Equipment
Nemo Subsea Link Sees UK Section Delivered
Nemo Link, the joint venture between Elia and National Grid that will operate the first electricity interconnection between Belgium and the UK, has started laying the first 59km of double subsea cable between the UK onshore landing point and the French offshore section. On September 11, the cable wa
Altus – Qinterra Fuse into New Well Services Group
Qinterra Group’s North Sea well intervention specialist Altus Intervention and its international technology arm, Qinterra Technologies have united to form one global force in well services. With headquarters in Stavanger, Norway, the combined group will be known as ‘Altus Intervention’, bringing tog
UK: Kraken FPSO offloads first cargo
Malaysia’s Bumi Armada has informed that its Armada Kraken FPSO, operating on the Kraken field in the UK North Sea has completed the offloading of its first cargo on September 12, 2017. The Kraken is a large heavy oil accumulation in the UK North Sea, located in the East Shetland basin, to the west
Horizon and Atlantic Marine Partner on Geotech Surveys
Horizon Geosciences and Atlantic Marine have teamed up to provide a new seabed geotechnical investigation spread comprising the vessel Atlantic Carrier and Horizon’s seabed CPT and sampling systems. Horizon Geosciences’ managing director Rich Metters stated that the spread is being mobilised due to
SEA Boosts Its KraitArray ASW Sonar
SEA is unveiling a new, enhanced version of its thin line KraitArray towed Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) sonar at DSEI 2017. The KraitArray now extends up to 150 meters in length, compared to the current 50 meters. It is enabled by connectors between modules and, according to the company, it offers u
NorthConnect Sets Up Community Investment Fund
The developers behind an electricity superhighway connecting the north east and Norway are calling on local people this week to apply for funding from a new community investment fund. NorthConnect, the 655km subsea interconnector, is setting up the £10,000 Legacy Fund, to be administered by Foundati
UTEC Reshuffles Management
UTEC, a global survey company in subsea services group Acteon, has appointed long-term employees, Cory Goodyear, Mick Elmslie and Jonathan Watt as Business Unit Directors across its Americas and Europe and Africa business units. The announcement follows the completion of a strategic review which als
Ashtead Names UK Regional Director
Subsea equipment specialists Ashtead Technology has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Brett Lestrange as UK regional director. Lestrange will lead Ashtead’s UK sales and technical team to drive growth and support the company as it continues to innovate against a low oil price
Blyth Cabling Begins as GBFs Land on Seabed
Five gravity based foundations (GBFs) have now been installed off the coast of Blyth to mark the latest stage of a pioneering offshore wind farm development using a new “float and submerge” process. EDF Energy Renewables is currently delivering the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator Wind Farm after taking
MeyGen Subsea Turbines Lose to Offshore Wind
Atlantis’s tidal stream project in northern Scotland, MeyGen, was not awarded a contract for difference (CfD) from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) in this allocation round in respect of Phase 1C of the project. According to Atlantis, cost reduction for the Phase 1C a
Damen Dredge Pump Busy in Brazil
On the Brazilian South Atlantic coast, the continuous transport of sediment threatens the accessibility of the Belmonte terminal. To tackle this problem, the owner has acquired a Damen DOP250 submersible dredge pump. The DOP, powered by a dedicated diesel hydraulic power pack, is attached to a crane
NOAA and Microsoft Co-Founder Partner on Deep Ocean Study
NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory and Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul G. Allen have teamed up to deploy a large array of new deep ocean floats to expand ocean observations in a key area of the western South Atlantic Ocean. These instruments, called Deep Argo floats, can col
Seatools Upgrades Stornes FPROV
Seatools has completed the upgrade of the fall pipe remotely operated vehicle (FPROV) installed on Van Oord’s flexible fall pipe vessel ‘Stornes’. The work entailed a depth upgrade that enables Van Oord to perform precision rock installation in water depths of up to 2100 meters. Seatools initially d
AWI Retrieves Its Underwater Robot After Year-Long Mission
On 27 August 2017, deep-sea researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) recovered the underwater robot Tramper, which had been taking measurements at a depth of 2435 metres for nearly 60 weeks – the first long-term mission involving a crawler u