The 73m-long trailing suction hopper dredger “Sospan Dau” is about to start the next phase of Pevensey Bay’s summer/autumn’s annual beach recharge. About 5,000m3 was added in early June, and the next two weeks should see a further 15,000m3 of sand placed on the beach. In total Pevensey Coastal Defen
JDR has won a new contract with VBMS for the Statoil/Statkraft Dudgeon offshore wind farm. Dudgeon, off the UK’s Norfolk coast will utilise over 95 kilometres of JDR’s copper core inter-array cable and a range of cable accessories. The design and manufacture will take place at JDR’s UK bases in Camb
RDS has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by AMEC for Premier Oil’s Sea Lion development in the North Falklands Basin. RDS is the rig design and engineering subsidiary of international drilling and engineering contractor, KCA Deutag. The FEED work is part of AMEC’s overall
Wood Group confirms that it has today completed its acquisition of Agility Projects AS. In July 2014, Wood Group reached an agreement with Agility Group to acquire Agility Projects AS, a Norwegian engineering, procurement, construction management, installation and commissioning company, for a total
Statoil has entered into an agreement with DNV GL to establish an industrial cooperation to introduce an international industry standard for subsea process technology. DNV GL will lead a joint industry project (JIP) with important subsea operators to find industrial standards which will make it more
The Australian Greens are calling for the Abbott Government to revoke its approval to dump dredge sludge in the Great Barrier Reef for the Abbot Point coal port, following reports the proponent is considering onshore disposal. “It’s appalling that the Abbott and Newman governments have ticked off on
Cochin Port, an all-weather natural Port located strategically close to the busiest international sea routes, has presented the “Outer Harbor Project”. Conceptual studies through IIT, Madras and CWPRS, Pune show that the development of an Outer Harbor is technically feasible. Cochin Port had prepare
The Airports Commission has announced its decision not to add the inner Thames estuary airport proposal to its shortlist of options for providing new airport capacity by 2030. Following detailed further study into the feasibility of an inner Thames estuary airport the commission has concluded that t
INPEX CORPORATION has announced that through its wholly-owned subsidiary, INPEX Offshore Northwest Sabah, Ltd. (INPEX Sabah), it has reached an agreement to transfer a 25% participating interest in the Deep-Water Block S to Santos, an Australian oil and gas exploration and production company. The Bl
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has reported that the Rowan Viking jack-up drilling rig has received Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC). An Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) is a statement from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway expressing the authorities’ confidence that a petrole
Norway’s Simon Møkster Shipping has reported that, on the 29th of August, the newbuild PSV ‘Stril Luna’ was delivered from Astilleros Gondán S.A in Spain.
Vaalco Energy has announced that production from the Etame Marin block, offshore Gabon, has resumed after the successful completion of previously announced maintenance work on the company’s leased FPSO vessel “Petróleo Nautipa”. Work was performed to upgrade the fire and gas detection systems on the
Plexus Holdings PLC, owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® method of wellhead engineering, has announced that BG International Ltd, a subsidiary of BG Group, has signed up as the sixth major oil and gas consulting partner to Plexus’ on-going Joint Industry Project. The JIP’s objective is to develop and
North Energy has signed a contract with Dana Petroleum Norway AS to acquire 18 per cent of PL 484 block located in the Norwegian Sea. Following this transaction, the partners in PL 484 will comprise of North Energy with 53 per cent, Noreco (operator) with 15 per cent, Dana Petroleum with 12 per cent
