Equipment
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (November 03 – November 09). The safe installation of the 6,500 tonne structure by the deepwater construction vessel Aegir marks the beginning of the Project’s major installation campaign in the
Highlights of the Week – Readers’ Choice
NMDC Dredger Al Mirfa Enters Suez The official commencement of the Suez Canal Expansion Dredging Contract is now one step closer with the arrival of the first Consortium dredger, the National Marine Dredging Company’s ‘Al Mirfa’. Dutch, Egyptian MoU Signed Egypt and the Netherlands have signed [&h
Alstom Tidal Devices Hit 1GWh (Scotland)
As part of their testing programmes at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland, Alstom’s tidal devices have now generated over 1GWh of electricity, in actual operating conditions, to the Scottish grid. Alstom’s 1MW tidal turbine, deployed in 2013 as part of the ReDAPT project, a
Prysmian Down 20 Pct, Confirms Full-Year Guidance
Prysmian, the manufacturer of cables used in the energy and telecoms industries, has reported a drop in earnings for the first nine months of 2014 of approximately 20 percent. Prysmian’s adjusted EBITDA amounted to €355 million (€442 million in the first nine months of 2013). Excluding the adverse i
Deltares: Dutch Help in Flood Prevention
Deltares and Arcadis have started a project in Colombia to prevent flooding by using the right software models and by training the local operation managers. Severe floods hit the Cauca region in 2010, causing extensive damage. To prevent future flooding the team will migrate and update a model of th
Aker Makes Less, Revenue Up
Aker Solutions’ third-quarter attributable profit dropped to NOK 265 from NOK 349. Earnings per share fell to NOK 0.97 from NOK 1.29 a year earlier. However, Aker’s revenue rose 22 percent to NOK 8.3 billion in the third quarter of 2014, boosted by increased work at major subsea projects in Norway a
PSA: All good with well clean-up and well testing on NCS
In the first and second quarters of 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of the management of well clean-up and well testing on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The activity was directed at the management, planning and execution of well clean-up and well testing
Alcatel-Lucent Wraps Up Optoplan Acquisition
Alcatel-Lucent’s subsidiary Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks has closed the acquisition of Optoplan AS, a provider of 4D permanent reservoir monitoring (PRM) solutions used in offshore oil and gas production. Based in Trondheim, Optoplan has developed a 4D PRM technology for seismic surveys of oil
Kongsberg Launches New Monochrome CCD Camera
Kongsberg Maritime, a leading developer of underwater imaging products has launched an all new high resolution monochrome CCD camera. The OE15-100D camera is smaller yet has a deeper rated housing and wider Angle of View (AOV) in water than any of its predecessors, whilst maintaining KONGSBERG’s exc
Rosneft Completes East Siberian Sea Seismic
Rosneft has finished a complex of seismic data acquisition on the East-Siberian-1 block in the offshore area of the East-Siberian Sea. The Company carried out seismic data survey independently, the amount of 2D works totaled 2000 kilometers. Despite of extremely severe ice conditions this year, all
Rosneft wraps up seismic survey in East Siberian Sea
Rosneft has finished seismic data acquisition on the East-Siberian-1 block in the East Siberian Sea. According to the company, the seismic data survey was carried out independently and the amount of 2D works totaled 2000 km. Rosneft says that in spite of extremely severe ice conditions this year, al
Monobase Performs GBF Model Test
Monobase Wind BV will be performing model test of the Monobase Gravity Based Foundation (GBF) from 17-28 November at the MARIN institute, in co-operation with Royal Haskoning DHV. The tests are to demonstrate the behavior of the Monobase GBF fully equipped with tower, turbine and blades. “This conce
Petrofac goes to MAN for derrick-lay vessel equipment
MAN Diesel & Turbo has won the contract to provide a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system for each of 6 × MAN 16V32/44CR engines. The engines will power the ‘Petrofac JDS 6000’ deepwater derrick-lay vessel ordered in January 2014 by Petrofac, the international oil and gas services provider. At
Emerson’s Automation for Shah Deniz Stage 2 (Azerbaijan)
BP has awarded Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson, a contract in excess of $40 million to be the Main Automation Contractor for the Shah Deniz Stage 2 development project in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea. Emerson will provide integrated control and safety systems to