The Middensluiseiland island will be significantly expanded over the next month, and the area between the lock heads will soon again comprise fully recovered land. The contractor will be using this land for the cement production facility, which will manufacture all the cement required for constructi
The handing over ceremony of Asia’s largest trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) JUN YANG 1 is being held this morning in Guangzhou City, China. Built by Royal IHC in the Netherlands, the dredger will be handed over to China Communications Construction Company’s Guangzhou Dredging Co., Ltd. (GDC).
Global testing company Exova has agreed a new two-year framework agreement with Subsea 7 to provide testing services in support of its pipeline welding activities. The agreement will include support to weld qualification, routine mechanical testing of materials, corrosion testing, and fatigue testin
Air Liquide said it has won an order to provide two “TBF-1050” Turbo-Brayton LNG sub-cooling units to be installed on two 174,000-cbm X-DF liquefied natural gas carriers being built by Samsung Heavy Industries.
Flexlife, a provider of specialized engineering, design, delivery, integrity and technology in the area of subsea flexible risers and flowlines, and Proceanic, a service provider of ROV inspection/intervention services, have signed a non-exclusive global technical services agreement. Flexlife CEO Ga
Sif Holding has been awarded a contract for the production of all 42 monopiles and, in joint venture with Smulders, all the transition pieces for the Rentel offshore wind park. The contract has been awarded by GeoSea, a DEME Group’s subsidiary, responsible for the engineering, procurement, construct
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Western Region, has announced a pre-qualification for the construction of E39 Rogfast subsea tunnel in the Norwegian Sea. The tunnel, with the length of approximately 25.5 km, starts in Harestad in Randaberg and ends at Arsvågen in Bokn. In addition to the
Hamina LNG Oy, a joint venture between Finland’s Haminan Energia and Estonia’s Alexela, has issued an international tender for the construction of an LNG import terminal in the Port of Hamina, Finland. Hamina LNG intends to build a small-scale import terminal able to receive LNG tankers with a size
Iceland is keeping its fingers crossed that a Chinese oil company might turn the island nation into an oil producing one. It gave an offshore exploration permission to a consortium led by China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) back in 2014. The license is located in the Dreki area, which is one
Thun Tankers, a Dutch unit of the Swedish shipping company Erik Thun ordered four dual-fuel coastal tankers at Scheepswerf Ferus Smit in the Netherlands.
An oil spill occurred yesterday morning, October 6th, at the coast of Hanhikivi Headland while Terramare Ltd. was conducting hydraulic construction work. The company was performing dredging operations in the area when the bottom of the barge hit the ocean floor causing the oil spill. Approximately 3
Applied LNG has won a multiyear contract from County of Sacramento to fuel the county and city natural gas vehicle fleets with renewable liquefied natural gas (RLNG).
Totaltec Oilfield Services Limited, a newly established oilfield services company focused on the Guyana oil and gas industry, has completed its initial equity finance. While the company did not reveal the amount it raised, it said it was supported by a number of private investors to establish its pr
Rosenberg WorleyParsons AS has been awarded a contract with Subsea 7 for the fabrication of subsea structures and pipes for Wintershall’s flagship development in Norway. This is the second in a series of deliveries for Rosenberg to Subsea 7 and Maria project. According to the company, the contract s
