Project & Tenders
Bad weather hampers Transocean rig load (UK)
Transocean Winner, a drilling rig that recently went aground in Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK, has yet to be shipped away to Turkey. Namely, Offshore Energy Today on Friday reported that the rig was getting ready to be loaded aboard the Hawk semi-submersible heavy lift vessel, however, this has not ha
Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (September 26-October 2, 2016). Wasa Dredging Makes Progress on Klintehamn Harbor Scheme The Klintehamn Harbor dredging scheme, being conducted by Wasa Dredging, is progressing according to schedule. French Pres
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (September 26 – October 02). Technip Offshore Finland is reportedly sending home its entire workforce employed at construction yard in Pori. According to Finish media, layoffs for 288 yard workers shou
Ofgem Reveals OFTO Tender Round 5 Start Date
UK’s energy market regulator Ofgem will start the fifth tender round (TR5) for offshore transmission owners (OFTOs) where companies will bid to become owners of five transmission links to offshore wind farms on 10 October 2016. The five links have an estimated value of GBP 2 billion in total and a g
Krasnoye Sormovo Ready to Launch Hopper Dredger Kadosh
Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard is about to launch the third 1000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger Kadosh, being built for the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Rosmorport”. According to the shipbuilder, the TSHD Kadosh launching ceremony is scheduled for Wednesday, October 5th 2016. First two ships of t
Premier Oil pulling out of Bagpuss JV
Premier Oil, a UK-based oil and gas company, has decided to resign as the operator of the Bagpuss joint venture, operating the Licence p.1943 in the UK North Sea. The news was revealed on Friday, by one of the partners, North Sea Energy Inc. which said that Premier was resigning from the operator po
Gazprom receives survey permit for TurkStream project
Work on the construction of the TurkStream gas pipeline project intensifies as Russian energy firm Gazprom has received another permit from Turkish authorities. To remind, after Russian President, Vladimir Putin, said in an interview with Bloomberg at the beginning of September that the Turkish Stre
SHI bags order for LNG duo
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries on Friday informed it has won an order to build two liquefied natural gas carriers for an unnamed European shipowner. 010140
Lietuvos Duju Tiekimas books additional capacity at Lithuania’s LNG terminal
Klaipedos Nafta, the operator of Lithuania’s first LNG terminal, on Thursday, said it has entered into an additional agreement on the use of the terminal’s capacity with Lietuvos Dujų Tiekimas.
Lietuvos Duju Tiekimas inks LNG supply deal with Koch Supply & Trading
Lithuania’s Lietuvos Duju Tiekimas (LDT) said it has entered into a supply agreement with Koch Supply & Trading, a trading unit of Koch Industries, for the purchase of LNG in 2017.
Ecosse Subsea Bags Carousel Order
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has been awarded a £3 million contract by an international infrastructure group to design and build a 1500-ton carousel and associated spread. The carousel will be used for the storage of spare cables required for UK offshore wind farm projects. The carousel will have the
Siem Offshore Contractors Selects JDR for Beatrice Inner Array Cables
Siem Offshore Contractors (SOC) has selected UK based JDR to design, manufacture and supply around 163km of 33kV inner array grid cables for the 588 MW Beatrice offshore wind farm. JDR will be manufacturing the submarine composite cables at its Hartlepool facility. These will be directly loaded out
MacGregor Buys Majority Stake in Flintstone Technology
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has acquired 51% of shares of the privately owned company Flintstone Technology Ltd. Flintstone specializes in technology and products within the mooring and fluid handling business. “Offshore operators and field owners are looking for cost and weight optimized technolog
Maersk Oil spuds first production well at Culzean field (UK)
Maersk Oil, a Danish oil company, has started drilling of the first production well on its Culzean field in the UK North Sea. The well, spudded at 18:00 on September 28, is the first of six production wells to be drilled on the high pressure/high temperature (HPHT) field, with continuous drilling ac