N-Sea Offshore has been awarded major contracts to the value of over £100 million, since the beginning of the year. N-Sea is known for its innovative work in the North Sea as an independent offshore subsea contractor. The company has secured a significant number of major, long-term contracts in the
Statoil has informed that the “world’s first subsea wet gas compressor station” is now ready for the final testing at Horsøy outside Bergen before being prepared for installation and hook-up to Gullfaks C in 2015. By adding 22 million extra barrels of oil equivalent from the Gullfaks South Brent res
The Environment Agency has announced that dredging works on the River Tone, part of the Somerset Levels and Moors Flood Action Plan, have been completed. So far approximately 128,000m³ of silt was removed from the site with 7.9km of the 8km dredge project completed. Restoring the channel to the 1960
Vroon has informed that today, October 28, the launching of VOS Paradise took place at Cosco Guangdong Shipyard in China. VOS Paradise is the second of six platform supply vessels of PX121-type being built at Guangdong Shipyard. The vessels will be delivered to Vroon in 2015/2016 and are intended fo
Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. has acquired two previously shot 2D seismic surveys totaling 2,922 line km on its Sharon Block 2213 A&B, Walvis Basin, offshore Namibia. The company is the operator of the block. These Surveys provide extensive coverage in one of the company’s focus areas. Eco Atlantic
Rolls-Royce has signed a contract to supply a complete module handling system to the subsea construction vessel Aker Wayfarer. The $38.7 million (£24 million) contract marks the largest single subsea vessel project ever undertaken by Rolls-Royce. The Rolls-Royce automated handling system consists of
ABB has won an order from TenneT to design, engineer, supply and install an Alternating Current (AC) power transmission cable system that will connect Butendiek, an offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, to the HVDC converter platform SylWin alpha. The cable will link the AC platform of the But
Petrofac has been awarded a contract to work with the Government of Nova Scotia to help it identify the best way forward to exploit its ultra-deepwater oil potential. Under the terms of the contract, Petrofac has been tasked with delivering a development study for a prospective oil reservoir 3,000 m
Pipeline engineering specialist, STATS Group, has completed a complex isolation of the Forties Pipeline System in the North Sea. STATS was contracted by Apache North Sea Ltd to safely isolate the Forties Pipeline System (FPS) so that subsea isolation valves (SSIV) and piping spools could be safely i
China Ocean Shipbuilding Industry Group’s unit JJUSCL and Jinglian Heavy form a partnership to develop LNG carriers in Joingxi province, China.
Lundin Petroleum’s subsidiary Lundin Norway has announced that drilling of exploration well 25/10-12S in PL625, in the Norwegian North Sea, has started. The well will investigate the hydrocarbon potential of the Kopervik Prospect in PL625, located 175 km west of Haugesund on the Norwegian west coast
CGG and BP have today announced an agreement for collaborative research and development in the field of new types of marine vibratory seismic sources. The agreement combines the companies’ research efforts and expertise to develop and deploy innovative seismic source technology, and builds on succes
BigLift Shipping has celebrated the name-giving of its new Heavy Lift Vessel Happy Star. The ceremony was held at Huisman China’s yard in Xiamen and was performed by Leanda Breakell, spouse of Greg Breakell, Managing Director of ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions (Australia) Pty Ltd. Happy Star is th
Claxton Engineering, an Acteon company, has been awarded a 12-month contract for multiple well slot recoveries in the Arabian Gulf. Claxton’s Dubai office will perform diamond wire cutting and subsea drilling and pinning, and provide a surface conductor recovery package, including band saws and doub
