DeepOcean has received a call-off under its new master service agreement (MSA) with BP. The call-off covers the installation of a new flexible water injection riser and the recovery of the existing water injection riser in the Foinaven field, West of Shetland, in a water depth of 460 metres. The wor
Aberdeen-headquartered Hydro Group has announced partnership agreement with MacTaggart Scott Australia. The partnership is focused on consolidating Hydro Group’s current work on the Royal Australian Navy Collins class submarines and to extend its services to aid the Australian capability for future
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (February 27 – March 5, 2017). New Jan De Nul’s Multipurpose Vessel Hits the Water AVIC Shipyard from Weihai, China, has launched new multipurpose vessel Adhémar de Saint-Venant for Jan De Nul Group. PHOTO: Cons
A floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for Dana Petroleum’s Western Isles development in the UK is on its way from China to the North Sea. Chinese shipbuilder Cosco reported on Friday that its subsidiary Cosco Nantong has delivered an FPSO vessel of 55,942 dwt to its European buyer
Oil and gas company Canadian Natural Resources (CNR) has submitted a draft of a decommissioning plan for its Ninian North platform (NNP) in the North Sea to the UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA). The company plans to start the abandonment of the Ninian North platform this year. A cessation of product
Belgian dredging specialist DEME ordered a dual-fuel offshore installation vessel at the COSCO Shipyard in China.
Work on the Shoreham Adur Tidal Walls scheme is well underway, with piling works at two of the project’s 10 reaches now finished. The project is being carried out by Mackley, working as part of Team Van Oord and on behalf of the Environment Agency, Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership, Adur
Multi-client seismic data specialist Spectrum has completed the 17,700 km Santos Campos Phase Two 2D seismic survey offshore Brazil. Spectrum said on Friday that the new acquisition program was an outboard extension of its 2012 Santos Campos Phase One survey, and tied other programs in the Santos, C
India’s gas utility GAIL has reportedly signed a time-swap deal with Swiss trading giant Gunvor that includes its U.S. LNG volumes.
Polarcus has finalized a contract for 3D marine seismic acquisition in Australia, and secured a 30-day extension to the West African campaign. The Australia program should deliver broadband data-set utilizing one of the Polarcus X-bow vessels. The project is due to start in Q3 2017 and will run for
Ichthys LNG project operator Inpex reached an agreement in principle with Astomos Energy Corporation for the sale of liquid petroleum gas to be produced from the project.
Wintershall Norway has awarded AGR a contract for a feasibility study in the Barents Sea. The contract will see AGR monitor and identify the optimum design, drilling and testing techniques required to carry out efficient exploration activity. The study will also include the evaluation of emergency p
Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) has issued a tender for framework contracts with external experts who can support RVO.nl in managing site studies and assist with the tendering procedures during the development of offshore wind farm zones.
Seaproof Solutions has received a contract to supply its ‘Long cable protection systems (CPS)’ for the Trianel Windpark Borkum Phase II (TWB-II) offshore wind farm. The contract was awarded by Siem Offshore Contractors and covers the design and supply of cable protection systems for the inner array
