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Edvard Grieg moving forward

Oct 21, 2014

Lundin Petroleum shows how the production platform for the Edvard Grieg field has moved from the drawing board to reality, and is now beginning to resemble a real offshore platform. First oil from the field is scheduled during the 4Q 2015…

Paenal shipyard takes shape

Oct 06, 2014

SBM Offshore’s Paula Farquharson-Blengino provides an inside look at the company’s Angola shipyard, a joint venture between partners Sonangol and DSME. Paenal is the first yard in West Africa with the capacity to facilitate mega FPSO vessels…

Ceona updates Amazon progress

Sep 03, 2014

Ceona has successfully floated the Ceona Amazon pipelay vessel from the Lloyd Werft yard in Bremerhaven, Germany, the company announced on 3 September 2014. Completion is scheduled for November. Work at Bremerhaven follows successful floatation at Crist yard in Poland back in April…

Positive outlook

Aug 04, 2014

The HelWin Beta platform, on its way out to sea. Photos from HFG. The North Sea is set to continue to provide work for fabricators for 10-20 more years, says Heerema Fabrication Group’s CEO…

Elletra installed in Adriatic

Jul 17, 2014

The 450-tonne Elettra platform deck sailed away from Rosetti Marino's Piomboni Yard in Marina di Ravenna on July 7, and on Monday 14, the deck was installed in the Adriatic Sea, 33 miles offshore Ancona, Italy. The scope of work assigned…

N'Goma FPSO docks in Angola

Jul 01, 2014

The N'Goma FPSO has berthed at Porto Amboim Estaleiros Navais yard (Paenal yard) at Port Amboim  in Angola, following a 7331mi voyage (13,577km) from Singapore. Once the FPSO, a conversion project, is complete, it will be relocated to…

Martin Linge taking shape

Jun 10, 2014

Total's Martin Linge development in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea took two steps forward this week, with the sailout of a 16,000-tonne jacket (pictured right) and the arrival of the Maersk Intrepid in Norway.  The Maersk…

Maersk Intrepid heading for Westcon

May 23, 2014

Norway's Westcon is to start its 20th year as a rig modification yard by welcoming the world’s largest jack-up rig Maersk Intrepid (pictured). The newbuild jackup, which built at Keppel FELS' yard in Singapore for Denmark's Maersk Drilling and was completed in March…

Siemens charters new jackup for windfarm service

May 20, 2014

Siemens AG has signed a 3-year charter for a new jack-up vessel to be used for service and maintenance operations at more than 1200 offshore wind turbines across northern Europe. The Wind Server jackup (pictured at right) is currently under construction at Nordic Yards in Wismar…

Saipem wins new E&C deals

Feb 24, 2014

Saipem has won new engineering & construction offshore contracts in Indonesia and in the Republic of Congo, for a total amount of about US$520 million. In Indonesia, Eni has awarded a consortium led by Saipem the EPCI contract for a new…

Zamakona launches Ocean Marlin

Feb 04, 2014

Spain's Zamakona Yards has launched its second Havyard HY820-design field support and emergency response vessel, the Ocean Marlin. The vessel, which is due to work in the North Sea for French oil major Total from Q2, is the second of three vessels Zamakona Yards will launch…

Rig sinks in Korean yard

Dec 30, 2013

A semisubmersible drilling rig under construction at a yard in Korea is resting on the seabed after water entered the pontoon hull and the unit sank. The rig, Deepsea Aberdeen, is being built for Odfjell Drilling at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) yard in Korea…

Heerema opens Polish yard

Dec 03, 2013

Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) has opened a new €6 million fabrication facility in Opole, southern Poland. Heerema said growing demand for qualified prefabrication of small offshore steel structures and substructures for HFG’s fabrication yards…

Ulstein building new OSVs

Nov 25, 2013

Ulstein's Ulstein Verft yard is to build an offshore construction vessel (OSV) larger than any other vessel the yard has built before. The new OSV, part of an order for two new OSVs from Edison Chouest Offshore and Island Offshore, through Island Ventures II LLC…

Saipem opens Edmonton yard

Nov 19, 2013

Saipem has opened its new Edmonton indoor fabrication yard in Alberta, Canada. The new facility will allow Saipem to accelerate project delivery by maintaining workforce activity and a safe working environment during bad weather. The yard is northeast of Edmonton…

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