Project & Tenders
DNV GL wins Grain LNG technical services deal
Classification society, DNV GL, on Wednesday said it has signed a framework agreement with National Grid to provide design and engineering technical services to the Grain LNG terminal.
Premier’s Catcher field gets fourth subsea tree
Dril-Quip, a Houston-based designer and manufacturer of offshore drilling and production equipment, has completed a fourth subsea tree installation on Premier Oil’s Catcher field development, in the UK part of the North Sea. The company said on Tuesday that the installation was done at a depth of 29
Hurricane freezes Lancaster farm-out talks
Hurricane Energy plc, the UK-based oil and gas company, has suspended the farm-out discussions over its Lancaster project west of Shetland. In a statement on Wednesday, Hurricane highlighted the successful completion of a £52.1 million Placing and Subscription announced in May 2016, which will enabl
DNV GL to class Stena Line’s LNG-ready ferries
DNV GL said it has signed a contract to provide classification services for Stena Line’s RoPax ferries, to be constructed at AVIC Weihai Shipyard in China.
Van Oord and Highland Group in Deutsche Bucht OWF Deal
Van Oord and Highland Group Holdings have signed a cooperation agreement for the development, financing and construction of the offshore wind farm Deutsche Bucht in Germany. Van Oord will execute the engineering, procurement and construction of the foundations, inter array cables and the offshore su
Subsea in May
Subsea World News has gathered all the highlights to bring you a summarized version of the most popular articles from the previous month. The greatest highlight last month, and so far this year, was the merger announcement between the largest provider of subsea equipment to the industry, FMC Technol
Rosmorport’s Newest Hopper Dredger Ready for Delivery
Last week, Rosmorport’s newest trailing suction hopper dredger, the ‘Sommers’, successfully completed her sea trials. The vessel is the first in a series of three 1000 m³ TSHDs, under construction at the Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard. The Sommers, named after the island in the eastern part of the Gulf o
AGR to Help OKEA with Field Development and Reservoir Evaluation
AGR has reached an agreement with the Norwegian development and production company, OKEA, to support the life cycle of its upstream assets on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. OKEA was launched in late 2015 with the sole focus of unlocking value in conventional oil and gas discoveries that have been
IOG sets new spud date for Skipper well
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) has scheduled the appraisal well on the Skipper oil discovery, which lies in the Northern North Sea, to be drilled in July 2016. In January, IOG postponed the drilling of the Skipper well, that lies in Block 9/21a in licence P1609, due to low oil price and bad weather i
VBMS in 66kV Blyth OWF Hook-Up
VBMS has been awarded a contract by EDF Energy Renewables to provide the subsea connection between the offshore turbines and the onshore grid for the Blyth offshore wind farm. Reportedly, this will be the first project to use the new 66kV cable technology. The standard voltage for array cables until
Aker Solutions Bags Total Extension
Aker Solutions has won a three-year contract extension from Total to provide maintenance and operations services at the Elgin and Franklin fields in the UK North Sea. According to the company, the work is valued at more than NOK 400 million ($49 million). “We have a healthy order backlog and solid f
CH2M Wins Several Flood Defense Projects
The Environment Agency recently awarded CH2M two significant flood defense projects, Bridgwater Tidal Barrier Appraisal and conducting the Avonmouth-Severnside Enterprise Area Ecology Mitigation and Flood Defense study. “We have a long history of working with the Environment Agency on successful pro
FinnAust Opts for IHC Mining Equipment
FinnAust Mining Plc has appointed Royal IHC to provide primary support services for the company’s Pituffik Titanium Project (Pituffik). The companies will now work closely to define an optimized development solution that includes their in house wet mining equipment as well as a high level cost estim
Royal IHC Secures Order for the Largest Easydredge TSHD
Royal IHC (IHC) has signed a new contract for an Easydredge® 3,700 trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) for Tecnoimport and Empresa Constructora de Obras Marítimas in Havana, Cuba. The contract was signed in the presence of Mr Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of The Netherlands, and Mr Ricardo Cabrisas