Norway’s Statoil has decided to develop the Snefrid Nord gas discovery near the Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea. The discovery, scheduled to come on stream in late 2019, will be tied back to Aasta Hansteen, Statoil informed on Thursday. The authorities therefore on Thursday received a supp
wpd Offshore Solutions GmbH has become the latest European wind farm operator to take James Fisher Marine Services’ Mermaid as its tool for assessing the weather risk on its offshore construction and O&M activities.
Blauwwind II C.V., a consortium behind the Borssele III and IV offshore wind project, has applied for a loan with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to support the development of the 740MW offshore wind farm in the Dutch part of the North Sea.
French oil major Total has delayed the start-up of the Martin Linge project offshore Norway by a year, after a fatal yard accident in South Korea. The accident, in which six workers were killed, happened at the Samsung Heavy Industries Geoje yard in South Korea on May 1, 2017. Samsung Heavy is respo
Danish oil company Maersk Oil has informed that Culzean’s 8,540 tonne central processing facility (CPF) jacket has started its journey across the North Sea. The CPF jacket for Maersk Oil-operated Culzean gas development in the UK sector of the North Sea was built by Heerema Fabrication Group’s Vliss
Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea said it has renegotiated and extended the charter party agreement with Østensjø Rederi for the vessel Edda Fonn. According to the company, the new contract expires January 01, 2019. The IMR, survey and light construction vessel is currently scheduled for a contract
GE’s Marine Solutions has been chosen by Shanghai Salvage Bureau (SSB) to provide a suite of marine technologies including power and propulsion equipment, dynamic positioning (DP) and automation and control systems to its newest deep-water dive support vessel (DSV). Once delivered, the vessel will e
Over the coming weeks Mackley will be publishing a series of updates over the company’s work on the Shoreham Adur Tidal Walls Flood Defense Scheme. The Shoreham scheme is being carried out by Mackley as part of Team Van Oord, working on behalf of the Environment Agency, Coast to Capital Local Enterp
Waves4Power has signed an agreement with the Norwegian company Stryvo Group covering full-scale series production of Waves4Power’s new wave energy system ‘Next Generation’. The production site will be the former shipyard at Fiskåholmen in the municipality of Vanylven on the Norwegian west coast. Pro
The installation vessel Seven Oceans has installed the last production pipeline on the seabed at the Maria field in the Norwegian Sea. German oil company Wintershall said on Wednesday that almost 100 kilometers of underwater pipelines for its flagship Norwegian development had been completed. The pi
Texas-based LNG engineer CB&I has been awarded a contract by Venture Global LNG for the engineering, procurement and construction of two LNG storage tanks for the company’s Calcasieu Pass export facility located in Southwest Louisiana.
Aquamarine Subsea has been awarded a frame agreement with Songa Offshore for provision of a ‘Continuous Class Program’ for the high pressure manifolds on the four CAT D rigs. The duration of the contract is 5 years with an option of 5 additional years. The scope is to be responsible for the continuo
Norwegian oil major Statoil has begun the upending procedure for the massive Aasta Hansteen substructure off Norway. Statoil posted an image on social media channels on Tuesday, showing the spar substructure partially submerged. The company said that the upending of the massive Aasta Hansteen substr
Conrad Petroleum has completed well testing operations on the Mako South-1 well in the Duyung PSC offshore Indonesia. The COSL Seeker drilling rig is currently demobilizing back to its home base in Labuan, Malaysia. Conrad owns 90% of West Natuna Exploration Limited (WNEL), a holding company that ow
