McDermott International, Inc. , announced that certain of its subsidiaries in the Middle East and Caspian region were recently awarded a number of contracts for offshore engineering and construction projects ranging from installation, through to full EPCI work, as part of our $2 billion of fourth qu
Cal Dive International, Inc. reported a net loss for fiscal 2010 of $315.8 million and $3.47 per diluted share. This compares to net income of $76.6 million and $.81 per diluted share for fiscal 2009. The 2010 net loss includes $302.5 million ($3.32 per diluted share) in non-cash impairment charges
The Bureau of Offshore Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement has approved the first permit to restart deepwater drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico since the Macondo spill incident, referencing availability of containment solutions like the Helix Fast Response System as a deciding fact
Infinera has been selected by MedNautilus to upgrade its subsea network for the speed of deployment and scalability of the Infinera submarine solution. MedNautilus, the Mediterranean operations of the Telecom Italia Sparkle Group and the first and only protected submarine ring-configured backbone in
EastPort UK today announced the outer harbour had been selected by A2Sea as the reloading base for the installation of wind turbines on the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm. Danish headquartered A2Sea A/S, whose main shareholders are DONG Energy and Siemens, is the most experienced installation c
The influence ocean eddies have on marine life in the oceans surrounding Australia’s south-east is expected to become clearer after scientists examine data from new deep-diving research ‘gliders’ patrolling the East Australian Current. Eddies can be up to 200 kilometres across and they distribute he
Seatec received an order for the conversion of an existing subsea slib-sampler. Seatec will design and install a complete subsea package to be used in combination with the existing slib-sampler. Two seperate junction boxes will be installed. One with all electrics and one with pneumatics as well as
Endeavour International Corporation announced the United Kingdom Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has approved the Rochelle Field Development Plan (FDP) for Block 15/27 in the Central North Sea, now known as East Rochelle. This approval represents phase one of the development of the Gr
Brisk business has been reported by Aberdeen-based Ecosse Subsea Systems, following the Subsea 2011 event in the city recently. First-time exhibitors Ecosse Subsea Systems have announced interest from across the globe in all divisions of the company, particularly the £500,000 SCAR specialist trenchi
FoundOcean is awarded the freespan correction contract for the Troll P12 Project in the North Sea by Subsea7. FoundOcean will manufacture and install two fabric formwork grout bags to support the expected freespan of the new 36” pipeline at the approach to the Troll A Platform, in the Norwegian Sect
A contract signed recently with Technip for marine operations and pipelay on the Gygrid field development in the Norwegian Sea is proof. “This agreement moves us one step closer to realising Gygrid, planned to start during 2Q 2011 and begin producing as soon as late 2012/early 2013,” says Halfdan Kn
Subsea 7 S.A. announced today the award of an engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning contract from Centrica Energy Upstream for the flowlines and subsea works on the Ensign Project, approximately 18km North West of the Audrey ‘A’ platform, located over Block 48/14 and 48/15 of the
THANET businesses are to get a welcome boost worth thousands of pounds as work begins on a new project to build the world’s biggest wind… By saul leese (thisiskent) [mappress] Source: thisiskent, January 28, 2011
One year ago the last of the twelve turbines of alpha ventus was assembled – completing Germany’s first offshore wind farm. Since the gradual commissioning of the turbines, the offshore test field has fed some 170 gigawatt hours of climate friendly power into the national power grid and has already
