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TechnipFMC: Record Orders, Backlog in Q2

Jul 25, 2019

Franco-American oil services company TechnipFMC received a record volume of orders in the second quarter, pushing its backlog of projects to a peak thanks to new liquefied natural gas projects, it said on Wednesday.The records could signal a…

Equinor Q2 Earnings Lag Forecast

Jul 25, 2019

European oil major Equinor said on Thursday it expects less capital expenditure this year, partly due to further cost savings at its Johan Sverdrup oilfield, after reporting quarterly earnings slightly below forecasts.Adjusted earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) fell to $3…

Deep Blue Heads for Brazil

Jul 24, 2019

TechnipFMC’s flagship deepwater pipelay and construction vessel is embarking on a large-scale subsea project laying pipeline on the Equinor-operated Peregrino Phase 2 Project in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil.According to TechnipFMC, Deep…

Seaway 7 to Install Cables at Hornsea Two

Jul 24, 2019

Seaway 7 has won a contract from Ørsted's Optimus Wind to install the entire inner array grid cable system for the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm project in the UK sector of the North Sea.Seaway 7 parent company Subsea 7 said the contract is worth between $50 million and $150 million…

Aibel Delivers Second Dvalin Module

Jul 23, 2019

After two and a half years of work, the M40 module for the Wintershall DEA operated Dvalin project offshore Norway is now ready for delivery and sail away, makred by a July 18 ceremony outside the North Sea Hall at Aibel’s yard in Haugesund…

Stena Don Refit Completed

Jul 23, 2019

ACO Marine said a new wastewater treatment plant supplied to Damen Verolme Rotterdam has been installed and commissioned on the Stena operated semi-submersible Stena Don.The drilling rig’s existing wastewater treatment plant was heavily corroded and non-compliant with regulation MEPC 227(64)…

Heerema Wins Taiwan Offshore Wind Contract

Jul 22, 2019

The Netherlands based offshore contractor Heerema Marine Contractors said it has been awarded a contract to support the construction of an offshore wind farm project in Taiwan. Assigned by the Taiwan branch of Jan de Nul, Heerema will take on…

MAN Wins Chevron FEED Gig

Jul 18, 2019

Chevron Australia has awarded a contract to MAN Energy Solutions to support the front-end engineering and design study of a subsea compression solution for Chevron-operated Jansz-Io field off Western Australia.According to a press note from the German tech major…

Saipem to Build Floating Wind Farm in Saudi Arabia

Jul 17, 2019

Italian services company Saipem said it will design and built a 500 megawatt (MW) floating offshore wind farm in Saudi Arabia under a memorandum of understanding and exclusive agreement with Abu Dhabi based renewables solutions firm Plambeck Emirates…

Bourbon Aims to Step Up Crew Boat Comfort

Jul 16, 2019

Offshore personnel transport provider Bourbon Mobility said it is proposing services inspired by the aviation industry for its customers.The company has called on the expertise of the PEUGEOT Design Lab for the design of new cabins developed in a range of three comfort levels: Business Class…

Water Injection Plant Planned at Gudrun

Jul 16, 2019

The Gudrun partners have decided to invest in a water injection plant  to improve declining production the Gudrun field in the middle of the North Sea, field operator Equinor announced on Tuesday. This will extend the field life by three years compared to the original plan…

Keppel Wins Yinson FPSO Modification Work

Jul 16, 2019

Singapore-based Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) has through its wholly-owned subsidiary Keppel Shipyard, secured a contract from repeat customer Yinson for the modification of a floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO)…

New Platform Loaded Out for Vladimir Filanovsky

Jul 15, 2019

UK based heavy lift and transport company ALE said it completed the jack-up, skidding and load-out of an offshore platform for the third development stage of the Vladimir Filanovsky oil field, the largest in the Russian section of the Caspian Sea…

Leviathan Platform Starts Voyage to Israel

Jul 14, 2019

The gas platform for the Leviathan natural gas field is on its way to Israel from the Gulf of Mexico, the partners in the project said on Sunday.The first of four barges transporting the production structure units has left Texas and the other three will set sail in the coming weeks…

Heerema Signs On Vineyard Wind Project

Jul 12, 2019

Dutch offshore contractor Heerema Marine Contractors said on Friday it has been assigned to help build the first and largest commercial offshore wind farm in the United States.Situated 14 miles off the coast of Massachusetts, the 800-megawatt…

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