The wellhead platform (WHP) jacket for Maersk Oil’s Culzean field has been loaded onto a barge at Heerema’s Vlissingen yard in preparation for a spring sail away. Heerema Fabrication Group started building the jacket in 2015, and as planned, the jacket is ready for sail away ahead of drilling startu
Scunthorpe-based company AMS No-Dig will design, supply and install cable ducts for DONG Energy’s Hornsea Project One. AMS No-Dig will supply and install three cable ducts approximately 200 metres long under the sea defence at Horseshoe Bay, south of Grimsby. The offshore export cables, which trans
Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN), now part of Nokia, has been contracted by Statoil to undertake a concept study addressing the integration of ASN’s direct current, fiber optical (DC/FO) technology as subsea control infrastructure for the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea. ASN’s DC/FO t
The Dutch Senate has confirmed TenneT’s role as the developer and operator of the Dutch offshore grid. The Senate approved the amendment of the Electricity Act in connection with the development of offshore wind energy, providing the required legal basis. TenneT CEO, Mel Kroon, stated: “We are very
Allspeeds has supplied an integrated guillotine cutter to Flexlife as a part of the North Sea platform decommissioning project. The application involves passing a hose though 2” pipework into a jacket leg that had previously been filled with a plugging material. This material is cleared using a corr
Oil and gas company Shell has awarded the Swiss-based provider of power and automation technologies, ABB, a five-year contract to deliver equipment and services for Shell’s Prelude FLNG project offshore Australia. The order includes the delivery of motors, generators, variable speed drives and low-v
Orion Marine, a specialty construction company, has secured a contract of approximately $11 million. According to the company, its Heavy Civil Marine Construction segment was recently awarded a contract by the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources to construct a cofferdam aroun
Aquatic Engineering & Construction, an Acteon company, has expanded its team based in Houston. Bob Terrell joined Aquatic last month as regional manager, while Andrew Blaquiere has moved permanently from the Acteon group to Aquatic as proposals and project engineer. Both will focus on growing Aquati
Cathie Associates has been appointed by the Marine Environmental Data & Information Network (MEDIN) to create a guideline for offshore geotechnical site investigations. This guideline will form part of the framework of specifications that govern best practice in collecting metadata for re-use of UK
Norway’s energy giant Statoil has hired Sparrows Group for the supply of cranes and maintenance services on the Mariner field development project in the North Sea. Sparrows will supply crane operator personnel to support drilling, operations, maintenance and logistics, and will deliver maintenance a
Seatronics has added Tritech’s Gemini 720is multibeam imaging sonar to its rental pool. In addition to the rental services, the multibeam imaging sonar will be used on Predator, a portable inspection class Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV). Phil Middleton, Group Managing Director, Seatronics said: “Th
Oceaneering has appointed William (Bill) J. Boyle as senior vice president, Asset Integrity. In this role, Boyle will be responsible for Oceaneering’s Asset Integrity business worldwide. This business provides asset integrity management, corrosion management, inspection, and non-destructive testing
Oslo-listed seismic contractor, Polarcus, has acquired a complete marine seismic in-sea acquisition system from bankrupt seismic player Dolphin Geophysical. Dolphin filed for bankruptcy in December last year after failing to secure financial support to keep the business afloat. The company’s UK busi
Polarcus, an offshore geophysical company, has announced the purchase of a complete marine seismic in-sea acquisition system from a Norway-based seismic acquisition specialist, Dolphin Geophysical, for a price of $11.5 million. The streamer package comprises 12 x 8100m active streamers and all perip
