DeepOcean has been awarded a contract for the provision of post-lay trenching of a 42-km power cable from the shore to offshore United Arabic Emirates. According to the company, the post-lay trenching works have now started offshore Abu Dhabi, and will be performed by DeepOcean’s recently upgraded T
Japan’s Jera Co, a joint venture between Chubu Electric and Tepco, said it has agreed to sell the chilled fuel to EDF Trading, a unit of France’s EDF. Under the deal, Jera, one of the world’s largest LNG buyers will sell about 1.5 million mt to EDF Trading at European LNG terminals for a period of [
Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has appointed Atkins to carry out the detailed design of the jacket substructure and foundations for the 588MW Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL) development in the outer Moray Firth, UK. 84 jacket substructures and associated foundations for the Siemens 7MW turbine
Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution (SHEPD) is preparing to begin work next week to install a new electricity cable between Lerwick and Bressay which will run through a duct bored below the seabed, in a first for inter-island cables in the UK. Specialist contractor Stockton Drilling will bore
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given permission to use the Island Constructor for start-up and repair of wells on the Shell-operated Draugen field. Draugen is an oil field in the Norwegian Sea in 250 metres of water, around 150 km north of Kristiansund. The field has been developed
Houston-based oilfield services player, Baker Hughes, has announced changes to its organizational structure and senior leadership team. The changes follow the company’s May 2 announcement of plans to simplify its business structure, reducing costs and enhancing its commercial strategy. Namely, Baker
DeepOcean has been awarded a contract for the provision of post-lay trenching of a 42km power cable from the shore to an offshore location in the United Arab Emirates. The company did not say who the client was. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed either. DeepOcean will use its T1 m
Inpex Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have concluded a memorandum based on an agreement to jointly study solutions for various technological challenges in the energy sector. Under the auspices of the memorandum, Inpex and MHI plan to jointly establish a working committee and addres
Norwegian seabed seismic services player, Magseis, has managed to shrink its loss as the revenue increased by close to 220 per cent in the first quarter of 2016. The Oslo-listed company has seen its revenue climb to USD 18.1 million compared to USD 5.7 million same time last year. Increase in revenu
Boskalis’ new water injection dredger Terra Plana was successfully launched at TBG Harlingen – Thecla Bodewes Group shipyard last month. Two companies signed the contract for the construction of the Terra Plana on June 3, 2015 and the actual work on the dredger began in September 2015. Water injecti
Westhill-based oil service company ThinJack has secured a deal with an undisclosed Middle East oil and gas company for the removal of multiple well Christmas trees on surface platforms in the Gulf of Suez, Egypt. Reportedly the agreement could be ThinJack’s largest ever agreement in the region. It f
Technip’s wholly-owned subsidiary Technip Umbilicals has been awarded a contract by Statoil to supply the umbilical to the Oseberg Vestflanken 2 field offshore Norway. This field is located approximately eight kilometers North West of the Oseberg field center at Block 30/9-30/6 on the Norwegian cont
TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company (TGS) is expanding its multi-client library offshore Eastern Canada, with plans to acquire approximately 2,000 km² of 3D seismic data, in partnership with PGS. The survey will be acquired utilizing the PGS GeoStreamer technology, and it should begin during the summer se
French oilfield services supplier Technip will supply an umbilical for Statoil’s Oseberg Vestflanken 2 field offshore Norway. This field is situated some eight kilometers North West of the Oseberg field center at block 30/9-30/6 in the North Sea offshore Norway, at water depths of 100 meters. The co
