Project & Tenders

McDermott in groundbreaking ceremony for Saudi yard
Saudi Aramco and McDermott have reached a milestone with McDermott breaking ground on its new fabrication facility within the King Salman International Complex for Maritime Industries and Services in Ras Al-Khair, Saudi Arabia.

Hibiscus boosts oil output at Malaysian asset
Malaysia’s Hibiscus Petroleum has seen a 20% increase in oil production from the North Sabah PSC located offshore Sabah, Malaysia. In a Bursa Malaysia filing on Tuesday, Hibiscus reported that average gross oil production from its North Sabah asset improved by approximately 20% compared to the previ

Jadestone awaits approval for Vietnam development plan to shift into high gear
Jadestone Energy expects approval for its development plan for the Nam Du and U Minh gas fields, offshore southwest Vietnam, to happen shortly.

Fussey Engineering Backs Hornsea Two Connection
Siemens Energy has selected Fussey Engineering to supply and install steel framework and cladding at the National Grid 400kV substation site adjacent to the Hornsea Two offshore wind project.

SEAI Awards Contracts for AMETS Environmental Surveys
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has awarded two contracts for environmental surveying services required for the development of a floating offshore wind turbine at the Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site (AMETS).

SEAI Awards Contracts for AMETS Environmental Surveys
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has awarded two contracts for environmental surveying services required for the development of a floating offshore wind turbine at the Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site (AMETS).

SubSea Networks Backs NO-UK Cable Project
SubSea Networks and NO-UK announced today that the supply contract for the NO-UK Submarine Cable System linking Norway and England has come into force. The NO-UK system is now under construction, with a ready for service date at the end of 2021. The cable will provide eight high capacity fibre pairs

Aibel ticks another milestone for Equinor’s Johan Sverdrup platform
Aibel has ticked off another milestone in the construction of the P2 platform for the Equinor-operated Johan Sverdrup project located offshore Norway.

AGS Inks North Sea OBN Survey Deal
Norwegian ocean bottom node seismic company Axxis Geo Solutions (AGS) has signed a letter of intent with an undisclosed oil company to start an OBN survey in the North Sea. The work is expected to begin in the second quarter of 2020, after fulfillment of certain conditions, AGS said in Monday’s Oslo

Green light to Aker BP for Skogul field startup
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted its consent for the start-up of the Aker BP-operated Skogul field located in the North Sea offshore Norway.

Hawaiki Strikes New Capacity Deal with REANNZ
Hawaiki Submarine Cable and Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand have signed an agreement to provide the country’s peak research network with a crucial boost in international cable capacity and resiliency. REANNZ was an anchor tenant for the Hawaiki Transpacific Cable – launched for c

Deep Down Grabs Shell Contract in Gulf of Mexico
Deep Down has received an order from Shell Offshore for work related to its Whale development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The order includes the design, engineering and manufacturing of a Riser Isolation Valve (RIV) control system as well as other subsea production equipment. The RIV control system

Germans Want North Sea Hydrographic Survey Squad
Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has issued a tender for hydrographic investigation in the N-6 offshore wind area in the North Sea.

Aker Energy to award Pecan FPSO deal to Yinson
Aker Energy has entered into a Letter of Intent with Yinson to award a bareboat charter and an operations and maintenance contract for an FPSO vessel at the Pecan field, offshore Ghana.