Contracts awarded by Statoil Aberdeen to the UK supply chain have now surpassed a value of GBP 1 billion, including all the major contracts for the operational phase on the Mariner field. The Statoil-operated Mariner field is located on the East Shetland Platform of the UK North Sea, approximately 1
Jan De Nul Group, expert in dredging and marine construction activities, has just released a photo of its cutter suction dredger (CSD) Zheng He working in the New Suez Canal, Egypt. According to Jan De Nul, CSD Zheng He is the record-holder in dredging volume. She dredged 20 million m³ since the sta
Giant Kashagan oil field in the Caspian Sea offshore Kazakhstan should resume production by 2017. First oil from the giant development started flowing in September 2013, however it was stopped after detection of an offshore gas leak. After several studies into the causes of the leak The North Caspia
Deepwater oil projects and complex gas facilities worth around $200 billion have been cancelled or put on hold worldwide in recent months due to the sharp drop in oil prices over the past year, consultancy Ernst and Young said on Tuesday.
Boksa Marine Design has been awarded a contract by Florida-based oceanography institute for the design and engineering of a new coastal class research vessel. The new boat will replace an existing vessel which has been used as a floating laboratory for scientists and students studying in the waterwa
Wood Group Kenny (WGK) will support the Kebabangan Petroleum Operating Company (KPOC) in pipeline engineering and flow assurance engineering studies for the Kamansu East (KME) field offshore Sabah, Malaysia. The scope of work will include concept select studies and definition engineering on subsea h
The Egypt Ports & Waterways Summit (9-11 June), hosted by IQPC, brought together industry leaders, government officials and investors to discuss the future of the country’s dredging projects, ports and waterways. IQPC is also organizing the Coastal and Canal Zone Development Conference taking place
Britain’s Burgess Marine has built an offshore support vessel for Mainprize Offshore at its shipyard at Trafalgar Wharf in Portchester, near Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK. The 25-metre boat, the MO2, was delivered at the Seawork 2015, commercial marine and workboat conference in Southampton, when Mainpr
The Broomhill Sands Coastal Defense Scheme at Camber in East Sussex will provide improved protection from the risk of flooding for 1,831 properties, 825 of which are residential. UK’s Environment Agency awarded the £20 million Broomhill Sands contract to Team Van Oord back in 2014. The scheme co
Over 6 days, from 23 June to 3 July, the Environment Agency and its partners are running a series of ‘drop-in’ sessions at various locations in and around Oxford to explain how they plan to reduce the risk of flooding in the city. A key aim of the sessions is to make sure that everyone has […
Bahamas Petroleum Company today announced that the Governor-General of The Bahamas has signed the Licence Renewal Addendum for its four southern licences in Bahamian waters. Bahamas Petroleum holds a 100 per cent working interest in four licences in the Southern territorial waters of The Commonwealt
Ocean Installer has been awarded its first call-off contract under a framework agreement with ExxonMobil Exploration & Production Norway AS (EEPNAS) for subsea well tie-back, engineering, IRM, ROV and associated services at the Balder field. The call-off contract comprises fabrication and installati
DeepOcean has been awarded an Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair (“IMR”) contract by BG Group. The five year contract covers all ROV based IMR work for BG Group on UK and Norwegian subsea assets. DeepOcean will use vessels from its North Sea based fleet for work under this contract. “IMR is one of
Previously uninhabited, Boubyan Island is the largest of the Kuwaiti coastal islands and is now the scene of a complete development project. The overall master plan for the island’s evolution includes residential and industrial developments, a bridge link to the mainland, a seaport and a nature rese
