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Best of 2014
Subsea World News brings you the most popular articles from the previous year (January 01 – December 31). The Best of 2014 represents the readers’ choice, based on the monthly statistics and general interest in the articles. January: Stork Sells Its Subsea Division to N-Sea Group Stork Tec
Readers’ Choice: Top News of 2014
Official Start of the New Suez Canal Project Head of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Mohab Mamish and United Arab Emirates Minister of State Sultan Ahmed al-Gaber earlier this week gave the green light for the start of dredging works on the new Suez Canal project. Southampton Port Ready for Giants
BP Kicks Off Kinnoull Production
BP, on behalf of the Kinnoull field co-venturers, has started production from the Kinnoull field in the central North Sea. Kinnoull is BP’s seventh and final major upstream project start-up in 2014. The Kinnoull reservoir, developed as part of a wider rejuvenation of the Andrew field area, is tied b
Damen Multi Cat 2712 for MarineCo UK
MarineCo UK has contracted Damen Shipyards Group for a Multi Cat 2712. The vessel will be delivered in April 2015. Mr. Mike Conafray, Managing Director at MarineCo stated that “after a long evaluation, with alternative builders, Damen came through with the right vessel at the right cost, the new ves
MacGregor to Supply Subsea Crane for Toisa DSV
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received order from Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co Ltd (ZPMC). The contract is for four offshore cranes, including a 400-tonne SWL active heave-compensated crane capable of deploying 3,000m of wire rope. All four cranes will be fitted to a new 145m dive support v
PHOTO: MacGregor offshore cranes for Toisa DSV
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received an order from Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co Ltd (ZPMC). The contract is for four offshore cranes, including a 400-tonne SWL active heave-compensated crane capable of deploying 3,000m of wire rope. All four cranes will be fitted to a new 145m dive suppor
Minister of Infrastructure Visits Gdansk Port
On December 19th, 2014, Ms. Maria Wasiak, Minister of Infrastructure and Development paid a visit to the Port of Gdansk. She was accompanied by Ms. Dorota Pyc, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development, and by Ms. Monika Niemiec-Butryn, Deputy Director of the Departme
Magseis inks Chevron seabed survey deal
Seismic surveyor Magseis has said that a final contract has been entered into with Chevron North Sea Ltd for seabed seismic acquisition in the UK sector of the North Sea using the company’s proprietary MASS system and the Artemis Athene vessel. The work is expected to start towards the end of the fi
Magseis Confirms Chevron Gig
Norwegian geophysical company, Magseis, has secured a final contract with Chevron North Sea Ltd for seabed seismic acquisition in the UK sector of the North Sea. This notice is with reference to the previously announced letter of intent (LOI) from an undisclosed international oil company for seabed
UTEC StarNet Boosts UK Team
UTEC StarNet a division of global offshore survey company UTEC has appointed Colin McHardy as the new Business Unit Director. According to the company, with extensive experience gained from various executive director and operation manager roles, McHaardy’s track record makes him well placed to help
DW: Subsea Processing In Peril?
Much of the recent commentary concerning the decline in oil prices has focused on US onshore production, specifically whether the continued extraction of unconventional resources is viable at current prices. Undoubtedly, this will be a key issue for the dynamics of global supply. However, Douglas-We
Seadrill Gets West Polaris Drillship
Seadrill Limited has exercised a purchase option for the West Polaris, a 6th generation Ultra-Deepwater drillship, from Ship Finance International. The West Polaris was acquired by Ship Finance in 2008 and subsequently bareboat chartered to Seadrill with purchase options starting in 2012. The purcha
Russian Divers Achieve Record Antarctic Plunge
On December 24, 2014 the Antarctica 100 expedition of the Russian Geographical Society’s Branch in the Republic of Tatarstan returned from the Antarctic. Russian divers led by Dimitri Schiller went to the South Pole. The project’s objective was to develop relatively safe methods of deep diving in th
China’s First Deep Engineering Ship Operational
China’s first multifunction underwater engineering ship “Offshore Oil 286” with operating water depth of 3000 invested and constructed by COOEC kicked off operation on Sunday, Xinhua reports. Built by Guangzhou Huangpu Shipbuilding “Offshore Oil 286” is a multifunctional underwater engineering vesse