Centrica has chosen a subsea connection to the nearby Åsgard B processing platform for the development of its Fogelberg discovery off Norway but postponed the submission of the development plan for 2019. According to a Monday report by the Norwegian news website Petro.no, Centrica has postponed the
A number of projects that will require large scale dredging, including the ones in the Arctic, have been announced in Russia. The announcement was made at the recently held Dredging Conference in Moscow, where participants discussed current issues and challenges in the dredging industry. According t
LOC Group’s Paris-based renewables team is providing marine warranty surveying services for the Fécamp, Courseulles-sur-Mer and Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farms in France, developed by a consortium led by EDF Énergies Nouvelles and Enbridge.
Australian company Cooper Energy has completed a development plan for its Sole gas project off Australia and is looking to sanction it in March 2017 with first gas expected two years later. The Sole gas project involves the development of the Sole field in the Gippsland Basin, offshore Victoria to s
Reclamation work for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (Hong Kong section) is proceeding according to plan and original design, reports the government. The Highways Department made the statement today, refuting media claims another seawall collapse has occurred. The statement said that what the aeri
AWE Limited and its joint venture partner, Origin Energy, agreed a non-binding terms sheet with AGL for the first gas sale from the second stage of the Waitsia gas project.
Royal IHC has completed delivery of the trailing suction hopper dredger DASA I to Dragados Argentinos DASA S.A. of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The contract for this standardized TSHD of Easydredge 2700 series was signed with DASA in late 2016. It took only few months for IHC to complete the sale/delive
Dredging operations for Willoughby Spit and Vicinity Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Project will start later today at 27th Bay St, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District. The project, worth $34.5 million, is the largest single storm damage reduction project in the City of No
Balfour Beatty in consortium with Prysmian Group has been awarded approximately EUR 219 million contract by ElecLink to install a 65 km electricity cable between France and Great Britain. The cable will be installed through the Channel Tunnel, an undersea tunnel linking Folkestone in Kent to Coquell
The Western Dredging Association yesterday announced that it is accepting applications for the 2017 WEDA Environmental Excellence Awards. These awards will be presented on June 28, 2017, during the WEDA Dredging Summit and Exposition in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The objective of the award
Siemens has been awarded a contract worth approximately EUR 315 million from ElecLink, a subsidiary of Groupe Eurotunnel, to supply a link between the French and British power grids. The ‘ElecLink’ high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) link will enhance power supply in both countries. Siemens will supp
Norway’s Sevan Marine signed a long-term framework agreement with ExxonMobil for the provision of services and use of the company’s cylindrical hull technology.
SeaBird Exploration, a seismic data acquisition company, has signed an agreement to provide a 2D seismic vessel for an upcoming survey in the Caribbean. The survey is planned to start in March and will have a duration of approximately one month. The company will be using Harrier Explorer for the pro
The Central Bank of Peru has signed a public deed confirming Baron Oil’s farm-out of 30 percent interest in Block Z-34 offshore Peru to Uruguay’s Union Oil and Gas Group (UOGG). Baron Oil said on Friday that the deed was the final document affecting the farm-out to UOGG. Since the deed was signed by
