent incident where a vessel lost position while diving activities were being conducted approximately 130 metres from a hydrocarbon facility offshore Western A
Rana Scores IMR Gig with Eni Congo
Ravenna-based diving and subsea services provider, Rana, has been awarded a contract by Eni Congo for the underwater inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) on 17 platforms offshore Congo. For this campaign, the company has chartered the diving support vessel DSV Toisa Paladin. The 104-meter vessel
Aibel Scoops Greater Enfield Prize
Aibel in Singapore has been awarded the E&P contract for modifications on Woodside Energy’s Ngujima-Yin floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) off Western Australia. The FPSO will undergo modifications to the topsides, hull and turret, along with installation of a new custom water flood m
Quadrant sees delay during Outtrim East-1 well drilling
Quadrant Energy, an Australian oil and gas exploration company, has experienced drilling challenges that resulted in a delay during drilling operations at its Outtrim East-1 well, offshore Australia. The Outtrim East-1 well is located within the WA-155-P(1) exploration permit in the North West Shelf
Primo Marine Nets Viking Link Work
Primo Marine, the subsea cabling and pipeline engineering specialist, has been awarded a contract to provide a cable burial and risk assessment (CBRA) and installation & burial expertise, for the Viking Link. Viking Link is a proposal to build a high voltage direct current (HVDC) interconnector betw
EnQuest confirms Eagle as oil discovery
UK-based petroleum exploration and production company, EnQuest, has completed drilling of the Eagle exploration well in the UK North Sea and confirmed it as a discovery. In the second quarter of 2016, EnQuest undertook the drilling of Eagle exploration well on a 100% working interest basis. Eagle wa
VIDEO: Ice Class Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger Severnaya Dvina
Ice class Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) Severnaya Dvina, which will maintain navigational depths and provide safe shipping in the Arkhangelsk Seaport basin and approaches, has been delivered to FSUE Rosmorport. Damen tailored the TSHD 2000 design to meet the high specifications required to
HBC to Support Fugro’s Rampion OWF Cable Installation Project
HBC Offshore Solutions, part of the HBC Group, has been awarded with the contract to support Fugro with the installation of the array cables on the Rampion offshore wind farm project. Fugro will lay and bury 122 array cables with its construction and installation vessels Fugro Symphony and Fugro Sal
James Fisher Subsea Excavation Wins Iran Contract
James Fisher Subsea Excavation (JFSE), a subsidiary of James Fisher and Sons, has been awarded a trenching contract in the Persian Gulf. The contract is JFSE’s first award offshore Iran and it will see the company utilise its excavation equipment to trench 15 kilometres of cable. Launched in October
ExxonMobil hits ‘world-class discovery’ in second well off Guyana
ExxonMobil said on Thursday that drilling results from the Liza-2 well, the second exploration well in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana, confirm a ‘world-class discovery’ with a recoverable resource of between 800 million and 1.4 billion oil-equivalent barrels. “We are excited by the results of a
Qatargas pens new deal to supply LNG to Pakistan
Qatargas, the world’s largest LNG producer, has signed a 20-year contract with Global Energy Infrastructure (GEIL) of Pakistan for the supply of liquefied natural gas.
PHOTO: Jack-up Maersk Highlander heads for Culzean field
Maersk Drilling’s jack-up drilling rig, the Maersk Highlander, has set off on its voyage to the Culzean gas field in the UK sector of the North Sea. The newbuild harsh environment jack-up rig will work for Maersk Oil on its operated Culzean gas field. Maersk Drilling informed through social media ch