KBR has been awarded contracts by BP for the provision of conceptual engineering services and for the provision of pre-front end engineering design (FEED) and FEED engineering services. Each agreement has a duration of three years with an option on each to extend for two additional years. The global
Trident Subsea Cable (Trident) and PT. Ketrosden Triasmitra (Triasmitra) have entered into a strategic venture to own and operate a telecommunications cable asset connecting Singapore and Indonesia. The Trident Subsea Cable system is an independent, carrier-neutral fibre network designed to enhance
Ooredoo Maldives and Huawei Marine has inaugurated Ooredoo’s Nationwide Submarine Cable. Azleen Ahmed, home minister of Maldives, Wang Fukang, Chinese ambassador to Maldives and more than 200 guests attended the event. The Nationwide Submarine Cable project is part of Ooredoo’s program to provide hi
Canada-based Cellula Robotics said it has completed factory acceptance testing of its CRD100 seafloor drill for Fukada Salvage & Marine Works and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC). This is Cellula’s third seafloor drill for the same cl
London-listed Sirius Petroleum said it has entered into a contract with Schlumberger for the provision of integrated services management (ISM). As part of Sirius’ shallow offshore development strategy in Nigeria, the contract is for a multi-well campaign, which should start in the first half of 2017
Wasa Dredging, a Finnish marine offshore and inland water construction company, has just released this amazing photo of their backhoe dredger ‘Optimus’, working on the Klintehamn Harbor dredging project in Sweden. “We are dredging about 250.000 m³ of material from the harbor and fairway of Klinteham
Eel Energy has secured 3.7 million euros for the development of its 1MW prototype tidal energy system from the French PIA – Future Investment Program, operated by Bpifrance. The granting of the financing comes after a capital increase of nearly 3 million euros secured by the company last June, Eel E
The Northumberland-based offshore engineering and technology company, Osbit, has reported an increase in turnover by a third during its 2015/16 financial year after boosting its export activity despite challenging market conditions. For the 12 months ending September 30, 2016, the company achieved t
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (December 12-18, 2016). IADC Dredging in Figures 2015 Available The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has just released its Dredging in Figures 2015, an annual review of the global dredging ma
Aibel has been awarded FEED study for modifications on Snorre A in connection with Snorre Expansion. The contract also has an option for the actual implementation phase. The Snorre field is to be developed further with a subsea solution to increase recovery. The production is to be hooked up to Snor
Construction of the South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 5 (SEA-ME-WE 5) submarine cable has been completed, SEA-ME-WE 5 consortium informed. The cable connects Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia, Egy
The Norwegian police is investigating a corruption case involving Statoil, a Norwegian oil giant, and a Stavanger-based helicopter operator Norsk Helicopterservice. By Statoil’s admission on Thursday night, the company itself, following information received, started investigating an employee for pos
SACE and SIMEST (CassaDepositi e Prestiti Group), and BNP Paribas Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB) have finalized the export financing of USD 519 million for National Grid North America in support of the works and supply orders awarded to Prysmian as part of the North Sea Link (NSN Link) proj
ALE, strategic heavy-lift services provider, has performed the final load-out for the Wikinger offshore wind farm project in Ferrol, Spain. ALE was contracted to undertake a variety of services for the Wikinger project across two project sites, Cadiz and Ferrol in Spain. The scope in Ferrol was divi
