Swedish marine survey specialist, MMT, has been awarded a contract for a survey job related to Kriegers Flak’s subsea cable route. As part of the Kriegers Flak (KF) Combined Grid Solution (CGS) the Danish TSO Energinet.dk and the German TSO 50Hertz Transmission GmbH is preparing the installation of
Boskalis Westminster dredger Sospan Dau has just completed maintenance dredging of the approach channel to Chichester Harbor and beach nourishment at Hayling Island. The approach channel to the harbor was dredged, targeting areas where the shingle material has naturally built up which could otherwis
Chevron Corporation has started oil and gas production from the Lianzi Field, located in a unitized offshore zone between the Republic of Congo and the Republic of Angola. Located 65 miles (105 km) offshore in approximately 3,000 feet (900 meters) of water, Lianzi is Chevron’s first operated asset i
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. is working on a dredging project in Africa related to maintaining the access channel and turning basins of the Soyo LNG port. Works on the project, awarded to Boskalis by Angola LNG Ltd., started few months ago and will be completed by the end of 2017. The project wil
Belgian GeoSea, member of DEME Group, has been awarded a Galloper offshore wind farm EPCI foundation contract with RWE Innogy UK. Galloper offshore wind farm project is located 27 km off the Suffolk coast. Under the contract, GeoSea will deliver design, fabrication and installation of 56 steel monop
TransCanada Corporation informed that its Prince Rupert Gas Transmission project has signed a project agreement with the Blueberry River First Nations, a Treaty 8 First Nation.
Cairn Energy has started the appraisal program to evaluate the SNE oil discovery, offshore Senegal. According to FAR Limited, a partner in the project, the three wells SNE-2, SNE-3 and BEL-1 will be drilled back to back in a program that is estimated to be completed in mid-2016. Both SNE-2 and SNE-3
Kraken Sonar has received a $1.5 million contract from an international defence contractor for a KATFISH sonar system. Along with spare parts and support, the initial order could exceed $2 million. The company did not disclose the client’s name. The agreement includes multiple stages, starting with
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (October 26 – November 01). Eni will sell a stake in Saipem representing approximately 12.5% plus one share of the company share capital to Fondo Strategico Italiano (FSI). The sale and purchase agreem
Integral Consulting Inc. (Integral) will use ocean-depth sediment profile imaging (SPI)/plan view camera system to conduct baseline and post-disposal monitoring for a dredging and disposal project in Douglas Harbor, Alaska. The company was awarded the subcontract by Western Marine Construction of Se
Subsea 7 has been awarded a long term agreement with Centrica to provide support to Centrica throughout early phase Concept engineering, FEED, SURF project execution and Life of Field operations. The agreement is applicable to the Centrica portfolio on the Norwegian Continental Shelf and has a durat
VBMS has been awarded two contracts with a total value of approximately EUR 200 million by Galloper Wind Farm Ltd., a joint venture between RWE Innogy UK, Siemens Finance and Green Investment Bank, for the Galloper Offshore Wind Farm. VBMS signed a contract for the export cabling scope in a consorti
GE Oil & Gas has agreed to acquire Advantec, a provider of subsea intervention equipment and services. Advantec will operate under the existing name and management team as part of GE Oil & Gas’ Subsea Services & Offshore division. As such, it will continue to supply products and services directly to
A joint venture between UGL and Cape has secured a two year contract with LNG player Woodside in Western Australia. The 50/50 JV won the contract to provide services on the Woodside-operated Karratha gas plant. The value of the contract was not dislcosed. The scope of work includes planning and exec
