4Subsea has been awarded the wellhead integrity monitoring contract for Odfjell Drilling on the Deepsea Stavanger drilling operations on Wintershall’s Maria field development. The scope of work includes monitoring six wells for the coming 12-18 months, with an option of further two wells. The monito
Malaysia offshore shipbuilder Nam Cheong and Singapore’s Marco Polo Marine have teamed up to establish a joint venture company in Malaysia. The new company will be named SK Marco Polo Sdn Bhd Malaysia. According to statements by Marco Polo and Nam Cheong, the Malaysian subsidiary’s principal activit
L&N Scotland has expanded its product portfolio with the launch of the Synthesis system. Synthesis system compromises of a full turnkey support package complete with all small-bored tubing lines staged in reverse fitment order. Synthesis can be deployed across a full breadth of subsea applications r
Sparrows Group has secured a three year contract to deliver fixed crane maintenance and lifting and rigging services for the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG project in Australia. The agreement will see the company’s teams in Perth and Darwin, Australia, support activities across Ichthys onshore LNG facil
Oil company Total has hired EnerMech for North Sea crane operation and maintenance. According to Enermech, the contract is for three years, with two one-year options. Enermech’s previous five-year contract with Total E&P UK for the provision of operation and maintenance services across 10 pedestal c
Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC) has recently completed works in Vlissingen and Brest on two Jan de Nul’s vessels. One of these is the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Leiv Eiriksson and the other is the Vole au vent, a 140-meter jack-up vessel, built specifically for the installation of th
Waterking BV, a Dutch company involved in the production of amphibious excavators, recently delivered a new WK 220 NG-5 to a Hungarian customer. “The machine is equipped with a DAMEN dredge pump and directly driven by a custom made power-pack,” said Waterking in its release. “Our mechanic and operat
Globe Telecom has landed the Southeast Asia-United States (SEA-US) submarine cable system in Davao, the Philippines. The SEA-US cable was connected to the Globe cable landing station in Brgy, Talomo, Davao City that also houses the power feed equipment necessary to run the system. “We are excited ov
Nord Stream 2 AG’s contractor Wasco has started concrete weight coating of the pipes needed for the natural gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea in its pipe coating plant in Kotka, Finland. Almost half of the 200,000 pipes needed for the entire project will be concrete weight coated in Wasco’s plant
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation and General Electric (GE) have entered into a partnership to work on an advanced data analytics system for offshore drilling rigs known as Digital Rig (SM). Noble said on Monday that the Digital Rig solution aims to improve the operational productivity
Hydratight has unveiled its External Casing Cutter (ECC) and Internal-External Casing Cutter (IECC) tools to allow customers to work above and below wellheads. The tools will be used in well completion activities by drilling contractors, decommissioning specialists, valve OEMs and service providers.
U.S. engineering and construction company McDermott has decided to use an integrated software platform to deliver engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) solutions for project lifecycles. McDermott said that it is the first EPCI company to implement such a data solution to imp
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (March 20 – March 26). The Johan Sverdrup partnership has now decided to proceed with (DG2) Phase 2 of the Johan Sverdrup development. Phase 1 of Johan Sverdrup is under development, with first oil sch
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (March 20-26, 2017). Jawaharlal Nehru Port Dredging Plans on the Table Press Information Bureau (PIB) of Government of India said that the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved fresh estimate
