Greek oil company Energean Oil & Gas has signed an agreement with four international banks for financing the development of Karish, part of the company’s flagship Karish and Tanin project offshore Israel.
Qatari LNG shipping giant Nakilat has expanded its joint venture partnership with Greek shipping company Maran Ventures to include two additional liquefied natural gas vessels. Maran Nakilat was first established in 2005 with four jointly-owned LNG vessels, and was further expanded on several occasi
Unique Group has added underwater laser scanners from Newton Labs to its line of subsea technology. The Newton underwater laser scanners provide images and 3D modeling of subsea structures and the seabed and are part of a wide range of products with scanning ranges out to 10 meters and resolutions t
Polarcus has taken over ownership of Polarcus Nadia and Polarcus Naila following the finalization of restructuring. In January 2018 Polarcus launched an equity private placement and announced a financial restructuring, which was subject to the satisfaction of certain closing conditions, including th
China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC) is making good progress with the construction of the first three berths for the new Lamu Port. According to the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport (Lapsset) Corridor Development Authority director general Sylvester Kasuku, the dredging w
Noble Energy signed two 10-year deals to sell a total of 1.15 trillion cubic feet of natural gas from the Leviathan and Tamar fields to Dolphinus Holdings to supply gas in Egypt.
Rotech Subsea has won a cable trenching scope of work in the Middle East region based on the capabilities of its new TRS1 low draft controlled flow excavation tool. The tool – which was developed in late 2017 for a six month campaign – can operate in 1 meter depth of water and is the […]
Hurricane Energy has made progress on activities related to the Early Production System for the Lancaster field (Lancaster EPS) located West of Shetland with successful trial fit testing of buoy and FPSO turret.
Wood has secured a new multi-million dollar, five-year contract to support Saudi Aramco in the delivery of one of its mega-projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Engineering and project management services to develop the Marjan oil field in the state’s eastern province will be provided under the c
National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC), part of Senaat Abu Dhabi, has secured an EPC contract for five well platforms and pipelines for Ratna field. The company received the contract from ONGC as part of offshore oil & gas infrastructure development on the west coast of India. The contract i
Royal IHC has just announced that the first custom-built trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) in the Middle East, the 6,000m³ ARZANA successfully completed sea trials last week in the Netherlands. It took the Dutch shipbuilder only ten months to completely design, construct and test the new vessel
Ultra Deep Solutions said it has gone into a 5-year contract to charter out its diving support and construction vessel (DSCV) Andy Warhol. The Warhol is an DNV-GL 18-men Saturation system with Twin 18-men SPHL’s and integrated air diving system. The MT 6023 vessel comes with FiFi 3 and full oil reco
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (January 22-28, 2018). Group Ocean Orders Two Damen Vessels Recently, at the New Orleans Workboat Festival in the United States, Damen Shipyards Group signed a contract with Canada-based Group Ocean for the delive
Lamprell is on track to complete the upgrade of the Master Marine-owned Haven accommodation rig during 2Q 2018.
