50Hertz Offshore GmbH, German grid operator in charge of connecting wind farms in the Baltic Sea, is seeking a contractor to carry out ordnance disposal work along submarine cable routes for the grid connection of two offshore wind farms. The connection point of the wind farms is in Lubmin, where wi
Rapidly growing subsea specialist ROVOP is set to take delivery of five new remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), representing an investment of £17million (approx. $28million) and building significantly upon the company’s market-leading fleet of ROVs. The ROVs include two UHD-III’s, which are the most
GasLog said that it has ordered two new 174,000 cubic meter LNG carriers from Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) in South Korea. The vessels are expected to be delivered in 2017 and are sister vessels to the four ordered in 2013 for delivery in 2016. The vessels have been ordered with the tri-fuel diese
Veripos, leading suppliers of high-precision GNSS positioning services for offshore applications, is to provide dedicated positioning support for a number of Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) operated by Rem Offshore, the leading specialist Norwegian company which maintains a global fleet of ships. Und
Braemar Engineering said that it has been appointed to act as shipping consultants to Bonny Gas Transport, a unit of Nigeria LNG (NLNG) responsible for the transport of NLNG’s output over the Atlantic to Europe and the Americas. Braemar Engineering will oversee the building of six LNG carriers, from
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. announces that its Robotics subsidiary, Canyon Offshore, Inc., has reached an agreement with a subsidiary of McDermott International, Inc. to provide remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services and equipment for McDermott’s fleet of subsea construction and pipelay sup
Rolls-Royce has announced orders from a variety of international customers for its offshore ship designs and equipment worth more than £60m. The contracts, which include five Rolls-Royce UT Design vessels and propulsion equipment packages for research and seismic survey vessels, were announced at th
The Norwegian drilling contractor Norshore has entered into a firm contract with Sabah Shell Petroleum Company Ltd, Far Frontier Energy Sdn. Bhd. for top hole drilling on the Malikai field in Malaysia. The contract is a breakthrough for Norshore and is regarded as a new and important cost reducing m
Ashtead Technology, an international subsea equipment specialist, has announced a distributor agreement with SeaBotix Inc for the sale and exclusive global rental of its miniROV systems at OTC in Houston. The agreement with SeaBotix, the world-leading manufacturer of miniROV systems, was announced a
Siemens Energy has received an order to deliver customized direct electrical heating (DEH) power supply systems for ten subsea flow lines, with an option for two additional systems. Customer is BP Exploration Limited and all the systems are to be deployed on BP-operated Shah Deniz gas field in the A
During the last five years Statoil and its partners have invested as much as NOK 46 billion on the Troll field, which came on stream in 1995. The investment level will remain high for many years to come. Troll is the story of achieving the impossible. The oil proven in connection with the largest ga
Apache Corporation informed that its Gulf of Mexico subsidiary will sell non-operated interests in the Lucius and Heidelberg development projects and 11 primary term deepwater exploration blocks to a subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. for $1.4 billion. The effective date of the transa
British Columbia Premier Christy Clark and Woodfibre LNG Lead Director, Imelda Tanoto, signed a Letter of Intent to further the growth of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the province. This is the second agreement of its kind signed during the international trade mission underway. “Woodfibre LNG is mo
Through water technology and survey company, Nautronix, has been awarded a 5 year frame contract – based on a non-exclusive agreement – by SURF and subsea contractor Ceona with an initial 1 year call-off for the supply of survey services to support their new build DP3 subsea construction vessel, the
