Wärtsilä has received an order to deliver generating sets for two new well intervention vessels for Siem Offshore A/S from Norway. The vessels are built by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) in Flensburg, Germany. The order was signed in the end of May 2014. Well intervention vessels are used in the maintenance of offshore oil wells to […]
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited has been awarded LNa new $11m Australian Federal Government grant to support Carnegie’s next wave power project. The $11 million grant will be received from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s Emerging Renewables Program. This is matched by the $20m five-year loan facility from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation previously […]
Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco) has appointed Tommy Sundt as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He will join the company on 2 September 2014. Until recently and for ten years Sundt was CFO in Rocksource ASA, an exploration and production company, which is also listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Sundt has previously held positions in companies dealing with business development, […]
RDS, the rig design and engineering specialist, has been awarded a contract by Wood Group Mustang to carry out pre-FEED work on Statoil’s proposed Snorre C Tension Leg Platform (TLP) in the North Sea. The Snorre field, spanning blocks 34/4 and 34/7 in the Tampen area of the Norwegian North Sea, is located at a […]
Balltec Ltd, a subsea engineering solutions provider, has designed and deployed a new and innovative subsea PIG launcher, another world’s first for the company. The subsea PIG launcher complements other tools and services currently available within Balltec’s pipeline solutions business. The flangeless subsea PIG launcher facilitates the insertion of a PIG into a cut pipe […]
1. Total Breaks Off $250 Mln Contract for Skandi Aker Aker Solutions’ subsidiary Aker Oilfield Services was notified by Total in Angola of the termination of a USD 250 million, two-year contract for the Skandi Aker vessel. 2. VIDEO: New Subsea 7 HCV ‘Seven Arctic’ Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in South Korea is currently constructing […]
Statoil Technology Invest and Scottish Enterprise have formed a strategic partnership to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in Scotland to invest in R&D and technology development. Richard Erskine, head of Statoil Technology Invest, and Scottish Enterprise chief executive Lena Wilson signed the Memorandum of Understanding in Edinburgh today, Thursday 26 June. John Swinney, Cabinet […]
UK Shared Business Services Limited invited tenders on behalf of the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, for the provision of underwater and surface gliders. The Framework Agreement scope is split into 5 Lots: Lot 1: Shallow Underwater Gliders capable of operating at depths up to 200m; Lot 2: Deep Gliders capable of operating at depths up […]
Saipem has awarded RANA with saturation diving activities for the tie-ins at new installed platforms Fauzia and Elettra in the Northern Adriatic Sea, Italy. Workscope includes metrology for closing tie-in spools fabrication, tie-in spools installation, riser and riser clamps installation, free-span corrections and assistance to pre-commissioning activities. For this project RANA has hired the DSV Altus […]
The Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Norway’s largest centre of marine science, has issued a tender for hydrographic equipment. The tenders are required to provide observation instrument platforms that allow simultaneous measurement of parameter changes in the marine environment. The value of the tender is set to approximately $195 000 (NOK 1.2 million). The deadline […]
