Offshore Transmission Operator Transmission Capital Partners has contracted with Global Marine Systems Energy Ltd., the largest independent provider of subsea power cable installation, maintenance and related engineering services worldwide, to provide cable repair and maintenance services for the tr
Total today announced that it has acquired an additional 6% interest in the Ichthys liquefied natural gas (LNG) project from its partner INPEX. Total’s overall equity stake in the Ichthys LNG project grows from 24% to 30%. The acquisition does not impact any of the LNG offtake agreements with the en
The Portland District Corps of Engineers intends to award a contract for Chetco Mechanical Dredging 2012. This dredging project includes maintenance dredging at the Chetco River, entrance channel from RM 00+02 to 00+14 and in the boat basin, Brookings, Curry County, Oregon. Approximately 26,000 cubi
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth around $80 million to supply power technologies and medium-voltage drive systems for the new Ichthys liquefied natural gas (LNG) project’s processing plant near Darwin, Australia. The equipment will power the plant and cont
Technip received a Letter of Intent from Statoil for their Aasta Hansteen (previously named Luva) field development, offshore Norway, in approximately 1,300 meters (4,250 feet) of water depth. The project will be led by Technip in a consortium with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI). The contract covers
On 22 June 2012, Braveheart Shipping baptized its Javelin 22.22 “Guardian”. Guardian is the first Javelin built and developed by Javelin International by order of Braveheart Shipping. With this ship, especially being used for survey activities, Braveheart is further expanding its fleet and consequen
US Seismic Systems, Inc., an Acorn Energy, Inc. company, recently announced that it has built and shipped an Ultra High Sensitivity fiber-optic based marine seismic array for oil & gas exploration.The system was purchased by an international service provider and is intended for use as a marine array
International Submarine Engineering Ltd announces a contract to build another HYSUB Remotely Operated System (ROV) for SNK Ocean Co Ltd, a Japanese marine services company based out of Tokyo, Japan. SNK will be provided with a 100HP ROV with depth capability to 2000 meters. This 100HP ROV with TMS j
Dolphin Geophysical AS has received a Letter of Intent from Statoil for the acquisition of a 5500 km2 survey offshore Tanzania. The survey will be acquired by one of our high capacity 3D seismic vessels commencing in the fourth quarter of 2012. CEO Atle Jacobsen, commented “This marks Dolphin’s entr
Leading international oilfield services company Expro has been awarded a $3.4 million, two-year contract working on the Who Dat project, in the Gulf of Mexico, for LLOG Exploration. Expro will provide subsea test trees for the project on the Mississippi Canyon (Block 547). Expro and LLOG have had a
Ifremer announced a tender for ROV engineering services in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. The tender encompasses the study, engineering and testing of the new HROV winch assembly. These would afterwards be installed on Ifremer’s vessels. The project should last about 9 months from the date of the cont
Technip was awarded by Apache Energy Ltd a subsea installation contract worth approximately $60 million (about €50 million) for the Balnaves oil field development, located in the Carnarvon Basin, offshore North Western Australia, at a water depth of approximately 135 meters. The contract includes th
Matrix Composites & Engineering announced that it has been awarded new contracts totaling USD$48.2 million for the supply of drilling riser buoyancy, centralisers and distributed buoyancy for use in subsea development and onshore environments. Drilling Products The contracts to manufacture and suppl
Reef Subsea AS announced today that its subsidiary company, Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical Ltd. with offices in Stockton on Tees and Aberdeen, has been awarded a major contract with Gwynt y Mor Offshore Wind Farm Limited, worth approximately £40m (61.9 million USD). It will see Reef Subsea Power & Um
