Equipment
IMCA Revises Guidance for Safe and Efficient ROV Ops
International Marine Contractors Association’s (IMCA) has published its latest revision of the ‘Guidance for the safe and efficient operation of remotely operated vehicles’ (IMCA R 004 Rev 4). “The guidance provides a pertinent reference document for the safe and efficient offshore operations of rem
Seatools Launches New Active Heave Compensation Module
Seatools, based in the Netherlands, has introduced new active heave compensation module, the HeaveMate. The active heave compensator can be integrated on offshore and subsea equipment such as winches, cranes, and LARS systems, the company explained. HeaveMate can be delivered either as an OEM packag
ACE Winches Welcomes New Engineering Manager
ACE Winches, a deck machinery specialist, has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Chris Waller as engineering manager. Waller has more than 12 years experience in the subsea industry and holds a BEng Honours in Engineering from The Open University. He joins ACE Winches fr
Fjellstrand puts pen to paper for Johan Sverdrup deal
Fjellstrand, a Norwegian company, has signed a contract with offshore living quarters modules supplier, Apply Leirvik for panel production which will be fitted to the Johan Sverdrup project residential module. Apply Leirvik will deliver one of the largest residential modules for the Johan Sverdrup p
Kleven Delivers Edda Freya to Østensjø Rederi
Subsea construction vessel, Edda Freya, was formally delivered to Østensjø Rederi from Kleven shipyard on Wednesday, May 25. Edda Freya was designed by Salt Ship Design (304 OCV) in cooperation with Østensjø Rederi and DeepOcean. The vessel is equipped with a 150 tons dual tensioner vertical lay sys
Japan’s Jera sells LNG to EDF Trading
Japan’s Jera Co, a joint venture between Chubu Electric and Tepco, said it has agreed to sell the chilled fuel to EDF Trading, a unit of France’s EDF. Under the deal, Jera, one of the world’s largest LNG buyers will sell about 1.5 million mt to EDF Trading at European LNG terminals for a period of [
Atkins’ Design for Beatrice Jackets
Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has appointed Atkins to carry out the detailed design of the jacket substructure and foundations for the 588MW Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL) development in the outer Moray Firth, UK. 84 jacket substructures and associated foundations for the Siemens 7MW turbine
SHEPD Preps for Lerwick-Bressay Sub Seabed Link Ops
Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution (SHEPD) is preparing to begin work next week to install a new electricity cable between Lerwick and Bressay which will run through a duct bored below the seabed, in a first for inter-island cables in the UK. Specialist contractor Stockton Drilling will bore
Island Constructor Gets Green Light for Another Draugen Job
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given permission to use the Island Constructor for start-up and repair of wells on the Shell-operated Draugen field. Draugen is an oil field in the Norwegian Sea in 250 metres of water, around 150 km north of Kristiansund. The field has been developed
DeepOcean lands work offshore Abu Dhabi
DeepOcean has been awarded a contract for the provision of post-lay trenching of a 42km power cable from the shore to an offshore location in the United Arab Emirates. The company did not say who the client was. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed either. DeepOcean will use its T1 m
Magseis Cuts Losses
Norwegian seabed seismic services player, Magseis, has managed to shrink its loss as the revenue increased by close to 220 per cent in the first quarter of 2016. The Oslo-listed company has seen its revenue climb to USD 18.1 million compared to USD 5.7 million same time last year. Increase in revenu
Boskalis’ Water Injection Dredger Terra Plana Launched
Boskalis’ new water injection dredger Terra Plana was successfully launched at TBG Harlingen – Thecla Bodewes Group shipyard last month. Two companies signed the contract for the construction of the Terra Plana on June 3, 2015 and the actual work on the dredger began in September 2015. Water injecti
Technip Nets Umbilical Supply Contract from Statoil
Technip’s wholly-owned subsidiary Technip Umbilicals has been awarded a contract by Statoil to supply the umbilical to the Oseberg Vestflanken 2 field offshore Norway. This field is located approximately eight kilometers North West of the Oseberg field center at Block 30/9-30/6 on the Norwegian cont
Technip’s umbilicals for Statoil’s North Sea field
French oilfield services supplier Technip will supply an umbilical for Statoil’s Oseberg Vestflanken 2 field offshore Norway. This field is situated some eight kilometers North West of the Oseberg field center at block 30/9-30/6 in the North Sea offshore Norway, at water depths of 100 meters. The co