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EEW SPC to Deliver Monopiles for Deutsche Bucht OWF
The Dutch marine contractor Van Oord has assigned EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH to manufacture and deliver 31 monopiles for the offshore wind farm Deutsche Bucht. Michael Hof, COO/managing director EEW SPC said: “We are extremely pleased to be processing operations together with Van Oord on ou
Coretrax Secures Maersk Oil Contract
Coretrax has been awarded an abandonment contract with Maersk Oil. The contract is for Maersk Oil’s well abandonment campaign in the Central North Sea and Coretrax will provide wellbore abandonment services including bridge plugs, drillable scrapers, service tools and wellbore clean up fluids. Work
IMCA Publishes ROV Statistics
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has published a statistics both on personnel working on remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and also on the types of ROV in operation. IMCA has long collected information, and there has now been a thorough reassessment of the original reported da
HBC Bags Subsea Inspection Contract from DONG Energy
HBC Group has been awarded a subsea inspection campaign across DONG Energy’s wind farms in the United Kingdom. The scope of campaign includes subsea inspections on offshore structures across five UK wind farms: Race Bank, Westermost Rough, Burbo Bank, Walney and Barrow. According to the company, the
RRS Sir David Attenborough Vessel Construction Reaches New Milestone
A new milestone has been reached in the building of the new polar research ship for Britain, the RRS Sir David Attenborough, as the ‘stern section’ is transported by barge from Hebburn-based shipyard A&P Tyne to the Cammell Laird’s shipyard in Birkenhead. Commissioned by NERC and built by Cammell La
Total Acquires Maersk Oil for USD 7.45 Billion
Total is set to acquire Maersk Oil & Gas, a wholly owned subsidiary of A.P. Møller – Mærsk, for $7.45 billion in a share and debt transaction. Under the agreed terms, A.P. Møller – Maersk will receive a consideration of $4.95 billion in Total shares and Total will assume $2.5 billion of Maersk Oil’s
Van Oord Nets Deutsche Bucht Offshore Wind Farm Deal
Van Oord has been awarded the balance of plant contract for the Northland Power’s 252 MW Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm located in the German Bight, 95 kilometers northwest of the island of Borkum. The scope of the contract includes the design, engineering, procurement, construction and installat
Damen Wraps Up Petrojarl 1 FPSO Refit for Teekay
Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam (DSR) has delivered the FPSO Petrojarl 1 to Teekay Offshore following a complete redeployment project taking place over the past two and a half years. The Petrojarl 1 has been operated by Teekay for 28 years in the North Sea and is now destined for the Atlanta Field in Bra
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (August 14 – August 20). BP Trinidad and Tobago (BPTT) announced first gas from the Juniper development, the fifth of BP’s seven upstream major project start-ups planned for 2017. The project is expect
Åsgard Subsea Compression System Becomes Field-Proven Technology
Both subsea compression trains at Statoil’s Åsgard field have achieved more than 25’000 operation hours with an availability close to 100%. The world’s first subsea gas compression facility features two MAN Diesel & Turbo HOFIM motor-compressor units. The Åsgard subsea compression system has officia
Geokon-Zagreb to Survey Seabed for LNG Terminal in Omišalj
Geokon-Zagreb has been engaged by LNG Hrvatska to conduct seabed investigation activities for the LNG terminal project to be located in Omišalj. The investigation activities will be conducted in the period from 16th of August until 25th of September 2017. Six Croatian vessels will carry out the surv
EEW SPC to Supply Monopiles for DONG Energy’s Hornsea Project One
DONG Energy has awarded a contract to EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH (EEW SPC) to manufacture all monopiles for the 174-turbine offshore wind farm, Hornsea Project One. The companies previously announced a contract for 116 monopiles in November 2016, and now the contract has been extended to co
Magseis Reports Profitable Q2
Norwegian seabed seismic services player Magseis has bounced back in black in the second quarter of 2017 as revenue jumped over 150 percent. The Oslo-listed company has seen its revenue at USD 19.4 million, up from USD 7.7 million same time last year. Revenue for the first half of 2017 came at $40.5
GC Rieber Reduces Deficit, Ups Revenues
Norwegian offshore vessels provider, GC Rieber Shipping, has reported loss of NOK 84.6 million for the first six months of 2017, compared with a loss of NOK 547.5 million in the 1H 2016. The Oslo-listed firm generated operating income of NOK 132.8 million in the first half of 2017, boosted by the hi