Project & Tenders
Golar gets Gimi FLNG force majeure claim from BP
Golar LNG received a force majeure notice from a BP unit seeking to delay taking delivery of the floating liquefied natural gas facility Gimi by a year. The floating LNG facility is destined for BP’s Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project on the maritime border of Mauritania and Senegal. BP was expected to
ExxonMobil shaves $10 billion off its capital investment for 2020
Oil major ExxonMobil is reducing its 2020 capital spending by 30 percent and lowering cash operating expenses by 15 percent in response to low commodity prices resulting from oversupply and demand weakness from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Borssele Beta offshore substation topside touches down
The Borssele Beta offshore substation topside has been installed at the project site in the Dutch North Sea. The topside sailed out from HSM Offshore’s yard in Schiedam at the end of March to the site but was awaiting favorable weather conditions to be installed. Borssele Beta will connect the 731.5
CEMEX Go Innovation Almost Ready for Delivery
The first of Damen’s new Marine Aggregate Dredgers, a 103.5 meter long CEMEX Go Innovation is almost ready for delivery to her new owner in the UK. Currently under construction for CEMEX at Damen Shipyards Galati (DSGa) in Romania, the delivery of this 3.500m³ aggregate dredger type MAD3500 is sched
The Concept of the Twin Dyke
The concept of the Twin Dyke in northern Netherlands is almost ready to prove itself, informs the Dutch Water Sector. Along the Wadden Sea, a 2.5 km long double levee section has been constructed. The area between the levees is now being designed with controlled sea water inflow for the farming of s
BSH seeks meteorological services for North Sea wind zone
Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has issued a tender for meteorological measurement and reporting services at the N-6.7 offshore wind zone in the German North Sea. BSH plans to carry out a one-year in-situ measurement is planned to enable an assessment of the wind conditions
Carteret County Beachfill Almost Done
The Carteret County Shore Protection Office announced yesterday that they are right on track with the Phase II of the Post Florence Renourishment Project. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock and their hopper dredge Ellis Island have been working uninterrupted and completed the Pine Knoll Shores reach (“Reach
Wave Swell Energy advancing King Island project
Wave Swell Energy (WSE) pilot-scale wave energy converter project off the coast of King Island, Tasmania is moving forward with pontoons now in place for final assembly and the superstructure well on its way to completion. Australian company said earlier it is still on schedule to install the WEC by
Offshore regulator assessing Santos’ environment plan for Ningaloo Vision FPSO
Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has begun an assessment of Santos’ environment plan for the operations of the Ningaloo Vision FPSO located off Australia.
EuroAfrica Interconnector Seeks Cabling Contractor
EuroAfrica Interconnector project has launched a tender call for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of the HVDC cable system between Egypt and Cyprus. EuroAfrica Interconnector, as the official project promoter and developer, will finance the construction of the electricity
SeaBird’s OBN Surveys in West Africa Cancelled
SeaBird Exploration has received cancellation notice for the ocean bottom node (OBN) surveys in West Africa. The end-client has decided to cancel the two OBN surveys due to the COVID-19 situation. SeaBird primarily received the letter of award for the surveys in January of this year, and the work wa
Obayashi picks Ramboll offshore wind foundations design in Japan
Ramboll has secured a contract with the Obayashi Corporation to provide the foundation design for a new offshore wind project in Japan. Ramboll said its engineers will perform the detailed foundation design for the entire offshore wind farm which will be one of the largest in Japan. The design team
GALLERY: World’s largest semi-sub crane vessel lifts Equinor’s Snorre module
The world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel, Heerema’s Sleipnir, has lifted a module for Equinor’s Snorre A platform from the quayside at Aibel’s yard in Haugesund, Norway, ahead of its transportation and installation in the North Sea off Norway.
Poland to Complete Construction of CSD Willem van Rubroeck
Jan De Nul Group’s biggest self-propelled cutter suction dredger was successfully loaded on board a semi-submersible transport vessel last week in Croatia, sending her to Poland for further completion of the construction works. “The semi-submersible vessel successfully loaded our Willem van Rubroeck