Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications of Eatontown, New Jersey, has been awarded a $12,31 mill. firm-fixed-price contract to supply submarine cable for the Navy. The contract is for the delivery of 1,550 kilometers of SL-17 submarine fiber-optic cable. The cable is used by Navy programs to connect
The Environment Agency, Devon County Council and Exeter City Council are working together to design and build a scheme which will reduce flood risk to the city of Exeter. Exeter has a long history of flooding, going back as far as the 13th century. The current flood defenses were built in the 1960s
BESIX Group, of the Belgium’s largest companies operating in the construction industry, has won a contract for the design and construction of a new berth and the adjacent container stacking yards at the DCT Gdansk (Deepwater Container Terminal Gdansk). The new 650m long berth will increase DCT’s ann
Atlantic Petroleum has informed that well test preparation operations continue on the 43/13b-7 Pegasus West gas well, on UK Licence P1724, in the Southern North Sea. The well is being completed so that it can be used for later production, if the flow test proves commerciality. Results from the tests
The deadline for comments on changes proposed by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) to regulations for lifeboats on offshore facilities expired on October 1, 2014. PSA says these responses will now be studied in detail before the amendments are finalised. Ensuring the same level of safety f
Martin County has announced that they have been awarded grant for the St. Lucie Inlet dredging project from the Florida Inland Navigation District (FIND). Since 1999, FIND has provided periodic funding on four previous occasions for projects in the St. Lucie Inlet including dredging and north jetty
First steel was cut for two self-propelled jack-up units at Eversendai Offshore’s UAE yard, the company today announced. The two liftboats ‘Aryan’ and ‘Arjun’, being built at the company’s yard in RAK Maritime City, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, are scheduled to be delivered in 2016. The uni
Fugro has been awarded a contract by BP Exploration Operating Company for the provision of wellhead and riser monitoring services. The contract will support BP drilling activities for the Quad 204 redevelopment of the Schiehallion field, West of Shetland. A total of 25 wells are to be drilled over t
Statoil and its partners have completed their joint seismic acquisition project in the south-eastern Barents Sea. New forms of cooperation have ensured resource-efficient acquisition, the company says.
Geospace Technologies Corporation has entered into an agreement with an international seismic contractor to rent 4,000 stations of its cable-less OBX ocean bottom nodal system. The contract term is for 180 days and delivery of the OBX system is expected to occur in January 2015. The OBX system is de
Neptune Marine Services said it has been awarded a framework agreement by Inpex for the Ichthys LNG project. Under this agreement, Neptune has been awarded a 40 month rig positioning and survey services contract for the Ichthys LNG project. The services are scheduled to commence in November/December
Bergen Group Hanøytangen AS has been awarded a rig upgrade contract from Dolphin Drilling AS. The contract is for upgrades and 5-year Class Renewal Survey (CRS) on the semi-submersible production and exploration rig Borgland Dolphin and it is based on the Letter of Intent announced on September 15,
Neptune Marine Services Limited has been awarded a framework agreement by INPEX for the provision of Neptune’s range of specialist services. Under this agreement, Neptune has been awarded a 40 month rig positioning and survey services contract for the Ichthys LNG Project. The services are scheduled
General Electric Company has agreed to conduct a comprehensive study of the contamination in the shoreline areas of the upper Hudson River, according to the announcement of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Cleanup of the Hudson River PCBs Superfund site has been ongoing since 2009 when rive
