Project & Tenders
Eni firms up gas find offshore Libya
Italy’s Eni has confirmed a new discovery of gas and condensates offshore Libya, in the Bouri North exploration prospect in Area D, 140 kilometers from the coast and 20 kilometers north of the production field of Bouri. Eni’s partner in an Exploration and Sharing agreement in the contract area D, Li
Van Oord’s TSHD Utrecht Enters Suez
Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger “Utrecht”, the first addition to the dredging fleet already working on the New Suez Canal, arrived this morning in Suez. The second trailing suction hopper dredger owned by the Dutch dredging contractor Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., the “Oranje” is expec
BMT Isis Supports JFD’s NSRS Contract
BMT Isis will provide safety and environmental support for JFD’s five-year contract with the UK Ministry of Defence for the provision of the NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS). JFD, which was formed by the merger of James Fisher Defence and Divex in 2014, has been awarded the five-year contract whi
Shanghai Shipyard to Build Two Survey Vessels
Shanghai Shipyard has secured new deals to build two multipurpose survey vessels for two Chinese geological survey institutes. The affiliate of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), will construct one ship for the Qingdao Marine Geological Survey Institute and the other for Guangzhou Marine G
Ust-Luga Dredging Project Up for Bids
FSUE “Rosmorport” has just announced an open tender for the maintenance dredging of Ust-Luga Seaport. The port is situated in the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea, 147 km from St. Petersburg and 36 km from the EU border. Today the port operates numerous terminals including sulphur terminal, univers
PBJV Secures Shell Job Off Sarawak and Sabah
Barakah informed that its wholly-owned subsidiary company, PBJV, has received the Letter of Award (LOA) from Shell for price agreement for the supply of operational pigs and pigging accessories and related equipment and services. The LOA is for a price agreement to be entered for the supply of opera
Laing O’Rourke Wins Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon Gig
The £1 billion Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon has concluded one of the project’s main civil engineering and construction package tenders. Namely, Laing O’Rourke has been named as preferred bidder for the £200 million contract to deliver the lagoon’s 410 metre turbine house and sluice structure block. This
Officials to Discuss Upper Ocklawaha Basin Restoration
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection will host a public meeting on May 28 in Tavares to further the water quality restoration of five water bodies in the Upper Ocklawaha Basin. These water bodies include Lake Harris, Palatlakaha River, Trout Lake, Lake Yale and Lake Carlton. “We have s
Huawei Marine to Develop MCT Subsea Cable System
Huawei Marine has signed a system design and construction agreement with a consortium comprising Telekom Malaysia Berhad, Symphony Communication and Telcotech to build the Malaysia-Cambodia-Thailand (MCT) submarine cable system. Spanning approximately 1,300 km, the MCT cable system will provide conn
Report: Drilling finished in Phase 19 of South Pars gas field
Drilling operations in Phase 19 of the massive South Pars gas field, located in the Persian Gulf, have been completed. The development of the Phase 19 of South Pars Gas Field was done by Petropars, a developer of exploration, exploitation and production in upstream projects. According to petro energ
Galveston Dredging Deal Confirmed
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded few days ago a $11.5 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company for routine maintenance dredging of the Galveston inner and outer bar, entrance channel and extended entrance channel as well as the Houston Ship Channel between B
OMV kicks off production from Maari MR7A well (New Zealand)
Cue Energy has announced that production from the Maari MR7A development well, offshore New Zealand, has been brought on stream, with a provisional initial production rate between 1,500-2,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd). According to the press release, the optimal production rate will be determine
Sole gas field enters FEED phase (Australia)
Cooper Energy, an Australian oil and gas company, has completed the acquisition of 50% interest in the Sole gas field, located offshore Australia, and Orbost Gas Plant, with the project entering Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) phase. According to the press release, the VIC/RL3 joint venture,
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 18 – May 24). A new subsea company was launched this month, comprising of a group of ex-FMC employees in alliance with subsea installation player DeepOcean, aiming to cut subsea tree installation