DeepOcean has been awarded a contract for the provision of post-lay trenching of a 42-km power cable from the shore to offshore United Arabic Emirates. According to the company, the post-lay trenching works have now started offshore Abu Dhabi, and will be performed by DeepOcean’s recently upgraded T
Boskalis Subsea Services has been awarded a subsea IRM contract by Maersk Oil for the provision of air and saturation diving services from 2016 to 2019. The framework agreement includes the two yearly inspection campaigns of the subsea structures of the 40 production platforms in the Danish sector o
Bibby Offshore has won a contract with Apache North Sea to provide subsea construction, ROV and diving services at the North Sea oil field. The contract, due to begin this month, will utilise Bibby Offshore’s multi role diving support vessel the Bibby Topaz, equipped with an inspection class ROV, th
Norwegian project management and consultancy services provider, Ross Offshore, has secured a 4-year framework agreement with the Det Norske Oljeselskap. The contract will see Ross Offshore provide subsurface specialists, geologists and geophysicists, wellsite and operations geologists, and drilling
Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has appointed Atkins to carry out the detailed design of the jacket substructure and foundations for the 588MW Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL) development in the outer Moray Firth, UK. 84 jacket substructures and associated foundations for the Siemens 7MW turbine
Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution (SHEPD) is preparing to begin work next week to install a new electricity cable between Lerwick and Bressay which will run through a duct bored below the seabed, in a first for inter-island cables in the UK. Specialist contractor Stockton Drilling will bore
Atlantis Resources has hired Marine Space to provide consenting support for the decommissioning and removal of the SeaGen device from Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland.
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given permission to use the Island Constructor for start-up and repair of wells on the Shell-operated Draugen field. Draugen is an oil field in the Norwegian Sea in 250 metres of water, around 150 km north of Kristiansund. The field has been developed
Houston-based oilfield services player, Baker Hughes, has announced changes to its organizational structure and senior leadership team. The changes follow the company’s May 2 announcement of plans to simplify its business structure, reducing costs and enhancing its commercial strategy. Namely, Baker
An American aircraft, a TBM-1C Avenger, missing since July 1944, was recently located by Project RECOVER in the waters surrounding the Pacific Island nation of Palau. Project RECOVER is a public-private partnership to enlist 21st century science and technology combined with in-depth archival and his
BVG Associates (BVGA) has, on behalf of Scottish Enterprise, produced a guide to highlight the opportunities for the oil and gas supply chain in the GBP 210 billion global offshore wind CAPEX and OPEX expected by 2025. The global oil and gas downturn continues to significantly impact the North Sea o
Norwegian vessel owner Volstad Maritime has been looking into commercial and financial options to secure a sustainable financial position going forward as its subsidiary Volstad Subsea does not have sufficient funds to redeem the NOK 600 million ($72 million) bond at its upcoming maturity. Namely, i
Fugro has provided several services to BP Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT) to allow safe drilling and completion of five subsea wells. The services included positioning which was carried out onboard the drilling vessel as well as on the three supporting anchor handling tugs. Wellhead motion (fatigue) moni
Members of the Bay of Fundy Inshore Fishermen’s Association are planning to seek court injunction to suspend the installation of tidal energy devices in the Bay of Fundy, Canadian media report.
