Aibel has secured a contract from TechnipFMC to supply a subsea manifold and structure for an integrated foundation for Oda field in the Norwegian North Sea. Under the contract Aibel will build and deliver several subsea structural elements, including a subsea manifold. The work starts immediately a
TGS, a provider of multi-client geoscience data to oil and gas companies, will further expand its NWAAM multi-client library with more than 11,000 kilometers of long-offset broadband 2D seismic data. The expansion regards the Northwest African Atlantic Margin (NWAAM) area, more precisely the Maurita
Norway’s Sevan Marine, through its unit HiLoad LNG, signed an agreement to cooperate with Fluor on global projects utilizing HiLoad’s floating regasification dock (FRD) LNG technology.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide a EUR 350 million loan to TenneT to finance ‘NordLink’, the first interconnection between Germany and Norway across the North Sea. The bipolar High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) link will have a capacity of 1,400 MW and a total route length of 624 km.
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has been awarded a seabed clearance project on the £2.6 billion Beatrice offshore wind farm (BOWL) in the Outer Moray Firth. The company will conduct boulder clearing operations in 50 meter water depth, deploying its Scar2 seabed system from the Siem Ruby vessel on behalf
A unit of the Hague-based LNG giant Shell has signed a deal with Russia’ Sovcomflot to supply liquefied natural gas to the first Aframax crude oil tankers in the world to be powered by the chilled fuel. Under the deal, Shell Western LNG B.V. will refuel the vessels from a specialised LNG bunker vess
Lukoil, Russia’s largest privately-held oil company, has reached a milestone of nine million tonnes of oil produced at the Vladimir Filanovsky and Yuri Korchagin fields in the Caspian Sea. The company said on Monday that “the most significant gain” in its offshore production was observed since the b
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, has just announced new start date for the Grays Harbor dredging project. According to the Corps, the project – originally scheduled to start this weekend – is now postponed for April 10. Working around-the-clock through April, the Corps vessel Yaqu
BP has agreed to sell its Forties Pipeline System (FPS) business, with assets including the main Forties offshore and onshore pipelines and other associated pipeline interests and facilities, to Ineos. The company entered into discussions with Ineos regarding a potential sale of the FPS in March thi
Plexus has received first purchase order for its Tersus – TRT mudline suspension system (MLS) from Gusar, the company’s partner in Russia. The purchase order falls under the exclusive licence agreement Plexus signed in January 2016 with Gusar and Konar, two independent Russian oil and gas equipment
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) in joint venture with Jan De Nul has acquired a contract with port operator Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust for the deepening and widening of the access channel towards Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Mumbai, India. The contract carries a value of approximately EUR 25
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (March 27 – April 02). Norwegian oilfield services player Aker Solutions has reduced its workforce by some 4,800 since 2014. According to the company’s latest corporate responsibility report, total sta
A new marine safety exclusion zone has been established in the harbor as the Dover Western Docks Revival (DWDR) marine civil engineering project gathers momentum, reports the Port of Dover. The safety zone will provide a marked delineation between the dedicated swim and leisure zone and the marine c
Wyre Council, Balfour Beatty and the Environment Agency have been awarded a Bronze Award at the Considerate Constructors Scheme awards, in recognition of work to build new sea defenses at Rossall. The annual national awards recognize sites that have raised the bar for considerate construction. Wyre
