Equipment
Aker Solutions Gets Concept Study for Johan Castberg FPSO
Aker Solutions has secured an order from Statoil to provide a concept study for a floating production, storage and offloading facility for the Johan Castberg oil field development in the Barents Sea. The order is a call-off by Statoil on an engineering contract for Johan Castberg won by Aker Solutio
FMC Technologies Lands NWS Subsea Deal with Woodside
FMC Technologies has signed an agreement with Woodside for the design, manufacture and supply of subsea production systems for the Greater Western Flank Phase 2 (GWF-2) Project as part of the North West Shelf (NWS) Project in Western Australia. The contract is valued at approximately $180 million fo
Australia: Woodside orders $180M in subsea equipment from FMC Technologies
FMC Technologies, a U.S.-based supplier of subsea system for the oil and gas industry, has signed an agreement with Australia’s Woodside for the design, manufacture and supply of subsea production systems for an offshore project in Australia. The deal, valued at $180 million, is for the delivery of
Plexus enters Russian market with new licence agreement
Plexus Holdings has entered into a licence agreement with LLC Gusar and CJSC Konar to undertake the rental, manufacture and servicing of Plexus’ jack-up drilling wellhead exploration equipment into the Russian Federation and the other CIS states oil and gas markets. Gusar and Konar are two independe
EdgeTech Finds 6205 MPES Agent for Americas
EdgeTech, has signed an agreement with Equipment and Consulting for Hydrographic Operations (ECHO81) to act as an exclusive 6205 MPES representative for the Americas. Delray Beach-based ECHO81, a distributor of marine survey instrumentation, offers equipment, installation, training and support servi
Royal IHC and Adani Sign Deal for IHC Beagle TSHD Duo
Royal IHC and Adani Group have signed a contract for two IHC Beagle® 8 trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs). These two 8,000m³ vessels belong to the standardized IHC Beagle® series, designed and built by IHC using over a century of dredging experience. The IHC Beagle® series achieves high levels
Gippsland Ports Orders Damen TSHD 650
The Damen Shipyards Group is constructing a trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) 650 for Australian client Gippsland Ports. The TSHD will be the first Damen dredger to operate in the country. The client will use the dredger to maintain entry to the port of Lakes Entrance and the Gippsland Lakes sy
Nexans Wins LofotKraft Subsea Cables Deal
LofotKraft AS has selected Nexans to deliver and install 170 kV XLPE cables to upgrade the current systems in three fjords Gimsøystraumen, Nappstraumen and Flakstadpollen to strengthen the power supply for residents throughout Lofoten, Norway. This will include upgrading the current grid capacity fr
Forum Subsea Rentals, Aquatec Ink Rental Agreement for LEAKlog
Forum Subsea Rentals, a subsidiary of Forum Energy Technologies, and Aquatec Group have signed a global agreement for the rental of Aquatec’s LEAKlog leak detection and inspection suite. The Aquatec LEAKlog leak detection sensors are utilised for routine inspection and surveillance of subsea install
Fugro Discovery’s Towfish Hits Mud Volcano in MH370 Search
The MV Fugro Discovery has lost the sonar vehicle deep tow (towfish) being used to search the ocean floor for the missing Malaysian Airline MH370 while conducting search activities in the southern Indian Ocean. According to the Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC), the towfish collided with a mud
Plexus in Profit Warning
UK’s Plexus has seen a significant slowdown in planned activity by its customers to the extent that it cannot see the reduced activity levels being recovered in the current financial year as a result of a number of projects being delayed, postponed or cancelled, the company said Monday. This has aff
Subsea Global Solutions Sets Up Texas Office
Subsea Global Solutions (SGS), an underwater repair, maintenance and marine solutions provider, has opened a new office in Texas. The office, in Webster, Texas, near Houston, should put SGS in a good position to support demand for its services on the Gulf Coast, and in the Houston and Galveston area
BPP Cables Adds Director of Cable Operations
BPP Cables has expanded its team with appointment of Tony Zymelka to the role of director of cable operations. Zymelka has worked for many decades in the submarine cable industry, in both the telecommunications and power transmission fields. He has experience in submarine cable manufacturing, testin
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (January 18 – January 24). Subsea 7’s pipelay vessel ‘Seven Waves’ is returning to the yard in the Netherlands for repairs after a fire on its lay assembly. The vessel was hired by Petrobras on a five-