Equipment
Statoil Sees Final Piece of Polarled Pipeline Laid
The final pipe in the 482.4 kilometre long Polarled Pipeline was laid at the Aasta Hansteen field at a depth of 1,260 metres in the Norwegian Sea on Monday, September 28. Polarled is the first pipeline on the Norwegian continental shelf that crosses the Arctic Circle and opens up a brand new highway
OMM Delivers Another OWF Cable Protection
Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has successfully completed another subsea cable protection project in the German North Sea. The contract, which required the firm to install mattresses at all cable crossings along the 70-km route, from Sandbank offshore windfarm to the converter station, SylWin Alph
Drass Provides Saturation Diving System for New DSVs
Drass of Italy has been selected by VARD Shipyard to supply a 12-man single bell 100 series saturation diving system for Kreuz Subsea new diving support vessel. The vessel will be of VARD 3 17 design, with a total length of 91.2 meters and a beam of 21.5 meters, and has been developed for diving sup
RigNet to provide comms for 26 rigs
RigNet, Inc., a provider of managed remote communications solutions, telecoms systems integration services and collaborative applications to the oil and gas industry, has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract upgrade and extension to provide standardized remote offshore communications solutio
ITC Global to provide VSAT solutions for Maersk Drilling rigs
Danish drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has awarded a three-year VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) contract to ITC Global, a provider of satellite communications to remote and harsh environments. The contract includes VSAT connectivity across more than half of Maersk Drilling’s global fleet of
VBMS installs umbilical for Wintershall in North Sea
VBMS, a strategic joint venture of VolkerWessels and Boskalis, has completed the offshore installation of an 18.5-kilometre control umbilical for Wintershall Noordzee B.V. The umbilical connects platform RAVN to A6A, located in the Danish and German sectors of the North Sea. According to VBMS, the J
VBMS Wraps Up Wintershall Umbilical Gig
VBMS, a strategic joint venture of VolkerWessels and Boskalis, has successfully completed the offshore installation of an 18.5-kilometre control umbilical for Wintershall Noordzee B.V. The umbilical connects platform RAVN to A6A, located in the Danish and German sectors of the North Sea. VBMS equipp
Vard to Build Two OSCVs for Topaz
Vard has secured new contracts for the design and construction of two Offshore Subsea Construction Vessels (OSCV) for a new customer, Dubai-based Topaz Energy and Marine (Topaz). Developed for crane operations and light subsea construction with intervention duties, the vessels will be of VARD 3 08 d
SHI orders GTT tech for FSRU
GTT, the designer of membrane containment systems for the maritime transportation and storage of LNG received a new order for a Floating Storage & Regasification Unit from the Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries.
J2 Subsea and WeSubsea Partnership Continues
J2 Subsea, an Acteon company, has renewed its global sales and rental distribution partnership with WeSubsea. The partnership provides customers around the world with technical support from J2 Subsea, and global access to the WeSubsea range of baskets, dredgers and tooling, available for rental and
Xodus in Second Stage of Multiphase Flow Reserach
International energy consultancy Xodus Group and Dutch innovation company TNO have completed the first phase of a joint industry project (JIP) into the dynamic forces which affect the integrity of piping systems, in particular through multiphase flow. The second phase of the project, which is expect
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (September 21 – September 27). Project Development International (PDi), part of Ceona, has secured more than £6 million in project awards in 2015 to date. In August 2012, Hammersmith-based SURF contrac
Hycom to Maintain Van Oord’s Vessels
Hycom BV, part of the HYDAC-group, has signed an international service agreement with Van Oord. The outline agreement contains a worldwide concentrated system in which partnership is central. The two parties agreed to cooperate exclusively over the next 3 years on maintenance and repairs of all hydr
Vox Maxima Starts Its Indonesian Job
Van Oord’s largest trailing suction hopper dredger, the Vox Maxima, has started the dredging work for the creation of Pluit City, an artificial island in the bay of Jakarta, Indonesia. The Pluit City project is being developed by Van Oord–Boskalis joint venture with the completion date set for 2018.