Project & Tenders
Subsea in November
Subsea World News has gathered all the highlights to bring you a summarized version of the most popular articles from the previous month. The first week of November was highlighted by the news about Fugro’s new round of layoffs, this time by some 500 employees. French seismic player CGG also announc
SPIE awarded QCLNG deal
SPIE Oil & Gas Services’ Australian unit won a contract to provide maintenance services to QGC, a BG Group company, for the Queensland Curtis LNG project in Australia.
WinGD supplies Wartsila DF engines for LNG newbuild
Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD) informed on Tuesday it is supplying two Wärtsilä dual-fuel engines 5X72DF for an LNG carrier under construction at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME).
Mott MacDonald Wins Lincolnshire Lakes Flood Defense Project
Mott MacDonald has been appointed by North Lincolnshire Council to design a £13 million flood defense scheme near Scunthorpe, UK. The company will undertake the detailed design of flood defenses, with associated ground investigation studies, for 3.6km of the River Trent between the M180 and the sout
Wärtsilä’s Propulsion for Two New Research Vessels
Two new marine geological research vessels under construction in China will feature Wärtsilä engines and propulsion equipment. The new vessels are being built at the Shanghai shipyard of CSSC (China State Shipbuilding Corporation) and the COSCO shipyard in Guangdong, on behalf of the Qingdao Institu
CHC Releases Breakwater Project November 2015 Update
As reported in late October, contractor Boskalis Westminster has finished the rock armoring of the new Cowes Breakwater. The removal of surplus gravel material to the north of the breakwater has been delayed due to the requirement for contractor to obtain a new MMO (Marine Management Organisation) c
ABB’s Subsea Link to Deliver Power for Goliat FPSO
ABB has commissioned a subsea power link for oil and gas company Eni Norge, that will supply power from the Norwegian grid to the new Goliat Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading unit (FPSO). The Goliat field, located in the Barents Sea, Norway, is the northernmost oil field in the world. It
Update: Gazprom M&T books full capacity at Cameroon FLNG project
Gazprom Marketing & Trading Singapore signed an eight-year deal with Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures, Perenco and Golar LNG to offtake 1.2 mtpa from the Cameroon FLNG project.
Ophir awards Equatorial Guinea offshore survey job to Fugro
Fugro has been contracted by Ophir to provide survey services for the development of large-scale assets and infrastructure offshore Equatorial Guinea.
First oil flows from Edvard Grieg field, offshore Norway
Swedish oil company Lundin Petroleum has informed that first oil from its Edvard Grieg field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea was achieved on November 28, 2015. The Edvard Grieg field has commenced production and marks the beginning of a transformational increase in Lundin Petroleum’s produc
All Ready for CEDA-UK Dredging Seminar
CEDA-UK technical seminar on “Delivering Connectivity – the role of dredging in major infrastructure projects” starts tomorrow (December 1st) at the Institution of Civil Engineers London office. In countries around the world dredging plant is playing an essential role in the delivery of major infras
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (November 23 – November 29). Wallsend-based manufacturer of subsea vehicle systems, Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD), will cut 70 to 80 jobs across its business, the company said Wednesday. The news comes a
Titan LNG, Osomo Projects to set up BioLNG facility in Germany
Amsterdam-based Titan LNG signed a partnership agreement with Osomo Projects to build the first BioLNG production facility in Germany.
Prosafe mulls over delivery delay for ‘Safe Zephyrus’
Prosafe, the operator of semi-submersible accommodation rigs, is considering a delay in delivery of its newbuild accommodation rig being built by Jurong Shipyard. Prosafe said on Thursday it has agreed with Singapore’s Jurong Shipyard to a flexible delivery of the Safe Zephyrus accommodation rig. Ac