The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, has just released a photo of the dredge Padre Island working in the Savannah outer harbor. The photo taken on March 30th 2016, shows the Padre Island of Great Lakes Doc & Dredge Company deepening the outer channel as part of the Savannah Harbor Ex
Bibby Offshore has secured a contract with a North Sea operator, to deliver decommissioning operations in the Northern North Sea East Shetland Basin. The company will utilize one of its construction support vessels for the project, due to start in Q2 of 2016 and be completed by the end of 2016. Bibb
Following reports that Indonesian government has decided against the proposed floating LNG solution for the development of the Inpex-operated Abadi offshore gas field, the Japanese company has now issued a confirmation. In a statement on Monday, Inpex said it had received a notification from Indones
DNV GL has been awarded a contract by Statoil for the verification of Johan Sverdrup project on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The contract includes verification of all 4 topsides, 3 bridges, 3 of 4 jackets, topside installation by use of the Allseas single lift vessel ‘Pioneering Spirit’ and exte
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has concluded the acquisition of the dredging activities and assets of STRABAG Wasserbau GmbH. The agreed price of the transaction was EUR 70 million. With the transaction Boskalis acquires the equipment, personnel and relevant contracts of STRABAG Wasserba
Awilco Drilling, a UK based drilling contractor that owns two semi-submersible drilling rigs, has informed that the yard stay for the WilPhoenix rig is taking longer than anticipated and in the meantime the rig remains berthed at Hartlepool on zero dayrate. The WilPhoenix semi-sub drilling rig, equi
Aker Solutions’ maintenance, modifications and operations (MMO) business in Norway will as a subcontractor of Kværner provide engineering services for upgrading the semi-submersible platform at the Statoil-operated Njord A oil field. The company signed a subcontractor agreement with Kværner, which w
Wood Group has been awarded a two-year contract extending its service provision for TAQA in the North Sea. Under the contract, which has the option of three, one-year extensions, Wood Group PSN will continue to deliver engineering, construction and maintenance services to five offshore assets: Cormo
Africa-focused oil and gas exploration and production company, Aminex, has executed a sale and purchase agreement for the disposal of a 3.825% interest in Kiliwani North Development Licence in Tanzania to Solo Oil. The interest was sold for a total cash consideration of $2.16 million. Following full
Aker Solutions’ maintenance, modifications and operations (MMO) business in Norway secured a contract from Statoil for preliminary engineering work to enable a tie-in of the Utgard gas and condensate field to the Sleipner facilities in the North Sea. The work involves preliminary engineering for pla
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (March 28 – April 03). Aker Solutions has won a global framework agreement to deliver engineering and project management services at BP-operated subsea oil and gas fields. The contract has a fixed peri
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (March 28- April 3). Carolina and Kure Beach Nourishment Works in Full Swing The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is reporting that much progress has been made on the coastal storm damage reduction work being performe
Oil major BP has reportedly decided to delay its oil exploration project offshore Nova Scotia. According to Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News (CBC), BP’s exploration drilling activities offshore Nova Scotia were previously scheduled to begin next year, but the oil company made a decision to pos
Havant Borough Council has begun with the beach management operations along the Hayling Island seafront in accordance with the Beach Management Plan for this area. The works started on 29th March 2016 and will last for approximately 3-4 weeks. Beach management comprises both beach recycling and beac
