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Oil Spill Radar Successfully Tested

During three days of extensive testing, the advanced capability of Consilium‘s oil spill radar to detect oil slicks has been successfully verified. The sea trials were part of an exercise in order to certify satisfactory safety and efficiency in oil spill response operations. The operation, the largest and most comprehensive annual oil spill response...

Jumbo Offshore opens Regional Office in Perth

With several deepwater projects successfully completed over the last few years and in recognition of the growth potential in South-East Asia, Jumbo Offshore has decided to open a new Regional Office in Perth, Australia. The office is headed by Mr Sjoerd Meijer, Business Development Manager Australia & SE Asia. Mr Meijer started his career at...

Maintenance & Repair of Aker Wirth Products

In cooperation with the Aachen Chamber of Commerce, Aker Wirth has developed a new, modular training scheme for the maintenance and repair of Aker Wirth drilling platform products. On 30 June 2010 the first course participants were awarded their Chamber of Commerce certificates for this specialist training. This further training course is only open to...

Uptime Alliance

Marine Aluminium AS and TTS Energy are forming the Uptime Alliance, a technology and marketing collaboration that will contribute to increased efficiency and safety for offshore vessels and marine installations. The alliance currently offers two unique systems: the Uptime Helideck – the world’s only motion compensated helideck – and the Uptime Gangway. The dedicated website...

HRP Thrusters for Jack-up Platform Thor

6 May 2010 witnessed the christening of jack-up platform Thor in the Port of Hamburg. Thor is one of the biggest jack-up platforms today, capable to install ofshore wind farms even in deepwaters up to 50 m. Thor is the second platform for its owner Hochtief. The unique advantages of the Thor are that...

Joint Venture to Build Wind Farm Support Vessels

Offshore wind farm support vessel specialists OWPMS has partnered with The Brook Henderson Group to provide a bespoke package for offshore wind farm operators, focusing on vessel supply during construction and operation & maintenance phases throughout Europe, Asia and North America. Brook Henderson is committing it substantial financial resources, equity of over USD 44.5...

More Natural Gas For Europe

German-Russian joint venture WINGAS is calling for natural gas to play a stronger role in the European energy mix. “Politicians must finally recognize the value of natural gas as an environmentally friendly energy and promote it as a natural partner of renewable energies,”Dr. Gerhard König, Chairman of WINGAS, explained to our offshore reporter Vincent...

Dockwise Secures USD 35 Mln in Heavy Lift Transport

Dockwise Ltd. has won 10 awards for Heavy Marine Transport projects and two for engineering assignments related to a float-over for CNOOC and to Wheatstone. Total revenues for these various commitments are expected to exceed USD 35 million. The relationship between the China National Offshore Oil Corporation, (CNOOC) and Dockwise continues to grow as...

NPCC to build DLS4200

Abu Dhabi based National Petroleum Construction Company Ltd. (NPCC) has contracted Chinese shipyard Zhenhua Heavy Industries for the construction of their DLS 4200. The derrick lay vessel developed by Dutch design office Ulstein Sea of Solutions combines double joint S-lay capabilities with a 4,200t lifting capacitiy. DLS 4200 is designed to operate worldwide and...

Daewoo to build Pieter Schelte

The Swiss-based Allseas Group S.A. has awarded the building contract for the dynamically positioned platform installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel Pieter Schelte to Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co., Ltd., Korea. The contract value is EUR 454.5 million on a total building sum of over EUR 1.3...

Prestigious NorWater Contract For EMT

Eide Marine Tech AS (EMT) has been selected by Aibel AS as supplier of Reverse Osmoses equipment for Statoil‘s Snorre A installation. The delivery is a part of Aibel’s Snorre Export and Robustness Project and will by replacing existing equipment contribute to a considerable weight reduction on the installation. The chosen solution is based...

Aker Verdal To Supply Wind Farm Jackets & Piles

The German Utility Company RWE Innogy has awarded Aker Solutions yard in Verdal, Aker Verdal AS, an EPC-contract for supply of 48 steel jackets and piles for the Offshore Wind Farm Nordsee Ost project in the North Sea. The contract includes engineering, procurement, fabrication, load-out and sea-fastening of the steel substructure and piles. Image courtesy RWE...

Lieungh Leaves Aker Solutions

Simen Lieungh is stepping down from his position as President & CEO of Aker Solutions. Chief Financial Officer Leif H. Borge will act as President until Lieungh’s successor has been recruited. During this period, Mr Øyvind Eriksen will in his capacity as Executive Chairman of the Aker Solutions Board take on the CEO...

Sevan Driller Heads For Drilling Location

Today, Sevan has announced the Sevan Driller has left Macae, heading for to its first drilling location in the Campos basin. The advanced deepwater drilling unit is the world’s first cylindrical rig and will be operating in the pre-salt area under a fixed six year drilling contract with...

Gjøa Platform On Its Way

After a period of development lasting five years, the Gjøa field is approaching start-up. On Sunday 13 June the field tow  of Gjøa – one of the most modern platforms built in Norway – commenced. Gjøa features innovative solutions by Aker Solutions, based on the company’s experience from more than 50 semi-submersibles. It will be Statoil‘s...

Collection of Oil Continues

The lower marine riser package (LMRP) containment cap, installed on 3 June, continues to collect oil and gas flowing from the well and transport them to the Discoverer Enterprise drillship on the surface. On 5 June, a total of 10,500 barrels of oil was collected and 6.7 million m3 of natural gas was...

J-Lay Sets Sail

On 1 June 2010 a major milestone was reached by IHC Engineering Business (EB), when their largest project to date, a 2,000t capacity J-Lay system for the Saipem FDS2 (Field Development Ship), left its manufacturing location on...

Contract For Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm

Leading European energy company, Vattenfall, has awarded A2SEA a contract to transport 30 5MW RePower turbines from Belfast Harbour to the Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm, 10 km off the coast of Barrow-in-Furness in the Irish...

Technology for Chinese Semi-Submersible

Wärtsilä, one of the marine industry’s leading ship power systems integrator, has signed a contract to deliver a ship power system for a 38,000 tonnage semi-submersible heavy-lift vessel for Chinese customer Zhejiang Share-ever Business Co.,...

Top Kill Fails

On 26 May BP started the ‘Top Kill’ operation to stop the flow of oil from the MC252 well in the GoM. With this procedure it was intended to stem the flow of oil and gas and ultimately kill the well by injecting heavy drilling fluids through the blow-out preventer on the seabed, down...

Cooperation Agreement for Innovative Oil Spill Combat Icebreaker

On 27 May 2010, the Finnish companies STX Finland Oy, Aker Arctic Technology Oy, Southeast Trading Oy (SET Group), and the Russian companies OAO Sovcomflot and FSUE Rosmorport, have signed a cooperation agreement, in Lappeenranta, Finland with the purpose of developing and building a new type of oil spill combat icebreaker for Sovcomflot, the largest Russian shipping...

Two Drilling Equipment Contracts

Aker Solutions has been awarded two contracts with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd (DSME) in South Korea for the delivery of two drilling equipment packages.  The total contract value for Aker Solutions is approximately USD 180...

First Contract With Chevron

RBG, the leading provider of fabric maintenance and construction support to the global energy industry, will deliver its innovative electrical rope access services as part of a new three-year contract with Chevron North...

Top Kill Continues

BP PLC said its ‘top kill’ operation to stop the flow of oil and gas from the Macondo well on Mississippi Canyon Block 252 in the GoM was going as planned, and a company spokesman said late 27 May that it could take at least another 24 hours to determine the operation’s...

Initial Perspectives of Deepwater Horizon Investigation

BP announced that its internal investigation team began sharing initial perspectives of its review of the causes of the tragic Deepwater Horizon fire and oil spill. The investigation is a fact-finding effort that has not reached final conclusions, but has identified various issues for further...