A cut in capacity price announced by Southern Cross may reduce Australian Communications Minister Stephen Conroy’s desire to build a government-funded submarine cable, ZDNet reports. Southern Cross plans to reduce prices by 20% with the installation of 100Gbps equipment this year on the subsea cable
Babcock is to manufacture and deliver over 70 subsea structures as part of the major Quad 204 offshore redevelopment project, some 130km west of Shetland, UK, under a £30m+ contract awarded by BP. The complex and highly technical Quad 204 project consists of a new Floating Production System Offshore
Babcock is to manufacture and deliver over 70 subsea structures as part of the major Quad 204 offshore redevelopment project, some 130km west of Shetland, UK, under a £30m+ contract awarded by BP. The complex and highly technical Quad 204 project consists of a new Floating Production System Offshore
A Kongsberg TOPAS PS 40 – Parametric sub bottom profiler has recently been installed on MMT’s survey vessel Triad. The acceptance tests of the new system were successfully performed in early December outside Nynäshamn in the Stockholm archipelago. The Topas 40 will add the benefit of high spatial re
A Kongsberg TOPAS PS 40 – Parametric sub bottom profiler has recently been installed on MMT’s survey vessel Triad. The acceptance tests of the new system were successfully performed in early December outside Nynäshamn in the Stockholm archipelago. The Topas 40 will add the benefit of high spatial re
Balltec Ltd, has received a Project Recognition Award after successfully completing the supply of enhanced MoorLOK connectors for the Marine Well Containment System Project. The MWCS, which has been developed, maintained and operated by the Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC), will allow for rapi
Balltec Ltd, has received a Project Recognition Award after successfully completing the supply of enhanced MoorLOK connectors for the Marine Well Containment System Project. The MWCS, which has been developed, maintained and operated by the Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC), will allow for rapi
Welltec Corporation, a Danish-based oil and gas services company, has been awarded a direct contract from Total Angola (TEPA) for the supply of conveyance and intervention services. Total Angola has awarded Welltec® a landmark, three (+1 +1) year contract to provide its pioneering conveyance and int
Aker Solutions subsidiary Aker Oilfield Services has signed a contract to provide subsea construction services offshore Brazil. Contract value is undisclosed. An undisclosed customer will utilise Aker Oilfield Services’ subsea construction vessel Aker Wayfarer for a period of 230 days. Start-up of o
Four J D Neuhaus EH 60 air operated monorail hoists supplied for offshore BOP handling have completed 12 months satisfactory operation to customer requirements and have also successfully passed their first annual inspection. These hoists were supplied and initially mounted in Norway by Westcon Løfte
Songa Offshore SE, an international offshore drilling contractor, yesterday announced an extension of its Board of Directors with the appointment of two new independent directors, Arnaud Bobillier (56) and Steven James McTiernan (61). The newly appointed directors have extensive experience of the in
Four J D Neuhaus EH 60 air operated monorail hoists supplied for offshore BOP handling have completed 12 months satisfactory operation to customer requirements and have also successfully passed their first annual inspection. These hoists were supplied and initially mounted in Norway by Westcon Løfte
Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and related subsea technologies, announced that as of this month the company’s in-house battery group has produced over 1,000,000 watt-hours of subsea batteries. The announcement comes on the heels of the company receiving
A North-east hyperbaric and UKAS testing facility has won a prestigious contract to test a piece of life saving equipment for the diving industry. The National Hyperbaric Centre (NHC), based in Aberdeen, has recently taken on the testing of The Sea Marshall, a piece of equipment used by divers world
