FinnAust Mining Plc has appointed Royal IHC to provide primary support services for the company’s Pituffik Titanium Project (Pituffik). The companies will now work closely to define an optimized development solution that includes their in house wet mining equipment as well as a high level cost estim
Jan De Nul’s backhoe dredger Mimar Sinan and the split hopper barge Tiger have started its work at the Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm site. The vessels are working on dredging and excavation for foundations and cable ditches. The underground cable and substation will be installed by the next summer,
Fugro Academy Training Centre has been established in Abu Dhabi. The existing Subsea ROV training facilities in Abu Dhabi have now been extended to include survey and geotechnical training The inauguration ceremony on May 25 was led by Samir Al Gharbi, GASOS general manager, who was presented with a
The subsea pump control module (PCM) was lifted onto Draugen platform by the heavy lift capacity vessel Thialf in May this year. The 220-ton control module will be connected to the first subsea mudline booster pump ever deployed by Shell. The subsea pump system is planned to be commissioned later in
DEME recently took part in the Open Site Day, the annual public event of the construction industry organized by the Belgian Construction Federation. As DEME’s sites are mainly on open sea, the Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group brought two vessels to the head office in Zwij
Havyard Design & Solutions has secured a contract for delivery of design and equipment for the construction of a Havyard 832 multi-purpose vessel. Havyard 832 MPV is going to be constructed at the Cemre Shipyard in Turkey for the ship owner Esvagt, and will be in operation for the American oil compa
Nexans has completed a project to install the “world’s longest and deepest” 420 kV XLPE (cross-linked polyethylene) insulated submarine cable system. The subsea power link will be operated by Bergen based BKK Nett AS. In a turnkey project worth around 75 million euros to reinforce the grid in wester
PT.OSI (Offshore Services Indonesia) has started phase 1 of the 3-year technical services contract, awarded by oil & gas company Pertamina ONWJ, for the provision of DP II saturation diving DSV and all associated services. The diving support vessel (DSV) Crest Odyssey 1 has departed Jakarta after co
Aker Solutions has won a contract to deliver its “longest-ever” umbilicals system at the Zohr offshore gas field in the Egyptian part of the Mediterranean Sea. The agreement with Petrobel in Egypt is worth more than NOK 1 billion and will be booked in the second quarter, the company said. It stipula
Aker Solutions has won a contract to deliver what is says is ‘its longest-ever umbilicals system’ at the Zohr offshore gas field in the Egyptian part of the Mediterranean Sea. The agreement with Petrobel in Egypt is worth more than NOK 1 billion ($122.2M) and will be booked in the second quarter. It
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 30 – June 05). Technip has been awarded a “major” contract to develop the Bahr Essalam Phase II development in the Central Mediterranean Sea. For Technip, a “major” subsea contract is ranging from
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (May 30-June 5, 2016). Boskalis and Van Oord Sign Fehmarnbelt Contracts Femern A/S, a subsidiary of the Danish state-owned Sund & Bælt Holding A/S, and the Fehmarn Belt Contractors joint venture, consisting of Bos
The laying of the first kilometers of the subsea cable for the Ostwind 1 project has officially kicked off, German transmission system operator 50Hertz informed on Friday. The Ostwind 1 project is part of the grid connection of the Westlich Adlergrund cluster and includes the connection of the Wikin
ABB in Norway is forced to make further capacity adjustments due to lower activity levels in the market. The staff within the unit oil, gas and chemistry was informed on Thursday that the company plans to reduce its workforce by up to 120 employees. The capacity adjustment is in addition to the one
