Tideway BV has been awarded a Design and Build cable installation contract by DONG Energy for the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. For the project, Tideway, a subsidiary of DEME, will deploy the new DP3 cable-laying vessel Living Stone, which is currently being built by the Spanish shipyard L
China, the world’s largest energy consumer, is estimated to have 90 trillion cubic meters (tcm) of natural gas resources, the country’s Ministry of Land and Resources announced on Monday citing results of a study completed last year. This represents a rise of 158 percent when compared to the last as
A shipping container transport company, Speed of Finland added a liquefied natural gas-fueled truck to its fleet operating from Helsinki’s Vuosaari Harbor.
A power plant in Senegal, with plans to be converted to run on regasified liquefied natural gas, was inaugurated on Monday, June 13. The new Cap des Biches 53 MW Flexicycle power plant comprises three Wärtsilä 46 internal combustion engines and a combined cycle heat recovery system, the Finnish engi
Mexican oil company Pemex is set to make history, partnering up with a private company in deepwater exploration in Mexico. In a statement on Friday, Pemex said it was searching for an experienced deepwater player, due to the depth, complexity of the Trion deepwater field in the Gulf of Mexico. Pemex
Houlder today reported that it is completing assembly of a second set of 256t hydraulic Pile Restraint Arms, which will ensure foundation piles at the Rampion offshore wind site are kept vertical as they are hammered into the seabed. The pile-handling arms will be installed on Swire Blue Ocean’s ins
Maersk Supply Service has launched its first of six Starfish anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels at the Kleven Verft shipyard in Norway. The Danish offshore vessel provider posted a picture on social media on Monday showing the 23,065bhp AHTS being launched into the water. According to the com
London Array has signed a two-year contract with Sima Charters and Windcat Workboats for a total of six new Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs). The move follows an assessment of how best to cope with the unique environmental conditions that exist within the world’s largest operational offshore wind farm,
UK Members of Parliament and Cabinet Ministers will be urged to do everything they can to protect the £9billion subsea industry at a Parliamentary Reception this week. Industry body, Subsea UK, is leading a delegation of high profile subsea leaders from companies across the country’s supply chain to
M/V Chang Hang Feng Hai, a Chinese-flagged vessel loaded with 55,000 tons of lateritic nickel ore ran aground off Cagdianao, Surigao del Norte in Mindanao, Philippines on Saturday, according to Philippine Coast Guard. After the incident was confirmed, the coast guard dispatched a team to the area in
Energy World Corp, recently informed it is moving ahead with the construction works at its Pagbilao LNG facility in the Philippines.
LNG production at Trinidad and Tobago’s sole liquefaction and export facility at Point Fortin declined 13 percent in April as compared to the year before. Atlantic LNG’s 14.8 mtpa Point Fortin facility produced 1.93 million cubic meters as compared to 2.24 million cubic meters in April last year, ac
Njord Offshore has taken delivery of two 26-metre, 24 passenger crew transfer vessels (CTVs), one of which will be available for demonstration sea trials at Seawork International trade show in Southampton from 14 to 16 June. The UK company now has 15 CTVs of 21m and 26m in its fleet, with six of its
Norway’s Statoil has received an approval to start-up the facilities on the Rutil deposit on Gullfaks South, in the Norwegian section of the North Sea, and to start producing. Rutil is a gas-filled structure on Statoil-operated Gullfaks South, located in the Tampen area in the North Sea. Rutil will
