Project & Tenders
Major Milestone for Alexandra Dock Works
Exactly one year into the construction of the UK’s first ever offshore wind turbine manufacturing, assembly, installation and service facility, the dredging campaign which will allow deeper-drafted vessels to call at ports along the Humber Estuary has also now provided the foundations for the Siemen
More Meetings on Nicaragua Canal
The Government of Nicaragua is continuing to gather info about the Nicaragua Grand Canal Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) report. From September 24 to October 1, 2015, the government held a total of nine public consultation meetings for the ESIA report on the Nicaragua Canal. Senior
Wartsila wins LNG power plant deal in El Salvador
Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply a Flexicycle power plant to Energía del Pacífico in Acajutla, El Salvador.
Hibiscus set to spud Sea Lion (Australia)
Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad is closing to spudding its Sea Lion-1 exploration well, offshore Victoria, Australia, following several delays. The company on Friday said that its subsidiary, Carnarvon Hibiscus Pty Ltd (CHPL) would take over the West Telesto drilling rig soon, as the rig was demobilized f
Panoro: First oil from Aje expected in January, 2016 (Nigeria)
Panoro Energy ASA, an independent E&P company has announced that the Aje-5 production well located on the OML 113 license, offshore Nigeria, has been successfully completed, and the reservoir has been perforated in the Upper and Lower Cenomanian Oil-bearing zones. In an announcement on Friday, Panor
Aker Solutions, MAN Diesel & Turbo in Subsea Compression Alliance
Aker Solutions and MAN Diesel & Turbo agreed to form an alliance to develop the next generation in subsea compression systems that can be used at even the smallest oil and gas fields to increase recovery and lower costs compared with conventional platform solutions. The two companies previously coop
Additional Sonardyne GyroUSBLs for Horizon Geosciences
UAE-based Horizon Geosciences has commissioned an additional two Sonardyne GyroUSBL acoustic positioning systems to complement the systems they currently work with. The new equipment will be used to support subsea construction projects across the Middle East. Horizon has adopted GyroUSBL for its mar
MACSEA Becomes EIVA Representative in Brazil
The Brazilian MACSEA has signed a contract with Danish EIVA to include software and hardware solutions from EIVA into the MACSEA product portfolio. “We are seeing an increasing interest in our solutions at the moment in Brazil, as a result of a large number of ongoing and planned offshore activities
IMW Secures Bintulu Port Dredging
Bintulu Port, a subsidiary of Bintulu Port Holdings, awarded recently a $5.3 million dredging contract to Integrated Marine Works (IMW). The project calls for maintenance dredging of the Bintulu Port, Sarawak, Malaysia, over a span of four months. In February 2013 Bintulu Port had awarded Integrated
Carmichael Coal Mine Project Approved
The Australian Government has reached the decision to reissue approval for the biggest new coal mine in Australia — Adani’s 28,000-hectare Carmichael mine in Queensland. The Carmichael coal mine and Rail Project is an open-cut and underground coal mine located approximately 300 kilometers inland in
Dolphin Chosen as Preferred Bidder for Shoot Off India
Dolphin was today selected as the first shortlisted contractor for a project offshore India. The announcement was made in a public bid opening ceremony in Mumbai by a repeat client. Dolphin informed that plans to accept contract proposal and has confirmed vessel availability for two Dolphin high-end
Technip, 3D at Depth to Expand LiDAR Technology in GoM
3D at Depth, a provider of subsea LiDAR systems and solutions, and Technip USA have signed a joint development agreement (JDA) to expand and commercialize the LiDAR technology for subsea metrology, field survey and IRM applications. Commonly referred to as laser scanning, LiDAR (Light Detection and
DeepOcean to Install Cables for Walney Extension
DeepOcean 1 UK, a subsidiary of DeepOcean, has been awarded a contract by DONG Energy for the installation and trenching works for the Walney Extension offshore wind project in the Irish Sea. Offshore work will be performed from DeepOcean’s new cable installation vessel Maersk Connector in 2017, the
Aibel lands more Johan Sverdrup work
Norwegian oilfield services provider Aibel will build the converter station at Haugsneset for land-based power supply to the giant offshore oil field, the Johan Sverdrup. The contract, awarded by the nation’s largest oil company Statoil, also includes trenching and laying of two sets of 300kV altern