Project & Tenders
Boskalis Makes Historic Finding in Portsmouth
An iron cannon has been recovered during the dredging project that will prepare HMNB Portsmouth for the arrival of the Queen Elizabeth Class carriers. The cannon was found by Boskalis Westminster, which has been contracted by the Defense Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) to carry out the £31 million
Another setback for Eni’s Goliat project
The Eni-operated Goliat development project in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway, has hit yet another stumbling block. Namely, the Norwegian oil industry’s safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway, has slapped the oil company with notification of orders, following audit conducted on the
Subsea 7, NOV Scoop Sea Lion FEED Awards
Subsea 7 and National Oilwell Varco (NOV) have won the front end engineering and design (FEED) contracts for the Sea Lion project, Rockhopper Exploration informed today. Namely, the FEED contract for SURF transport and installation has been awarded to Subsea 7, while NOV scored the flexibles FEED de
Technip Confirms Statoil Contracts
Technip was awarded by Statoil two contracts for infield pipeline construction for the Johan Sverdrup Development and the Oseberg Vestflanken 2 projects. The first development phase of Johan Sverdrup field, one of the largest oil fields in the North Sea, is targeted to be on-stream in 2019. The Oseb
Green Port Hull Project Progresses
Associated British Ports (ABP) has just released a video of the progress being made on the Green Port Hull project. Green Port Hull will provide the UK’s largest offshore wind manufacturing, assembly and installation facility at the Port of Hull Alexandra Dock. Together with development partner Asso
JFD Hyperbaric Lifeboats for Flash Tekk Engineering
Singapore’s Flash Tekk Engineering has awarded the design and manufacture of Self-Propelled Hyperbaric Lifeboats (SPHL) contract to JFD – Divex. The SPHLs are to be installed as part of the 18-man saturation diving system on the Van Gogh diving support vessels (DSV). These are currently under constr
Aker Solutions Works on Next Steps of Johan Sverdrup Development
Aker Solutions will deliver a concept study on a new processing platform for future phases of the Statoil-operated Johan Sverdrup North Sea field. The study includes design solutions for a tie-in of the platform and future satellites to the field center that is being developed in the project’s first
Pöyry secures 5-year contract from Finland’s Gasum
Gasum and Pöyry said on Tuesday they have signed a five-year framework agreement for engineering and project implementation services to develop Gasum’s natural gas projects in Finland. The agreement covers project management, HSE, procurement, engineering, document management and other related servi
Volstad Turns Down DeepOcean’s Charter Termination
Norway’s Volstad Shipping has received a charter termination notice from DeepOcean AS for the vessel Volstad Surveyor. Volstad Surveyor is a 85.3 meters long multipurpose DP II vessel of ST-253 design built for hull and ROV based seabed mapping and surveys, structural inspection and construction sup
Wood Group Gets Chevron Contract Extension in North Sea
Wood Group has secured an extension to continue to support Chevron Upstream Europe across four offshore assets in the North Sea. Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) will deliver operations and maintenance services to the Alba Northern platform, Alba floating storage unit, Captain floating production, storage and
Steel River Consultants to Work on NSL Link
Health-and-safety specialists Steel River Consultants (SRC) have been selected to provide technical support for a project to construct an electricity link between the UK and Norway. The company will act as hazard identification (HAZID) facilitator and provide CDM support and health and safety adviso
Frontica Scoops Aker Solutions Deal
Frontica has signed a five-year contract with Aker Solutions to deliver staffing services, IT services and consultancy projects as well as business support services within HR, finance and procurement. Under the terms of the contract, Frontica will also contribute to productivity improvements and cos
UK: First oil from Catcher on track for 2017
BW Offshore has reported that the first oil from the Catcher project in the UK North Sea is on track for 2017 despite the delays in the construction of the FPSO. According to BW Offshore, the owner and operator of the FPSO, during the fourth quarter, the project remained within budget and made good
UK: Total in Laggan-Tormore start-up (Gallery)
French oil and gas company Total has started-up production from the Laggan and Tormore gas and condensate fields, located in 600 meters of water in the West of Shetland area. According to Total, the fields will produce 90,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d). “Laggan-Tormore is a key compon