The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company are pushing forward with a beachfill project in Strathmere, N.J. The project is part of a bigger scheme, which involves the southern end of Ocean City as well as Ludlum Island (Strathmere and Sea Isle). In Strathmere and Sea
Technip has been awarded a contract by Deep Gulf Energy III, LLC (DGE) for the development of the South Santa Cruz and Barataria fields. The fields are located in Mississippi Canyon, offshore New Orleans, in the Gulf of Mexico, in approximately 2,000 meters of water depth. The contract consists of:
Norway’s Volstad Shipping has received a charter termination notice from DeepOcean AS for the vessel Volstad Surveyor. Volstad Surveyor is a 85.3 meters long multipurpose DP II vessel of ST-253 design built for hull and ROV based seabed mapping and surveys, structural inspection and construction sup
Wood Group has secured an extension to continue to support Chevron Upstream Europe across four offshore assets in the North Sea. Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) will deliver operations and maintenance services to the Alba Northern platform, Alba floating storage unit, Captain floating production, storage and
Australian marine services provider, Bhagwan Marine, has acquired Perth-based company Delta Subsea. Delta Subsea is recognised as a subsea engineering consultancy dedicated to delivering solutions to the offshore energy industry. As a result of the acquisition, Delta’s managing director, David Husba
The East Gippsland Shire is about to begin the maintenance dredging of the approach channel to the Bastion Point boat ramp and also the area around the western launching lane of the concrete ramp. The shoaling around the western launching lane will be removed with land based excavation equipment to
Health-and-safety specialists Steel River Consultants (SRC) have been selected to provide technical support for a project to construct an electricity link between the UK and Norway. The company will act as hazard identification (HAZID) facilitator and provide CDM support and health and safety adviso
French oilfield services provider Technip has been awarded a lump sum contract by Deep Gulf Energy III, LLC for the development of the South Santa Cruz and Barataria fields in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. These ultra-deepwater fields are located in Mississippi Canyon, offshore New Orleans, in the Gulf o
Frontica has signed a five-year contract with Aker Solutions to deliver staffing services, IT services and consultancy projects as well as business support services within HR, finance and procurement. Under the terms of the contract, Frontica will also contribute to productivity improvements and cos
Diamond Offshore Drilling and GE Oil & Gas signed contractual service agreement (CSA) that transfers full accountability for BOP performance to GE Oil & Gas. In this Pressure Control by the Hour model, Diamond Offshore will compensate GE Oil & Gas only when the BOP is available. The 10-year collabor
The City of North Myrtle Beach has just released the latest update on the Cherry Grove Canals Dredging Project. On December 14, 2015 the Council approved the final assessment roll for the Cherry Grove project. Two days later, December 17, the city filed that final assessment roll with the Horry Coun
BW Offshore has reported that the first oil from the Catcher project in the UK North Sea is on track for 2017 despite the delays in the construction of the FPSO. According to BW Offshore, the owner and operator of the FPSO, during the fourth quarter, the project remained within budget and made good
Venture Global LNG said that its subsidiary, Venture Global Calcasieu Pass has entered into a deal to sell one million tonnes per annum of liquefied natural gas to Shell from its export facility under development in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The deal has a term of twenty years commencing on the com
French oil and gas company Total has started-up production from the Laggan and Tormore gas and condensate fields, located in 600 meters of water in the West of Shetland area. According to Total, the fields will produce 90,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d). “Laggan-Tormore is a key compon
