Transmission system operator (TSO) Tennet has developed a procurement strategy aiming to involve all future suppliers in connecting future Dutch offshore wind farms to the grid. Under the document, the companies will be able to qualify to take part in future tenders for five wind connection projects
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Mohawk Northeast Inc. with a $10.6 million contract for jetty repair in Nantucket Harbor. In announcing the contract last Friday, Senator Bill Keating said: “As recent winters have become more and more severe, the timing of this award couldn’t be better.
Swire Seabed, a fully owned subsidiary of Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO), has placed an order for the acquisition of two Kystdesign Supporter Work-Class Remotely Operated Vehicles (WROVs) with Lidan Launch and Recovery Systems (LARS), for delivery in February 2016. Headquartered in Bergen, Norway, Swi
The Port of Oakland is nearly a third of the way through its annual maintenance dredging program for 2015. By November, the port plans to scoop 185,000 cubic yards of sediment from 17 deep-water shipping berths. The goal of the $3.7 million project: maintain 50-foot depths so container ships aren’t
Woodside informed it has extended its relationship with Accenture to implement predictive analytics for maintenance and process control in production operations across its liquefied natural gas assets.
Emerson Process Management, a unit of Emerson, has provided automation and engineering services for a Qatargas JBOG project that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1.6 million tonnes annually.
Cheniere Energy’s unit, Cheniere Marketing has entered into another sales arrangement with France’s EDF for the delivery of LNG cargoes on an ex-ship basis (DES) from its Sabine Pass terminal in the U.S. The deal covers the delivery of up to 24 cargoes, or up to approximately 89 million MMBtus total
GE Oil & Gas has signed a Long Term Service Agreement with Chevron Australia to provide subsea services for the Company’s operated natural gas assets located off the northwest coast of Western Australia. GE will supply a range of services including project management, inventory storage, preventative
Survitec, a supplier of mooring systems to the offshore market, has provided an Exxonmobil oil field in Angola with a 180-meter single leg mooring hawser. Weighing in at just under nine tonnes, and with a diameter of over 150mm, the rope provides a Minimum Breaking Load (MBL) of 924 tonnes. It will
Claxton, an Acteon company, has installed a high-pressure drilling riser system as part of a multi-million-pound contract for the Catcher area field development in the Central North Sea. Owen Lewis, project engineer, Claxton, said, “Claxton was the only company to offer Premier Oil a fully-forged ri
Norway’s Solstad Offshore ASA has won a charter agreement with an undisclosed client for CSV Normand Baltic. According to the Oslo-listed company, the deal represents a firm duration of 210 days plus options. Start of Normand Baltic charter begins in the second quarter 2016 in continuation of existi
Tohoku Electric of Japan reportedly closed an LNG supply tender last week.
Global Marine Systems Limited has announced a fibre optic installation project for Huawei Marine Networks (HMN) in the Sea of Okhotsk, Russia. The project will demand 200 days of in-situ vessel time to lay 1,844 km of repeatered cable between strategic locations, the company informed. HMN’s customer
DNV GL has been awarded a contract for the provision of Marine Warranty, Operations And Consultancy Services for the Shah Deniz 2 project operated by BP Exploration (Shah Deniz) Limited. DNV GL will support the operator in assuring the project equipment transportation and installations are conducted
