Project & Tenders
Contract Hat-Trick for BOA Offshore
Norwegian offshore services player, BOA Offshore, has, through its subsidiary BOA OCV AS, secured two additional contracts in West Africa , following the completion of a subsea installation campaign, by the construction vessel BOA Sub C. The two contracts are for a combined period of up to 130 days
DoCoMo Pacific Hires NEC to Build ATISA Subsea Cable
DoCoMo Pacific and NEC Corporation have signed a contract to build ATISA, an optical submarine cable system that will connect Guam with the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands. ATISA submarine cable system, measuring approximately 280 kilometers in length, will connect the islands of Guam, Saip
Fugro Starts Surveying South Holland Offshore Wind Zone
Fugro has begun preliminary site investigations at the Hollandse Kust (zuid) Wind Farm Zone in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. The site characterisation specialist will perform geophysical surveys from its 54-metre multi-purpose survey vessel, Fugro Pioneer and the 40-metre Victor Hensen. Accordi
ABB Converter Station for Kriegers Flak Combined Grid
ABB has received an order, worth around $140 million, from transmission system operators Energinet.dk in Denmark and 50Hertz Transmission in Germany to design, supply and install an HVDC converter station in Bentwisch, Northern Germany. The HVDC Light “back-to-back” converter station, the first of i
Technip JV Bags Total Gig Offshore Angola
Technip Angola Engenharia Limitada, a joint venture between Technip and Sonangol, has secured a three-year engineering services contract from Total E&P Angola. This contract covers services for the existing Girassol, Pazflor, Dalia and CLOV floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) units and
Ophir takes over operatorship in Ivory Coast block
African Petroleum, an independent oil and gas exploration company, has announced that the new Production Sharing Contract (PSC) with Ophir Energy covering the company’s CI-513 licence area in Côte d’Ivoire or Ivory Coast is now effective. African Petroleum and Ophir entered the PSC for the Ivory Coa
Tekmar’s CPS for DONG Energy’s Race Bank OWF
Subsea cable protection specialist, Tekmar Energy won a contract with DONG Energy to supply 189 cable protection systems (CPS) on its Race Bank offshore wind farm in North Norfolk. Tekmar will provide its TekLink mechanical latch system complete with the array and export cables and bellmouths. The C
Polarcus starts 3D campaign in Brazil
Offshore geophysical company Polarcus has announced the start of production in the first of a series of three 3D seismic projects offshore Brazil. The seismic company said that the project is being acquired using the Polarcus A-Class 3D seismic vessel, Polarcus Alima. The first project is being acqu
Havyard Scraps Subsea Vessel Deal
Havyard Ship Technology, a part of Havyard Group, has agreed with its client to cancel the shipbuilding contract for the new subsea vessel, building no. 123, due to the challenging offshore market. In October last year, both parties agreed to put off the delivery and that the buyer had the right to
Deep Down in Shell Win
Deep Down, a subsea oilfield services company, has received an order from Shell for an umbilical and distribution system to support a production platform mooring line control system. In addition to supporting platform positioning, the system will provide real time data collection during high seas an
Sembcorp Marine increases stake in Gravifloat
Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine said on Wednesday it has acquired additional 44 percent equity stake in the Norwegian floating LNG specialist Gravifloat.
Mill River Cleanup Update
The Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) has just released latest update for the cleanup of lead impacted sediment by hydraulic dredging in the Mill River. DEEP together with the contractor TRC recently completed the sediment dredging portion of the project and are curr
Rosneft spuds exploration well offshore Vietnam
Rosneft Vietnam B.V., a company of Russia’s Rosneft group, has started drilling the exploration well PLDD-1X at Block 06.1, in the Nam Con Son basin, located offshore Vietnam. This is Rosneft’s first drilling project as an operator in the international waters. The design depth of the well will be ar
Exmar, PEP cancel Caribbean FLNG deal
Exmar of Belgium said it has terminated the agreement with Pacific Exploration and Production executed in March 2012 for the deployment of the Caribbean FLNG in Colombia.