Project & Tenders
ShawCor to Resume All South Stream Line 1 Contracts
ShawCor informed that its Bredero Shaw pipe coating division has received notification from Europipe GmbH that the suspension of the work on its contract with Europipe for the concrete weight coating of Line 1 of the South Stream Pipeline has been lifted with immediate effect and that work on this c
Egypt Ports and Waterways Summit Kicks Off
The long-awaited Egypt Ports and Waterways Summit, aimed to give insight into the future of the country’s maritime and trade infrastructure, began today at the Intercontinental Citystars Hotel in Cairo and will run until 11 June 2015. Sponsored by some of the leading players in dredging industry, th
Exova Clinches Kaombo Contract
Exova, the global testing, calibration and advisory services provider, has been awarded a £2.5 million contract by CRC–Evans Offshore to provide pipeline material, welding and AUT qualification testing for the Kaombo project offshore Luanda in Angola. Pipelaying is expected to begin early 2016 on th
Statoil: Installation of Asgard subsea gas compression modules begins
Statoil has informed that the installation of the modules that collectively constitute Åsgard subsea gas compression has started on the Åsgard field located in the Norwegian Sea. Statoil says that this technology at a depth of 300 metres will create 282 million extra barrels from the Åsgard field. A
Blue Logic, WPC Get Funds for ‘Subsea USB’ Project
Norway’s Blue Logic has secured a strategic R&D project with Innovation Norway and a major global service provider. The N0K 12 million industrial research and development contract is based on Blue Logic’s track record in producing inductive subsea connectors. Blue Logic worked together with WPC in K
Statoil in minor gas discovery. Rig completes contract
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 602, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 6706/11-2 in the Norwegian Sea. The well encountered gas. The well was drilled about 20 kilometres west of the Aasta Hansteen field in the northern part of the Norwegian Sea. The objective of the wel
HHI orders GTT’s Mark III Flex tech for FSRU newbuild
GTT, the designer of membrane containment systems for the maritime transportation and storage of LNG, said that its Mark III Flex technology was selected for a new Floating Storage & Regasification Unit to be built by the Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries.
HHI orders GTT’s Mark III Flex tech for FSRU newbuild
GTT, the designer of membrane containment systems for the maritime transportation and storage of LNG, said that its Mark III Flex technology was selected for a new Floating Storage & Regasification Unit to be built by the Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries.
VARD to Build Diving Support Vessel for Kreuz Subsea
Vard Holdings Limited (“VARD”) has secured a contract for the design and construction of one Diving Support and Construction Vessel for Singapore-based Kreuz Subsea Group. The vessel will be of VARD 3 17 design, with a total length of 91.2 meters and a beam of 21.5 meters, and has been developed esp
Siemens, J–Power Systems Get NEMO LINK Contract
NEMO LINK announced the two winning contractors who will build the first electricity interconnector between Great Britain and Belgium. They are Siemens and J–Power Systems, the Japan-based company, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. The contracts are together valued at about €500m (U
VIDEO: MegaPEX Experiment on the Sand Motor
By depositing a large amount of sand in a single operation, between March 2011 and November 2011, Rijkswaterstaat together with contractors and the provincial authority of Zuid-Holland created the hook-shaped peninsula, the Sand Motor. This innovative method for coastal protection is the first exper
Kvaerner, KBR beat competition to Johan Sverdrup contract
Statoil is, on behalf of the Johan Sverdrup partnership, signing a contract with a joint venture consisting of Kvaerner and KBR for construction of the topside for the utility and living quarter platform. The contract has a value of NOK 6.7 billion ($843 million). The contract includes engineering,
Coriant Scoops UNINETT Arctic Optical Network Deal
Coriant has been selected by UNINETT to build a new 100G-capable subsea optical transport infrastructure connecting Ny-Ålesund and Longyearbyen on the Svalbard archipelago. The Coriant solution, which includes the industry-leading Coriant® hiT 7300 Multi-Haul Transport Platform and the Coriant® Tran
Damen Builds Shellfish Dredger for Noordland
Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam is constructing a razor shell dredger for the Dutch fishing cooperative YE 118 Noordland BV. “We are very happy to have been given the opportunity to build such a cutting-edge vessel,” says Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam Director Frits van Dongen. “The Noordl