Project & Tenders
Gulf Coast Draft FPL – Up for Discussion
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (Council) recently released a draft Initial Funded Priorities List that would fund approximately $139.6 million in restoration activities. The funds are derived from the recent settlement with Transocean Deepwater Inc. The Council will host a series of pu
AMCS: Give the Reef Protection It Deserves
The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) has called on the Queensland Government to cancel the Abbot Point expansion today, following the release of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the new dredging project by Queensland State Development Minister Anthony Lynham. Gemma Plesman, G
EMGS Sells Barents Sea Data
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has entered into a new data licensing agreement with an undisclosed oil company for the provision of 3D EM data. The data provided will be from the company’s multi-client data library over the Barents Sea. The contract is worth USD 3.3 million, said the company in
Photo Competition for Sandwich Scheme
A ceremony and photo competition are to be held in the Sandwich Guild Hall to celebrate the completion of the town’s new £21.7 million flood defense scheme, one of the largest flood defense scheme in Kent for decades. The Sandwich Town Tidal Defense Scheme has been delivered in partnership by the En
OneSubsea’s Subsea Processing Systems for Stones
OneSubsea, a Cameron and Schlumberger company, was awarded a contract in the second quarter of 2015 to supply subsea processing systems for the Shell Offshore Stones development in the Gulf of Mexico. This award follows a Technology Qualification Program and will deliver the “industry’s first” 15,00
Ultra Deep Orders Another DSCV
Ultra Deep Group (UDS) has signed another contract with China Merchants Heavy Industry to build one Ultra Deep Installer – Multipurpose Diving Support Construction Vessel. The vessel, which is based on the proprietary design “Red Class 6027” MT design DSCV, is a DP3, 142-meter multipurpose subsea di
Lower Myall River Project Update
The dredge has arrived in Hawks Nest/Tea Gardens to commence the opening of the eastern channel of the lower Myall River. It will take a few days for the component parts of the dredge to be assembled and lowered into the water, reported the Great Lakes Council. “Excavation work commenced in mid-June
Nordic Bahari to Shoot for Total and PSG (Indonesia)
PT Bahari Lines, in partnership with Nordic Geo Services of Singapore has won two 2D marine seismic data acquisition and processing service projects from oil major Total and a local government company Pusat Survei Geologi (PSG). According to the company, the seismic data acquisition will be performe
EnQuest: Alma/Galia oil coming up in few weeks
EnQuest, an independent UK-based oil and gas company, has informed that first oil from its Alma/Galia development, located in the UK North Sea, is anticipated within a few weeks. EnQuest sanctioned the project development in November 2011. The Alma and Galia fields, tied back to the EnQuest Producer
MAN Engines for World’s Largest CSD
Jan De Nul Group is set to further expand its modern fleet with a self-propelled, cutter-suction dredger to be built at Croatian shipyard, Uljanik in Pula. The vessel, currently designated “JDN8069”, will feature 1 × MAN 14V48/60CR + 2 × MAN 9L48/60CR engines as well as 3 × step-up, RENK Rheine gear
GAC selected to handle Jordan’s FSRU
GAC informed that as Jordan steps up its LNG imports, the company was entrusted with handling the first gas carriers to offload at Aqaba.
Congressman Courtney Comments Long Island Plan
Congressman Joe Courtney has just released the following statement on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Draft Dredged Material Management Plan and Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Long Island Sound. “A sustained effort to maintain federal waterways and access to Connecticut’s man
Skangas to supply LNG to NNH
Skangas, a unit of Gasum, and Norilsk Nickel Harjavalta (NNH) signed a deal on the supply of LNG to the Harjavalta Industrial Park, Finland. NNH will buy the chilled gas for the production of hydrogen used in its production processes as well as for energy production, Gasum said in a statement issued
Panama Canal Expansion – August 2015 (VIDEO)
The Panama Canal Expansion Program August 2015 progress update has been just released. The Expansion Program, largest infrastructure project since the waterway’s original construction, will create a new lane of traffic along the Canal through the construction of a new set of locks, increasing the wa