Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been awarded the contract by Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., of Panama City, Florida to supply an integrated solution for a new multipurpose support vessel (MPSV) for Harvey Gulf International Marine, LLC (HGIM) of New Or
Ocean Rig UDW Inc. (the “Company” or “Ocean Rig”), a global provider of offshore deepwater drilling services, announced that it has received a Letter of Award for its ultra deepwater drillship “Ocean Rig Skyros”, from a major oil company. The Letter of Award is for 5 wells or a minimum of 275 days c
Sonardyne International Ltd. has received another major order for Compatt 6G transponders from Forum Subsea Rentals, a division of Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. Formerly know as DPS Offshore, this latest order brings the total value of 6G equipment purchased by the company to approximately US$3 mi
Reach Subsea has entered into a charter party agreement with Bourbon for the MPSV “Bourbon Emerald” for 140 days + options. The vessel will be equipped with the company’s own ROVs for operations in the North Sea and under the Joint Venture with Marin Mætteknik. Further, Reach Subsea has entered into
Chevron Corporation’s subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited confirmed that initial production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has commenced at the Angola LNG project. Angola LNG is one of the largest energy projects on the African continent. “First gas at Angola LNG is an important milestone in
Exxonmobil Exploration and Production Romania Limited Nassau (Bahamas) is in search of a contractor for the provision of services in connection with the realisation of the concept for the location of offshore pipelines in the Black Sea as part of the Domino Project. Services include: Offshore route
Scaffolding specialist MAS Australasia Pty Ltd (MAS) a subsidiary of AusGroup Limited, has secured an initial AU$34.5 million contract with CB&I and Kentz Joint Venture (CKJV) on the Chevron-operated Gorgon Project. The contract has been awarded for ongoing scaffolding services. Strong performance a
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited announces that it has placed orders for a further 2 of the 10 key project elements for the Perth Wave Energy Project. Orders have been placed for the CETO Buoyant Actuators and the CETO Unit Attachment & Foundation Connectors. The supplier of the Bu
Veripos has been awarded a 5 year contract for supply of precise satellite positioning services by Bintang Subsea, a leading independent survey organisation providing offshore inspection, survey and dredging support services to a wide range of users in the Asia Pacific Region. The agreement includes
Samsung Heavy Industries’ Nigerian subsidiary announces the award of a new order to build an FPSO vessel worth around $3 billion. The FPSO, being built for an unnamed customer, will become the largest vessel of its kind in the world, and is expected to begin production in 2017. The vessel will be 33
A leading operator has signed a USD3 million deal to use Riserless Mud Recovery services (RMR®) from AGR Enhanced Drilling. These services will be used off Sakhalin, Russia, over this year’s summer drilling season. The operating company is using RMR® to help drilling operations in an area that has c
2H Offshore, an Acteon company, has been contracted by Exxon Mobil Corporation to conduct the detailed design of two 10 inch production steel catenary risers for ExxonMobil’s Julia Phase 1 development. The Julia development will be a subsea tieback to a moored semi-submersible in approximately 7,000
Seaway Heavy Lifting has been awarded a heavy lift contract from Subsea 7. This contract is part of Subsea 7’s main contract with Statoil for the Gullfaks Subsea Compression Project in Norway. Seaway Heavy Lifting’s scope includes Transport & Installation (T&I) of a 500t Wet Gas Compression station
FoundOcean has been awarded the contract by Graham Construction to pile grout the foundation for the world’s largest offshore wind turbine, developed by Samsung Heavy Industries, in Fife, Scotland. This will be the first 7MW turbine to be installed. Each blade measures over 80m, longer than the wing
