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  • Giant vessel carrying world’s largest spar hull approaching Norway

    16 June 2017
    Project & Tenders

    The Dockwise Vaguard, the world’s largest heavy transportation vessel is set to reach Norway this weekend, delivering the hull of world’s largest spar platform – Statoil’s Aasta Hansteen. The vessel in April left South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries yard where the platform was built, carrying the heavy load to Norway. According to data from Marine […]

  • CB&I Bags Aasta Hansteen Topsides Design Gig

    19 February 2013

    CB&I announced today that it has been awarded a project valued in excess of US$180 million by HYUNDAI Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI). CB&I’s scope of work, which will commence in the first quarter, includes detailed engineering design and procurement services for the spar topside that is part of Statoil’s Aasta Hansteen field development project […]

  • BC Ferries’ Salish Eagle Makes 1st Stop on Its Way Home

    22 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    Salish Eagle, the second of BC Ferries’ three new liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered Salish Class vessels, stopped in Santa Cruz, Canary Islands on February 19 for refuelling and provisioning, and is now en route across the Atlantic Ocean to Panama. The vessel, which started its 10,440-nautical-mile Transatlantic journey from Gdansk, Poland on February 11, is expected to […]

  • Triton Knoll to Start Archaeological Survey in Lincolnshire

    12 June 2017
    Environment, Research & Development

    Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm will shortly begin an archaeological trial trenching programme along the full route of the 900MW wind farm’s onshore export cable corridor in Lincolnshire.

  • Magni R Ends Project in Poole

    29 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    A £1.8 million worth dredging project to replenish the storm damaged beach between Shore Road & Branksome beach has been completed. Works on the project started on Monday, 3rd November, with delivery of pipes for the sinkerline, to be welded on the beach. Sand pumping operation started on 19th November. The trailing hopper dredger Magni R picked up sand […]

  • Denmark and Germany agree to cooperate on offshore wind and energy hubs

    15 December 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Denmark and Germany have entered into an agreement to strengthen their cooperation on offshore wind and innovative energy hubs. The agreement is the starting point for further cooperation to explore the design of possible joint projects, and in this context, cooperation on the energy hubs in the North and Baltic Seas will be discussed. Additionally, […]

  • Dredge Texas Remains in the Cape May Channel

    27 April 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The Borough of Stone Harbor (NJ) yesterday released an update on the periodic nourishment and repair of the dune and berm system in Avalon and Stone, the Avalon/Stone Harbor Beach Replenishment project. Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company dredge “Texas” departed recently the Avalon work site to finish a beach fill project in Cape May. The Cape May project […]

  • Four Illinois Coastal Communities in USACE Pilot Program

    25 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently announced that four Illinois communities will be the recipient of a very competitive USACE pilot program for the beneficial use of dredged materials. The coastal communities of Evanston, Glencoe, Lake Bluff and North Chicago, together, will be one of 10 recipients, USACE said in its latest release. The […]

  • Xodus Completes Project for North Sea Operator

    2 April 2019
    Operations & Maintenance

    Xodus Group has carried out a concept study and Front End Engineering Design (FEED) project for a North Sea operator and determined that the operator will save up to £59 million by adopting a Not Normally Attended (NNA) status ahead of decommissioning the field. The North Sea field recently completed well plugging & abandonment (P&A) […]

  • Highlights of the Week

    10 April 2016

    Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (April 04 – April 10). FMC Technologies is taking legal action against its four former Norwegian employees and their company Optime Subsea Services, established in alliance with subsea installation player DeepOcean last year. Reportedly FMC claims that Optime’s […]

  • Dry well for Aker BP in the Norwegian Sea

    20 August 2019

    Norwegian oil and gas operator Aker BP has failed to find oil at the 6608/6-1 exploration well in the North Sea.

  • Eni spuds Rowallan well offshore UK

    31 December 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Eni has started drilling it Rowallan exploration well 22/19c-g in the North Sea offshore the UK.

  • Apache to speed up first oil from North Sea discovery

    1 November 2018
    Project & Tenders

    Apache plans to accelerate initial production from its Garten discovery located in the UK North Sea.

  • Wagenborg takes Ulstein vessel for walk-to-work ops in North Sea

    21 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Wagenborg Offshore has been awarded a six-year contract for the provision of a walk-to-work vessel for operations in the North Sea.

  • Maersk Drilling’s jack-up nets North Sea work

    27 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Offshore driller Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract for the harsh environment jack-up rig Maersk Gallant by Nexen Petroleum U.K., a wholly owned subsidiary of CNOOC Limited. The driller said on Monday that the contract covers the drilling of the High-pressure, High-temperature (HPHT) exploration Glengorm well, in the UK sector of the North Sea. […]

  • Maersk Drilling scoops new jack-up deal in North Sea

    8 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract for the jack-up rig Maersk Gallant with the oil company Maersk Oil. The contract covers the plugging and abandonment of the Leadon and James subsea fields in the UK sector of the North Sea. The duration of the contract is estimated to 230 days, set […]

  • PHOTO: Living quarters installed at Statoil’s Gina Krog platform

    25 August 2016
    Project & Tenders

    Norwegian oil major Statoil has completed the installation of the living quarters on the Gina Krog field in the North Sea, offshore Stavanger. Statoil posted a picture on social media of the installed living quarters on Thursday stating that the work was complete on Tuesday night. To remind, Offshore Energy Today already reported that the […]

  • EnQuest sees first oil from Alma/Galia development (UK)

    28 October 2015
    Project & Tenders

    EnQuest, an independent UK-based oil and gas company, reported on Wednesday it achieved first oil from the Alma/Galia development, in the UK North Sea, on October 27, 2015 following final commissioning of all the required systems. The Alma/Galia fields are located in blocks 30/24c and 30/25c respectively, 310km southeast of Aberdeen, in the Central North Sea. Production […]

  • Nexen axes 400 jobs

    18 March 2015

    Nexen Energy ULC (Nexen), a subsidiary of CNOOC Limited, has announced organizational changes that will reduce its North American workforce by approximately 340 employees. Nexen UK has also initiated a consultation process to adjust its staffing levels by approximately 60 employees. “In response to the recent industry downturn that has affected all companies in the […]

  • NADL sends rig fleet to Russian waters in $4B deal

    31 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. has announced that 6 binding offshore contracts have been executed with Rosneft Oil Company (“Rosneft”). The total revenue potential for the six contracts exclusive of mobilization is approximately US$4.25 billion. According to the agreement, any break rights expire after 100 days. The executed contracts include 5 year contracts for the West Navigator, […]

  • USA: Seadrill Wins USD 919 Million Contract for West Capricorn Rig

    7 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    Seadrill has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with a major oil company for a five-year contract for operations in North America with the ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig West Capricorn. The potential contract value for the firm five-year period is US$919 million, which includes a US$30 million mobilization fee. The oil company has the right to […]

  • Preffered Bidder Chosen for Ijmuiden Lock Scheme

    20 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Dutch Highways and Waterways Agency (Rijkswaterstaat) plans to award the construction of the new IJmuiden sea lock, located at the mouth of the North Sea Canal to Amsterdam, to the Consortium OpenIJ, which has been named the project’s preferred bidder. After contract close, the consortium, comprised of European construction group Royal BAM Group, Dutch construction group Volker […]

  • Baltic Ace Salvage Contract Awarded

    27 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Rijkswaterstaat, a part of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, has awarded the final salvage contract for the complete removal of the sunken car carrier Baltic Ace to the Boskalis and its partner Mammoet Salvage. The contract includes removal of the entire wreck, its cargo and 540,000 liters of fuel oil. The first stage […]

  • Sulphur directive has Stena Line looking at LNG

    25 September 2014

    The new sulphur directive for shipping traffic within the North European SECA area, which comes into force on 1 January 2015, is good for the environment but has a significant economic impact on Stena Line’s business due to which the company is looking at other fueling options, including LNG.  “From an economic perspective, this is […]

  • RWE Builds R&D Purposed Wind Turbines in Eemshaven, The Netherlands

    3 July 2012
    Research & Development

    Last week construction started on the first turbine at the Wagenborg Stevedoring premises. A huge crawler crane (type LR13000) with power boom took care of spectacular lifting work and could be seen from afar. When the construction of the first windmill is finished, the crane will be (partially assembled) moved  to the location of the […]