Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (September 14 – September 20). SURF contractor Ceona has fallen into administration, Ernst & Young (EY) informed Thursday, September 17. Stuart Gardner and Alan Hudson of EY were appointed Joint Admini
EMAS AMC’s subsea construction and pipelay vessel ‘Lewek Express’ is mobilizing from Oceaneering’s yard in Rosyth to lay umbilicals on Aviat field. The vessel is currently loading umbilicals for the installation on Apache’s Aviat field located in Block 22/7A, in the UK North Sea. Previously the Lewe
Tata Steel has secured a contract for the supply of export pipeline for Maersk Oil-operated high pressure, high temperature (HPHT) Culzean field in the UK Central North Sea. Tata Steel will provide more than 18 000 tonnes of carbon steel welded line pipe with the core element of the scope of supply
Fugro has been awarded the geotechnical investigation contract for Sites III and IV at the Borssele wind area, off the Dutch coast of Zeeland. The geotechnical work is being undertaken on behalf of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency, part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, and constitutes the final
Kleven in Ulsteinvik, Norway has secured a new job to construct a DP3 cable-laying vessel for a Swiss-based cable specialist ABB. The 140 by 30 meters vessel, based on a design from Salt Ship Design, is scheduled for delivery in 2017. MAATS Tech is responsible for the integration of the cable lay mi
Statoil has awarded an EPC contract for subsea equipment for the Johan Sverdrup project to FMC Kongsberg Subsea AS. The contract has an estimated value of NOK 1.3 billion, ($160.7 million) and includes deliveries of 13 subsea trees and well heads, in addition to three subsea templates and control sy
Blue Water and Baku Shipyard signed a logistics contract, earlier this year, covering the transport of two hull sections for “Khankendi” Subsea Construction Vessel (SCV). Now, the two sections weighing a total of 10,800 tons have left Singapore heading for the Caspian Sea. The route goes through the
Government of Hong Kong SAR Marine Department has informed that submarine pipeline inspection works will be carried out for a period of approximately one month, at Shatin Hoi. The works will be carried out by one derrick barge, while one tug and one guard boat will provide assistance. According to H
Oslo-listed Polarcus has received a Letter of Intent (LOI) from an undisclosed client to execute a 3D marine seismic project in West Africa. The survey will be acquired utilizing Polarcus’ RightBAND technique for broadband data acquisition. The project is scheduled to last two weeks and will form pa
SURF contractor Ceona has fallen into administration, Ernst & Young (EY) informed Thursday, September 17. Stuart Gardner and Alan Hudson of EY were appointed Joint Administrators of Ceona Holding Limited and Ceona Crewing Limited and Alan Bloom, Alan Hudson and Colin Dempster of EY were appointed Jo
A new joint venture between Harkand and Consolidated Shipping Agencies Ltd has resulted in its first contract win in Ghana, West Africa. The award will see the global inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) company delivering onshore and offshore support to Technip in the region. Having formed a st
DNV GL has launched a new service specification for functional safety certification. This service specification will be applied for the certification of a High Integrity Pressure Protection System (HIPPS). GE Oil & Gas UK has commissioned DNV GL to carry out a third party inspection and certificatio
Nexans has been awarded the contract to deliver 48km of static umbilicals to BP, and partner DEA, for the West Nile Delta Taurus Libra project in Egypt. The Taurus Libra development is a subsea project tied in to existing BG Group operated Burullus facilities. The umbilicals consist of electrical an
Stage one of underwater inspections conducted by divers on the sunken Sewol ferry has been finalized. After the award of salvage contract to Shanghai Salvage-Ocean C&I consortium , 50 divers have been performing vessel inspection. According to media reports, 50 divers were among 211 people working o
