Project & Tenders
Fugro Starts Surveying South Holland Offshore Wind Zone
Fugro has begun preliminary site investigations at the Hollandse Kust (zuid) Wind Farm Zone in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. The site characterisation specialist will perform geophysical surveys from its 54-metre multi-purpose survey vessel, Fugro Pioneer and the 40-metre Victor Hensen. Accordi
ABB Converter Station for Kriegers Flak Combined Grid
ABB has received an order, worth around $140 million, from transmission system operators Energinet.dk in Denmark and 50Hertz Transmission in Germany to design, supply and install an HVDC converter station in Bentwisch, Northern Germany. The HVDC Light “back-to-back” converter station, the first of i
Tekmar’s CPS for DONG Energy’s Race Bank OWF
Subsea cable protection specialist, Tekmar Energy won a contract with DONG Energy to supply 189 cable protection systems (CPS) on its Race Bank offshore wind farm in North Norfolk. Tekmar will provide its TekLink mechanical latch system complete with the array and export cables and bellmouths. The C
Havyard Scraps Subsea Vessel Deal
Havyard Ship Technology, a part of Havyard Group, has agreed with its client to cancel the shipbuilding contract for the new subsea vessel, building no. 123, due to the challenging offshore market. In October last year, both parties agreed to put off the delivery and that the buyer had the right to
Sembcorp Marine increases stake in Gravifloat
Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine said on Wednesday it has acquired additional 44 percent equity stake in the Norwegian floating LNG specialist Gravifloat.
Rosneft spuds exploration well offshore Vietnam
Rosneft Vietnam B.V., a company of Russia’s Rosneft group, has started drilling the exploration well PLDD-1X at Block 06.1, in the Nam Con Son basin, located offshore Vietnam. This is Rosneft’s first drilling project as an operator in the international waters. The design depth of the well will be ar
Exmar, PEP cancel Caribbean FLNG deal
Exmar of Belgium said it has terminated the agreement with Pacific Exploration and Production executed in March 2012 for the deployment of the Caribbean FLNG in Colombia.
Rolls-Royce receives $6.5 mln LNG propulsion package order
Rolls-Royce said on Tuesday it has signed a deal with Tersan Shipyard in Turkey to supply the LNG propulsion package for a cargo carrier for Denmark’s BioMar Group and NSK Shipping of Norway.
Global Marine Extends North America Cable Maintenance Gig
Global Marine Systems has been awarded an extension of the North America Maintenance Zone (NAZ) submarine cable maintenance contract up to December 31, 2024. NAZ covers a cable maintenance footprint, which stretches from the Eastern North Pacific to the Equator. Global Marine has been providing cabl
Oceaneering ROVs for Statoil
Oceaneering has been awarded an eight-year contract by Statoil. The agreement is to provide two work class electric remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) for Statoil’s CAT-J Platforms in the North Sea. The new ROVs are currently being built in-house and called the eNovus. According to the company, the e
Dalby ASV Pioneer Gears for Cable Project Off Germany
Dalby’s accommodation/work barge ASV Pioneer has completed mobilization for a project offshore Germany. The vessel secured cable repair work earlier this year, and is now getting ready to take on the cable-repair project off the Port of Emden. Dalby earlier informed that ASV Pioneer was contracted b
Exmouth Tidal Defense Scheme Receives Positive Response
East Devon District Council is working with the Environment Agency to upgrade the sea and estuary defenses in Exmouth. The proposed project will reduce the risk of flooding to over 1,000 homes in Exmouth. Since Autumn 2015, the council’s Exeter based consultants WSP│Parsons Brinkerhoff have reviewed
Engie to supply LNG to AES’ Panama project
Engie of France on Monday informed it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Gas Natural Atlantico for the supply of LNG at Costa Norte LNG terminal in the Colon Province, Panama.
Siemens Transformers for Nemo Subsea Link
Siemens is to supply eight converter transformers for the Nemo Link project, a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system connecting Belgium and Great Britain. The customer is Nemo Link, a joint venture between National Grid Nemo Link Limited, a subsidiary company of the UK’s National Gr