Project & Tenders
Dragados 4 Jackets for Hornsea Project One Substations
Dragados Offshore has been awarded a contract by DONG Energy for delivery of four substation jackets for its Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. The 1.2 gigawatt project consists of 174 wind turbines connected to three offshore collector substations and a reactive compensation substation, the la
Saipem in Subsea Water Treatment Pact with Total and Veolia
Saipem has signed an agreement to lead the industrialization and commercialization of SPRINGS, a subsea water treatment technology designed for deep water application, developed in collaboration with oil & gas company Total and water treatment specialist company Veolia. SPRINGS (Subsea PRocess and I
Report: Oil Price Slump Hits 120,000 UK Jobs
Jobs supported by the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry will have fallen by the end of 2016 by an estimated 120,000 since their peak in 2014, according to new data published by industry trade body Oil & Gas UK. The analysis, carried out by marketing services company Experian, forecasts that in 2016
Shizuoka Gas inks LNG sales deal with Shell
Shizuoka Gas on Friday informed it has signed an agreement with Shell to supply one cargo of liquefied natural gas from its recently completed reloading facility at the Sodeshi terminal.
DECC Invites Tenders for Noise Risk Analysis of Seismic Ops
Marine environmental consultancy, Hartley Anderson, on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change, is currently welcoming applications to tender for a study to model underwater sound propagation during geophysical surveys and predict received sound levels for marine mammals. Several seism
Enagas acquires Endesa’s stake in GNL Quintero
Spanish LNG terminal operator Enagas on Thursday said it has, through its unit, Enagas Chile, reached a deal to acquire the total Endesa Chile stake in GNL Quintero for US$200 million.
Subcon Nets Black Sea and Woodside Contracts
Subcon Europe has been awarded a contract for the supply of over 1000 CoastMatts to an undisclosed client in the Black Sea. The mattresses are to be used for scour protection. According to the company, the project is well underway, being 30% complete with production rates of 18 mattresses per day be
Jan De Nul Delivers Nobelwind Scour Protection
Offshore contractor Jan De Nul has completed the setup of scour protection (first phase) around the 51 foundations of the Nobelwind project. The scour protection is part of the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract the company signed with the offshore wind project N
Services agreement for Pakistan’s second LNG terminal approved
Pakistan LNG Terminals’ board of directors has given approval for signing the deal with Pakistan GasPort, the lowest bidder for setting up the country’s second LNG terminal.
Subsea Sector in UK Suffers on Major Revenue Plunge
A research by industry body, Subsea UK, has found that, 90% of surveyed companies in the UK’s subsea industry have in the last 18 months seen sales drop by 30-50% or more. Of those, 28% have lost half their revenues with sales decreasing by 50% or more, while close to 6% reported no impact on sales
Saipem to Mobilize Drillship Off Portugal
Saipem has been awarded a contract by Eni Portugal for the utilization of the Saipem 12000, which will operate offshore Portugal. Built in 2010 by Samsung Heavy Industries, Saipem 12000 is a sixth generation ultra-deepwater drilling ship capable of operating in water depths of up to approximately 36
Krasnoye Sormovo Launches Rosmorport’s Second TSHD
Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard yesterday held a launching ceremony for the second of three 1000 m³ trailing suction hopper dredgers, the Kronshlot, being built for FSUE “Rosmorport”. The event was attended by Rosmorport Executive Director, Andrei Lavrishchev, Krasnoye Sormovo Director General, Nikolai Zh
Eni makes new ‘significant’ gas discovery offshore Egypt
Italian oil company Eni has made a new ‘significant’ gas discovery in the Baltim South West exploration prospect, located in the Baltim South license, in the conventional waters of Nile Delta, offshore Egypt. Eni, through its subsidiary IEOC, holds a 50% stake in the license of Baltim South, while B
VIDEO: Wintershall installs subsea templates on Maria field
German oil and gas producer Wintershall completed the installation of subsea templates for the Maria field, offshore Norway, last week. The subsea templates travelled 210 km from Kristiansund, Norway to the field location in the Norwegian Sea and were installed at 300 meters water depth. Wintershall