U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, recently awarded a $2.16 million construction contract to RDA Contracting, Inc. of Rio Vista for Sacramento River erosion repair near Isleton. The work involves placing close to 14 tons of quarry stone along 591 linear feet of river bank where the e
Norwegian oil major Statoil has informed that a substructure for the Aasta Hansteen spar platform, a first of its kind to be installed offshore Norway, has now reached its complete form. The 70,000-ton spar platform for the Aasta Hansteen field located in the Norwegian Sea is being built at the Hyun
Oil major BP will boost its production from the Columbus Basin, located offshore Trinidad, with a newly-sanctioned compression project. BP Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT) operates in 904,000 acres offshore Trinidad’s east coast and it has 13 offshore platforms, and two onshore processing facilities. The
James Fisher has acquired the entire share capital of Lexmar Engineering Pte Limited and Lexmar Sat Systems Pte Limited (together ‘Lexmar’). The initial consideration is SGD 17.5 million (USD 13 million) in cash, with further future consideration of up to SGD 9.3 million (USD 7 million) subject to t
Magseis, a Norwegian geophysical company, has together with its partner BGP Arabia officially started operations on Saudi Aramco’s project in the Red Sea. Magseis was awarded Saudi Aramco’s S78 project for large-scale ocean bottom seismic acquisition in the Red Sea in February 2016. The company said
Omaha-based HDR said it has been selected as the owner’s engineer for Rev LNG, which is building a small-scale liquefied natural gas facility near Scranton in Bradford County in northeast Pennsylvania. The facility will have 180,000 gallons of storage and a liquefaction capacity of 50,000 gallons pe
Honeywell Process Solutions said Monday it has secured a contract for Pieridae Energy’s Goldboro LNG project in Canada. Under the contract, Honeywell will provide automation and safety systems and serve as integrated main automation contractor for the new LNG facility being built in Eastern Canada t
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (July 25-31, 2016). Royal HaskoningDHV to Design Cayman Islands Cruise Berthing Facility International engineering firm Royal HaskoningDHV has been appointed by the Cayman Islands Central Tenders Committee to prov
Norwegian oil company Statoil has canceled an option for a fixed platform for a UK North Sea development from South Korea’s shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering. According to the shipbuilder’s regulatory filing on Friday, Statoil canceled the order for the fixed platform for the Br
LATVIJAS TILTI JSC and Klaipeda State Seaport Authority have signed a €11.73 million worth contract for the deepening of the Malku Bay. According to the contractor, works on the project will begin in late August. Under the agreement, LATVIJAS TILTI JSC will deepen the Malku Bay to a depth of 14.5m,
The Port Saint John has signed a lease agreement with DP World for the operation of its container terminal. The long-term lease starts January 1, 2017 and will continue for about 30 years following completion of the Port’s expansion program. DP World will introduce new assets including the revamping
Equinix’s international business exchange (IBX) data centres in Melbourne (ME1), Sydney (SY1), Singapore (SG3) and Jakarta (JK1) have been selected by Trident Subsea Cable for the cable’s points-of-presence (PoPs) in the Asia-Pacific region. Trident will be the first submarine cable to establish a P
DOF Subsea has secured a contract from Shell Australia to provide a full time underwater services and multi-purpose supply vessel (MPSV) to the Prelude FLNG facility. The contract is for five-years with 2x two year options, the company informed. Prelude FLNG will produce, liquefy, store and transfer
Oil company Chevron has restarted oil and gas production from the Erskine field in the North Sea following the clearance of a pipeline blockage and the completion of scheduled maintenance works on the Lomond platform. The Chevron-operated Erskine field includes a normally unattended platform and is
