Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) and Royal Volker Wessels Stevin N.V. (VolkerWessels) have signed a Letter of Intent to set up a joint venture combining their forces in the field of cable installation. Boskalis and VolkerWessels will each hold a 50% stake in Visser & Smit Marine Contractin
Jasper Investment Limited announces that its subsidiary, Jasper Offshore (Cyprus) Ltd, has incorporated two wholly owned subsidiaries in Singapore, namely Jasper Management Services Pte. Ltd. (“JMSPL”) and Jasper (Congo) Pte. Ltd. (“JCPL”). The principal activity of JMSPL is to provide management an
Pieridae Energy announced that it has entered into a long-term sales agreement with E.ON Global Commodities SE, a subsidiary of E.ON SE, one of the world’s largest investor-owned power and gas companies, for the purchase of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Goldboro LNG project in Nova Scotia, Ca
TAQA, the global energy company based in Abu Dhabi, has completed the acquisition of UK North Sea oil and gas assets from BP. TAQA takes over as operator of the Harding field and production platform in the Central North Sea, complementing the company’s existing assets in the Northern North Sea. The
From June 3, 2013 onwards, Nord Stream AG will be conducting routine maintenance works on both pipelines. These long-planned works will be ongoing for about two weeks and require first each line separately, followed by both lines at once to be temporarily shut down during that time. The works includ
General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, said that it has entered into a contract with an affiliate of American Petroleum Tankers (APT), a company majority owned by funds managed by Blackstone on behalf of its investors, for the design and construction of four 50,000 d
Alstom, a world leading developer and manufacturer of the full range of hydro products and services, including turbines, generators, control systems, hydro-mechanical equipment and balance-of-plant, has signed an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with Tidal Lagoon Power Limited to design and build t
Mindef/DGA/DT/SCAT/Toulon has invited tenders for the supply of an underwater mine detection apparaus for operation works in Toulon, France. The multi-acquisition and simulation system (SAAMI) is a tool operated under the expertise of mining conducted within DGA in Brest. Its main functions are the
Work has started at Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven AG on the multi-functional offshore construction vessel and pipelaying platform CEONA AMAZON for London-based shipping company CEONA. The 33,000gt newbuilding, 199.4m long, 32.2m wide and drawing 7.5m, will be part of a new generation of vessels in the CEO
Narec is seeking a contractor to undertake a geotechnical survey for the Blyth Offshore Wind Demonstrator Project. Under the contract, the company should survey contractor should be able to: Provide vessels and equipment suitable for undertaking geotechnical survey at the site, in the anticipated wa
Red Eléctrica de España S.A.U. announces tender invitation for the provision of subsea cable survey services in Spain. The contract undertakes the following geophysical studies: – High resolution bathymetry MBES plus high resolution sub-bottom profiler (SBP) by Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV); – REE
TTS Group ASA has through its subsidiary TTS Offshore Handling Equipment AS signed a contract with a value of approx. 65 – 70 MNOK with Kleven Verft AS. This is the sixth contract with the Norwegian shipyard in the last 15 months. The contract concerns delivery of a 250 ton active heave compensated
Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of a contract valued at approximately US$170 million from Statoil for the Mariner field, located in the UK sector of the North Sea. The contract is for the engineering, procurement, installation and construction (EPIC) of 39km of rigid flowlines and flexible riser s
Defence and security company Saab has signed a contract on delivery of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle systems, AUV62, in training configuration. The order has a total value of MSEK 148 and system deliveries will take place during 2014. The order comprises the supply of AUV62, the latest version of th
