The refurbished BOLT “Lifesaver” wave energy converter has been delivered to owner Fred.Olsen Ltd by Supacat following a three month project refurbishing the converter’s ‘intelligent systems’ at the Devon engineering firm’s facilities in Dunkeswell and Blackhill Engineering. After over two years of
Bas Buchner, MARIN president, and Ron van den Oetelaar, General Manager Bosch Rexroth Benelux, signed a contract for a new wave generator for MARIN’s new Concept Basin. Part of this contract is a complete new wave generation control system for the wave generators in the Offshore Basin and Seakeeping
Eni Norge has informed that Stril Barents, a supply and standby vessel, is ready to start operations at the Goliat field in the Barents Sea. Eni says that the vessel will strengthen oil spill and search and rescue contingency operations at the field location. According to the company, Goliat will en
The RV Cefas Endeavour has started an 18 day charter to the Government of the Netherlands organisations Rijkswaterstaat (RWS) and the Institute for Marine Resources & Ecosystem Studies (IMARES), with local mobilisation in Scheveningen (Netherlands). The 74 metre multi-disciplinary research vessel wi
ABB said it has won a contract worth more than $50 million to supply the electrical system for one of the world’s first commercial FLNG facilities, and the second to be owned by Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas.
ABB said it has won a contract worth more than $50 million to supply the electrical system for one of the world’s first commercial FLNG facilities, and the second to be owned by Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas.
ABB, a power and automation technology group, has won a contract worth more than $50 million to supply the electrical system for one of “the world’s first commercial floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facilities”, and the second to be owned by Malaysian oil and gas company PETRONAS. It will be ca
The Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative (MRECo) has entered into an agreement with the Conte Fish Research Center to manage tidal testing in its large flumes in Turners Falls, Massachusetts. John Miller, Executive Director of MRECo, said: “We are very excited to be working with Conte to provide a
Aluminium Offshore Pte Ltd has been awarded a contract to deliver a 26.1m XE Enhanced Safety Helideck to Teekay for their FSO at the Gina Krog field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The FSO will be based on a converted Shuttle Tanker in the Teekay Fleet. According to the company, the contra
Intertek has invested £1.2 million ($1.8 M) expanding its centre of excellence for corrosion testing services in order to meet growing demand for asset life extension solutions in the oil and gas industry. The expansion, which has been driven by new contract awards worth around £1m, takes the total
Statoil’s Visund oil and gas field, located in the Tampen area of the Norwegian North Sea, will be the fifth project to use standard umbilicals developed by Nexans. The standardised umbilicals are made up of electrical and fibre optic cables as well as hydraulic and chemical lines. Nexans will deliv
Statoil has signed a contract at a value of 4.5 million EUR ($5.15 M) for the fifth delivery of standardised umbilical cables developed by Nexans. According to Nexans, Statoil’s Visund oil and gas field, located in the Tampen area of the Norwegian North Sea, will be the fifth project to use these st
MAN Diesel & Turbo has announced the launch of its PA6 B Offshore GenSet (OG). The company says that the new engine is specifically targeted at semi-submersible drilling rigs. The PA6 B is a four-stroke, medium-speed engine built at MAN Diesel & Turbo’s St. Nazaire, France facility from where the co
Wood Group Kenny (WGK) has secured a contract with Woodside to provide the front end engineering design (FEED) of the flowline system, and associated procurement support, for the proposed Greater Western Flank Phase 2 (GWF-2) development offshore Western Australia. The scope of work includes enginee
