Prosafe has secured a contract to provide accommodation in support of the redundant subsea tank removal and safe re-habitation of the Thistle Alpha platform in the UK North Sea. Prosafe will be using Safe Zephyrus, a DP3 semi-submersible ASV, to support the Thistle tank removal. With beds for 450 pe
Shell has received approval from the UK authorities for its decommissioning plan for the Brent field pipelines located in the UK North Sea.
Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum II GmbH & Co. has issued a tender seeking transport services of personnel and material for the Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWBII) in Germany. The contractor will be in charge of providing the transport of personnel and material between the harbor of Eemshaven in the Neth
Norwegian oil company Equinor has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) for the use of facilities to link the Dvalin field to the Heidrun field.
Polarcus has received cancellation notice for the XArray marine seismic acquisition project in the Asia Pacific region. Polarcus received the original contract in December 2019, and planned to start the project in Q2 2020. The client has decided not to proceed with this project and has terminated th
Husky Energy has decided to cut its 2020 capital spending by $900 million in upstream spending and an additional $100 million in additional measures.
Plymouth-based MSubs has been awarded an initial £1-million contract to build a test submarine that will be used to explore the potential capabilities of larger uncrewed underwater vehicles in the future. Measuring about 30 feet in length, this autonomous submarine is significantly larger than auton
Napier Port, New Zealand, has just released the latest update on their 6 Wharf Project saying that HEB Construction are on track to start piling next week. The new wharf – 350 meters long and 34 meters wide – will be built on piles alongside the existing container terminal. The wharf will be support
Bahamas Petroleum Company has decided to postpone the drilling of the Perseverance #1 well due to the ‘rapidly unfolding impact’ that the coronavirus is having on operations.
Repsol Sinopec Resources has filed its draft decommissioning plans to the UK authorities for the Buchan & Hannay fields located in the UK North Sea.
Tekmar has won a contract from French cable installation specialist Louis Dreyfus TravOcean to supply TekLink cable protection systems for Parc du Banc de Guérande offshore wind farm (Saint-Nazaire). Saint-Nazaire marks Tekmar’s first offshore wind project in France and the company’s first contract
The renewables engineering consultancy K2 Management has secured an owner’s engineer mandate for a 30MW nearshore wind project in Ben Tre Province, Vietnam. The pre-construction phase scope includes energy yield assessment and layout, tendering support including technical specifications, contract pr
Ten IHC Beaver cutter suction dredgers were offloaded in Egypt earlier this week, according to the company’s latest announcement. The company also added that the team of Royal IHC Middle East started the commissioning of the cutter suction dredgers for the Egyptian Ministry of Defense (MOD). “Our co
Work is progressing well on the latest phase of a scheme which will reduce the risk of coastal flooding for more than 4,500 homes and businesses on Portsea Island. The £58m North Portsea Island Coastal Defense Scheme, which is being delivered by the Eastern Solent Coastal Partnership on behalf of Po
