Project & Tenders
Dana eyes minimal platform concept for Platypus gas field
Dana Petroleum, an oil and gas exploration and production company, is considering a new minimal platform concept for the Platypus gas field in the UK sector of the North Sea. The Platypus gas field is located in the Southern North Sea in licence P1242, Block 48/1a. It is operated by Dana Petroleum w
Sea Defense Repairs Completed at Southsea
Work to repair the damaged sea defenses at Southsea seafront has now been completed and the promenade has re-opened in time for the Easter weekend. Portsmouth City Council, the Eastern Solent Coastal Partnership, Colas and Mackley have worked hard since the sea wall failed on Boxing Day, to stabili
Timelapse: Platform Supply Vessel assembled in less than two minutes
The time-lapse video above shows a platform supply vessel, also known as PSV, falling into place in a yard in Norway. The video features a complete process of assembling the hull sections, welding them together, painting in blue, installing thrusters and launching the completed hull. Completed in 20
New Terminal Project in Yuzhny Includes Dredging
State Enterprise Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) and MV Cargo LLC have signed an agreement on the implementation of two partnership projects in relation of the construction of a terminal in the Port of Yuzhny. Under the terms of the agreement MV Cargo LLC, acting as a developer, will undertake
BC Ferries orders LNG conversion of two Spirit-Class vessels
BC Ferries awarded a contract to Remontowa Ship Repair Yard of Gdansk, Poland to convert two Spirit-Class vessels to dual-fuel.
Impact Subsea Enters Distribution Agreement with Seascape
Impact Subsea has appointed Seascape Subsea Technology as distributor of its products for The Netherlands and Belgium. Seascape will provide local support for Impact Subsea’s range of underwater products including the ISA500 and ISD4000 sensors. The ISA500 is the underwater altimeter with integrated
Bibby Offshore Awards IMES Rigging and Wire Rope Gig
Subsea services specialist Bibby Offshore has awarded a frame agreement for rigging equipment inspection and wire rope management to Aberdeen-based marine and subsea business IMES. The agreement, potentially worth a seven-figure sum, has a duration of three years with a further two, one-year options
Boskalis Secures €80M Land Reclamation Contract in Indonesia
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded a contract by KSO Ciputra Yasmin to construct the land for the Centre Point of Indonesia Project located off the coast of Makassar. The contract value is approximately EUR 80 million. Work is scheduled to begin in the coming months and will
PHOTO: All systems go for Culzean WHP jacket sail away
Heerema Fabrication Group has shared a photo of the wellhead platform jacket it built for Maersk’s Culzean field in the North Sea as it was loaded onto a barge, ready for sail away. The Netherlands-based fabricator of large and complex structures for the offshore oil and gas industry signed contract
Angola LNG inks deal with EDF Trading
Chevron’s Angola LNG and EDF Trading, a unit of EDF, said they have entered into a sales deal for the delivery of liquefied natural gas. Under the “flexible” deal, Angola LNG will deliver multiple cargoes on an ex-ship basis (DES) from 2016 through to 2018, the two companies said in a joint statemen
Dong Picks AMS No-Dig Cable Ducts for Hornsea Project One
Scunthorpe-based company AMS No-Dig will design, supply and install cable ducts for DONG Energy’s Hornsea Project One. AMS No-Dig will supply and install three cable ducts approximately 200 metres long under the sea defence at Horseshoe Bay, south of Grimsby. The offshore export cables, which trans
Cefas Extends Management Contract with P&OMS
Cefas (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science) has extended the contract for the management of its RV Cefas Endeavour with P&O Maritime Services (P&OMS) for an additional two years. The contract is now set to last until March 2019, bringing the full contract commitment to a total
LaNaval Lays Keel for Van Oord’s New TSHD
Workers of the Spanish shipbuilder LaNaval in Bilbao, Spain, held recently a keel-laying ceremony for the first of two trailing suction hopper dredgers under construction for Van Oord. Ms Carmen de la Barrera, Van Oord’s Quality Control inspector at the LaNaval yard, performed the ceremony. Undernea
ASN in Concept Study of Johan Castberg Subsea Connections
Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN), now part of Nokia, has been contracted by Statoil to undertake a concept study addressing the integration of ASN’s direct current, fiber optical (DC/FO) technology as subsea control infrastructure for the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea. ASN’s DC/FO t