Big things are in the air at Dockwise. Since going public on the Dutch stock exchange last December, the heavy marine transportation specialist has been putting together an ambitious five-year growth plan . . .

FMC Technologies awarded Grenland Group a contract worth NKr50 million to fabricate and deliver one manifold and foundation, with two protection structures for the Kirinskoye field off Russia ...

With holding power over 100 times their own weight as well as clear economic advantages, the first drag embedment anchors made quite a splash in the offshore industry in the 1970s. Yet some project engineers . . .

Increased uncertainties about operating in ultra-deepwater typically result in over-designed production systems with resulting increased costs . . .

The last couple of years have seen fairly lean pickings for offshore fabricators in the Netherlands and on the UK east coast. But for one Dutch yard, paradoxically, things could scarcely have gone better . . .

Nieuw-Lekkerland-headquartered Bayards, a key player in the offshore aluminium industry, is seeing early signs that the recession’s grip on major oil & gas projects may at last be loosening . . .

The BAM Clough Joint Venture has received a AUD10 million Work Order relating to the design and construction of an LNG condensate offloading jetty in Papua New Guinea ...

Subsea 7 Inc has been awarded a contract in the UK sector of the North Sea valued in excess of US $100 million ...

Acergy won a $1.3 billion contract for the engineering, procurement, fabrication, and installation of a deepwater development offshore West Africa, the company said 29 July 2010 ...

Marine Subsea (UK) successful deliverED a $1.0 million (£656,000) contract for operator Repsol for works near the Casablanca platform, offshore Spain ...

CTC Marine Projects has started the load out of the 25km-long armored power cable and its hub as part of the South West Regional Development Agency's Wave Hub project, CTC said 20 July 2010 ...

Statoil awarded Aibel an NKr 2.7 billion contract for the Gudrun platform topsides, the companies said 20 July 2010. The contract covers the engineering, procurement, and construction of the platform deck ...

BP awarded Technip subsidiary Duco a £14 million contract for the Andrew field development, Duco said 16 July 2010 ...

Expro has won a four-year extension to a Statoil contract in Norway. Expro said 13 July 2010 it will provide well testing and specialist data acquisition services across Statoil's Norwegian operations ...

After two years of engineering, procurement, and project preparations, the first of two floatovers for the Korean Vyborg Project is complete, Dockwise said 12 July 2010 ...