Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) has been awarded a contract from Petrofac for the procurement & construction of the jacket and piles for BorWin3. Petrofac, in a consortium with Siemens, has the full responsibility for the construction and offshore installation of the BorWin3 platform of TenneT, whic
UK’s C-Kore Systems, has been awarded a contract for BP to purchase their C-Kore Subsea Monitoring tools. Reportedly, BP tested the tools on earlier umbilical installation projects and will now buy a number of units for its Quad 204 project in the North Sea. According to the company, the C-Kore unit
Guard and seismic support vessels specialist, Rederij Groen from Scheveningen, has acquired a 50 per cent stake in the GloMar Group in Den Helder. Glomar Offshore operates a fleet of diverse purpose built vessels, equipment and personnel. It comprises of four divisions, providing emergency rescue an
Lankhorst Ropes has been awarded a contract by Shell to supply the mooring lines for the Appomattox development to be located approximately 140 nautical miles Southeast of New Orleans in the Gulf of Mexico. The semi-submersible four-column production platform will be moored in approximately 7,200 fe
Dynamic Industries secured an award for the refurbishment of a 500-ton production platform and 300-ton jacket for Eni’s Nene field. The offshore production facility is expected to be loaded out in May 2016 for Nene field located in The Republic of Congo. The Nene field, which is expected to contain
Inspecta, a provider of inspections, testing, certification, technical consultancy and training services, has inked a framework agreement with Norway’s Agility Subsea Fabrication. Inspecta will provide non-destructive testing (NDT) services performed by shipyards in Tønsberg and Røra. According to t
Wyong Shire Council has denied recent claims that widening the mouth of The Entrance Channel will assist with flood relief, confirming its commitment to keep the channel open to the ocean through its dredging program. According to Council’s Director of Infrastructure and Operations, Mr Greg McDonald
ABB has won orders worth over $22 million from Vattenfall Eldistribution AB to upgrade the world’s first commercial high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission link, which ABB installed in 1954. The orders were booked in the fourth quarter of 2015. The 150-kilovolt (kV) link has the capaci
Specialist submarine cable installation company, Louis Dreyfus TravOcean, has ordered two Saab Seaeye Leopards for touchdown monitoring and support. The Leopard ROVs, with eleven thrusters and iCON intelligent control system should provide TravOcean with a stable work platform particularly in strong
Norwegian oilfield services investment company, Akastor, has reached an agreement with its bank syndicate on main terms and conditions to amend and extend its current bank facilities until July 2019. Namely, the existing bank facilities, maturing 2017, will be replaced by a USD 422.5 million reducin
Norwegian energy giant Statoil declined reports it has signed an LNG supply deal with Lithuanian fertilizer producer Achema.
Perth-based LNG engineer, Clough on Thursday said it has won a second hook-up contract for the Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG project in two days.
UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office is funding a project under which a consortium of three British consultancies will support the Government of India in setting up its offshore wind industry. IT Power Consulting, CmY Consultants and SeaChange Offshore will deliver a 10-month long project that is focu
Clough has won its second contract for the hook-up services on the Ichthys LNG Project, this time for the floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility. This contract award comes from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), following a similar contract award by Samsung Heavy
