Keppel Offshore & Marine has secured a contract to carry out upgrading work to the pipelay vessel, Castorone, for Saipem Offshore Norway (Saipem). Keppel Shipyard previously undertook the completion and integration works for the newbuild Castorone in 2011. Keppel Shipyard’s job scope includes the re
Norwegian offshore vessels provider, GC Rieber Shipping, has reached a time charter agreement with Technip Angola for the vessel Polar Onyx. The 130-meter flexible piplay and subsea construction vessel will be engaged in a SURF and construction campaign offshore Angola. According to GC Rieber, the c
Saipem said it has been awarded new contracts and variation orders in E&C offshore, for an overall amount in excess of 1.5 billion euros. The most significant contract relates to the field development project for the Zohr gas field, located off the Egyptian coast in the Mediterranean sea. Petrobel h
DeepWell, the Norwegian well intervention company, has secured a long-term contract for provision of mechanical wireline services to Statoil. The contract value for the firm period, including options for add-on services, is estimated to exceed NOK 1 billion over a four-year period, or more than NOK
Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR) signed a partnership agreement with Aberdeen based Subsea Tooling Services (STS) to hire, service and support their range of subsea dredging systems. The Predator and Gremlin range of dredgers will become the latest offering from STR. Billy Milne, business developme
Penspen and Dar Al Handasah, operating as a joint venture, have been awarded a new project management contract by Kuwait Gulf Oil Company to manage the engineering, procurement and construction of a new gas and condensate pipeline. The pipeline runs both offshore and onshore from Khafji in Saudi Ara
Bibby Offshore has won a contract with BP. The 15-day project, due to begin in August 2016, will see diving support vessel Bibby Topaz, working on four BP operations across three of its North Sea assets. The platforms involved include Central North Sea-based asset Bruce, east of Shetland-based Magnu
Phase 2 of Exeter’s multi-million pound scheme to reduce flood risk to 3,200 homes and businesses gets underway next week. The £32 million scheme, a partnership between the Environment Agency, Devon County Council and Exeter City Council, will see construction activity around the city over the next
Congressman Lee Zeldin, member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and Long Island Sound Caucus, recently called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to phase out Eastern Long Island Sound open water dredged waste dump sites. Zeldin sent a letter to the Administrator of
Subsea mooring company First Subsea has been awarded a contract by Shell to supply Ballgrab subsea mooring line connectors for the Appomattox field development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The semi-submersible four-column production platform will be moored in approximately 7,200 feet (2,195 metres) o
Subsea World News has gathered all the highlights to bring you a summarized version of the most popular articles from the previous month. The seabed-to-surface engineering and construction services provider, Subsea 7, made our top news a few times this month, including the announcement of a second p
Pindan Contracting Pty Ltd has been awarded a tender to design and construct the $70.7 million Integrated Marine Operations Center (IMOC) at the port of Port Hedland, Australia. The IMOC has been described as an operations facility with best-in-class vessel traffic services systems and state-of-the-
Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil has shared a video of the modules for Gina Krog topside sailing away from South Korea to Norway. The video shows the sailaway of the modules loaded aboard two heavy transport vessels from South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering’s shipyard. The t
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, has awarded a $11.9 million contract to Eastman Aggregate Enterprises, LLC for the Miami Beach Hotspots beach renourishment project, part of the Miami-Dade County Beach Erosion Control and Hurricane Protection Project. The contractor will plac
