Balltec has completed the manufacture, testing and delivery of twelve MoorLOK subsea mooring connectors on behalf of Bluewater Energy Services. The connectors will be used to moor Bluewater’s Aoka Mizu FPSO at Hurricane Energy’s Great Lancaster Area field in the North Sea. Bluewater’s engineering /
The trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Barlovento Primero, owned by Sociedad Anonima Trabajos Y Obras (SATO), sank yesterday at the Suances Port entrance, west of Santander, Spain, local media reports. The crew, including the skipper and two sailors, was rescued by another dredging vessel. The T
The technology group Wärtsilä will provide the engines, propellers, and control system for a new, large-size hopper dredger being built by the Netherlands-based shipbuilding company Damen Shipyards Group. The vessel has been ordered by Cemex UK, a leading supplier of building materials. The order wi
Heerema Marine Contractors has, together with its client Delft Offshore Turbine (DOT) and its subcontractor CAPE Holland, installed the DOT monopile at the Eneco Amalia wind farm. During the installation of the monopile a relatively new driving technology was used by CAPE Holland in combination with
Norway’s offshore vessel provider SolstadFarstad has entered into a new contract and contract extensions with Brazil’s Petrobras. The deals are for Solstad Farstads two anchor handlers and one construction support vessel.
TechnipFMC has been awarded a subsea contract by CNOOC for the Liuhua 16-2, 20-2 and 21-2 oilfield joint development project in the South China Sea, at water depths ranging from 380 to 430 meters. The contract covers the engineering, procurement and construction of subsea equipment, including 26 uni
Elbit Systems’ wholly-owned subsidiary in Canada, GeoSpectrum Technologies has beed awarded a contract from STX Engine Co., to deliver a full end-to-end underwater sound source system (USSS) and software package to the Republic of Korea Navy. The systems will be supplied by the end of 2018. The cont
Equinor has informed that the drilling topside for the Johan Sverdrup field will leave the Aibel yard in Haugesund, Norway on Thursday, and sail away to the North Sea.
Aker BP has awarded PG Flow Solutions a contract to supply a number of pump systems to the Valhall Flank West wellhead platform which will be deployed in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.
Offshore and marine waste management company Evac is buying to Cathelco, a manufacturer of equipment for ships and offshore installations.
Deep Down has received an order from Shell for work related to its Vito development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The order is for the design, engineering, manufacturing and installation of an isolation valve system on the Vito floating production unit (FPU). The Vito FPU will be a new facility locate
Ocean Infinity has informed that its current search for the wreckage of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 is shortly coming to an end. During the course of its operation, Ocean Infinity searched and collected data from over 112,000 km2 of ocean floor. The total area covered, in a little over 3 months
Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE), is to build a subsea manufacturing campus in Scotland’s north east, to support the global oil and gas industry. Backed by a £4.9-million grant from Scottish Enterprise, BHGE has committed £31 million to a manufacturing centre of excellence, based at its existing lo
Van Oord has secured a 640 MW Yunlin offshore wind contract in Taiwan, worth approximately EUR 500 million. Van Oord is responsible for the design, manufacturing and installation of the eighty foundations for the Yunlin offshore wind project being developed by wpd. Preparations for the wind farm, wh
