Statoil has received consent for modifications at Sleipner for connecting a gas pipeline from Gina Krog. Gina Krog is an oil and gas find, located in blocks 15/5 and 15/6 in the central North Sea. Statoil is the operator of the field, which is situated around 250 kilometres west of Stavanger and 30
The Aberdeen headquartered mechanical engineering group EnerMech has secured six new or renewed cranes and lifting contracts in the UK North Sea sector valued in excess of £34 million ($53.2 million). Enermech has agreed extensions to contracts with Apache North Sea, Maersk Oil and Marathon Oil, and
SeaBird Exploration has announced that TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company extended the ongoing project performed by Osprey Explorer in North America by 45 days. Cessation of the extended contract is expected to be late in February or early March 2015. Estimated contract value is about $3.2 million. Ospre
AgustaWestland has announced that Vietnam Helicopter Corporation (Vietnam Helicopters/VNH) has signed a contract for two AW189 super medium twin engine helicopters. These aircrafts will perform medium/long range offshore transport operations. The first helicopter will be operated by VNH South by the
APT Global Marine Services recently successfully dry-docked both cutter suction dredger HAM 218 as well as water injection dredger Iguazú for the Van Oord Ship Management B.V. at DMC Dubai. With these 2 dry-dockings completed (HAM 218 being the first large cutter suction dredger to ever dry dock wit
Petrobras has on December 08 started the transit of the P-66 hull of the first, in a series of eight, replicating FPSOs under construction. According to the company, this is the first FPSO hull fully constructed in Brazil. After the departure from the Rio Grande Shipyard 1 the hull heading to the Br
DP World Chairman HE Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem met with the President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni at DP World’s flagship Jebel Ali port in Dubai yesterday to discuss areas of future cooperation and mutual interest between Dubai and Uganda. The meeting provided an opportunity for the global marine termi
Four weeks after the start of dredging in the Agargaon canal, the Urban Dredging Demonstration Project (UDDP) officials organised a dredging and WASH demonstration event with chief quest, Engr. Taqsem A Khan, Managing Director of DWASA. The UDDP officials also invited other colleagues from DWASA and
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., LLC, from Oak Brook, Illinois, has won a $25.6 million firm-fixed-price contract for the Arthur Kill Channel Navigation project. This development program will include the following activities: dredging, blasting and disposal of rock. Work will be performed in Elizabeth
The Mines and Geosciences Bureau Region- 2 (MGB R02) through MGB Regional Director Mario Ancheta confirmed that black sand dredging along the shorelines of Cagayan province has been stopped. Ancheta ordered the former black sand dredging permitees to conduct rehabilitation efforts in mining areas. H
The SeaGen tidal turbine inspection and maintenance work is planned to start on December 15th in Strangford Lough. As Marine Current Turbines (MCT) informed the crossbeam will be raised for a period of 3 days. When the crossbeam of the SeaGen turbine is raised above the water it presents a 43 meters
QED Naval, supported by the Energy Technology Partnership (ETP), has used the new Flowave Ocean Test Facility in Edinburgh for Subhub tidal turbine foundation structure testing. QED Naval sees Subhub as their flagship project. The Subhub is a foundation structure for wave and tidal turbines. The tes
China’s Honghua Offshore has launched its first platform supply vessel, with the support of Honghua’s ‘Honghai Crane’. The ship, launched at the company’s yard in Jiangsu, will be delivered to the client, Nordic Offshore Supply Limited, in early 2015. Zhang Mi, Chairman of Honghua Group said it was
It’s been a hugely significant weekend for Brisbane Airport’s New Parallel Runway project, with the final cubic metre of sand pumped onto the 360 hectare site. Dredging began on June 4 and favorable weather over the last six months allowed the Belgian dredge ‘Charles Darwin’ to pump ashore nearly 11
