Project & Tenders
Red Ink for Aker Solutions
Norwegian services player Aker Solutions booked Q4 2019 loss of NOK 148 million, against profit of NOK 178 million in the prior-year comparable period. The result was impacted by restructuring and impairment costs as well as ‘very competitive market’ and contracts taking longer to be awarded. Loss p
Fugro Surveys i3 North Sea Assets
Dutch survey specialist Fugro has recently started a site survey in support of i3 Energy’s planned 2020 drilling program in the UK North Sea. The survey is expected to conclude during February and covers the remaining areas of Serenity and Liberator West’s Minos High structures not covered by i3’s 2
N-Sea Hits MENA Dive Campaign Milestone
IRM subsea services expert N-Sea has delivered over 200 continuous days of air and saturation diving program in the Red Sea. Awarded by a supermajor operating in the MENA region, the multi-level, twin bell operations started in July 2019. Deployed via dive support vessel the Lichtenstein, the on-goi
NBO Umbilicals for CNOOC Deepwater Project
Ningbo Orient Cable (NBO) said it has recently been awarded the 15.8-kilometer LH 29-2 deep-sea SPS umbilical project by CNOOC Deepwater Development. This is the first deep-water static umbilical project (800 meters water depth, 9 super duplex SS tubes) which realize the production localization in C
All Set for Carteret County Beach Renourishment
All preparations for the Phase II of the Carteret County Post Florence Renourishment Project are complete and the site is ready for dredging and sand pumping operations, informs the Carteret County Shore Protection Office. The dredge Liberty Island arrived on Monday (2/3/2020), and is undergoing a m
BHP Hires McDermott for Ruby Work Off Trinidad and Tobago
McDermott International has secured a large contract by BHP to provide subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF), transportation and installation (T&I), pre-commissioning of one jacket and topsides for the Ruby project, offshore Trinidad and Tobago. According to McDermott, the contract is worth
Delaware River Main Channel Deepening Project Almost Done
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company is putting finishing touches on the Delaware River Deepening project. According to GLDD, the Delaware dredging scheme is almost complete. In their latest update, the company announced that the 12 year project to deepen the 103-mile shipping channel by a depth of fiv
Energean working to stay on track with FPSO hull in China amid Coronavirus outbreak
Energean Oil and Gas still expects to remain on track to deliver first gas from its Karish and Tanin project offshore Israel in the first half of 2021 despite delays in China due to Coronavirus outbreak. Energean is working with its contractors to mitigate any delay.
JFD Expands Footprint in India
JFD said it has delivered a new £1-million contract to supply two sets of life-saving equipment to the Indian Navy, to further enhance the safety of submariners. The life-saving equipment, including D-MAS HyperSat and hyperbaric ventilators, provides patient monitoring to the Indian Navy’s submarine
Orient Cable Gets LoA for Offshore Wind Farm Project
Orient Cable, a provider of power cables based in Ningbo, has received a Letter of Award (LoA) from China Three Gorges New Energy (CTG) for Guangdong Yangjiang Shaba-West Phase II offshore wind farm project. The contract includes the supply of 178km of cable, 62km 220kV export cable and 116km 35kV I
Hung Hua Awards HDD Contract Offshore Taiwan
Hung Hua Construction (HHC) has awarded Mazu Land & Marine Works (MLM) with a contract for the installation of horizontal directional drilling (HDD) conduits at an offshore wind project in Taiwan.
Jacksonville Harbor Deepening Project in Full Swing
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District is increasing the depth of the existing federal channel along the St. Johns River from its current depth of 40-feet to a maximum depth of 50-feet. The Army Corps yesterday released a couple of photos showing the latest progress on the Jacksonvi
Kim Heng to Support Submarine Cable Works for OWF in Taiwan
Kim Heng Offshore & Marine’s wholly-owned indirect subsidiary Mazu Land & Marine Works (MLM) has secured a contract by Hung Hua Construction (HHC) for the installation of horizontal directional drilling (HDD) conduits related to the submarine cable installation works for an offshore wind farm in Tai
Osbit Well Intervention Package for FTAI Ocean
UK-based offshore technology firm Osbit has won a contract by FTAI Ocean to design and build a well intervention tower system. The so-called ‘smart tower system’ is to be installed on FTAI’s vessel M/V Pride and facilitates integrated riserless and riser-based well intervention operations in water d