Project & Tenders
C-Kore Subsea Monitoring Tools for BP
UK’s C-Kore Systems, has been awarded a contract for BP to purchase their C-Kore Subsea Monitoring tools. Reportedly, BP tested the tools on earlier umbilical installation projects and will now buy a number of units for its Quad 204 project in the North Sea. According to the company, the C-Kore unit
Rederij Groen Buys into GloMar
Guard and seismic support vessels specialist, Rederij Groen from Scheveningen, has acquired a 50 per cent stake in the GloMar Group in Den Helder. Glomar Offshore operates a fleet of diverse purpose built vessels, equipment and personnel. It comprises of four divisions, providing emergency rescue an
Agility Hires Inspecta for NDT Services
Inspecta, a provider of inspections, testing, certification, technical consultancy and training services, has inked a framework agreement with Norway’s Agility Subsea Fabrication. Inspecta will provide non-destructive testing (NDT) services performed by shipyards in Tønsberg and Røra. According to t
ABB to Improve World’s First HVDC Link
ABB has won orders worth over $22 million from Vattenfall Eldistribution AB to upgrade the world’s first commercial high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission link, which ABB installed in 1954. The orders were booked in the fourth quarter of 2015. The 150-kilovolt (kV) link has the capaci
Saab Seaeye Leopards for Louis Dreyfus TravOcean
Specialist submarine cable installation company, Louis Dreyfus TravOcean, has ordered two Saab Seaeye Leopards for touchdown monitoring and support. The Leopard ROVs, with eleven thrusters and iCON intelligent control system should provide TravOcean with a stable work platform particularly in strong
Akastor Secures New Financing Agreement
Norwegian oilfield services investment company, Akastor, has reached an agreement with its bank syndicate on main terms and conditions to amend and extend its current bank facilities until July 2019. Namely, the existing bank facilities, maturing 2017, will be replaced by a USD 422.5 million reducin
Update: Statoil says still in LNG talks with Achema
Norwegian energy giant Statoil declined reports it has signed an LNG supply deal with Lithuanian fertilizer producer Achema.
UK Helps Develop India’s Offshore Wind, First Tendering Process Expected in 2018
UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office is funding a project under which a consortium of three British consultancies will support the Government of India in setting up its offshore wind industry. IT Power Consulting, CmY Consultants and SeaChange Offshore will deliver a 10-month long project that is focu
Subsea 7 Picks MeteoGroup for Weather Forecast Services
Subsea 7 has appointed MeteoGroup as its offshore weather forecasting provider for UKCS and Canada operations. MeteoGroup should provide meteorological and metocean consultancy and services to help maximise operational efficiency. The contract includes forecasting for fixed locations, specific sites
MMT, Reach Subsea to Work on NEMO Project for DCNS
MMT has been awarded a contract for the OTEC (Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion) NEMO project by DCNS. The project is jointly developed by DCNS and its partners with purpose to characterize the geophysical and geotechnical context of the area of an offshore power plant with a floating platform and a p
Rolls-Royce’s 100th LARS for DOF Subsea’s Skandi Neptune
Rolls-Royce has won a contract to supply its 100th and 101st Launch and Recovery Systems (LARS) to DOF Subsea, to be installed aboard the Skandi Neptune. Rolls-Royce Launch and Recovery Systems allow the deployment and recovery of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to a depth of 3,000m plus. Ingve Os
JDR Supplies Umbilicals for West Brae Field
JDR has been awarded a contract by Marathon Oil for the design and manufacture of 11.3 kilometers of power and static subsea umbilicals with accompanying termination hardware for the West Brae field. The full scope of the award will be manufactured and deployed from JDR’s Hartlepool, UK facility whe
Aker Solutions Gets Concept Study for Johan Castberg FPSO
Aker Solutions has secured an order from Statoil to provide a concept study for a floating production, storage and offloading facility for the Johan Castberg oil field development in the Barents Sea. The order is a call-off by Statoil on an engineering contract for Johan Castberg won by Aker Solutio
Plexus Inks Licence Agreement with Russian Gusar and Konar
Plexus Holdings has entered into a license agreement with Russian Gusar and Konar for the rental, manufacture and servicing of Plexus’ jack-up drilling wellhead exploration equipment into the Russian Federation and the other CIS states oil and gas markets. Entry into the Russian Federation and other