Project & Tenders
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (September 21 – September 27). Project Development International (PDi), part of Ceona, has secured more than £6 million in project awards in 2015 to date. In August 2012, Hammersmith-based SURF contrac
Hycom to Maintain Van Oord’s Vessels
Hycom BV, part of the HYDAC-group, has signed an international service agreement with Van Oord. The outline agreement contains a worldwide concentrated system in which partnership is central. The two parties agreed to cooperate exclusively over the next 3 years on maintenance and repairs of all hydr
GE Deal May Bring 1000 New Jobs to UK Energy Sector
GE has reached an agreement with the UK export credit agency UK Export Finance (UKEF) to access export financing for up to $12 Billion. This agreement will initially support both confirmed and potential orders in a number of international markets including Brazil, Ghana, India and Mozambique.As GE w
Sverdrup’s Phase 1 Capex Estimated at $1 Bln Less
Statoil, the operator for the Johan Sverdrup development, has presented an updated capex estimate, for the first phase of the development, showing reduced capital expenditures as a result of positive market response in contracts and purchase orders. In the Plan for Development and Operations (PDO),
Jan de Nul Secures Nobelwind Contract for Vidar
Jan De Nul Group and the offshore wind project Nobelwind signed the first offshore wind contract for Jan De Nul’s recently acquired offshore jack-up heavy lift vessel Vidar. It concerns the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of 51 monopile foundations for 50 wind turbines and fo
Statoil trims capex estimate for Johan Sverdrup
Statoil, the operator for the Johan Sverdrup development, in the North Sea offshore Norway, has presented a preliminary capex estimate for the first phase of the development to the partnership. The Johan Sverdrup partnership consists of Statoil, Lundin Norway, Petoro, Det norske oljeselskap and Maer
Boa Scraps Newbuild
Norway’s Boa IMR, a majority owned subsidiary in the Boa Offshore group, has sent a cancellation notice of the shipbuilding contract for an IMR/OCV vessel with Noryards Fosen. The contract for a Light Construction and Inspection Maintenance and Repair (IMR) Vessel was first announced in March this y
Exhibition on Starcross-Cockwood Scheme
The Environment Agency is proposing a tidal defense scheme for Starcross and Cockwood on the Exe Estuary in Devon to reduce flood risk. The proposed scheme is estimated to reduce flood risk to over 600 residential and commercial properties. Currently, the Agency is at the project appraisal stage, me
IOG step closer to Skipper drilling
Independent Oil and Gas plc (IOG) has made progress towards drilling the Skipper well, in the UK North Sea. Namely, Alpha Petroleum has agreed to extend until December 7, 2015 the date for satisfaction of the conditions precedent relating to the acquisition by IOG of for the remaining 50% of Skipper
Another Win for Viking Neptun
Eidesvik Offshore ASA, through the Ghanaian entity Eidesvik Ghana Limited operated by Ghanaian partners in cooperation with Eidesvik, and Technip, have entered into an agreement for the charter of the Offshore Construction Vessel MV Viking Neptun for work to be performed on the “TEN URF Development
TGE Marine wins LNG shuttle carriers deal
TGE Marine Gas Engineering said it has signed a contract for one firm and one optional vessel for the design and supply of the cargo handling system and LNG fuel gas system for a LNG shuttle carrier of 18,000 cbm capacity with Neptun Werft, Germany.
Edda Fonn in North Sea Campaign
Norwegian contractor, Reach Subsea has, through its joint venture (JV) cooperation with Sweden’s MMT, signed contracts for approximately 60 days for Edda Fonn in the North Sea. At the end of June this year, the two companies established a joint venture agreement primarily for survey services. Includ
PDi Stays Afloat as Ceona Goes Bust
Project Development International (PDi), part of Ceona, has secured more than £6 million in project awards in 2015 to date. Aberdeen-headquartered, with offices in London and Houston, PDi was established in 2003 to provide multi-disciplined engineering, project management, project services and train
OneSubsea Nets Greater Enfield FEED from Woodside
OneSubsea, a Cameron and Schlumberger company, has been awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the Greater Enfield Area Development offshore northwest Australia. The FEED study, which will be conducted by OneSubsea’s local team in Perth, will include the design of the full su