Project & Tenders
Royal HaskoningDHV Awarded North Portsea Project
Team Van Oord partner Royal HaskoningDHV has been awarded first place on a major flood and coastal erosion framework in the south of England, and a separate contract to continue works to protect North Portsea Island. The Southern England Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Consultancy Services
Engie, La Poste Group to cooperate on natural gas fueling
French LNG player, Engie signed a deal with La Poste Group to cooperate on developing a number of natural gas fueling projects in Europe.
Team Van Oord Wins One More Award
A scheme delivered by Team Van Oord working on behalf of the Environment Agency has been named ‘Project of the Year’ in the prestigious 2016 Constructing Excellence in London and South East Awards. Having been named a finalist in two categories, the Broomhill Sands Coastal Defense Scheme went on to
Qatargas, RWE in LNG supply deal
World’s largest liquefied natural gas producer, Qatargas has expanded its European client portfolio by signing a seven-year sales and purchase agreement with RWE Supply & Trading, trading unit of German utility RWE.
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (June 27 – July 03). NOPSEMA revealed a recent incident where a vessel lost position while diving activities were being conducted approximately 130 metres from a hydrocarbon facility offshore Western A
Primo Marine Nets Viking Link Work
Primo Marine, the subsea cabling and pipeline engineering specialist, has been awarded a contract to provide a cable burial and risk assessment (CBRA) and installation & burial expertise, for the Viking Link. Viking Link is a proposal to build a high voltage direct current (HVDC) interconnector betw
EnQuest confirms Eagle as oil discovery
UK-based petroleum exploration and production company, EnQuest, has completed drilling of the Eagle exploration well in the UK North Sea and confirmed it as a discovery. In the second quarter of 2016, EnQuest undertook the drilling of Eagle exploration well on a 100% working interest basis. Eagle wa
VIDEO: Ice Class Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger Severnaya Dvina
Ice class Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) Severnaya Dvina, which will maintain navigational depths and provide safe shipping in the Arkhangelsk Seaport basin and approaches, has been delivered to FSUE Rosmorport. Damen tailored the TSHD 2000 design to meet the high specifications required to
HBC to Support Fugro’s Rampion OWF Cable Installation Project
HBC Offshore Solutions, part of the HBC Group, has been awarded with the contract to support Fugro with the installation of the array cables on the Rampion offshore wind farm project. Fugro will lay and bury 122 array cables with its construction and installation vessels Fugro Symphony and Fugro Sal
PHOTO: Jack-up Maersk Highlander heads for Culzean field
Maersk Drilling’s jack-up drilling rig, the Maersk Highlander, has set off on its voyage to the Culzean gas field in the UK sector of the North Sea. The newbuild harsh environment jack-up rig will work for Maersk Oil on its operated Culzean gas field. Maersk Drilling informed through social media ch
Samsung Heavy begins construction of Johan Sverdrup riser platform
Norwegian oil company Statoil on Thursday marked the start of construction of the Johan Sverdrup riser platform at the Samsung Heavy Industries yard in South Korea. Johan Sverdrup is an oil field located in the North Sea, offshore Norway. The riser platform is the largest of the four platforms const
inApril Lands Seabed Seismic Systems Deal with Geo Energy Group
inApril, the Norwegian offshore technology company, has struck a deal, potentially worth $25-30 million, for Venator, its node-based seabed seismic acquisition system. The company has signed the letter of intent (LOI) with the Kazakhstan company Geo Energy Group (GEG) to supply a Venator system, sta
PHOTO: HAM 318 Reclaiming the Male’ Industrial Village
Following the completion of the Thinadhoo and Feydhoo schemes, Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) HAM 318 has moved to another location and is now busy with the dredging and reclamation of Male’ Industrial Village. The Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure, Maldives, has just release
Ireland: PGS starts 3D seismic survey for Woodside
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) started the Bréanann 3D seismic program, located in the Frontier Exploration Licence 3/14 in the Porcupine Basin, Irish Atlantic, on June 27 for the Australian energy company Woodside. Woodside is the operator of licences FEL 3/14 and FEL 4/14 in the Irish Atlantic with