Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (October 6 – October 12). Chiyoda Corporation, Xodus Group and Saipem International BV, a subsidiary company of Saipem Spa, have joined forces to set up a subsea engineering company named Xodus
Jumbo has completed the mooring system pre-installation for the Greater Stella Area (GSA) development as a main contractor for Ithaca Energy. Jumbo was managed by Costain Upstream, the subsea project management contractor for the GSA development. GSA is located in the Central North Sea, Central Grab
BP will start production from its Kinnoull field in the UK North Sea this month. According to Bloomberg, Bob Dudley, the oil giant’s CEO shared the information on Thursday, October 9, at an event in London. The Kinnoull field is one of the three reservoirs that are being developed as part of the rej
Boskalis Westminster has completed installation of the gravel pre-load on the Cowes new breakwater as scheduled, having deposited a total of 51,000m3 to bring the crest of the gravel core up to between 3.7 and 4.4 meters above chart datum. Five settlement beacons were also installed on the breakwate
Construction works on a multi-billion dollar new Suez Canal project are in full swing. This giant project will see the creation of a new Suez Canal parallel to the current channel of a total length of 72 kilometers. Workers engaged in the new Suez Canal project are working 24/7 to complete the proje
LQT Industries, LLC has built and commissioned a subarctic aluminum accommodation facility to be used by a global energy company on a drilling platform off the coast of Sakhalin Island, Russia. The facility consists of ten aluminum modular units made up of living quarters, recreation rooms, and util
The joint venture AGC Meisei has been awarded an AU$197 million contract by JKC Australia LNG for the onshore facilities of the Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG project, near Darwin. The JV was formed by the AusGroup unit AGC Industries, an Australian based construction, maintenance services and fabricati
The pressure test of the Valemon Rich Gas Pipeline has been approved, and Gassco has yesterday (October 9) taken over the operatorship of this 177-kilometre facility which will carry rich gas to the Heimdal field centre in the North Sea for further processing. Gassco has thereby become the operator
HKV, as member of the international collaboration initiative STUDIO MISI-ZIIBI, has been selected as one of the three finalist teams to participate in the Changing Course: Navigating the Future of the Lower Mississippi River Delta design competition. HKV shares leadership of STUDIO MISI-ZIIBI with U
Medmerry managed realignment in West Sussex, the UK’s largest manmade coastal habitat flood scheme, has won ‘The Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award’ and ‘Civil Engineering Project of the Year’ in the 2014 British Construction Industry Awards. The only UK project to win two awards, Medmerr
Engineering company Monadelphous has been awarded an extension to the facilities management services contract associated with the Gorgon Project operated by Chevron Australia Pty Ltd. The contract extension, valued at approximately $200 million, is to continue the operation and maintenance of constr
The first pile for a new seawall was sunk yesterday in Jakarta, Indonesia, marking the start of work on a major coastal protection project on the National Capital Integrated Coastal Development (NCICD) project, which is aimed at countering the effects of soil subsidence and rising sea levels. The pr
Keppel Nantong Shipyard in China this month held the simultaneous laying of the keels of two offshore supply vessels of the MTD R277 project. The vessels are being built under the survey of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. The customer is the Russia’s oil company Lukoil, and operation of the s
A great deal of work has been underway on the implementation of the Federal Government’s $3 million Tamar River Recovery Plan for cleaning up the River and improving the local environment and economy in Tasmania. Minister for the Environment Greg Hunt and Federal Member for Bass Andrew Nikolic today
