Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (April 18 – April 24). Italian contractor Saipem has been awarded new E&C (Engineering & Construction) contracts valued at approximately €430 million ($487 million). The first is a contract with Statoi
NDE Offshore has been selected by Ocean Breeze Energy to carry out annual inspections and maintenance activities at the Bard Offshore 1 wind farm in Germany. The works are scheduled to begin at the end of April. For the first time NDE will carry out a combined topside and subsea campaign utilizing t
Quadrant Energy, an Australian oil and gas company, has found gas at an exploration well, in the Carnarvon basin, offshore Australia. The Davis-1, as the exploration well is named, was drilled during the first quarter of 2016, and according to Santos, a partner in the licence, the well encountered h
Australian oil company Santos has reported mixed results from its drilling program in Indonesia. Presenting its first quarter 2016 results on Friday, Santos said that a two-well near-field exploration program had been conducted in the Madura Strait, offshore East Java. The wells were targeting the P
Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has selected IHC IQIP to provide piling and handling equipment for its operations at the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm project in the UK. SHL’s main responsibilities cover the storage, transportation and installation of 67 monopiles, transition pieces, and an offshore substat
Havant MP Alan Mak recently joined representatives from the government on a walk of the Hayling Billy Trail, inspecting flood defense work at Eastoke. The local MP joined Natural England’s Area Manager, Fran Davies, on what may form part of the Portsmouth to South Hayling stretch of the new England
DeepOcean has been awarded a contract for provision of engineering, procurement, removal and disposal (EPRD) of Varg Subsea facilities by Repsol Norge AS. The scope of work cover subsea pre-decom survey, recovery of FPSO mooring lines, anchor piles, risers, midwater-arch buoy and subsea structures a
The Swedish Navy together with SAAB Kockums has selected a sonar suite and bottom navigation technology from Kongsberg Maritime for installation on two A26 submarines, due for delivery no later than 2022. According to the company, the contract was awarded through a tender process and follows a 2015
Alewijnse Marine Systems has secured a job to refit the electrical systems onboard RV Belgica, an oceanographic research vessel owned by the Belgian state. The refit will start in April 2016 and take several months to complete, the company informed. RV Belgica celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2014
Canada has, through Jim Carr, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, and his provincial counterpart, Michel Samson, Minister of Energy for Nova Scotia, enacted a statutory moratorium on oil and gas activities in the Canadian portion of Georges Bank. The moratorium took effect April 15. Georges Bank
Aida Cruises informed that it has signed an LNG supply deal with Shell for its two LNG-powered cruise ships, the AIDAprima and AIDAperla.
DOF Subsea has been awarded several IMR and subsea installation contracts the past months, with a total contract value in excess of NOK 500 million ($61.4 million). The contracts will secure utilization of the subsea project fleet in the regions. In the Asia Pacific region DOF Subsea has been awarde
Dutch-based FPSO systems manufacturer Bluewater has informed that the first of the two turrets for FPSOs being built for Total’s Kaombo project offshore Angola, is ready for integration. Additionally, Bluewater Energy Services has reached a milestone of 2 million man-hours worked without any inciden
Panoro Energy, an independent oil and gas E&P company focused on West Africa, has informed that the Aje oil field offshore Nigeria is in the final stages of development operations. According to the company’s statement on Wednesday, the final hook up procedures are in progress with a view to the well
