A division of Unique Maritime Group (UMG), Unique Wellube, has provided mechanical seal plugs for Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company’s (ADMA-OPCO) significant pipeline isolation project. ADMA-OPCO’s 8” subsea riser was found to have some damages which would require a weld repair at the splash zone o
Hess Corporation has, together with its project co-owners, reached a final investment decision (FID) to proceed with the development of Stampede, an oil and gas project operated by Hess in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Discovered in 2005, the Stampede Field is located approximately 115 miles south o
Technip has been awarded a subsea contract by Chevron Indonesia for the Bangka Development, located in Rapak PSC area, approximately 70km offshore the province of East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The contract covers engineering, procurement, construction, installation, commissioning and pre commissioning
3D Oil has contracted the Polarcus Asima to acquire the Flanagan 3D seismic survey in the T/49P Permit offshore in the Otway Basin. The acquisition is expected to start during November 2014. The mobilisation cost of the Asima will be shared with Origin Energy who will record a separate survey with t
The Honorable Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), a few days ago joined employees from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Albuquerque District and other government agencies to break ground on the first two phases of the San Acacia Levee project. The Albuquerque District, the
DredgeFest Great Lakes event about the human manipulation of sediment on North America’s fourth coast, the Great Lakes, will be held in two Minnesota cities, Minneapolis and Duluth in Fall 2015. The event is organized by the Dredge Research Collaborative, in partnership with the University of Minnes
Kleven’s Myklebust Verft in Gursken, Norway, has signed a contract for modification of the Aker Wayfarer vessel to become a deepwater subsea equipment support vessel (SESV). The contract is entered into with Ocean Yield ASA, a ship owning company with investments within oil-service and industrial sh
Cap Energy has informed that it is working to progress its interests offshore Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, by conducting a 3D survey scheduled for November, 2014. Sitting in the same basin as the Company’s Senegal assets, the prospective leads are distributed across a carbonate shelf that passes abru
Noble Energy, Inc. has reported third quarter 2014 net income of $419 million, or $1.12 per diluted share. Excluding the impact of certain items, third quarter 2014 adjusted income was $110 million, or $0.28 per diluted share. Discretionary cash flow was $811 million and net cash provided by operati
N-Sea Offshore has been awarded major contracts to the value of over £100 million, since the beginning of the year. N-Sea is known for its innovative work in the North Sea as an independent offshore subsea contractor. The company has secured a significant number of major, long-term contracts in the
Statoil has informed that the “world’s first subsea wet gas compressor station” is now ready for the final testing at Horsøy outside Bergen before being prepared for installation and hook-up to Gullfaks C in 2015. By adding 22 million extra barrels of oil equivalent from the Gullfaks South Brent res
The Environment Agency has announced that dredging works on the River Tone, part of the Somerset Levels and Moors Flood Action Plan, have been completed. So far approximately 128,000m³ of silt was removed from the site with 7.9km of the 8km dredge project completed. Restoring the channel to the 1960
Vroon has informed that today, October 28, the launching of VOS Paradise took place at Cosco Guangdong Shipyard in China. VOS Paradise is the second of six platform supply vessels of PX121-type being built at Guangdong Shipyard. The vessels will be delivered to Vroon in 2015/2016 and are intended fo
Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. has acquired two previously shot 2D seismic surveys totaling 2,922 line km on its Sharon Block 2213 A&B, Walvis Basin, offshore Namibia. The company is the operator of the block. These Surveys provide extensive coverage in one of the company’s focus areas. Eco Atlantic
