DNV GL has awarded the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) with a certificate for the quality of its package of site studies for companies planning to compete in the tenders to build offshore wind farms at the Hollandse Kust (zuid) Sites I and II.
Oil giant Statoil on Monday handed over field development plans to Norwegian authorities for two fields in the Norwegian Sea, which will see an investment of around NOK 20 billion ($2.4 billion). Namely, Statoil, on behalf of the partnerships in the licences, submitted a revised plan for development
IADC’s (International Association of Dredging Companies) 54th International Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation was officially launched yesterday, March 26, in Abu Dhabi. The 5-day course will be attended by over 30 participants, reports IADC. According to IADC, the course is aimed to provide an und
TechnipFMC has been awarded a contract by Shell for the delivery, integration, and installation of the subsea production system (SPS) and subsea riser, jumper and flowline (SURF) equipment for phase one of the Kaikias deep water project in the Gulf of Mexico. “TechnipFMC has a proven track record of
Perth-based LNG Limited’s Magnolia LNG unit requested the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District proceed with finalizing the ground lease for the Magnolia LNG project in the Port of Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA.
Danish oil company Maersk Oil has started production from the Flyndre field in the UK and Norwegian North Sea. Maersk reported on Monday that the first oil began to flow at 20:00 hrs on Sunday, March 26 travelling 25 km via pipeline to the Repsol Sinopec-operated Clyde platform. Production from the
Five leading dredging companies are taking part in public tender for the reconstruction of approach channel and inland water approaches to the deep-water quays of Yuzhny seaport, reports Ukrainian Seaports Authority (USPA). According to USPA, the following companies have submitted their proposals to
UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has given Independent Oil and Gas a further extension of the license containing the Harvey discovery and accepted technical work regarding adding the Elgood discovery to the Blythe field development plan. IOG said on Monday that the extension of license P2085, which
Sirius Petroleum has executed a contract with Polaris Consulting Company (Polaris) to undertake a seabed survey around the Ororo field licence area. The marine vessel conducting the survey will mobilise to site in early April and it is anticipated that the survey will take approximately two weeks to
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (March 20 – March 26). The Johan Sverdrup partnership has now decided to proceed with (DG2) Phase 2 of the Johan Sverdrup development. Phase 1 of Johan Sverdrup is under development, with first oil sch
Damen officially launched the Bibby WaveMaster 1 service operations vessel (SOV) at its Galati shipyard in Romania on 24 March.
Oil and gas giant Shell plans on increasing investments in its newly-established New Energies division to up to USD 1 billion a year by the end of the decade, according to our sister site Offshore Energy Today.
Ramboll, Arup and TEC have won the tender for client consultancy on the upcoming Fehmarnbelt fixed link between Denmark and Germany. The 18km combined road and rail link will be the longest immersed tunnel in the world. The Ramboll-Arup-TEC consortium is to continue as the principal consultant for F
Oil and gas company Kosmos Energy has begun the second phase of its multi-well exploration drilling program offshore Mauritania and Senegal. The company said on Friday that the Atwood Oceanics-owned drillship Atwood Achiever is now on location offshore Senegal in the Cayar Offshore Profond block. Th
