Vattenfall plans to participate in Danish Energy Agency (DEA) led call for bids for the concession of Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm located in a shallow water area of the eastern North Sea. Vattenfall has invited contractors to submit Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the transport of wind turbine
Samsø Kommune, the local authorities of the island of Samsø, Denmark, invited companies to be prequalified to participate in a tender for a “turn-key” LNG supply solution for ferry operation. The new ferry which will be operating between Samsø and Hou in Jutland will be the first Danish ferry to be
Aker Solutions has completed the sale of its mooring and loading systems business to Cargotec for an enterprise value of NOK 1.4 billion. The unit, known for the Pusnes brand name, provides mooring equipment, loading and offloading systems, as well as deck machinery for the global offshore and shipp
Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC, President: Hirobumi Kawano) announces that it has signed a Contract for Exploration for Cobalt-Rich Ferromanganese Crusts, in the high seas located approximately 600 kilometers offshore of south-east of Minami-Tori-Shima Island, with Internatio
KONGSBERG has been appointed as the supplier and integrator of all electrical, telecom and integrated control systems for the new Petrofac JSD 6000 deepwater derrick lay vessel, to be built at the Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co., Ltd (ZPMC) yard in China for Petrofac UK. The contract worth more
Toho Gas of Japan said it has entered into a 20-year deal with Mitsui to buy four LNG cargoes per year (about 300,000 tons of LNG per annum) from the U.S. Cameron liquefaction project. Sempra Energy, the developer of the LNG export project, obtained approval from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Fugro has been awarded two contracts to perform cable burial and survey operations at two wind farm sites in the UK. The first contract is for CT Offshore A/S at RWE Innogy’s Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm located in Liverpool Bay off the North Wales coast. The work involves the burial and post-buri
iSURVEY Group has announced the launch of a new offshore division as part of UK growth plans. iSURVEY Group, a Norway-based provider of survey and positioning services to the global oil and gas and telecommunications sectors , is establishing a new Aberdeen-based entity supporting clients operating
QinetiQ North America (QNA) announced that it was awarded a three-year strategic contract for ocean modeling, remote sensing, and physical oceanography programs to support the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) at Stennis Space Center, MS. Ocean circulation patterns, temperatures and depths are constan
ION Geophysical Corporation announced that it has increased its ownership interest in OceanGeo B.V., a geophysical company specializing in multicomponent ocean bottom seismic acquisition. ION now owns 70% of OceanGeo, up from the 30% the Company acquired in February 2013. Formerly known as GeoRXT, O
OceanGeo B.V., a geophysical company specializing in multicomponent ocean bottom seismic acquisition, announced that it has been awarded a contract for a 510 square kilometer ocean bottom 3D seismic survey in the Gulf of Paria offshore Trinidad for Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (P
Speaking to investors today, new Shell CEO Ben van Beurden updated on the company’s priorities: improving Shell’s financial results and achieving better capital efficiency, as well as continuing to strengthen operational performance and project delivery. Ben Van Beurden, who became the new CEO of Ro
South Stream Transport has contracted three pipe mills to supply over 75,000 steel pipes for the first line of the South Stream Offshore Pipeline. Europipe from Germany will supply 50% of the pipes, OMK from Russia 35%, and Severstal’s Izhora Pipe Mill in Russia another 15%. The contracts, with a to
Petrofac, the international oil and gas services provider, announces that Mubadala Petroleum Thailand, has taken up an option to extend its lease of Petrofac’s Jasmine Venture floating production, storage and offloading facility (FPSO) for up to four additional years. The FPSO is currently deployed
