The U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has inspected platform topsides for the Hess-operated Stampede deepwater oil and gas development in the Gulf of Mexico. The agency said that Hess Corp.’s Stampede tension leg platform moved one step closer to production Wednesday followi
International compressor supplier Tamrotor Marine Compressors (TMC) has been awarded a contract by Golar LNG to supply the compressed air system to the Hilli FLNG vessel which will operate offshore Cameroon.
Dutch transmission systems operator TenneT TSO B.V. has awarded a contract to the Schiedam-based HSM Offshore for the construction of offshore transformer stations required to link up the wind farms to be built offshore at Borssele in the south-west of the Netherlands. The contract concerns the offs
Canadian Zinc signed a deal with Northwest Territories Power to examine the supply of electricity, including LNG-powered generation, for a mine in the Northwest Territories. Under the memorandum of understanding, NTPC would assess how it could supply the primary electrical energy source to the Prair
DOF Subsea Australia has been contracted by TechnipFM’s Australian unit to provide its multipurpose support vessel (MSV), Geoholm, for Shell’s Prelude FLNG project.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, announced few days ago that the Raw Water Storage Impoundment (RWSI) construction project – an important part of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) – is now roughly 60% complete. The contractor, Thalle Construction Company of Hillsboroug
After buying 57.5 percent of the Tui fields offshore New Zealand from AWE, Tamarind Management has now bought the remaining 42.5 percent interest from New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) and Pan Pacific Petroleum (PPP). To remind, the Malaysia-based Tamarind entered into a $1.5 million deal with AWE back
DOF Subsea Australia has been awarded a contract by Technip Oceania, part of TechnipFMC in Australia, for the provision of multipurpose support vessel (MSV) “Geoholm” for the Prelude FLNG project, operated by Shell Australia. The Geoholm will be required to provide ROV and light construction support
As the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, continues to work towards bringing the Kissimmee River Restoration project to completion, navigation closures will remain in effect to accommodate ongoing construction activities. Navigational closures are currently in effect on the Kissimm
Bourbon has secured its first pipelay contract from Total Gabon for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of 25 km of 6” rigid pipeline as part of the Hylia water injection project using Zap-Lok technology. For the execution of this contract, Bourbon is subcontracting Co
Heavy equipment that will be used for the Willoughby Spit and Vicinity Storm Damage Reduction Project is set to arrive this Wednesday at 21st Bay View St, reports USACE. According to the Corps, the project includes placing of 1.2 million cubic yards of sand, widening the beach to 60 feet and creatin
Van Oord has successfully completed an impressive ground improvement project for Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) with the help of Coda Octopus real time 3D sonar, the Echoscope. The project, which started in 2014, involved the reclamation of 65 million cubic meters of sand and extensive soi
Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Søviknes officially opened the Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea on Monday, February 13. Oil production from the Aker BP-operated field started on December 24, 2016, four years after the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) was submitted. The tota
Oceaneering International has entered into a long-term agreement with Mærsk Supply Service to support its global operations. Under the contract Oceaneering will provide eight work-class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), survey and associated services, including subsea tooling, engineering, communic
