Ashtead Technology has completed a subsea installation monitoring project for Subsea 7 in support of Equinor’s Utgard development. The contract, which was awarded by i-Tech Services on behalf of Subsea 7, saw Ashtead’s Deflection Monitoring System (DMS) used to capture data required to deploy a subs
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. said in its latest announcement that their large trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Prins der Nederlanden is now powered by a biofuel blend, resulting in a substantial CO2 reduction. According to the release, Boskalis will also use a biofuel blend on the project t
C-Kore Systems recently delivered C-Kore subsea testing units to Bibby Offshore for use on a fault-finding campaign in the East Irish Sea. The units were used to locate the source of low IR on the field and reduce the testing time. According to the company, its testing units are becoming the tool of
New York-based L3 Technologies has acquired unmanned surface vessel (USV) and autonomous vessel control systems company ASV Global. This acquisition should enhanced L3’s unmanned maritime capabilities, including integrated anti-submarine warfare (ASW) solutions, future surface combatant unmanned off
Prysmian Group has completed commissioning of the inter-array cable system for the Wikinger offshore wind farm, located within the West of Adlergrund cluster in the German Baltic Sea. Prysmian secured this project in February 2015 with a contract awarded by Iberdrola, the world-leading renewable ene
EMODnet, an initiative of the European Commission, has launched a high-resolution, 3D underwater terrain model for the European Seas. The model is said to be a significant upgrade of the “bathymetry DTM”, a service that visualises the beds or floors of water bodies, in this case the European Seas. T
Archer has elected Kjell-Erik Østdahl as chairman of the board and James O’Shaughnessy as a new board member in the company to fill a vacancy on the board. Kjell-Erik Østdahl has had a tenure of 21 years at Schlumberger in a number of senior positions within operations, business development, marketi
Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR), DEME’s subsidiary specialised in deep sea harvesting, has unveiled the nodule collector ‘Patania II’. The pre-protoype is the successor of the tracked soil testing device ‘Patania I’, which was tested during a 2017 expedition in the Central Pacific Ocean. The ‘Pat
Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR), DEME’s subsidiary specialised in deep sea harvesting, has introduced the nodule collector ‘Patania II’. The pre-protoype is the successor of the tracked soil testing device ‘Patania I’, which was successfully tested during a 2017 expedition in the Central Pacific
Completions service company Tendeka has appointed Davor Saric as its new technology director to help deliver the company’s next generation of disruptive technologies. Saric joins Tendeka having been involved in numerous global field developments and redevelopments as a production technology / petrol
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (September 17 – September 23). https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/09/17/deepocean-launches-offshore-services-base-at-port-of-blyth/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/09/20/hydra-steps-into-saturation-divi
Dragflow recently supplied a hydraulic pump HY85A and hydraulic power pack for the Marina di Militello harbor dredging project in Italy. According to the Italian manufacturer of dredging equipment, the client asked for a versatile solution to address the problem of sand sedimentation close to the pi
ABB’s security, monitoring and communications technology has been installed on the 1,850 km Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP). The first phase, ‘Gas to Eskisehir’ officially opened in early summer 2018 ahead of schedule. ABB provided the security, telecommunications, SCADA main control ro
MacArtney has supplied Moog Focal LVEOS Swivel to Norwegian turret and loading systems provider. The Low Voltage Electrical Optical Swivel (LVEOS) is intended for inclusion into a swivel stack for a FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading vessel). OneSubsea, a Schlumberger company, will su
