Project & Tenders
Fugro Bags New Trenching Contracts in North Sea
Fugro has secured three contracts for its Q1400 trenching systems to be deployed in the North Sea over the next 12 months for oil and gas clients. At the Wintershall-owned Maria development in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, Fugro will deploy the Q1400 trenching system under a contract with S
Ithaca’s FPF1 to sail-away by June end
After several delays, Petrofac has informed that the FPF1 semi-submersible production platform will be ready for sail-away to the Greater Stella Area development, in the UK North Sea, by the end of this month. Petrofac is working on the FPF-1 modifications program in the Remontowa shipyard in Poland
Statoil suspends Songa’s semi-sub rig
Offshore drilling contractor Songa Offshore has informed that its client Statoil will suspend the contract for the semi-submersible rig Songa Delta after the current well, Slemmestad, in the North Sea. Songa informed on Tuesday that from end of June 2016, the rig will go on 75% suspension rate of $2
Nuovo Pignone wins maintenance contract from Novatek
Novatek of Russia secured the services of Nuovo Pignone for the maintenance of the equipment at the Yamal LNG plant currently under construction.
New MC vessel joins BigRoll fleet
COSCO Dalian Shipyard has handed over the second module carrier (MC) vessel, the BigRoll Bering, to Dutch heavy marine transportation provider BigRoll Shipping. The vessel will immediately begin module transportation work for an LNG project in Russia. The vessel measures 173 meters in LOA, 42 meters
Subsea 7 Extends with Xait
Seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services contractor Subsea 7 has signed a three-year contract with Xait. Xait is Norwegian company behind the software XaitPorter. XaitPorter is a cloud based software that enables several contributors to work on the same document at the same time. “Su
Saipem, Novatek to cooperate on LNG
Italian LNG engineer Saipem signed an LNG partnership and cooperation agreement with Novatek, the developer of the Yamal liquefied natural gas project in Russia.
Gazprom to push LNG use in Bolivia
Gazprom on Friday signed an agreement with the Bolivian ministry of hydrocarbons and energy and YPFB on broadening cooperation including the advocation of LNG use.
New Rosneft deal for Leonardo-Finmeccanica’s helicopters
Italian helicopter company Leonardo-Finmeccanica, Russian Helicopters and Rusian oil giant, Rosneft, have signed an agreement for the future sale of additional twenty AgustaWestland AW 189 commercial helicopters to Rosneft subsidiary, RN-Aircraft. Leonardo-Finmeccanica said on Friday that RN-Aircraf
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (June 13 – June 19). Ezra Holdings, Chiyoda Corporation and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) have entered into a binding agreement for NYK to invest in EMAS CHIYODA Subsea (ECS), which is currently
EA Delegation Tours Team Van Oord’s Flood Alleviation Scheme
A delegation of senior managers from the Environment Agency last week enjoyed an ‘informative’ site visit to a flood alleviation scheme being delivered by Team Van Oord. The EA party, which included the Agency’s new Chief Executive, Sir James Bevan, visited the site, near Pease Pottage on Tuesday, 7
Gallery: Heerema cuts first steel for Oseberg Vestflanken 2 platform
Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG), the Netherlands-based manufacturer of large structures for the oil and gas industry, has held a steel-cutting ceremony for Statoil’s unmanned wellhead platform (UWP) for the Oseberg Vestflanken 2 development, offshore Norway. The company said on Thursday via social m
SCF secures financing for first Arctic LNG carrier
Sovcomflot has on Friday signed a US$260 million 13-year loan agreement with VTB Bank to finance the construction of its Arctic LNG tanker for the Yamal LNG project.
8.2 Consulting Helps Quadran with Pilot Floating Wind Farm Tender
Germany’s 8.2 Consulting AG has supported Quadran – Énergies Libres in the planned floating offshore pilot wind farm off the coast of the French region Languedoc-Roussillon by defining the Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental (QHSE) concept for the tendering phase. As the step from fixed offsho