Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (September 04 – September 10). Subsea 7 has signed a letter of intent with Royal IHC in the Netherlands for the construction of a new reel-lay vessel and associated pipe lay equipment. The cost, exclud
Azinor Catalyst, the Seacrest Capital Group-backed E&P company, has found no hydrocarbons in its Partridge well in the UK sector of the North Sea. The 14/11a-2 well on the Partridge prospect was spud with Diamond Offshore’s Ocean Guardian rig in mid-August. Azinor said on Friday that the well was dr
The Myrtle Beach Storm Damage Reduction Project has been temporarily stopped as Hurricane Irma heads towards South Carolina. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District renourishment update, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock has stopped pumping and dredging and is preparing the dred
McDermott, an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation company, has installed the GOSP-3 electrical auxiliary platform for Saudi Aramco on the Marjan oil field off Saudi Arabia. McDermott said via social media channels on Thursday that its Derrick Barge 27 and Derrick Barge 30 recent
LOC (Aberdeen) Ltd, part of LOC Group, has been appointed by Fairfield Betula (Fairfield Energy) to provide marine assurance and marine warranty services for the decommissioning of the Greater Dunlin Area in the North Sea UKCS. The Greater Dunlin Area comprises the Dunlin Alpha Platform and two subs
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, has just released the latest update on the Los Angeles River Levee Wall Repair project. This week, the contractor, JF Engineering was working in full force to complete the critical levee repair before the start of the 2017 to 2018 storm season,
After much anticipation, Hyperdynamics-operated Fatala-1 exploration well drilled offshore Guinea has reached its total drilling depth and did not encounter hydrocarbons. Fatala-1 was drilled with the Pacific Scirocco drillship in 2,897 meters of water and reached a total depth of 5,117 meters below
Babcock is working with Centrica Storage to plan for decommissioning of the Rough 47/8A platforms and infrastructure in the southern North Sea. The assets to be decommissioned comprises two bridge linked platforms currently shut in ahead of decommissioning. This initial decommissioning contract for
The Flemish-Dutch Scheldt Commission (Vlaams-Nederlandse Scheldecommissie) has commissioned the Sassevaart joint venture the contract to construct a new lock at Terneuzen. According to BAM, the contract value is more than €753 million. The Sassevaart joint venture consists of BAM (the Dutch and Belg
Greek oil company Energean Oil & Gas has received approval from the country’s authorities for its Field Development Plan (FDP) for the Katakolo field in Western Greece. The approval was given by Hellenic Hydrocarbons Resources Management, the Greek government agency responsible for the hydrocarbon s
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, has awarded a maintenance dredging contract for the Palm Beach Harbor. According to the FedBizOpps, the $5.5 million dredging contract was awarded to Weeks Marine Inc., of Covington, Louisiana. The project calls for maintenance dredging of the
Swedish survey specialist MMT has been awarded a contract by the Danish energy transmission system operator Energinet as part of the Baltic Pipe project. The assignment includes seabed survey for a new offshore pipeline in the North Sea and for two alternative routes in Lillebælt in the inner Danish
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) that will transport natural gas from the giant Shah Deniz II field in the Caspian Sea off Azerbaijan to Europe is 50 percent complete. The 878-kilometer-long pipeline will connect with the Trans Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) at the Turkish-Greek border at Kipoi, cross
Finnish engine maker Wärtsilä has secured a contract to supply the cargo handling system and cargo tanks for a new 3000-cbm LNG bunker barge to be chartered by Shell. The full scope of Wärtsilä solutions comprises the cargo handling system, the cargo tanks, and installation of the cargo arrangement
