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  • Best of 2014

    1 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Subsea World News brings you the most popular articles from the previous year (January 01 – December 31). The Best of 2014 represents the readers’ choice, based on the monthly statistics and general interest in the articles.           January: Stork Sells Its Subsea Division to N-Sea Group Stork Technical Services, the […]

  • India’s ONGC starts processing gas from VA & S1 wells following onshore plant startup

    20 April 2018
    Project & Tenders

    India’s ONGC has started commercial production at its Onshore Gas Terminal Plant in Odalarevu, Andhra Pradesh by processing gas from three offshore wells. 

  • The Netherlands: “Peter the Great” Successfully Launched

    3 January 2012
    Equipment, Technology, Vessels

    On Saturday December 31st, the new backhoe dredger ‘Peter the Great’ was launched successfully on the Ravestein shipyard in Deest, the Netherlands. The pontoon was built for the account of DEME NV and its Russian partner NDC (Northern Dredging Company Ltd), part of the PST Group. The Dutch shipyard Ravestein BV was awarded with a […]

  • UK: DECC Approves Statoil’s Mariner Field Development Plan

    15 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The UK government’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) today announced their approval of the Field Development Plan (FDP) put forward by Statoil and its co-venturers for the Mariner heavy oil field. The project entails investments of more than USD 7 billion and is the largest new offshore development in the UK in more […]

  • COSL Innovator semi-sub to drill Barryroe wells (Ireland)

    1 February 2019
    Exploration & Production

    COSL Drilling’s semi-submersible drilling rig COSL Innovator has been nominated as the rig to drill at the Barryroe oil accumulation located in the North Celtic Sea offshore Ireland. Providence Resources, the Ireland-based company whose subsidiary Exola operates the license containing the Barryroe prospect said on Wednesday:”…the Barryroe Partners can now confirm that COSL have nominated […]

  • Premier ramping up Solan production. First oil from Catcher still on track

    12 July 2016
    Project & Tenders

    Independent oil and gas company Premier Oil is ramping up oil production at its Solan field, in the UK North Sea, to 14 kbopd from the first production well, currently at 11 kbopd.  First oil from the Solan field was achieved on April 12. Premier subsequently carried out a planned production shut down focused on the final commissioning […]

  • Airbus takes blame for North Sea helicopter ditching

    4 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Lawyers representing several passengers injured when a Eurocopter Super Puma helicopter came down in the North Sea 32 miles south west of Shetland in October 2012 have welcomed an acceptance of responsibility from the helicopter manufacturer which, they say, now paves the way for settlements to be agreed. Irwin Mitchell’s specialist Aviation Law team represents […]

  • UK Gives Nod to Statoil’s Mariner Development Plans

    15 February 2013

    The UK government’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) today announced their approval of the Field Development Plan (FDP) put forward by Statoil and its co-venturers for the Mariner heavy oil field. The project entails investments of more than USD 7 billion and is the largest new offshore development in the UK in more […]

  • Seawork Announces 2015 Award Winners

    18 June 2015

    At Seawork’s Network and Awards Evening, winners of the Innovations Showcase, the overall Sprit of Innovation Award, the Maritime Professional of the Year Award as well as the Seawork Lifetime Achievement Award were announced.  Compere for the evening was Southampton’s  power boat champion, and TV and radio pundit Shelley Jory. The winner in the category […]

  • UK: Subsea 7’s Financial Results in Line with Expectations

    16 May 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Subsea 7 S.A. (the “Group”) announced results for the fourth quarter and full year which ended on 31 December 2012. Unless otherwise stated, the comparative period is the three and thirteen months ended 31 December 2011 for Subsea 7 S.A. and the results of Subsea 7 Inc. following the date of Combination on 7 January […]

  • Germany: Modular Vibrating of Monopiles for Offshore Wind Farm Riffgat

    26 June 2012

    Halfway June APE Holland started on the North Sea near the German island of Borkum with a special offshore project, vibrating 30 steel piles (monopiles) on which 30 windmills will be installed. The piles will be driven with the Super Quad Kong (SQK), an innovative and modular vibratory driver/extractor consisting of four APE vibros, which […]

  • Marlinks to monitor Norther cables

    7 December 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Cable-monitoring company Marlinks has secured a contract to provide cable depth and temperature monitoring for the Norther offshore wind project in Belgium. Both the wind farm’s export and inter-array cables will be monitored using Marlinks’ technology. The company said that its DTS-based technology (Distributed Temperature Sensing) harnesses the power of optical fiber to continuously monitor […]

  • Rossaveel Harbor Dredging Tender Announced

    4 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    The Irish Government’s Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine has just announced a tender for the Rossaveel Small Craft Harbor capital dredging works. The dredging operations associated with the small craft harbor will require the removal of approximately 78,000 m³ of material to create a manoeuvring basin and berthing area with a minimum depth of 2.8 m […]

  • McDermott Gets Fabrication Subcontract for Greater Tortue Ahmeyim

    24 October 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    McDermott International has secured a fabrication subcontract, worth between USD 1 million and USD 50 million, for the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim natural gas project. The scope of work for fabrication of the SPS includes: project management, fabrication engineering, procurement, pre-assembly, fabrication, acceptance tests, and system-integration tests. “This award reflects the value of holistic project planning […]

  • DSME Adds Two Drillships to Its Orderbook

    15 October 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME) has signed another lucrative deal adding two more ships to its orderbook. The company announced today in its regulatory filing to the Korea Stock Exchange that it has won an order worth approx $ 1.25 billion for the construction of two drillships. DSME also said that the […]

  • Subsea 7 Awarded $350 Mln Contract from Petrobras in Brazil

    9 April 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of a contract worth in excess of U$350 million from Petrobras. The contract is for the operation of the Pipe Lay Support Vessel (PLSV) Kommandor 3000 on a day rate basis for five years. Kommandor 3000 will start operations under the contract in 2013, and during the year Kommandor […]

  • AGR Inks Frame Agreement with Lundin Norway

    14 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    AGR Facilities Solutions AS, part of the AGR Group, has signed a Frame Agreement with Lundin Norway AS. The activity will include engineering and technical services until the end of 2013 – worth more than £760,000 for this year alone. These services will range from system engineering and mechanical completion to subsea production system management. […]

  • Noble keeps its offshore rig busy with Hess till 2Q 2018

    10 November 2017
    Exploration & Production

    Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has secured another contract extension for its drilling rig Noble Paul Romano

  • Togo: VINCI Secures Port of Lome Contract

    29 February 2012
    Business & Finance

      Bolloré Africa Logistics has just awarded VINCI the contract to plan and build the 3rd container berth in the port of Lomé, in Togo. The works, worth €42.5m, will be carried out by a consortium composed of three Group subsidiaries: Soletanche Bachy (leader), Sogea-Satom and EMCC. Starting in May 2012, the works should take […]

  • Government backs H-Line’s LNG-fueled bulker newbuilds

    12 October 2018

    South Korean shipping company H-Line placed an ordered a pair of LNG-fueled bulk carriers at the Hyundai Samho Heavy Industry. 

  • Statoil CFO: EU gas market well supplied, expects limited U.S. LNG impact

    27 April 2016

    The European gas market is well supplied and Statoil sees only a limited impact from U.S. LNG volumes this year, the Norwegian company’s Chief Financial Officer Hans Jakob Hegge said on Wednesday. “Looking at the gas market moving forward the starting point is that the EU gas market is well-supplied short-term both with gas from […]

  • Saipem Enters Hywind Scotland Project

    19 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    Italian oil & gas and renewables industry contractor Saipem has signed a contract with Statoil for the lift and mating operations of offshore floating wind turbines for the 30MW Hywind Scotland Pilot Park project. The deal is part of EUR 430 million worth of E&C contracts this subsidiary of the Italian oil and gas major Eni announced today. Hywind […]

  • OWA Competition Looks to Make Offshore Wind Vessels Greener

    22 January 2019
    Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) plans to start a new industry competition next month with the aim of reducing emissions and fuel consumption in offshore wind vessels. OWA is now calling on the industry to respond to a Request for Information (RFI) to inform the scope of the competition. The RFI is the first […]

  • Interview: Antwerp Sets the Course for Future Growth

    26 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    Belgium’s Port of Antwerp is the biggest port area in the world, covering 13,057 hectares, the equivalent of 20,000 football fields. The Port of Antwerp is situated some 80 kilometers inland at the upper end of the tidal estuary of the Scheldt river, which thanks to the latest deepening in 2010 is navigable by the biggest container vessels. […]

  • Interview: North Sea OSV market headed for a slow but certain recovery

    27 July 2017

    As almost everyone in the offshore oil and gas industry, offshore support vessel owners have felt the pang of mostly the huge oil price downturn since mid-2014, but also an oversupply of tonnage, and a lack of demand for all the vessels available. Offshore Energy Today has spoken to Inger-Louise Molver, a senior shipbroker with […]