McDermott has been awarded a contract by an undisclosed oil and gas operator for a project offshore in the Middle East. The scope includes engineering, procurement, fabrication, transportation and installation of offshore pipelines. Engineering and offshore mobilization of McDermott’s in-house vesse
Denmark’s Energinet.dk is seeking a contractor to provide gravity based substructures for KFA and KFBE offshore substations for Kriegers Flak wind project in the Baltic Sea. The planned 600MW offshore wind farm will act as a ‘Supergrid’, eventually being able to transmit renewable energy through pow
Subsea World News has gathered all the highlights to bring you a summarized version of the most popular articles from the previous month. In February, the industry was saddened by the death of a young diver from Karmoy, who reportedly ran out of air after getting stuck underwater during maintenance
Trendsetter Engineering has completed delivery of the subsea equipment for Noble Energy’s Gunflint project. Trendsetter’s scope consisted of five subsea pipeline end termination (PLET) and inline sled (ILS) structures, three jumper kits, and all subsea connection system components and tooling. The G
Work has been completed on a major dredging program to deepen Largs Yacht Haven, reported on Monday the Yacht Haven. The contract was performed by Land and Water Services in conjunction with Dutch dredging company, Vandoorn. The project, which began in mid-January, involved removal of the high spots
The Environment Agency has just released new update on the Perry Barr and Witton flood risk management scheme. The scheme is 1 of 6 separate projects that take forward the recommendations of the River Tame flood risk management strategy. In order to reduce the delay to the Perry Barr and Witton sche
The floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, Prof. John Evans Atta Mills, has reached Ghana following a journey from Singapore. The FPSO, which departed from Singapore on January 23, will be deployed at the Tullow-operated Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme (TEN) offshore oil fields. Converte
Matrix Composites & Engineering (MCE) has been awarded a contract to supply drilling riser buoyancy to an OEM manufacturer based in China. The contract is worth approximately AUD 6 million (USD 4.3 million), Matrix noted. The order is for a newbuild semi-submersible under construction at a shipyard
Denmark’s Energinet.dk has re-issued a tender for the detailed engineering, procurement, construction and offshore installation of 2 gravity based substructures for the Kriegers Flak wind farm project in the Danish waters of the Baltic Sea. The first tender invitation, issued in January 2016, was ca
Brazil’s oil company Petrobras has announced the start-up of the early production system in Sépia, the former Nordeste de Tupi area, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. The operation was handled by the floating platform FPSO Cidade de São Vicente, which will produce around 20
Port of Seattle and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are halfway through a deepening feasibility study that will evaluate alternatives for deepening the navigation channels in the East & West Waterways up to 55 feet. Port of Seattle is one of the first ports in the nation to participate in the Corps
Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) has signed an extension to the joint survey agreement for the evaluation of the hydrocarbon potential in offshore Seychelles among Ministry Responsible for Hydrocarbons and PetroSeychelles Ltd on March 1, 2016. JOGMEC has been conducting geolog
Subsea 7 has exercised its option to extend the existing Normand Subsea contract by approximately three and a half years, following renegotiation of terms and conditions, the Oslo-listed Solstad informed on Wednesday. The new contract extension will start in June 2016, with an option for Subsea 7 to
Following the invitation by the Environment Agency, Dutch and British flood experts last week exchanged ideas for more collaboration on innovation in the area of flood and coastal erosion risk management (FCRM). The exchange took place during one of the workshops held as part of the Flood & Coast 20
