Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC, Oak Brook, Illinois, has been announced as a winner of a $7.1 million contract for New York – New Jersey Harbor Deepening Project Anchorage Channel Utility Corridor and shoal removal. The authorized project will provide 50 ft water access to the 4 mile long Anchora
Oslo-listed seismic contractor, Polarcus, has received a Letter of Intent (LOI) from an undisclosed client for a 3D marine seismic contract. According to Polarcus, the project will start imminently and will run for approximately two months. The company’s RightBAND technique will be used for broadban
Jumbo has transported 16 piles for the Shell’s floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) Prelude field development in North West Australia. The Technip-Samsung consortium was contracted for the design, construction and installation of the FLNG facility. The FLNG will be moored with a total of sixteen an
Norwegian ocean bottom seismic specialist, Magseis, has been awarded a contract by Petronas Carigali Sdn. Bhd. in Malaysia, through its local partner Dialog Services Sdn. Bhd. The letter of award was previously announced in November, however, the company did not disclose any additional information.
Norwegian oil and gas giant Statoil has on Tuesday awarded maintenance and modification agreements worth NOK 24 billion (approximately US$ 2.7 billion), including its LNG export plant on Melkøya Island.
Lockheed Martin has selected SeaRobotics as the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for its Marlin Mk3 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) designed for survey and inspection applications in depths up to 4,000 meters. The Marlin Mk3 is designed for deepwater applications such as pipeline inspection
French transmission system operator RTE has invited tenders for maintenance of the electric structures at sea for offshore wind farms’ connection to the national grid. The tender is divided in three lots. Lot 1 includes a storage facility for the offshore repair equipment, a boat that will carry out
VAALCO Energy on Monday announced that the North Tchibala 2-H well, the second development well in the North Tchibala field, offshore Gabon, was brought online. The first well, the North Tchibala 1-H, was drilled with the Transocean Constellation II jack-up rig and brought online in September. The N
KrisEnergy, an independent upstream oil and gas company, has completed drilling of the Mustika-1 exploration well in the Sakti production sharing contract (PSC) in the East Java Sea. The well will be plugged and abandoned as it is a non-commercial discovery. Mustika-1 was spud a week ago with the KS
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) on Sunday signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Mubadala Petroleum joining forces in upstream oil and gas investments.
ABB Turbocharging, the ABB Group company said on Monday it has been awarded a long-term maintenance agreement by the LNG shipper Dynagas.
Ocean Installer has signed an amendment with Statoil for riser replacement operations at the Troll C field. Additionally, this includes options for work at the Vigdis field. The work will be executed under the SLMP Marine Installation Contract. “We are extremely pleased to have secured more work at
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (December 07 – December 13). French oil services provider, Technip, has denied alleged merger talks with Houston-based FMC Technologies. Namely, last week, reports came out that Technip could be lookin
IOG North Sea, an independent, London-listed oil and gas company, has secured an additional loan of up to £800,000 from London Group Limited. IOG, a company with a market cap of slightly above £5 million, plans to invest the cash in its gas assets in the Southern North Sea and also, the investment w
