Specialist environmental contractor Ebsford Environmental has been appointed by the Canal & River Trust to a national framework designed to support the maintenance and protection of 2,000 miles of waterways in England and Wales. After a competitive tender process, Ebsford was selected to provide min
Scottish Enterprise and The Nippon Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during Offshore Europe on Tuesday, which will see both organisations work together to invest in research and development projects around subsea technology challenges. The projects will address challenges identif
Tullow Oil and its partner Eco Atlantic have completed an approximate 2,500 km2 3D seismic survey on the Orinduik Block offshore Guyana. The survey started in late July and it was conducted by Schlumberger’s Western Geco using R/V GECO Eagle and two supporting vessels. Eco Atlantic (Guyana) Inc, a s
Lloyd’s Register’s (LR) Risk Management Consulting team has signed a contract with Statoil to use LR’s expertise to conduct total risk analysis for the riser platform modification project at the Johan Sverdrup field which is forecast for production start-up in late 2019. Most of the front end engine
Halfwave has been awarded a long-term contract by Inpex Australia for base line subsea launch in-line inspection. The scope of work includes a custom built 42” Acoustic Resonance Technology (ART) Scan by Halfwave to inspect the subsea pipeline that requires a low flow subsea launch with high speed i
Norway-based Halfwave has secured a long-term contract for multiple in-line inspections for the Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG project in Australia. The contract was awarded by Inpex Australia, a unit of the Japan-based energy giant. Halfwave did not reveal the value of the deal. The scope of work inclu
International oilfield services company, Expro, has secured a five-year master services agreement with Repsol Sinopec Resources UK Limited, for well services across its UK North Sea assets. The contract is valued at $8 million for the first calendar year, which will be reviewed on an annual basis –
Oil services company Aibel has put together the first two modules for the Statoil-operated Johan Sverdrup drilling platform in Norway. The operation was completed during the course of the weekend and early Monday morning in Klosterfjorden north of Haugesund. The first module, the main support frame
Norwegian oil company Statoil has received an approval from the country’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy for the installation of a new template at the Visund field offshore Norway. Visund is an oil and gas field in blocks 34/8 and 34/7, 22 kilometers north-east of the Gullfaks field in the Tampen
Bibby Offshore has completed two contracts with Perenco and Endeavour Energy UK. Perenco appointed Bibby Offshore to perform subsea integrity inspections and maintenance works on the Inde Joint pipeline, which runs to the Bacton Gas Terminal in the Southern North Sea. The 15-day workscope saw Bibby
Ireland’s state owned electricity company Electricity Supply Board (ESB) is seeking expressions of interest for the provision of renewable energy marine services related to offshore wind farms.
Great Yarmouth-based aluminium workboat builder Alicat Workboats Ltd has signed contracts with Renewable Energy Support Ltd. (RES) for the construction of MCS SWATH 2, a 26-metre Typhoon SWATH crew transfer vessel (CTV).
Norway-based DOF Subsea said it has secured a contract for the provision of the multipurpose support vessel (MSV) Skandi Skansen in the Mediterranean. The contract is scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter this year and secures utilization of 90 days plus options for the vessel, the Oslo-listed fi
Dutch marine services provider Braveheart Marine has held a christening ceremony for the Patriot, a multipurpose vessel specially designed for hydrographic survey and crew tender activities.
