The first pile for a new seawall was sunk yesterday in Jakarta, Indonesia, marking the start of work on a major coastal protection project on the National Capital Integrated Coastal Development (NCICD) project, which is aimed at countering the effects of soil subsidence and rising sea levels. The pr
Keppel Nantong Shipyard in China this month held the simultaneous laying of the keels of two offshore supply vessels of the MTD R277 project. The vessels are being built under the survey of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. The customer is the Russia’s oil company Lukoil, and operation of the s
A great deal of work has been underway on the implementation of the Federal Government’s $3 million Tamar River Recovery Plan for cleaning up the River and improving the local environment and economy in Tasmania. Minister for the Environment Greg Hunt and Federal Member for Bass Andrew Nikolic today
Perenco has informed that Sputnik-1 well, in the Arouwe block offshore Gabon, has encountered non-commercial hydrocarbon pay. The Sputnik-1 well, targeting a pre-salt structure in Gabon’s offshore Arouwe block, has encountered non commercial hydrocarbon pay in up to 300 metres of net sandstone reser
Algar Telecom (Brazil), Angola Cables (Angola), Antel (Uruguay) and Google have announced plans to build a new undersea fiber-optic cable connecting the key cities of Santos and Fortaleza in Brazil with Boca Raton, Florida in the United States. TE Connectivity SubCom is the selected provider for the
Monadelphous Group said it has been awarded an extension to the facilities management services contract for the Gorgon LNG project operated by Chevron Australia. The contract extension, valued at approximately $200 million, is to continue the operation and maintenance of construction facilities and
OceanServer Technology, Inc. has recently been awarded a contract for one Iver3 AUV by the US Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) in Newport, RI. This system will include several Iver3 options just released including the Rowe Technologies, Inc. (RTI) SeaPILOT 600 kHz Doppler Velocity Log with ADCP.
Libra Consortium has signed a letter of intent with Odebrecht/Teekay (OOG-Teekay), winner of a tender process, for the charter of a FPSO-type platform (floating production, storage and offloading). The FPSO is designed for the extended well test campaign at the Libra area, in Santos Basin pre-salt,
Faroe Petroleum has completed the acquisition of a 53.1% operated interest in the Schooner Field and a 60% operated interest in the Ketch Field in the UK Southern North Sea gas basin from Tullow Oil. Remaining Proved and Probable Reserves, as evaluated by the Faroe Petroleum, as at 1 January 2014 we
TGS, a Norway-based seismic survey specialist, announces the expansion of its Constitution group of WAZ 3D projects with the start of the Declaration survey.
VOSTA LMG and Karnafuly shipyard recently delivered 10 cutter-suction dredgers for BIWTA / BWDB. Out of the ten vessels, six are CSD 450 type dredgers built for the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority and four CSD 500 type vessels for the Bangladesh Water Development Board. The dredgers are
Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. has announced that New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium (NJSGC) has been awarded $567,776 for research, extension and education programs on coastal issues. NJSGC will also receive an additional $333,281 in non-federal matching funds. Sea Grant is a nationwide network admini
Beaches at Port Geographe and Wonnerup will be boosted with additional sand prior to summer, according to the Transport Minister Dean Nalder. The Minister said that the sand was now being trucked to local beaches as part of a $28.15 million project to improve beach amenity and provide protection fro
Ezra Holdings’ subsea services division, EMAS AMC, has finalised three contracts with Noble Energy valued collectively at over US$300 million. The scope of work includes engineering, procurement, construction and installation of subsea tie-backs for the Big Bend, Dantzler and Gunflint field developm
