Lankhorst Makes Appomattox Deepwater Mooring Ropes Delivery

zoom Lankhorst Euronete Portugal (LEP) has completed the engineering, design, fabrication and delivery of the deepwater mooring rope for the Shell Appomattox project. At over 63,000 meters, it is the longest ever rope meterage for a single deepwater mooring contract. The Shell Appomattox facility will be a four-column semi-submersible production platform moored using 16 mooring […]

VIDEO: Second Jacket Stands Tall on Johan Sverdrup Field

The Johan Sverdrup field installation campaign in the North Sea has continued with ‘Vilje’ – the drilling platform jacket. The 21,300 tonnes steel structure was recently installed next to ‘Ægir’, the riser platform jacket set up last summer. The now second visible structure out on the Johan Sverdrup field was delivered by Kværner Verdal. The Norwegian […]

ASV Inks MoU with Peel Ports

zoom Peel Ports Group and ASV Global (ASV) have launched a partnership which should develop the use of autonomous vessel technology for UK port operations. The partnership kick started with a visit from ASV’s team to the Port of Liverpool, to demonstrate the C-Cat-3 autonomous vessel. The C-Cat 3 operated in Brocklebank Dock carrying out […]

Advent Kicks Off Sydney Basin Shoot

zoom Advent Energy has launched a 2D seismic exploration survey over the Baleen prospect in PEP11 offshore New South Wales. MEC Resources’ investee Advent Energy holds an 85% interest in PEP11 through its wholly-owned subsidiary Asset Energy. A 2D seismic survey of approximately 200-line kilometer is now occurring offshore Newcastle and pursuant to an environment […]

Proserv to Deliver Subsea Equipment for Yme Redevelopment

zoom Proserv has secured a contract with Repsol, worth over USD 5.5 million, to upgrade and build new subsea production control equipment for the Yme field redevelopment in the Norwegian North Sea. The award scope initially covers the refurbishment and upgrade of the existing subsea control system. Henrik Johnson, region president for Scandinavia at Proserv, said: […]

Fugro Scout Wraps Up Triton Knoll OWF Site Surveys

zoom Fugro Scout geotechnical drill vessel has completed offshore site investigations for the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm as a part of preparation for the installation of monopile foundations in 2019. The vessel, operated out of ABP’s Port of Immingham on the Humber, carried out a three week programme of test drilling at the locations of the 90 turbine […]

Seabed Geosolutions Nets Ocean Bottom Seismic Deal in Middle East

zoomIllustration Seabed Geosolutions, a joint venture between Fugro and CGG, has received a contract for an ocean bottom seismic (OBS) project in the Middle East. The survey to acquire high quality 3D seismic data is planned to start in the fourth quarter of 2018. According to Fugro, the contract has a value of around USD 25 million. […]

TechnipFMC Wins FEED for Tortue/Ahmeyim FPSO

zoom TechnipFMC has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by BP for the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for the Tortue/Ahmeyim field development, a major LNG project located offshore on the maritime border of Mauritania and Senegal. The agreement between the two companies provides a mechanism to allow a transition of […]

Aker BP Partners Up with GCE Subsea

zoom Norwegian industry initiative GCE Subsea has welcomed Aker BP as its new partner. GCE Subsea has 23 partners within industry, R&D, academia and public offices. Through this partnership Aker BP has gained access to an arena where they can meet potential customers and partners, and where valuable knowledge, and know-how is shared and transferred […]