Project & Tenders
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (March 23 – March 29). Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City (NSWC PC) scientists have developed a prototype for a new life support system for divers. The goal of the new system is to accelerate the
UTEC Wins Technip MSA
UTEC Survey, an Acteon company, has announced award of a 3-year Master Service Agreement (MSA) with Technip, North America. The award confirms a three-year extension to its current North America MSA with Technip, an agreement which encompasses a full range of survey services including, but not limit
Eni/Kogas drill dry well offshore Cyprus
Cyprus’ latest offshore well searching for natural gas has come up dry. According to the island country’s energy ministry, a consortium between Italy’s Eni and South Korea’s Kogas failed to discover exploitable hydrocarbons during their drilling effort at the Amathusa well. In a statement issued Thu
Saipem Extends with Solstad
Norway’s vessel owner, Solstad Offshore, informed that Italian contractor Saipem has declared their option to extend the contract for the construction vessel (CSV) Normand Cutter. Starting from May 2015, this is the last of a total of three yearly options. Normand Cutter, a deepwater subsea construc
Statoil’s Polarled pipeline installation begins (Norway)
The Allseas’ Solitaire pipe-laying vessel yesterday, March 26, 2015, embarked on the first stage of the Polarled installation project in the Norwegian Sea. The 482-kilometre long pipeline will transport gas from the Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea to Nyhamna in western Norway. Statoil is o
Siem: Nordsee One Reaches Financial Close
Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (SOC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Siem Offshore Inc., announced 22 April 2014 that it had been awarded the contract for the turnkey supply and installation package of the inner array grid cable system for the Nordsee One Offshore Wind Farm. The engineering works of t
Helix Gets Shell Extension for Q4000
Helix Energy Solutions Group has entered into a new multi-year contract with Shell to provide well intervention services in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico utilizing Helix’s Q4000. The Q4000 is a deepwater well intervention semisubmersible which has been performing work for Shell since 2011 under a Master S
National Grid, Statnett Initiate World’s Longest Subsea Interconnector
National Grid and Statnett, the Norwegian Transmission System Operator, will today sign the ownership agreement which signals the start of the construction phase for the 730 kilometre interconnector between UK and Norway. The NSN Link would be the first electricity interconnector between the two cou
Sandfirden Technics supplies LNG gensets for EcoLiner
The EcoLiner, an inland navigation vessel which is being built by Damen Hardinxveld, will be equipped with four dual-speed Powered by Scania Marine LNG Generator Sets of Sandfirden Technics. Sandfirden Technics has more than 70,000 operating hours experience with marine gas engines, the company said
Sandfirden Technics supplies LNG gensets for EcoLiner
The EcoLiner, an inland navigation vessel which is being built by Damen Hardinxveld, will be equipped with four dual-speed Powered by Scania Marine LNG Generator Sets of Sandfirden Technics. Sandfirden Technics has more than 70,000 operating hours experience with marine gas engines, the company said
CB&I, Chiyoda and Zachry score Freeport third train contract
A joint venture between CB&I, Chiyoda and Zachry Industrial has been awarded a contract by Freeport LNG for the engineering, procurement and construction of the third train of the liquefaction and export facility on Quintana Island in Texas. The contract is valued in excess of $2 billion. The scope
CB&I, Chiyoda and Zachry score Freeport third train contract
A joint venture between CB&I, Chiyoda and Zachry Industrial has been awarded a contract by Freeport LNG for the engineering, procurement and construction of the third train of the liquefaction and export facility on Quintana Island in Texas. The contract is valued in excess of $2 billion. The scope
Swiber Lands Work for $405.6 Mln
Swiber Holdings has secured a total of US$405.6 million for a series of contracts, including its latest US$333 million contract for Engineering, Procurement, Installation and Construction (EPIC) services in India. The contract in India is the second awarded to Swiber by the same national oil company
Kraken Sonar for Fraunhofer AUV
Kraken Sonar Systems has delivered a deep-sea rated Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Sonar (INSAS) system to Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Optronics, System Technology and Image Exploitation (IOSB). Under the terms of the contract, Kraken has designed, engineered and delivered a 6,000m depth