Equipment
Topaz Names Newbuild Duo
Dubai-based Topaz Energy and Marine said it has christened its two newbuild light construction vessels as Topaz Tiamat and Topaz Tangaroa. The company has chosen the names from the Mesopotamian Goddess of salt water, and from the Maori God of the sea. Developed for crane operations and light subsea
PHOTO: UXO Cleanup at Nordergründe OWF Site
James Fisher Subsea (JF Subsea) in cooperation with their German partner GSS Hansa Offshore (GSS) were contracted by the windfarm developer OWP Nordergründe GmbH & Co KG to help clear unexploded ordnance (UXOs) from the site of the proposed Nordergründe wind farm. The Nordergründe 111 MW offshore wi
Telia Carrier Sets Up PoP in Marseilles to Accommodate New Subsea Cable Systems
Telia Carrier said it has established a new point of presence (PoP) within Jaguar Network’s Marseilles data center. This is the second PoP Telia Carrier has established in Marseilles to provide carriers, content and cloud providers with diverse connectivity choices and added network redundancy. Teli
Seanamic Snaps Up IMES
Surface to seabed company, Seanamic, has acquired the business and trading assets of IMES, an inspection and monitoring engineering solutions company, headquartered in Aberdeen. Formed in 2014, Seanamic provides integrated surface to seabed systems to the oil and gas, marine renewables, diving, ocea
Another Successful Application of Damen DOP150
At the Port of Corinto, on Nicaragua’s Pacific Coast, a DOP Submersible Dredge Pump 150 has started on a capital dredging project. The municipality of Corinto has decided to build a wave barrier that will protect the town against the wave intrusion. The delivered DOP150 is equipped with a cutter uni
OGA to Reprocess Seismic Data in Six Areas Around UKCS
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded two contracts worth more than £2.5 million to Schlumberger WesternGeco and DownUnder Geosolutions (DUG), in collaboration with Geopartners, to supply around 15,000km of reprocessed multi-client 2D seismic data in six areas around the UK Continental Shelf (
Clinton Marine Wins Konti-Skan Interconnector Survey
Clinton Marine Survey has been awarded a cable tracking project between Sweden and Denmark. The survey includes cable tracking, ROV video, multibeam, and sidescan sonar on the link. The water depth is ranging between 0 meters to 80 meters and has been conducted with the company’s two survey vessels
STR Acqures Rights to Remontec’s Cable Counter Tech
Great Yarmouth-based Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR) has acquired the product rights to Remontec’s cable counter technology. Under the terms of the agreement, STR now own the design and copyright covering all Remontec’s T- Count Cable Counter range and has started a manufacturing and product devel
Island Offshore, Centrica Scoop ONS 2016 Innovation Award
Island Offshore/Centrica were among announced winners of the ONS 2016 Innovation Awards, at the Innovation Awards Ceremony Tuesday, August 30. Island Offshore and Centrica were selected winners of the Innovation Award, (for large companies), for the innovative system riser-less coil tubing drilling.
IOR award goes to Asgard licensees
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has awarded its improved oil recovery (IOR) prize for 2016 to the licensees of the Asgard field in the Norwegian Sea for their subsea wet gas compressor. NPD said on Tuesday that the installation of the compressor will yield almost 50 million standard cubic
NPD Spotlights Åsgard Subsea Compression Technology
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has awarded its improved oil recovery (IOR) prize for 2016 to the licensees of the Åsgard field in the Norwegian Sea for their subsea wet gas compressor. This will yield almost 50 million standard cubic metres (306 million barrels of oil equivalent) in addit
Wood Group Lands DONG Energy Deal
Wood Group has been awarded a new engineering services framework agreement by DONG Energy, to support their oil & gas assets across the Danish, Norwegian and UK continental shelves. Front end development, maintenance and modifications, engineering, and late life and decommissioning services, for bot
Wood Group supports Dong Energy’s offshore O&G projects
Oilfield services firm Wood Group has been awarded a new engineering services framework agreement by Danish firm Dong Energy, to support their oil & gas assets across the Danish, Norwegian and UK continental shelves. Front end development, maintenance and modifications, engineering, and late life an
WATCH: Mariner FSU Parks at Nigg Energy Park
The Mariner B vessel was this weekend safely berthed at Global Energy Group’s Nigg Energy Park, north of Inverness, after completing the 15,800 nautical miles journey from the Samsung construction yard in South Korea. Mariner B, the floating storage unit (FSU) for the Statoil-operated Mariner field