Project & Tenders
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (September 12 – September 18). Aker Solutions, Det norske oljeselskap and Subsea 7 agreed on a so-called “one for all, all for one” collaboration model that should, as the companies believe, mark a maj
Maersk Supply Service Scores North Sea Decom Work
Maersk Supply Service has been awarded a contract to provide decommissioning services for the Janice subsea field in the North Sea for Maersk Oil UK. Maersk Supply Service will assume responsibility for engineering, project planning and managing the scope of the subsea decommissioning. “With the awa
Aker Solutions in Troll B Win
Aker Solutions has secured a contract from Statoil to deliver a compression module for the Troll field in the North Sea to help boost output at one of Norway’s key offshore fields. The contract is valued at NOK 370 million and is an option in a front end engineering and design (FEED) agreement award
Borssele III & IV Tender Kicks Off Today. Minimum Turbine Capacity 6MW
The Dutch government’s call for tenders for Borssele III and IV offshore wind sites is set to be launched today, with the period for submitting bids ending at 5 p.m. on 29 September. As of this tender round, turbines used for projects must have a nominal capacity of 6MW at least, in line with market
Borssele III & IV Tender Kicks Off Today. Minimum Turbine Capacity 6MW
The Dutch government’s call for tenders for Borssele III and IV offshore wind sites is set to be launched today, with the period for submitting bids ending at 5 p.m. on 29 September. As of this tender round, turbines used for projects must have a nominal capacity of 6MW at least, in line with market
Boskalis Megacutter HELIOS Nears Completion
Royal IHC yard in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands, has completed installation of the cutter ladder for Boskalis’ self-propelled cutter suction dredger HELIOS. The cutter ladder – which has a length of 47m and a weight of 1,717,000kg (excluding the side winches) – was built at IHC shipyard in Sliedrecht.
Nexans Wins Blyth OWF Subsea Cables Contract
Nexans cable technology has been selected by VBMS to deliver inter-array and export cables for Blyth offshore wind farm. As part of its own contract with EDF Energy Renewables, VBMS will use the Nexans 66 kV inter-array cable system to provide the subsea connection between the offshore turbines and
Construction Kicks Off on Crindau Flood Scheme
The Natural Resources Wales is inviting people living in Newport to a drop in event to find out more about the latest plans to reduce the risk of flooding in the area. The new scheme will improve flood protection for more than 660 properties in Crindau and Shaftesbury. NRW has appointed Galliford Tr
Ireland: Providence in rig chase for Druid well
Irish oil and gas company Providence Resources has issued a tender for a rig contract for the Druid exploration well, located in the Southern Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland, with a spud date set for June 2017. The Druid well is located in the Frontier Exploration License (FEL) 2/14 which lies in
Nexans Extends Charter with GC Rieber
Norwegian offshore vessels provider, GC Rieber Shipping, has secured a charter extension with Nexans Skagerrak, a subsidiary of subsea cables specialist Nexans Norway, for the CSV Polar King. The first time charter agreement announced in March this year, was set for a fixed period of about 8.5 month
Gazprom gets more permits for TurkStream
Russian energy firm Gazprom has received further permits for the construction of the TurkStream pipeline project. Following last week’s reports of Gazprom obtaining first permits for the restart of works on the project, the company on Wednesday said it received further approvals. The latest approval
GE wins Tangguh LNG Train 3 equipment order
GE Oil & Gas said it has been awarded a contract to supply gas turbine-driven compressors for a third natural gas liquefaction train for the Tangguh LNG expansion project.
TSHD Kronshlot Ready for Service
Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard has delivered second of three trailing suction hopper dredgers, the Kronshlot, to the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Rosmorport”. Following the launching and delivery to the seaport of Saint Petersburg, the 1000 m³ TSHD is now ready to take on maintenance dredging projec
The Sand Motor Results Presented
After five years of monitoring, the interim results for the Sand Motor pilot project are now available. The results were presented at an international conference ‘The Sand Motor, 5 years of Building with Nature’ in the Kurhaus in Scheveningen. The Sand Motor, run by Rijkswaterstaat, the provincial a