Project & Tenders
Duck Beach Nourishment Project One Step Closer
The Duck Town Council conducted a public hearing on Wednesday, March 4th 2015, to consider the establishment of two Municipal Service Districts (MSD A and MSD B) related to the Town of Duck Beach Nourishment Project. Following the close of the public hearing, the Town Council discussed the issue and
ABB Nets Walney Extension Subsea Cable Deal
ABB has won an order worth around $130 million from DONG Energy to supply a high-voltage cable system that will bring power from the Walney Extension wind park off the northwest coast of England to more than a million people in the United Kingdom. The Walney Extension will provide additional generat
AOG: Timor-Leste option viable for Greater Sunrise development
A Greater Sunrise development involving a gas processing plant on Timor-Leste shores is very viable, a senior Minister has told the Australasian Oil & Gas (AOG) exhibition and conference in Perth. The country’s Minister responsible for the petroleum industry, Alfredo Pires, told a special industry l
Jan De Nul to Install Race Bank Subsea Export Cables
DONG Energy has signed an agreement with the Jan De Nul Group for the installation of subsea export cables at the Race Bank offshore wind development project in the UK. Race Bank offshore wind farm, when operational, will have a capacity of up to 580 megawatts, enough to power over 400,000 UK homes.
MCP Builds Largest 4G Network at Sea for Statoil
Statoil has chosen Maritime Communications Partner (MCP) to deploy and operate their high speed 4G-network on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Statoil and MCP have signed a six years contract with an option to extend for another four years. With that MCP will immediately start building “the wo
Abell Point Dredging Project Well Underway
A full scale dredging program at Abell Point is entering its final phase, with significant progress already achieved on the project. By the start of the cruising season in May, the program will have addressed tide access areas in various locations in the south marina including O/P arm and Superyacht
Seaborn Buys Metro Network and Backhaul for Seabras-1
Seaborn Networks, Netell Telecom, and Citatel Dutos e Fibras Opticas announced that Seaborn has acquired backhaul and metro fiber network capacity in the State of Sao Paulo from Netell and Citatel for Seaborn’s Brazil-US subsea cable. This contracted capacity provides a diverse, dark fiber backhaul
DOF Subsea Bags Chevron Australia Gig
Chevron Australia has awarded DOF Subsea Asia Pacific a three years Master Services Agreement, IMR contract to work on projects on the Australian North West Shelf. DOF Subsea will deploy the DP Vessel the Skandi Protector to undertake this work supported by an extensive management, engineering and l
Wartsila to power new Baltic Sea LNG ferry
A new fast ropax ferry ordered by the Estonia-based Tallink Grupp for its Tallinn – Helsinki route, will feature Wärtsilä dual-fuel engines running primarily on liquefied natural gas. The ship is to be built at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland and is scheduled to be in operation from the beginnin
Wartsila to power new Baltic Sea LNG ferry
A new fast ropax ferry ordered by the Estonia-based Tallink Grupp for its Tallinn – Helsinki route, will feature Wärtsilä dual-fuel engines running primarily on liquefied natural gas. The ship is to be built at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland and is scheduled to be in operation from the beginnin
UKOG boosts stake in licence off Isle of Wight
UK Oil & Gas Investments (UKOG) has yesterday completed the acquisitions of interests in offshore licence P1916 (offshore Isle of Wight) and onshore licence PEDL 126 (containing the Markwells Wood oil discovery). The licence interests acquired by UKOG comprise: A 7.5% interest in P1916 from Egdon (E
Sterling wrapping up second Cladhan well (UK)
Sterling Resources Ltd. has announced that the second oil production well (P2) in Cladhan field, in the UK North Sea, is currently being completed with the drilling rig expected to demobilize within the next two weeks. According to Sterling, the well encountered a reservoir section which was thinner
MEO seeks extensions to its WA-454-P work program
Australian independent oil company MEO Australia will ask for a revision of its work obligations under its WA-454-P licence, offshore Australia. According to the company’s statement, MEO will seek to extend by 6 months Permit Year 4 (currently ending 8th June 2015) to provide further time to underta
ConocoPhillips shelves $2B oil field development in Norway
ConocoPhillips has decided to cancel the development project for the Tommeliten Alpha discovery, offshore Norway. According to Aftenbladet, a Stavanger-based paper, the company has decided to shelf the $2 billion development in the Norwegian North Sea due to the low oil prices. The newspaper says it