Project & Tenders
Exova Clinches Kaombo Contract
Exova, the global testing, calibration and advisory services provider, has been awarded a £2.5 million contract by CRC–Evans Offshore to provide pipeline material, welding and AUT qualification testing for the Kaombo project offshore Luanda in Angola. Pipelaying is expected to begin early 2016 on th
Statoil: Installation of Asgard subsea gas compression modules begins
Statoil has informed that the installation of the modules that collectively constitute Åsgard subsea gas compression has started on the Åsgard field located in the Norwegian Sea. Statoil says that this technology at a depth of 300 metres will create 282 million extra barrels from the Åsgard field. A
Blue Logic, WPC Get Funds for ‘Subsea USB’ Project
Norway’s Blue Logic has secured a strategic R&D project with Innovation Norway and a major global service provider. The N0K 12 million industrial research and development contract is based on Blue Logic’s track record in producing inductive subsea connectors. Blue Logic worked together with WPC in K
First Round of Cherry Grove Objections
Property owners who have provided the North Myrtle Beach City Manager with a written objection to their assessment within the Cherry Grove canals dredging project special assessment district will have the opportunity to verbally support their written objections during a June 11, 9:00 a.m. public hea
Statoil in minor gas discovery. Rig completes contract
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 602, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 6706/11-2 in the Norwegian Sea. The well encountered gas. The well was drilled about 20 kilometres west of the Aasta Hansteen field in the northern part of the Norwegian Sea. The objective of the wel
HHI orders GTT’s Mark III Flex tech for FSRU newbuild
GTT, the designer of membrane containment systems for the maritime transportation and storage of LNG, said that its Mark III Flex technology was selected for a new Floating Storage & Regasification Unit to be built by the Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries.
HHI orders GTT’s Mark III Flex tech for FSRU newbuild
GTT, the designer of membrane containment systems for the maritime transportation and storage of LNG, said that its Mark III Flex technology was selected for a new Floating Storage & Regasification Unit to be built by the Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries.
Picture of the Day: Working on the North Topsail Beach
Phase five of the North Topsail Beach (NC) shoreline restoration project continues according to schedule. According to the latest update, work zone currently extends between 139 S Permuda Wynd and 310 Seashore Drive (approximately between Sta. 617+00 to Sta. 606+00). Tigerhole Landscaping continued
VARD to Build Diving Support Vessel for Kreuz Subsea
Vard Holdings Limited (“VARD”) has secured a contract for the design and construction of one Diving Support and Construction Vessel for Singapore-based Kreuz Subsea Group. The vessel will be of VARD 3 17 design, with a total length of 91.2 meters and a beam of 21.5 meters, and has been developed esp
Siemens, J–Power Systems Get NEMO LINK Contract
NEMO LINK announced the two winning contractors who will build the first electricity interconnector between Great Britain and Belgium. They are Siemens and J–Power Systems, the Japan-based company, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. The contracts are together valued at about €500m (U
VIDEO: MegaPEX Experiment on the Sand Motor
By depositing a large amount of sand in a single operation, between March 2011 and November 2011, Rijkswaterstaat together with contractors and the provincial authority of Zuid-Holland created the hook-shaped peninsula, the Sand Motor. This innovative method for coastal protection is the first exper
Saipem Nets Gig Offshore Nigeria
Panoro Energy has, on behalf of the joint venture partners of the OML113 license, entered into a rig contract with Saipem for the Scarabeo 3 drilling rig to carry out the drilling and completion programme for the Aje Field Cenomanian oil development. Aje is an offshore field located in the western p
Kvaerner, KBR beat competition to Johan Sverdrup contract
Statoil is, on behalf of the Johan Sverdrup partnership, signing a contract with a joint venture consisting of Kvaerner and KBR for construction of the topside for the utility and living quarter platform. The contract has a value of NOK 6.7 billion ($843 million). The contract includes engineering,
Bangladesh LNG terminal edges closer
Reliance Power and Bangladesh Power Development Board signed a memorandum of understanding to develop 3,000 MW of LNG based combined cycle power project in Bangladesh