Fabrication of the platform jacket for the Hummer development project in the Gulf of Mexico has been completed, Petsec Energy informed on Tuesday. The platform jacket is a 4 pile, 3 slot structure designed to be installed in water depth of 215 feet over the Main Pass Block 270 #3 Hummer discovery we
Technip has been awarded a contract by Repsol Sinopec Resources UK Limited for inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) works on its North Sea subsea infrastructure. The frame agreement with Repsol Sinopec Resources UK will see Technip provide diving support and IRM services for 2016, with possible
Canada has launched 2016 Arctic expedition to collect scientific information to support its submission on the extended continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean. This year’s survey is a collaborative effort with Sweden, and Danish scientists will also participate in the research. The Canadian icebreaker
Ireland-based wave energy developer Seapower is conducting wet tests on its 1:4 scale wave energy device at the Foynes Port, Ireland.
Nexans has secured an order from OneSubsea to supply umbilical and accessories for Greater Enfield development off the coast of Exmouth, Western Australia. The project, worth around EUR 20 million, will be Nexans’ first to be installed in Australia, the company informed. The umbilical will be manufa
SapuraKencana’s wholly-owned subsidiary, SapuraKencana Mexicana S.A.P.I. de C.V., has been awarded a contract worth approximately USD 113 million from Pemex. The contract is for the procurement and construction of a 36” x 18 km sour gas pipeline (KMZ – 76) from platform E-KU-A2 to platform CA-AJ-1 (
Van Oord’s heavy lift installation vessel Svanen has completed the last of the 32 foundations at the Burbo Bank Extension project. With a total of 32 Vestas wind turbines of 8 MW each to be installed, the offshore wind farm will have a total capacity of 258 MW. The offshore wind farm will provide el
Atlantis Resources is conducting final preparations on its tidal turbine foundations which will be used for the MeyGen tidal array project.
Navantia has delivered the first jacket foundations to Iberdrola for its Wikinger offshore wind farm located in the German part of the Baltic Sea.
Spectrum has started 15,000 km multi-client 2D survey offshore Brazil in the Santos and Campos Basins. The new acquisition program is an outboard extension of Spectrum’s 2012 Santos Campos Phase 1 survey, and will tie other programs in the Santos, Campos and Espirito Santo Basins. Data is being acqu
Minesto has hired a Welsh-based engineering consultancy Ocean Resource to provide seabed foundation for its Deep Green tidal project.
Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) has been awarded the offshore balance of plant contract by Vattenfall for the construction of Aberdeen offshore wind farm, also known as the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). The project will consist of eleven wind turbines with a capacity of 92.
The French President and An Taoiseach Enda Kenny have launched the next stage of the Celtic Interconnector, a proposed €1 billion subsea electricity cable linking Ireland and France. The capacity of the Celtic Interconnector is estimated at approximately 700 megawatts (MW), enough to power 450,000 h
Noble Energy has started production at the company’s Gunflint oil development in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The Gunflint development, located at Mississippi Canyon Block 948, is a subsea tie-back to the Gulfstar One facility owned by Williams Partners and Marubeni Corporation. The two-well field
