Weeks Marine was recently awarded contract for the northern Ocean County storm damage reduction project. The project contractor will start pumping sand in Ortley Beach in mid-April, marking the start of work on northern Ocean County’s beaches, hammered by Superstorm Sandy in October 2012, reports De
Hyundai Heavy Industries’ unit, Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI), has been contracted to build the world’s first LNG-fueled aframax tankers for Russian shipper Sovcomflot.
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (March 13-19, 2017). Volvox Terranova Repairs Completed An European engineering company, Bakker Sliedrecht, has completed the electrical restoration of trailing suction hopper dredger Volvox Terranova. Marinet P
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (March 13 – March 19). The US oilfield services major Halliburton is said to be close to strike a deal to acquire Norwegian oil services company, Aker Solutions. According to Norwegian media reports, w
The organization of Offshore WIND Conference 2017 has announced their theme for OWC 2017: Leading the way!
Nasdaq-listed Golar LNG Partners, a limited partnership formed by Bermuda-based Golar LNG, said Friday it has entered into a time charter agreement with a major international oil and gas company. Under the deal, the 145,700-cbm steam LNG carrier Golar Grand will be chartered for a period of up to a
Two days ago, the Port of Boston announced its full backing of the proposed Boston Barrier and has formally withdrawn its objection to the Transport and Works Act Order (TWAO) application made by the Environment Agency in August 2016. This comes after extensive discussions between the Environment Ag
Magseis, a Norwegian geophysical company, has, together with its partner BGP, secured an extension to the ongoing contract with BGP Arabia and Saudi Aramco to acquire additional ocean bottom seismic (OBS) data in the Red Sea. The project has an expected duration of 6-7 months and is expected to star
Aker Solutions will provide design engineering for the upgrading of the semi-submersible Njord A platform in Norway. The company will, as a subcontractor of Kvaerner, take part in upgrading the platform after operator Statoil exercised an option in an agreement awarded in April 2016. The option is f
U.S. LNG export player Cheniere Energy’s unit, Midship Pipeline Company signed agreements with foundation shippers to support the construction of a 200-mile natural gas pipeline to the Gulf Coast.
Baron Oil’s Peruvian subsidiary, Gold Oil Peru, has not received the cash amount due by its Latin American partner Union Oil & Gas Group (UOGG) for the transfer of 30 percent interest in Block Z-34 offshore Peru. Baron signed the original farm-in transaction with UOGG in April 2013 and received appr
Kraken Sonar has signed a licensing agreement for underwater robotics technology with Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation (IOSB). Fraunhofer has developed the Dedave autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) which is an integral part of the agreement. K
Update: Another bidder drops out of the race for the North Carolina offshore wind lease area in Round 17. The winning bid was USD 9,066,650.
Update: Another bidder drops out of the race for the North Carolina offshore wind lease area in Round 17. The winning bid was USD 9,066,650.
