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Wärtsilä Propulsion Package For Dockwise Type 0

Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply a total propulsion package for a new semi-submersible heavy lift vessel. With an overall length of 270 m, this ship is the largest of its type ever to be built. The scope of supply for the contract specifies two Wärtsilä 6L38 engines and two 12V38 engines...

Major Subsea Contract

Aker Solutions has received notification that Statoil has exercised options for the engineering, procurement and construction of three subsea work-over systems for use on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Aker Solutions estimates the contract value of these three extensions to be a total of approximately NOK 1.25 billion. In February, Statoil awarded Aker Solutions a...

USD27 Million Multo-Disciplined Contract

International oilfield services company Expro has announced that it has been awarded a USD 27million (GBP 17 million) contract offshore Israel. Noble Energy Inc has awarded Expro a contract for deepwater operations onboard the Transocean Sedco Express for the Tamar field development and the Pride North America for an exploration program. The contract will see...

First High Temperature Hot Tapping Operation in Europe

T.D. Williamson SA (TDW) has announced that it performed its first series of hot tap operations using specialist high temperature hot tapping equipment in Europe. The operations took place in The Netherlands at the Rotterdam Refinery, and were associated with a project that required a tie-in to a high pressure steam line. Hot tapping is...

Subsea 7 S.A. Awarded Contract in the North Sea

Subsea 7 S.A. has announced today the award of a contract with A/S Norske Shell for subsea pipeline installation services for the Ormen Lange Northern Field Development – Mid North Project in the Norwegian Sea. The work is the first call-off under Subsea 7’s Frame Agreement with Shell for Pipeline Installation services in the North...

New Opportunities Barents Sea

New opportunities in the Barents Sea Holdings in eleven new production licences have been awarded to Statoil in the 21 first licensing round on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS), announced by the government on 15 April. The group received eight new operatorships, with four of these in the Barents Sea and four in the Norwegian Sea. “We...

Oil find near Peregrino

An exploration well drilled in the Peregrino South structure a few kilometres south of Peregrino has encountered oil in sandstones of the Carapebus geological formation. A significant gross oil column of 130 m has been proven in the well and further work will be performed to confirm the volumes. The drilling operation is still...

Transaction Peregrino Field Succesfully Closed

All contracts and approvals related to Statoil’s sale of 40% of the Peregrino field offshore Brazil to Sinochem Group were formally closed on 14 April. Statoil maintains 60% ownership and the operatorship of the field, which safely and efficiently started production last week.  The deal, which was first announced on 21 May 2010, has...

Sale of MV Explorer to optimise Dockwise fleet

Dockwise Ltd. announces the sale of type IV vessel MV Explorer to optimise the composition of the company’s fleet with an increasing focus on value add cargoes. MV Explorer has been sold to an undisclosed buyer, who previously bought MV Enterprise as well.  The divestment of this type IV vessel followed from a cost-revenue...

Seven Borealis Succesfully Transported and Installed

Early March, Huisman, specialised in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, successfully installed world’s largest offshore mast crane onboard the Seven Borealis, just in four days. This crane installation is considered as the heaviest and logistically most complex conducted by Huisman to date. After final load testing, the Seven Borealis will depart for the Huisman production facility...

First Twin Axe Catamaran Almost Finalished

Damen is currently finalising the first Twin Axe catamaran to support offshore wind farms in the widest sense. The high speed support vessel 2610 is believed to be one of the most innovative design concepts developed by Damen in the last decade. Although the Axe Bow concept has been developed some five years ago with...

Seadrill Secures New Contract in Malaysia and Orders New Tender Rig

Seadrill has been awarded an 18 month contract by Murphy Sabah Oil Co Ltd for the semi tender rig West Menang to operate on the Kikeh Spar deepwater field in Malaysia. Estimated contract value is approximately USD 100 million (including mobilisation and modification of approximately USD14 million), and the commencement is scheduled for later...

AMCS/IMC and DP systems for dredgers Jan De Nul Group

Alewijnse Marine Systems has signed a contract for the delivery and installation of the alarm monitoring control system, integrated dredging control system and dynamic positioning system onboard two new, 14000 cubic metres dredgers to be constructed at Uljanik Shipyard in Pula, Croatia for the Jan De Nul Group. The two trailing suction hopper dredgers...

SBM Offshore Orders New Diving Support & Construction Vessel

SBM Offshore has awarded a contract to Keppel Singmarine in Singapore for the detailed design and construction of a multi-purpose diving support & construction vessel (DSCV). This investment is an important element of the company’s strategy to grow offshore contracting activities within the turnkey services segment, adding to its fleet a modern vessel with...

Ultra-deepwater Drillship Order

Seadrill has exercised an option to build a new ultra-deepwater dual derrick drillship at the Samsung yard in South Korea. Total project price is estimated at USD 600 million (includes project management, drilling and handling tools, spares, capitalised interest and operations preparations). The delivery is scheduled for the third quarter 2013. The new unit...

Production Started

Last week, Statoil started oil production at the large Peregrino field offshore Brazil. Production will gradually ramp up to a plateau of 100,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. The first phase of the development includes two drilling and wellhead platforms and a large floating production, storage and offload unit (FPSO). The move makes...

Contracts Greater Ekofisk Area

Subsea 7 S.A. has announced the award of two SURF contracts with an approximate total value of USD 150 million from ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS, on the Greater Ekofisk area in the North Sea. The first contract is for the engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation and hyperbaric weld tie-in of a new water injection line. The new line...

IHC Hytop Winches

On 24 March 2011, IHC Hytop Winches, part of IHC Merwede, was officially launched. The new company’s workshop plays an important role in its activities because it enables it to build complex winch systems for the offshore and dredging markets. This will expand the supply of IHC Hytop Winches’ range of complex winch systems...

Deepwater Development Contract

Subsea 7 S.A. has announced the award of a contract with Petrobras, as operator of BM-S-9 and BM-S-11 Consortia to Subsea 7 Inc., a subsidiary of Subsea 7, of approximately USD 1 billion for the development of the pre-salt deepwater Guará and Lula NE Areas located in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil, in water depths...

New Contracts

Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) has signed two marine heavy transportation contracts with GAC in Aberdeen Scotland. Fairstar’s semi-submersible vessels FJORD and FJELL will transport a flotilla of 42 tug boats from Singapore to Maracaibo, Venezuela in April and May of 2011. Both vessels are now mobilising to Singapore. Chris Muilwijk of the Fairstar...

Strengthen China Presence

International oilfield service company Expro has awarded a subsea and well testing contract, exceed USD 25 million (GBP 15 million) due to the  successful association betweenoilfield services companies and China Oilfield Services (COSL) in the form of a China based joint venture.  These services will be deployed by Expro and COSL’s joint venture, CETS, which is based...

Balmoral Brazilian expansion

Balmoral Offshore Engineering has announced plans for a new Brazilian manufacturing facility during the annual Subsea Tieback Forum being held in San Antonio, Texas, 22-24 Feb 2011. Already exporting more than 95% of manufactured goods from its Aberdeen HQ, the company is completing the incorporation of its Brazilian division, Balmoral Offshore Brasil Ltda. A...

Great Succes

The third edition of On&Offshore 2011, which ended Thursday 31 March in Evenementenhal Gorinchem, was a great succes for Yellow & Finch Publishers of the three maritime journals Offshore Industry, ShipBuilding Industry and SuperYacht Industry and the Maritime Services Directory. A total of 5,556 people visited the trade fair. Vincent Vinkoert, accountmanager Yellow &...

Major Oil Discovery

Statoil, along with partners Eni Norway and Petoro, has made a significant oil discovery on the Skrugard prospect in the Barents Sea. The breakthrough discovery is one of the most important finds on the Norwegian continental shelf in the last decade. Statoil and its partners are in the process of concluding drilling operations on...

Nine Awards for Heavy Marine Transport

Dockwise Ltd has announced that nine awards for heavy marine transport (HMT) have recently been secured by its subsidiary Dockwise Shipping, with a total contract value of more than USD 30 million. Dockwise has been awarded a contract by Baerfield Drilling LLC to transport the semi-submersible rig  Amazonia  from Yantai to Angra Dos Reis....