Cal Dive International charters out diving vessel & also wins 3 Australian saturation diving contracts.The company's diving vessel Kestrel is chartered to a major contractor in Mexico to perform repair and maintenance work for Pemex. The…
New giant offshore wind turbines need specialized equipment to connect to the electricity grid to minimize power losses.As offshore wind farms move towards deploying higher capacity turbines of 5MW and above, energy losses during energy…
At 1601 ft. long x 242.7 ft. wide, the Prelude FLNG facility will be the largest offshore floating facility ever built. A new milestone was reached in the world’s use of LNG as fue, as Shell celebrated the cutting of first steel for the…
Austal to design & construct three wind farm support vessels (WFSV) for UK's Turbine Transfer.The 27 metre catamarans will be used by UK-based Turbine Transfers to support wind turbine installation and maintenance activities in European waters…
Technip and Heerema Marine Contractors sign a worldwide alliance agreement to share in offshore sector activities.The two companies intend to combine their capabilities to help their clients best address the fast growing subsea ultra-deepwater market…
ENI signs umbilicals contract with Aker Solutions for an offshore Angolan (W. Africa) deep water region field.The contract with ENI for the Block 15\06 West Hub development is worth approximately USD 50 million (NOK 300 million).ENI has the operatorship of Block 15\06…
Aker Solutions wins three year Total E&P UK & J/V partner Dong E&P UK contract for work on Shetland, Scotland, LNG plants on & offshore.The agreement includes provision of operations, maintenance and services support personnel for Total E&P UK at the new gas plant…
Helix Energy Solutions Group to sell pipelay vessels, 'Caesar, Express', 'Intrepid' & related equipment in separate transactions for a total $252,750,000.On October 15, 2012, Helix entered into an agreement to sell the Caesar, Express and…
GL Garrad Hassan signs MOU with Taiwanese Industrial Technology Research Institute to develop Taiwan's offshore energy strategy.The offshore wind resource around the Taiwanese coast is considered excellent, with more than 6,000MW potential capacity at water depths of less than 50m…
Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin and Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni have met to discuss the progress of joint projects between the two companies offshore Russia in the Black Sea and Barents Sea, sanctioned in the strategic cooperation agreement signed on 25 April 2012…
Ocean Rig UDW Inc. sign contract for Samsung Heavy Industries to construct a 7th Generation Ultra Deepwater (UDW) Drillship.This 7th Generation drillship is a sister ship to the three currently under construction at Samsung, and is scheduled to be delivered to the company in January 2015…
Wärtsilä wins contract to supply AQUARIUS® UV ballast water management systems to four Tidewater Marine Platform Supply Vessels (PSV).The scope of supply for the vessels, due for delivery from the COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard in 2014, includes four 250m3/hr capacity Wärtsilä AQUARIUS®UV BWMS…
The service base, situated in Labuan, Malaysia, is to support all installed and future shallow and deepwater projects within the Asia Pacific region.An opening ceremony was held recently at the new site and was officiated by Dave Hutchinson…
International health and safety training specialist, Falck Nutec, has strengthened its UK management team with the appointment of two new directors.Allison Walker steps up to director of sales and marketing, Niel Rennie has been appointed…
Remotely operated vehicle (ROV) statistics for 2011 have been published by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) as an information note (IMCA R 05/12). The statistics, intended to record personnel and vehicle levels, are collected twice a year in February and August…