ABB has won an order from Baltic Cable AB, a subsidiary of Norway’s Statkraft, to upgrade the Baltic Cable HVDC power transmission link. The link goes under the Baltic Sea and connects the power grids in Germany and Sweden. As part of the modernization project, ABB will upgrade the control and prote
HydraWell has been awarded a frame agreement by an undisclosed supermajor to provide technology and services for plug & abandonment (P&A) and well repair operations on the UK continental shelf. HydraWell’s HydraHemera second generation high pressure Perf, Wash & Cement, PWC jetting system has been c
The main support frame (MSF) module for Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup drilling platform has sailed away from Thailand to its location offshore Norway. The Johan Sverdrup drilling platform will consist of three modules, built at three different yards. Oil services company Aibel recently completed the MSF
Following a competitive tender process, Venko Offshore has been awarded an offshore wind farm framework agreement for maintenance and integrity services to an undisclosed blue chip client.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, recently awarded a $4.5 million Bodega Bay Channel maintenance contract to Curtin Maritime Corp. of Long Beach, CA. The work includes maintenance dredging of the federal navigation channel in Bodega Bay, Sonoma County, California. According t
General partnership between SNC-Lavalin, Dragados Canada and Pennecon has been awarded a construction contract from Husky Energy as part of the company’s West White Rose Project in Newfoundland and Labrador. SNC-Lavalin and Dragados Canada each hold 40% of the shares, while local company Pennecon is
After almost two weeks of setbacks, the contractor – Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company (GLDD) – is once again pumping sand in Surfside Beach, SC. GLDD is currently busy nourishing the beach between 16th and 17th Avenues North (in front of the Holiday Inn), reported the Town of Surfside Beach. The
Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE), has secured a deal with Twinza Oil to provide fullstream support on the Pasca A gas condensate field, located in the Gulf of Papua. The Twinza-BHGE fullstream agreement – an industry first – covers services and equipment during Phase I of the Pasca A field developm
The Dismal Swamp Canal is scheduled to reopen to vessel traffic by the end of September, with the Lake Drummond Reservation and Feeder Ditch opening to canoes and kayaks on August 18, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District. Crews continue to dredge the canal, which officials
Following a “major” gas discovery offshore Senegal earlier this year, the U.S. oil company Kosmos Energy plans to drill three more wells off Mauritania and Senegal in 2017, starting with Hippocampe well later this month. In the company’s 2Q 2017 conference call on Monday, talking about Kosmos’ plans
First gas has been exported from Cygnus Bravo, the satellite wellhead platform in the Southern North Sea’s Cygnus development, operated by Engie E&P UK Limited. On the morning of Tuesday, August 1 first gas from Bravo was exported 7km SE to Cygnus Alpha, which itself has been at a plateau of 250 mil
Norwegian oil company Statoil has completed the installation of the Mariner A platform topside for its Mariner field development in the UK sector of the North Sea. Mariner is a heavy oil field characterized by dense, viscous oil. The development concept includes a production, drilling and quarters (
Norway’s Norsafe has secured a contract with Eni of Italy to supply life-saving appliances for the Coral South floating LNG facility to be located in Area 4, some 50 kilometres of the coast of Mozambique.
Wasa Dredging reported today that construction of the new 1010m³ self-propelled barges “Boann” and “Sinann” is now fully complete. According to the company, the new Wasa SHB 1010 split-barges have been delivered and moved to Rauma where “Boann” has already started working on a project. The two barge
