Equinor and its partners Shell and Total submitted an application for an exploitation permit for a subsea reservoir for injection and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2). This is the very first time the Norwegian authorities have announced a licensing round for injection and storage of CO2. Equinor and
The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch non-profit organization developing technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, has launched the world’s first ocean cleanup system from the San Francisco Bay. The cleanup system (System 001) is set for a two-week trial before continuing its journey toward the Great Pacifi
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (September 03 – September 09). https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/09/05/pipe-laying-kicks-off-for-nord-stream-2-in-gulf-of-finland/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/09/05/saudi-aramco-awards-marjan-field
Bibby HydroMap has welcomed Gary Fenwick as its new HSE Manager. Fenwick brings 18 years of HSE expertise working in the petrochemical and marine industry. He will be responsible for the HSE department and for all our HSE compliance with industry best practice within Bibby HydroMap for all the compa
Van Oord-Hellenic Cables consortium has secured a contract from TenneT to supply and install subsea and land cables for the Hollandse Kust (South) Alpha project. The 700 MW grid connection will transmit offshore wind energy to electricity users in the Netherlands. Two wind farms with a joint capacit
A Damen’s DOP200 was recently used on a harbor deepening job in Bandar Seri Begawan of Brunei. During the project, the harbor was dredged to a max dredging depth of –11m. “The DOP200 did the job mounted on a SANYI excavator. A long stick was integrated in the excavator’s boom, reaching the required
Royal IHC has secured a contract from Belgium-based DEME for the design and build of four new vessels. The order consists of a copy of the recently delivered 8,400m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Scheldt River, a 2,300m³ TSHD, and two 3,500m³ split barges. “The Scheldt River was delivered i
The keel laying ceremony for the new mega cutter suction dredger (CSD) Co. 1277 took place today at the Royal IHC shipyard in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands. The dredger, to be built for Boskalis Westminster NV, will be a sister vessel of the CSD Helios. The new giant will have a total installed power
PG Flow Solutions has been awarded a contract by the Aker Solutions and Kvaerner 50/50 joint venture (ASK JV) to deliver mono ethylene glycol (MEG) and chemical injection pump packages to the Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 field development. Under the contract, PG Flow Solutions will supply a total of six p
2H Offshore, a riser and conductor specialist in subsea services group Acteon, has completed the first phase of the STREAM (STeel Riser Enhanced Analytics using Measurements) joint industry project (JIP) and has expanded the work into a second phase. The JIP’s participants include Anadarko, Chevron,
Paul Smith has been appointed group managing director at UTEC Survey. Since joining Acteon in 2011, Smith has undertaken a variety of commercial and operational roles. He was instrumental in the merger of UTEC with NCS Survey in 2015 and was, most recently, responsible for the day-to-day management
Sparton Corporation and Ultra Electronics Holdings (ULE) have been awarded subcontracts valued at $64.6 million to their ERAPSCO joint venture, for the manufacture of sonobuoys for the United States Navy. The award is a GFY18 ERAPSCO Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract release fo
PG Flow Solutions has been awarded a contract by Aker Solutions and Kvaerner to equipment to the Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 development.
The Allseas offshore pipelay vessel Solitaire has started the pipelay for the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline in the Gulf of Finland. Before the start of pipelay, the vessel was equipped and tested to meet the project’s requirements. Solitaire is a 300 metres long and 41 metres wide vessel that w
