Offshore engineering

Worley Rosenberg in Norway has started construction of platform module for the Valhall PWP-Fenris project, being developed by Aker BP and its partners in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. On January 2, 2024, the first steel cut for the utilities module of the new Valhall production and wellhead platform (PWP) at the central…

On behalf of the Snøhvit partners, Equinor has awarded a construction and installation contract to Leonhard Nilsen & Sønner (LNS) to build a tunnel and landfall for the project expected to strengthen Norway’s position as a long-term supplier of gas produced with very low greenhouse gas emissions. The scope of the contract, worth $142.7 million (NOK…

Published:  17 January, 2024 Damien Bertin, Business Director of Opsealog discusses why OSV markets will drive energy efficiency in 2024. High charter rates, volatile fuel prices and vessel shortages are setting favourable conditions for investments in energy efficiency – this is good news for business resilience as well as the environment. The stars could hardly…

Published:  17 January, 2024 Ocean services provider DeepOcean and Aker BP have announced they have successfully completed subsea trials with an Autonomous Inspection Drone (AID) at the Aker BP operated Alvheim field in the central North Sea. “While testing of autonomous technology is exciting on its own, our primary purpose was to find out if…

Jan 16, 2024 (Credit: Coretrax) Oil and gas well integrity and production optimization company Coretrax has strengthened its well intervention capabilities after acquiring a complementary suite of technology from Wireline Drilling Technologies. After completing the acquisition and expanding its offering, Coretrax firm has signed a global route to market agreement with a supermajor to support…

Jan 15, 2024 (Credit: Vard) Norwegian ship designer and builder Vard has confirmed the Danish subsea cable company NKT is behind the order for the construction of the new cable laying vessel. The contract, valued between $218-270 million (€200-250 million), was signed mid December 2023 by Vard and NKT HV Cables, a Swedish-based turn-key power…

Jan 12, 2024 The W-type gangway system (Credit: Enersea) Dutch company Enersea has designed a new walk-to-work system for Ampelmann, said to be especially suitable for offshore wind market. The newly-designed W-type is an electric gangway system developed for the Service Operation Vessel (SOV) market to efficiently transfer personnel and cargo at various heights. Enersea…

Italian engineering firm Rosetti Marino has completed the construction of jacket and topside for the Fenix wellhead platform, which are now en route to Tierra del Fuego in southern Argentina. Rosetti Marino built Fenix platform’s topside and jacket for Total Energies’ Fenix gas development project as part of an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract…

Jan 11, 2024 (Credit: Jumbo Offshore) Jumbo Offshore has been awarded a contract by MODEC for the pre-installation of the mooring spread of the FPSO Errea Wittu, which will be located at Uaru field offshore Guyana. The FPSO Errea Wittu will have the capacity to store 2 million barrels of oil. It will produce approximately…

Decom Engineering has completed the first deployment of its largest subsea Chopsaw to date, achieving substantial time savings of almost 300% on a decommissioning job in the North Sea. Following the $1.2 million (£1 million) investment to develop its largest subsea Chopsaw yet – the C1-46 – the Northern Ireland-based offshore decommissioning technology firm said…