Project & Tenders
Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (August 22-28, 2016). Damen Repairs Van Oord’s Two Split Hopper Barges Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen recently completed a broad scope of maintenance and repair works on the Van Oord-owned Split Hopper Barges Jan Bla
Newhaven Flood Alleviation Scheme About to Begin
Works continue on the Newhaven flood alleviation scheme with the contractor Arcadis completing ground investigation works on the ‘West Bank’. The ground works, which started on August 8th 2016, involved drilling boreholes and trial pits to check ground conditions at the ‘West Bank’. Latest developme
EMGS in New Barents Sea Shoot
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) said it has entered into a data licensing agreement with an undisclosed repeat customer for 3D EM data to be acquired over the Hoop area in the Barents Sea. According to the Oslo-listed company, the pre-funding amounts to USD 1 million. This new acquisition is expe
Hunting Scores Licence Deal for Interventek’s Well Intervention Valve
Interventek Subsea Engineering has awarded a sole license for its new surface well intervention valve to international energy services specialist, Hunting. The product will join Hunting’s pressure control equipment portfolio and will be called the Ezi-Shear Seal. According to Interventek, the valve
NRC to Support EMSA in North Sea Oil Spill Response
NRC has launched a new oil spill response equipment assistance service for the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) in Oldmeldrum, near Aberdeen, Scotland. Under this deal, awarded to NRC subsidiary Sureclean, NRC will be responsible for maintaining and storing EMSA’s equipment and ensuring its re
Shell given nod to take over Knarr and Gaupe fields in Norway
Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given Shell the consent to use the facilities at Knarr and Gaupe fields offshore Norway due to a change of operatorship following Shell’s acquisition of BG Group. To remind, Shell completed the acquisition of BG Group back in
PHOTO: Living quarters installed at Statoil’s Gina Krog platform
Norwegian oil major Statoil has completed the installation of the living quarters on the Gina Krog field in the North Sea, offshore Stavanger. Statoil posted a picture on social media of the installed living quarters on Thursday stating that the work was complete on Tuesday night. To remind, Offshor
Wärtsilä regas tech pinned for Höegh FSRU conversion
Finish engine manufacturer Wärtsila on Thursday confirmed the contract with Höegh LNG for the latter’s first floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) conversion project.
Statoil’s Gullfaks B to stick around for two more decades
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has given the green light for the use of the Gullfaks B platform in the North Sea until January 1, 2036. NPD said on Thursday that the lifetime extension corresponds to the length of the production license. In the extension application, Statoil noted that th
CHC to Develop Sustainable Dredge Management Plan
Dredging – an essential part of sustainable harbor management – is necessary for maintaining navigable channels, including access to ferry terminals, shipyards, businesses, marinas and other mooring facilities. Both maintenance and capital dredging operations have the potential to impact on the mari
Huisman Grabs €300 Mln in Crane Orders
Huisman, a specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has secured new crane contracts with a total value of around 300 million Euro from various offshore, shipping and wind farm installation contractors. Namely, 2 x 900mt Heavy Lift Mast Cranes for BigLift Shipping; 1 x 1,600mt Leg Encirc
ACE Winches Secures Vard Contract
ACE Winches, has recently been awarded a spooling contract with Vard Group for Norway’s largest construction vessel. The scope of work includes the spooling of two 3,500 metre ROV umbilicals, the spooling of a crane boom wire and aux wire, including 3,900 metres of 135mm wire on to the vessel’s cran
Boskalis Megacutter Arrives at Royal IHC for Outfitting
Self-propelled megacutter, HELIOS, has arrived in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands, where she will be completed at the Royal IHC yard for Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis). The outfitted hull was built at the Uljanik shipyard in Pula, Croatia and was recently transported to Kinderdijk. The completion
Claxton wraps up well abandonment project for Tullow
Claxton, an Acteon company, has completed the abandonment of two wells on the Horne and Wren Platform in the Southern North Sea off UK for Tullow Oil. Claxton said on Wednesday that the project was completed within 18 days in July. The scope involved 5 1/2” tubing cut verification, tubing recovery,