Nord Stream 2 Gets Green Light for Finnish EEZ

zoomPhoto: Nord Stream 2 Nord Stream 2 AG has received consent for the use of the Finnish Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for the construction of the planned natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea. Finnish Government approved the 374-kilometers-long section running through Finnish EEZ outside territorial waters. The EEZ permit application was processed by the […]

STATS Group Inks OZ and PNG Agency Deal with OSD

zoom STATS Group is targeting new opportunities in the Australian and Papua New Guinea oil, gas and industrial sectors by extending its relationship with OSD. This follows on from a similar agency agreement covering the New Zealand market. OSD is engineering, operations and commercial services provider to the oil and gas, pipelines and facilities, process, refining, water and […]

Nexans Completes Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Export Cable

zoom Nexans has completed the manufacturing of the 220 kV offshore cable for the high voltage power export connection for 588 MW Beatrice offshore wind farm. The cable has been loaded onto the Skagerrak cable laying vessel for the journey across the North Sea to the Moray Firth, where it will be installed and later trenched into […]

Fincantieri Delivers New Oceanographic Vessel to IMR

zoom Fincantieri has delivered oceanographic icebreaker vessel ‘Kronprins Haakon’ to the Institute of Marine Research (IMR), the Norwegian governmental body for oceanographic research and fishing. With a gross tonnage of 9,000 tons, more than 100 meters long, 21 wide and a speed up to 15 knots, the vessel will operate in the polar waters. The vessel will be […]

Semco Maritime in Engineering Study for Taiwan Offshore Wind Project

zoom Semco Maritime has been selected by a joint venture between Canadian power producer Northland Power Inc. (NPI) and Taiwan-based Yushan Energy for an engineering study for the Hai Long offshore wind farm in the Changhua area in Taiwan. The scope of the study comprises optimization of the electrical infrastructure hereunder electrical grid studies, assessment […]

MMT Extends Stril Explorer Charter with Møkster

zoom Simon Møkster Shipping has secured charter contract extension for Multi Purpose Support Vessel (MPSV) Stril Explorer from MMT AB. The vessel has been on contract to MMT since April 2014, and now the contract has been extended for further 18 months. The vessel will be used in various survey related projects with MMT, Møkster noted. MV Stril Explorer […]

Archer Lands $768 Million Statoil Deal

zoom Statoil has confirmed a four-year firm contract to Archer for the provision of “drilling services fixed platforms” on a total of 12 platforms located on the NCS. The contract award includes three contract extension options of two years each. The contract is effective from October 1, 2018 following a transition period to prepare for […]

Aker Solutions and Kvaerner Team Up for More Johan Sverdrup Work

zoom Aker Solutions and Kvaerner together secured a letter of intent for modifications of the riser platform and field center of the Statoil-operated Johan Sverdrup development, Norway’s largest oil find in more than three decades. The contract value is NOK 3.4 billion (approximately $435 million) and will be split equally between the two companies, which […]

EC-OG Appoints Non-Executive Board Director

zoom EC-OG has appointed Alan Christie to the role of non-executive director on the EC-OG board. Alan has 36 years’ experience in the oil & gas industry, beginning his career at Schlumberger where he worked in operations performing field work. His career then took him to work for Shell in their well service department. Alan […]

IMCA Updates Lifting Operations Guidance

zoom The International Marine Contractors Association’s (IMCA) has issued revised ‘Guidelines for Lifting Operations’ after an extensive review of all sections of the document, and added appendices on subsea lifts, diving operations, lifting personnel, lifting at extreme heights and dismantlement of offshore structures. The additions to the main body of the Guidance document are designed to ensure greater levels of safety, IMCA said. The additions include: a new lift planning flowchart; […]