Project & Tenders
TSHD JUN YANG 1 on Her Maiden Voyage
The TSHD “JUN YANG 1”, built Royal IHC in 2016 for Guangzhou Dredging Company (GDC), is currently on her maiden voyage from Kinderdijk, the Netherlands, to Guangzhou, China, taking the long way home via Cape Town. The “Jun Yang 1” of 167.5 x 31.0 meters is propelled by two MAN type 9L48/60CR main en
WinGD dual-fuel engines ordered for SK Shipping’s LNG newbuilds
Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD) on Tuesday said it has been contracted to supply two 5-cylinder dual-fuel engines for LNG duo currently under construction at South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries.
Van Oord Delivers Ground Improvement Project in Kuwait
Van Oord successfully executed the impressive ground improvement project for client Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC). The project, which started in 2014, involved the reclamation of 65 million cubic meters of sand and extensive soil improvement. The reclamation area of 1,320 ha is intended f
Statoil brings Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen field online faster and cheaper than expected
Norway’s oil firm Statoil has brought its Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen (GRD) field on stream. According to the company, the field, located in the North Sea, around 5-15 kilometers southwest of the Gullfaks A platform was scheduled for start-up on Christmas Eve 2016, but the project has worked faster and is
Wood Group Lands DONG Energy Deal
Wood Group has been awarded a new engineering services framework agreement by DONG Energy, to support their oil & gas assets across the Danish, Norwegian and UK continental shelves. Front end development, maintenance and modifications, engineering, and late life and decommissioning services, for bot
VIDEO: Mariner B floating storage unit reaches Scotland
Norwegian energy company Statoil is making progress with its UK North Sea Mariner field development, located on the East Shetland Platform of the UK North Sea, approximately 150 kilometers east of Shetland. The company has informed that the Mariner B Floating Storage Unit reached Scotland during the
Gallery: Shah Deniz 2 platform jacket heads offshore
BP has informed that the jacket for one of the Shah Deniz Stage 2 platforms has sailed away from the Heydar Aliyev Baku Deepwater Jackets Factory (BDJF), Azerbaijan, for offshore installation in the Caspian Sea. The British oil major, the operator of the Shah Deniz gas field, said that the transport
Statoil, Petrobras in gas MoU
Norway’s Statoil and Petrobras of Brazil signed a memorandum of understanding to evaluate cooperation in the gas value chain.
Wärtsilä wins dual-fuel power plant order
Wärtsilä of Finland has won a contract to supply a 100 MW dual-fuel plant to Albares Renovables in Argentina.
GC Rieber Sending Polar Empress on Kara Sea Mission
GC Rieber Shipping , through its subsidiaries, has entered into a time charter agreement for seismic acquisition and seismic QC services, with Sovcomflot subsidiary OOO SCF Geo. The agreement will see Norwegian offshore vessels provider utilize its 22-streamer ice-classed vessel Polar Empress. Accor
Wood Group Wins Utgard-Sleipner Subsea Tieback Detailed Design Work
Wood Group has been awarded the detailed design scope of the subsea tieback from the Utgard gas and condensate field to the Sleipner facilities, in the Norwegian North Sea. The $1-million workscope is the first call off under the master service agreement (MSA) signed in May 2016. Effective immediate
Wärtsilä, Gasum join forces on LNG market development
Wärtsilä signed a joint cooperation agreement with its Finnish compatriot Gasum, aimed at developing the use, distribution, and service solutions for natural gas in marine and onshore applications.
Gallery: Aibel completes first deck of Johan Sverdrup drilling platform
Aibel, a Norwegian service company for the oil and gas industry, has lifted into place section 512 of the Johan Sverdrup drilling platform in its yard in Haugesund, Norway. Aibel said on Monday that the 208-ton section had been moved out of the paint hall and hoisted into place in the North Sea Hall
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (August 22 – August 28). Allseas’ single-lift installation / decommissioning and pipelay vessel “Pioneering Spirit” has executed its maiden heavy lift project. The Project involved removal ofthe 13,500