Fraser Well Management (FWM) and Fraser Integrity Management (FIM) have been awarded a contract to provide well and pipeline operator services by Bridge Petroleum for its Bardolino field. The new contract adds to FWM’s expanding well operator portfolio and is FIM’s debut pipeline operatorship appointment. Bridge Petroleum has recently increased its interest in the Bardolino field and assumed licence operatorship. …
The Viiatti project is comprised of two wind farms of fifty seven 5.5 MW turbines in total and will supply enough green electricity to power over 120,000 households. London, UK, 9 March 2022 – DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, was one of the main technical advisors to Valorem during the development of the Viiatti wind project in South …
Oil giants should spend their billions of windfall profits on transition, not shareholder returns, according to the former CEO of Wood Group. The invasion of Ukraine has sent oil and gas prices skyrocketing, which were already climbing steadily and had prompted calls for a windfall tax in the North Sea. Bob Keiller said he has “no problem in normal times” …
Scottish Power and Shell will provide £75 million in supply chain funding to support development of three floating and fixed-bottom offshore wind projects. The two companies will provide a total of £50 million in supply chain stimulus funds for their two floating ScotWind projects – MarramWind and CampionWind. The consortium secured seabed leases for the schemes from the Crown Estate, …
A new joint venture between Bilfinger and Global E&C has welcomed 400 new employees as it kicks off business. Torus BGP formally launched on March 1 following a three-month transition period. Bilfinger and Global E&C announced the creation of Torus BGP in December after winning a deal worth “hundreds of millions of pounds” with CNR International on the Tiffany, Ninan Central and …
07/03/2022
J+S Subsea gets Fit for Offshore Renewables
J+S Subsea’s latest venture aims to support their expansion into the offshore renewables sector. The subsea controls engineering specialists have been selected for Fit 4 Offshore Renewables (F4OR), a 12-18 month ORE Catapult programme that will support them in accessing significant supply chain opportunities. F4OR is a unique service to help the UK supply chain get ready to bid for …
Intelligent lifting equipment specialist, LMS (Load Monitoring Systems Ltd) has announced two new appointments as it continues to focus on expansion in 2022. The Aberdeen-based company designs, manufacturers and rents intelligent load monitoring products for many industry sectors around the world where continual load monitoring, measurement, calibration and testing is required. The company has welcomed Kenny Wright as Production Manager, …
Taqa is preparing a lucrative contract for work on one of its major North Sea decommissioning campaigns. Later this year the Abu Dhabi-headquartered national oil company will tender a deal for the Brae Alpha engineering, preparation, removal and disposal (EPRD) project. Worth in excess of £25 million, the contract is expected to land on August 31, according to the Oil and …
ArcelorMittal, the leading steel company has acquired Scottish metal recycling business John Lawrie Metals Ltd. as part of the company’s strategy of increasing the use of scrap steel to lower CO2 emissions from steelmaking. The deal was completed on 28 February 2022; the business will continue to be run by the current management team including Dave Weston, Managing Director and Charlie …
02/03/2022
Brimmond Group Marine Crane Package leaves our premises for North Sea Decommissioning project
Our 120txm marine crane package will primarily be used to efficiently manoeuvre and stack recovered concrete mattresses on deck, an additional crane pipe handler attachment was also required for relocating 9m Spool Pipe Sections on deck. The rental package provided included a 125txm Marine Crane with remote control, skid base, EHPU and two stage 2 crane operators/techs which will be …