Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis), a leading global services provider operating in the dredging, maritime infrastructure and maritime services sectors, has released one more update on the company’s share buyback program. In the period from 27 October up to and including 31 October, Boskalis
The first action from the 20 Year Flood Action Plan, dredging of the Rivers Parrett and Tone has been completed, according to the Environment Agency’s latest report. During the last seven months of the project, crews successfully removed over 130,000m³ of silt from the two rivers. Land and Water Ser
UECC ordered two MAN B&W 8S50 ME-GI dual-fuel engines to power its LNG-fueled car carriers.
South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has held a naming ceremony for four semi-submersible rigs, Hull No. 3031, 3032, 3034, 3035, ordered by the Norwegian-based Songa Offshore. Around 290 guests attended the naming ceremony held in H quay, at the Okpo shipyard, on October 24,
The Golden Eagle Area Development (GEAD) in the UK North Sea has begun oil production, China’s CNOOC Limited has announced. The GEAD includes development of the Golden Eagle, Peregrine and Solitaire fields. The fields are located in blocks 20/1S, 20/1N and 14/26a of the North Sea, and are located 70
Höegh LNG has signed a time charter party contract with EGAS for FSRU Höegh Gallant.
Total E&P Norge AS, operator of production licence 554, offshore Norway, has completed drilling and testing of appraisal well 34/6-3 S on the “Garantiana” discovery and the wildcat sidetrack well 34/6-3 A have been completed. According to Det norske, a partner in the production license, the update
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District will conduct strategic navigation dredging of the Black Rock Channel, starting in mid November and continuing through January 2015. The $2.2 million contract, funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), has been awarded to Luedt
Höegh LNG has been awarded an FSRU contract by SPEC for a ne LNG import terminal in Cartagena, Colombia.
Marine and coastal environment specialist, BMT Oceanica (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group, has been awarded the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association’s (APPEA) “Understanding the Risks of Unplanned Discharges” study. BMT Oceanica will be working with Australia’s Commonwealth Scien
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has on October 31 released the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for Chukchi Sea Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193. According to BOEM, the draft SEIS was prepared using the best available science, and working i
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (October 27 – November 02). Technip has been awarded a large engineering, procurement, installation and construction (EPCI) contract by EnQuest for the Kraken development located in the North Sea
Pacific Drilling S.A. has signed a revolving credit facility with an aggregate principal amount of up to $500 million. Prior to delivery of the Pacific Zonda drillship, up to $350 million is available under the $500 million revolving credit facility. The remaining $150 million will become available
Malaysia’s provider of offshore vessels and floating production units, Bumi Armada, and Husky-CNOOC Madura Limited (HCML) have agreed to delay the signing of an FPSO contract for Madura BD field off Indonesia. The companies have signed a Letter of Intent in August 2014 according to which Bumi Armada
