Energinet.dk and National Grid Viking Link (NGVL) have invited tenders for the survey and inspection of unexploded ordnance (UXO) on the Viking Link route. Viking Link is a proposed 1400 MW high voltage direct current (HVDC) electricity link between UK and Denmark that will involve the construction
A contract award for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project will be postponed approximately one year because of a delay in acquiring required permits from the South Carolina Savannah River Maritime Commission and the Department of Health and Environmental Control. In response to the permitting delay,
London-listed Empyrean Energy has confirmed structural validity of two prospects and identified a third significant target in a block offshore China, following preliminary mapping of ‘raw seismic 3D data.’ Empyrean has completed the preliminary internal interpretation of the ‘fast-tracked’ processin
The Pelican Bay Marina dredging project has been completed, according to the Utah Lake Commission. The commission yesterday announced that the Saratoga Springs City Marina is now open. Last year’s 26-year low water at Utah Lake left the City Marina high and dry, as well as the most other marinas in
Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited and compatriot Pavilion Energy are set to explore opportunities in the development of small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) distribution in West Indonesia. The duo entered into a heads of agreement with Indonesia state-owned PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara
Tellurian, the US company developing the 26-mtpa Driftwood LNG export facility, has entered into a deal to buy a package of natural gas assets in the Haynesville shale play in northern Louisiana. A wholly-owned unit of Tellurian signed the deal worth $85.1 million with an unnamed private seller. The
Magseis, a Norwegian geophysical company, has completed its first large-scale survey using a modular ROV-crew. Magseis said on Thursday that it had recovered the last sensor on the 4D seabed seismic survey in the North Sea. Magseis CEO, Idar Horstad, added: “This proves the efficiency of our modular
Mermaid business units have been awarded three subsea contracts in South East Asia and the Middle East with a combined estimated value of USD 12 million. The first contract award, with work scheduled to start in the third quarter of 2017, will involve use of the DP2 saturation diving vessel (DSV) Me
Oil services company Aibel has lifted into place the final of three modules for the Statoil-operated Johan Sverdrup drilling platform in Klosterfjorden, Norway. The first two modules, the main support frame (MSF) and drilling support module (DSM), were assembled during the course of the weekend and
The Shah Deniz consortium has launched the Khankendi – a new flagship vessel for the Caspian Sea. The subsea construction vessel has been specifically designed and built to install the biggest subsea production system in the Caspian Sea as part of the BP-operated Shah Deniz Stage 2 project. The vess
Wood Group has secured a new, five-year contract with Inpex Australia to provide subsea engineering services for the integrity of the Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG project, offshore Western Australia. The operations of all subsea assets and the gas export pipeline will be supported under the contract w
International service provider Petrofac has been awarded a contract with Sakhalin Energy, the operator of Russia’s first LNG export plant. The contract worth more than $700 million comprises a lump-sum engineering, procurement and offshore fabrication component, as well as a reimbursable element for
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, excluding capitalised interest, is expected to be below USD 300 million with an early 2020 delivery. The firm contract with Royal IHC is
Dockwise, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boskalis, has secured a contract for the jackets transportation for the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. According to the company, 36 jackets will be transported from the construction yard in Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates to Vlissingen, the Netherlands. Th
