Manson Construction Co. of Seattle, Washington, has just secured a $15 million contract with options for Atchafalaya Basin and Gulf Intracoastal Waterway projects and cutter suction dredge rental. Funding and work location will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Marc
September 15th 2015 is the “Call for Papers” deadline for the XXI World Dredging Congress (WODCON). In June 2016, WEDA will host the WODCON, the only worldwide conference dedicated exclusively to dredging and maritime construction. WODCON XXI, occurring in the Western Hemisphere every 9 years, will
Seismic contractor, Polarcus, has secured a new contract with an undisclosed client for a 3D marine seismic project in Australia. According to the Oslo-listed company, the project is scheduled to start in the forth quarter of 2015, following the completion of the Capreolus 3D shoot, currently being
The installation of the Malampaya Depletion Compression Platform (DCP), a new offshore natural gas platform installed in the West Philippine Sea off the coast of Palawan, Philippines has been completed. Following the completion of Substructure Engineering Design in early 2014, Shell Philippines Expl
ION Geophysical has been awarded a contract from Puntland Petroleum Minerals Agency (PPMA) to acquire 8,000 kilometers of seismic data covering the entire Somalia Puntland offshore margin. The regional 2D multi-client survey, known as PuntlandSPAN, is being conducted to support a future license roun
Steelhead LNG said it has signed a pre-construction agreement with pipeline developer Williams to commence with the design and regulatory approvals for the Island Gas Connector project.
Neptune Marine Services Limited has been awarded a saturation diving manning services contract by Technip in Oceania on Chevron’s Wheatstone project. The contract includes the provision of saturation diving manning services to assist with the project spool installation. Works are due to start in Q3
Steelhead LNG announced a pre-construction agreement with pipeline developer Williams to begin with the design and regulatory approvals for the Island Gas Connector Project. Island Gas Connector is a proposed natural gas pipeline which will transport natural gas to Vancouver Island, where Steelhead
The Dutra Group, based in San Rafael, California, has been awarded a contract for the maintenance dredging of the Oakland’s inner and outer harbors. The contract, worth approximately $14.4 million, will be completed in late January 2016. Dredging to keep navigational channels clear is an annual task
ION Geophysical Corporation and the Tanzanian Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) announced that the TPDC has awarded ION a contract to acquire 4,058 km of 2D seismic, gravity and magnetic data over offshore blocks 4/1B and 4/1C in the Rovuma Delta region. The award follows an international ten
Following Monday’s final nod for the Maersk Oil-operated Culzean field in the North Sea, the Danish firm has started awarding contracts for the development. After awarding Singapore’s Sembmarine a $1 billion contract to build offshore facilities for this high-pressure, high-temperature gas field, th
The Kolkata Port Trust awarded a contract to a consortium of H-Energy and Excelerate Energy to set up a 4 mtpa Floating Storage and Regasification Unit in the offshore Digha region of West Bengal.
Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas has given its consent for a revised development plan of the Ophir oil field, located offshore Malaysia. According to Octanex, an Australian company with a share in the development, the revised plan will decrease the development costs by 30 percent. As the low o
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District was the host to the second Stakeholder Partnering Forum on August 27, 2015, at its headquarters building in Galveston. Along with non-federal sponsors, customers and agency partners, the Corps discussed best practices regarding programs ranging fro
