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FoundOcean on Solan grouting

Apr 14, 2014

Offshore grouting contractor FoundOcean has secured two contracts on the Solan oil field development west of the Shetland in the North Sea. The contracts, with Heerema Marine Contractors and Bibby Offshore,& cover structural grouting on the 8000-tonne Solan platform jacket and its 300…

EMAS wins Gunflint work

Apr 11, 2014

Noble Energy and EMAS have signed a letter of agreement (LOA) for installation work on Noble's Gunflint project in the US Gulf of Mexico. The agreement calls for EMAS’ Subsea Services division, EMAS AMC, to perform the offshore installation of pipelines…

Self-installing tower for UKCS

Apr 10, 2014

A normally unattended self-installing floating tower (SIFT) design has been selected as the development option for the North Sea Fyne development, the operator has revealed.  The design has been supplied by GMC Inc., which has a partnership with Enegi Oil…

Pay day for Gudrun

Apr 07, 2014

Production has started on the first new Statoil-operated platform on the Norwegian Continental Shelf since 2005.  The Gudrun oil and gas field, in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, is also the first new to be operated by Statoil from the Stavanger region since Sleipner in 1993…

Oleg Strashnov wins wind work

Mar 21, 2014

Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited (owned by Statoil ASA and Statkraft) has awarded Seaway Heavy Lifting the contract for the transportation and installation of 67 foundations and 1 substation as part of the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm project…

Jumbo selected for Western Isles

Mar 19, 2014

Jumbo signed a Contract with Subsea 7 for the provision of the floating production, storage and offloading vessel mooring piles and ground chains installation for Dana Petroleum's Western Isles Development Project (WIDP). Installation…

Ceona on GOM contract

Feb 20, 2014

SURF contractor Ceona has been awarded a contract for work in the Gulf of Mexico from Bennu Oil and Gas, LLC. The Clipper Contingency Umbilical Installation Project consists of the installation of a 1.1mi-long dynamic umbilical and two…

Perth wave plant takes shape

Feb 18, 2014

Australian marine renewables firm Carnegie Wave Energy is to start pipeline laying this week on its Perth Project, offshore Garden Island, Western Australia, following completion of offshore foundation installation activities. The Perth…

Petrofac designs multipurpose vessel

Jan 20, 2014

London-listed oil and gas industry service provider Petrofac has placed the first long-lead orders for its new in-house-designed deepwater derrick lay vessel, to be built at the Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co., Ltd (ZPMC) yard in China…

Kvaerner to upend Aasta Hansteen

Jan 17, 2014

Technip Norge AS has awarded Kvaerner a sub-contract for the fjord base and support services related to the upending and make-ready for mating operations of the substructure for the Aasta Hansteen spar platform (pictured at right). Kvaerner's…

Petronas awards integrated contracts

Dec 13, 2013

Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) has announced a new gas discovery offshore Malaysia and the award of a three year integrated offshore installation contract. Operator on Block SK320, Mubadala Petroleum, discovered gas in the Sintok-1 well…

Offshore wind projects stall

Nov 26, 2013

More offshore wind projects could be scrapped in the UK, an official has warned, after it was announced that technical challenges had brought a halt to a 1200 MW project in the UK’s Bristol Channel.  RWE Innogy said its planned Atlantic…

McDermott wins more Arabian Gulf work

Nov 20, 2013

McDermott International, Inc. announced today that one of its subsidiaries was awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) project for a customer in the Arabian Gulf. The contract is worth about US$200 million and includes the fabrication…

First gas at Jasmine

Nov 20, 2013

First gas has been produced from the Jasmine field in the central UK North Sea. Jasmine, operated by ConocoPhillips, is the largest discovery to come onstream in the North Sea since the giant Buzzard field began production in 2007, according to BG Group…

Tekmar launches J-tube alternative

Nov 20, 2013

Tekmar Energy has launched a new cable protection system to help reduce installation time and costs, and minimise associated cable risks onshore. The TekTube cable protection system is an onshore-installed solution, to reduce project time and complexity offshore…

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