Weeks Marine Inc. is about to restart the beach renourishment activities at the Town of Hilton Head Island. According to the town’s latest beach nourishment update, the contractor expects to restart beach renourishment activities in South Forest Beach no later than October 19, 2016. The town is aimi
Norwegian oil company Statoil has made an oil and gas discovery at the Njord North Flank in the Norwegian Sea. The well and side-track, NF-2 and NF-3, are located in License PL107C, approximately six kilometers to the north of the Njord production platform. The wells were drilled with Songa Offshore
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has been awarded a single point mooring (SPM) installation from PT Pertamina in Indonesia. The work is part of a contract for engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning of subsea pipe line (SPL) and single point mooring (SPM) awarded to a con
Golar Power said it has taken a final investment decision on the Porto de Sergipe 1,516 MW power station project near Aracaju, Brazil.
Japanese oil company Inpex has informed that McDermott’s deepwater derrick lay vessel DLV2000 left the Port of Broome in Australia on Sunday heading for the Ichthys field, 220 kilometers offshore Western Australia. The 184-meter long newbuild vessel will be working on its first assignment – undertak
Total’s Norwegian exploration and production subsidiary, Total E&P Norge, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 30/4-3 S, off Norway, after encountering a gas and condensate. The well was drilled with the Mærsk Intrepid jack-up drilling rig in production license 043. The licen
Aker Solutions has won a contract from Statoil to build the pipeline facilities, modifications and tie-ins needed at the Mongstad terminal to receive oil from the North Sea Johan Sverdrup field. The contract, valued at about NOK 350 million ($42.5 million), is for engineering, procurement, construct
Dril-Quip has entered into an agreement to acquire TIW Corporation, a manufacturer of consumable downhole products for the oil and gas market, for approximately $143 million, subject to closing adjustments. The Houston-based company provides liner hanger systems and related equipment and services. B
SeaBird Exploration, a global seismic data acquisition provider, announced that it will acquire 2D long-offset survey in Belize, starting mid-October 2016. SeaBird will use the Northern Explorer vessel to acquire the survey. The Northern Explorer is a 76 meters-long 2D/source vessel, which joined Se
Transport Malta has signed up University of Malta to conduct geological and geophysical investigations in conjunction with the subsea tunnel between Malta and Gozo. The scientific investigations will include both desktop and field studies, passive seismic measurements, bathymetric mapping, and a sei
Bardot Group, a French SME specialised in subsea engineering and equipment manufacturing for offshore energy, has signed a contract for the first commercial OTEC (Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion) system to be installed in an eco-resort in Maldives. The contract, which includes engineering, procureme
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (October 10-16, 2016). Royal IHC Hands Over Hopper Dredger JUN YANG 1 The handing over ceremony of Asia’s largest trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) JUN YANG 1 is being held this morning in Guangzhou City, Chi
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (October 10 – October 16). DEA has awarded the EPCI (engineering, procurement, construction and installation) contract for the smaller structures and pipelines, as well as the subsea installation work
Prysmian Group has been awarded a contract, worth up to EUR 13 million, by Tideway B.V. for the Rentel offshore wind farm project. The Rentel wind farm is located approximately 34 km from the Port of Zeebrugge and approximately 40 km from Oostende off the Belgian coast. It will consist of 42 Siemens
