World Marine Offshore has been contracted by Iberdrola Renovables Offshore Deutschland to provide two newbuild crew transfer vessels (CTVs) during the operations and maintenance (O&M) period for the Wikinger wind farm in Germany. “Building…
The Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group yard in China has delivered two new Wärtsilä designed anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels to China Oilfield Services Ltd. (COSL). The delivery of these two ships follows the success of the…
Total E&P Congo, through Petro Services, awarded Farstad Shipping an 18-month contract for the subsea/construction support vessel Far Sleipner to support their subsea development activity in Congo. The contract will begin during Q4 2016.…
MacGregor won comprehensive equipment package contracts for a variety of seven specialist support vessels that will operate in the Middle East region. MacGregor will deliver deck cranes and a range of deck machinery to each vessel. The order is booked into Q3 2016 order intake…
Maersk Oil UK has awarded fellow company Maersk Supply Service to provide decommissioning services for the Janice field in the North Sea. Janice A FPU. Images from Maersk Oil. Maersk Supply Service (MSS) will provide engineering…
TGS and Schlumberger (SLB) have commenced the Dual Coil Shooting multivessel full-azimuth acquisition Revolution XII and XIII surveys in the US Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The surveys will cover approximately 7150sq km (306 blocks) in the Green Canyon…
Sonardyne has delivered an acoustic positioning simulator for dynamically positioned (DP) rigs and ships to GE Power Conversion, a vessel control and automation company, for their new training school in Macaé, Brazil. The Sonardyne Marksman…
SeaBird Exploration, a provider of marine acquisition for 2D/3D and 4D seismic data, has entered into a contract for the purchase of the vessel Hawk Explorer and its seismic equipment. Hawk Explorer has been a chartered vessel in the SeaBird fleet since 2006…
Time and greater understanding makes most people and companies look at projects and assets differently and it’s no different for oilfields. Elaine Maslin reports from Devex. The Britannia BLP…
InterMoor's Brazilian subsidiary successfully completed its involvement in the decommissioning operations of the OSX-1 FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading). InterMoor was responsible for the disconnection of the submerged turret production system (STP)…
Osbit has successfully completed and loaded out US$3.96 million (£3 million) worth of well intervention equipment to Helix Energy Solutions, for installation in Schiedam on Helix’s chartered Siem Helix 1 vessel. The multi-million dollar…
The wind service operation vessel (SOV) for the Dutch Gemini project has been christened Windea la cour. The vessel is to set sail to start operations at the Gemini offshore wind power plant this summer. Siemens has supplied 150 wind turbines…
Fugro has deployed multi-purpose offshore survey vessel Fugro Gauss to join the Fugro Brasilis offshore Mexico, to help complete the world’s largest seep-hunting survey for multiclient geoscience data company, TGS. Both Fugro vessels…
Offshore marine services provider PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH) was awarded a contract by Technip Oceania through its subsidiary POSH Semco, to support Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility using its semisubmersible accommodation vessel (SSAV) the POSH Arcadia…
McDermott International has been awarded further pipeline work for 2017 under a multi-year offshore installation contract with Brunei Shell Petroleum Co. (BSP). The work includes transportation and installation (T&I) of pipelines and umbilicals in the Fairley and Ampa Fields offshore Brunei…