Piet Brouwer Electrotechnology has confirmed a new order from Finish-based WASA Dredging for the design, construction and installation of the whole electrical system on board two new split barges. The company will also supply the alarm system, fire detection and steering consoles for the 65-meter ve
Christy Clark, the prime minister of the Canadian province of British Columbia renewed an LNG agreement B.C. has with Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC).
Femern, a subsidiary of the Danish state-owned Sund & Bælt Holding, and the Fehmarn Belt Contractors joint venture, consisting of Boskalis and Van Oord, have signed the previously announced contract related to the construction of the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link. Boskalis’ and Van Oord’s share of the cont
Swathe Services has become a Hypack dealer for UK and Ireland, the company informed. The company will now be able to offer Hypack hydrographic survey software to customers purchasing R2Sonic packages. The Hypack 2016 software can be used for tasks such as collecting hydrographic survey data or envir
One of the world’s largest backhoe dredgers, the Magnor, is currently working on the Green Port development project in Hull. The Green Port project, being developed by Siemens and its partner Associated British Ports, will be the the UK’s first offshore wind turbine manufacturing, assembly, service
Last Monday, May 23rd, CEDA Environmental Commission (CEC) took part in a one-day seminar on best practice in dredged material management. The event – held in Madrid, Spain, and hosted by Puertos del Estado – focused on the revision of the Spanish Dredged Material Guidelines. The current version of
Oil giant BP has started up a water injection project at its Thunder Horse platform, extending the production life of one of the biggest deepwater fields in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The project will boost recovery of oil and natural gas from one of the Thunder Horse field’s three main reservoirs, th
Australian oil and gas company Santos has observed oil shows in the AAL-4X appraisal well at the Northwest Natuna production sharing contract (PSC), offshore Indonesia. The appraisal well was spud on May 14, 2016. Santos is the operator of the Northwest Natuna PSC with 50% interest. According to AWE
Delek Group on Monday said that, together with its Leviathan gas field partners, Noble Energy, Avner Oil Exploration and Delek Drilling, it has signed a US$3 billion gas supply deal with I.P.M. Beer Tuvia.
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (May 23-29, 2016). Newbuild Cutter Suction Dredger Launched in Pula Uljanik Shipyard – located in Pula, Croatia – held a launching ceremony for new self-propelled cutter suction dredger on Saturday, May 21st 201
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 23 – May 29). Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL), for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of the Beatrice wind farm tu
Egypt is reportedly set to issue a tender seeking ten LNG cargoes for July and August delivery during next week.
Mermaid Maritime has recently secured seven different subsea projects in the Middle East with an estimated aggregate contract value of USD 11 million. The various work scopes include subsea survey, inspection, repair and maintenance as well as light construction, the company informed. According to M
Norwegian oil company Det norske oljeselskap has completed the drilling of two appraisal wells in the Ivar Aasen field area, with mixed results. According to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, the company drilled the wells in the 001 B to delineate the West Cable (16/1-7) discovery made in 2004. T
