TechnipFMC has been awarded an integrated engineering, procurement, construction and installation (iEPCI) contract by Shell for the Perdido Phase 2 development, located in the Gulf of Mexico. The contract covers the delivery and installation of subsea equipment, including flexible flowlines, flexibl
Oil from the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea has arrived at the Mongstad plant north of Bergen. “This is a great day for Equinor and the Johan Sverdrup partnership, consisting of Lundin Norway, Petoro, Aker BP and Total. First oil to Mongstad only a few days after production start confirms tha
Seabed Geosolutions, a joint venture between Fugro and CGG, has been awarded a contract to provide a 3D ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in 2000 meters of water in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. The 410-square-kilometers-survey, which has a contract value of over $50 million, will be performed for
Norwegian fish farm company SalMar has appointed Gustav Witzøe as it chief executive officer, effective 21 October 2019. From this date the current CEO, Olav Andreas Ervik, will become managing director of the new subsidiary SalMar Ocean and responsible for the company’s ventures in ocean-based fish
Hai Long Offshore Wind (OFW) project signed Taiwan’s first large-scale balance of plant (BOP) preferred supplier agreement (PSA) with local company CSBC DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE). The Hai Long Project consists of Canadian-based independent power producer Northland Power International (NPI), Yusha
Aquatic recently completed spooling support work scope to Airborne Oil & Gas at their base in Ijmuiden, in The Netherlands. Aquatic supplied a 200Te Powered Reel Drive System, a 15Te Tensioner System, a 200Te Under Roller System and a Level Winder System. Aquatic’s equipment and personnel assisted A
The National University of Singapore’s Faculty of Engineering, Keppel, and Singapore LNG have joined forces to develop a new, LNG-based, cooling technology for data centers.
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (October 14 – 20, 2019). Jan De Nul Kicks Off Nouadhibou Dredging Project Jan De Nul Group has officially kicked off the deepening and widening operations in the inner port channel and turning basin of the large o
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (October 14 – October 20). This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Subseaworldnews. Bhge Becomes Baker Hughes Company This content is available after accep
Subsea cables specialist JDR has appointed Jon Vail as strategy director and a member of the board of directors. Jon Vail, who joined JDR on 1st October, 2019, will be responsible for developing JDR’s overall strategy for future growth and will champion continuous business improvement. An MBA gradua
Schlumberger has seen red in the third quarter 2019 on major impairments on goodwill and assets. The oilfield services giant recognized Q3 2019 loss of close to $11.4 billion, or $8.22 per share, on some $37 million higher revenue ($8.54 billion), against profit of $644 million. Excluding charges, t
Axxis Geo Solutions (AGS) has completed the Utsira multi-client ocean-bottom node (OBN) survey in the North Sea, Norway. The program is a joint effort with JV partner TGS and covers an area of approximately 1,600 square kilometres of full azimuth multi-client 3D seismic. The program has set several
During a ceremony at the IADC Annual General Meeting in New Delhi yesterday, IADC President Frank Verhoeven announced the Safety Award 2019 winner: Boskalis with its Floating Line Connecting System. From fourteen nominations, the association’s Safety Committee and Board of Directors selected the Bos
WindPower Korea, EDP Renewables and Aker Solutions have formed a consortium with the ambition to develop an initial 500 megawatt floating wind farm off the coast of Ulsan Metropolitan City in South Korea. The consortium was formed as EDP Renewables and Aker Solutions have invested in the development
