IKM Ocean Design has been awarded a pipeline front-end engineering and design contract from Statoil for the Aasta Hansteen deep-water field off Norway. The Norwegian contractor will carry out FEED design work, with an option for detailed engineering, on pipelines and cables to be installed at the ha
Recently Cecon has completed the installation of four flexible pipelines and umbilical’s for Broron Oil & Gas/Addax Petroleum in waters offshore Nigeria, West Africa. The project was initially awarded (Oct 2011) to Cecon ASA as a fast-track subsea tieback project for the management, transport, insta
Aker Solutions will build a new state-of-of-the-art umbilical manufacturing plant in Pekan, Malaysia, to meet the anticipated growth and the needs of their Asia Pacific customers. The total investment of USD 60 million will expand Aker Solutions’ manufacturing capacity and strengthen their position
STX OSV Holdings Limited, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announces that it has secured new contracts for the design and construction of two Offshore Subsea Construction Vessels for Siem Offshore in Norway. The vessels will be of STX OSV’s OSCV
A hundred years after the loss of the RMS Titanic, members of IEEE – the world’s largest technical professional organization – share their perspectives on the role that technology played during the hours following the collision, and the new technologies that were sparked by the tragedy. “In 1912, th
SeaHold GEOSHIPS Ltd, a marine and subsea services shipping company, has taken delivery of its second multi purpose support vessel (MPSV) on a contract valued at over £30 million, following a successful year for its current vessel, the Stril Explorer. Formed in 2003, Aberdeen-based GEOSHIPS will man
France Telecom-Orange and the other members of the LION2 consortium – the Group’s subsidiaries Mauritius Telecom, Orange Madagascar and Telkom Kenya, as well as two other operators, Emtel Ltd and Société Réunionnaise du Radiotéléphone – celebrated in Mayotte today the launch of commercial services f
EMAS, a leading global offshore contractor and provider of integrated offshore solutions to the oil and gas (O&G) industry and operating brand for Ezra Holdings Limited, is on track to turn its subsea services business around in the current financial year ending 31 August 2012 (FY12). In addition, E
NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries announced it will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to consider possible expansion of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Lake Huron. The agency is soliciting public and stakeholder comment on the proposed action and its alternatives th
IHC Merwede, the global market leader for efficient dredging and mining vessels and equipment, and reliable supplier of custom-built ships and supplies for offshore construction, officially opened its new Singapore office at the PSA Building. The Singapore base will be the corporate headquarters for
EMAS AMC has successfully completed the first of several riser replacements for Statoil on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The scope of the riser replacement on Snorre B and the other floating platforms comprised by the contract includes riser recovery and installation work. In offshore operations,
Statoil has awarded Framo Engineering a contact for the design and construction of the Gullfaks subsea gas compression plant. Gullfaks may become one of the first installations worldwide to employ subsea gas compression. ”Subsea gas compression represents an important leap forward in the efforts to
Lansdowne Oil & Gas, announces an update on the interpretation of the recently processed 3D seismic surveys acquired in the summer of 2011 over its Rosscarbery licence area in the North Celtic Sea, offshore Ireland. Rosscarbery Prospects Summary Last year’s 3D seismic programme covered the Galley He
Ithaca Energy Inc. announces that the Company has received Field Development Plan (“FDP”) approval for the Stella and Harrier Fields from the UK government. – The joint development of the Stella and Harrier fields, located in the Central North Sea, will involve the drilling of subsea horizontal well
