Equipment
WATCH: PLSV SAPURA ÔNIX Naming Ceremony
The following video shows the naming ceremony of the pipelaying vessel SAPURA ÔNIX. The Sapura Ônix was launched at the Royal IHC shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, near Rotterdam, in August last year. In April this year, Royal IHC named the vessel, at the same shipyard. The naming ceremony was car
Huawei Marine to Develop MCT Subsea Cable System
Huawei Marine has signed a system design and construction agreement with a consortium comprising Telekom Malaysia Berhad, Symphony Communication and Telcotech to build the Malaysia-Cambodia-Thailand (MCT) submarine cable system. Spanning approximately 1,300 km, the MCT cable system will provide conn
Sole Gas Field Project Enters FEED Stage (Australia)
The Sole gas field and Orbost Gas Plant project has entered into Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) phase, Cooper Energy informs. Completion of the acquisition of 50% interest has resulted in Cooper Energy booking 2C Contingent Resources of 106PJ of sales gas. The VIC/RL3 joint venture, which c
Barakah Offshore nets pipeline maintenance deal from Shell
Barakah Offshore Petroleum’s subsidiary, PBJV Group Sdn Bhd (PBJV), has received a Letter of Award from Sarawak Shell Berhad/Sabah Shell Petroleum Co. Ltd. for price agreement for the supply of operational pigs and pigging accessories and related equipment and services. The LOA is for a price agreem
Okeanus Boosts Rental Equipment
Okeanus Science and Technology (Okeanus) has acquired new 12-position water sampling rosette and 10-liter water bottle system for its portfolio of oceanographic and scientific research rental equipment. The Sea-Bird Electronics SBE 32 sampling rosette, operable to a depth of up to 7,000 meters, can
EURO DREDGER 450 Introduced
Dredge Yard, a company dedicated to the market of dredge equipment and dredging technology, and Dutch-based Neptune Shipyards, in order to develop innovative products and exploit operational synergies, have just introduced EURO DREDGER 450. This piece of dredging equipment is the first in a series o
Drydocks World wins Innovative Solution Award for Solan oil storage tank
Drydocks World and Maritime World, a Dubai-based services provider to the offshore oil and gas industry, has received the “Innovative solution” Award at the distribution of “International Business Excellence Awards” ceremony for constructing subsea oil storage tank “Solan”. Drydocks began working on
Statoil awards safety training contract to ResQ
Statoil has awarded a contract to Norway-based ResQ for the provision of services within safety and emergency response training. Statoil awarded a frame agreement to ResQ as a supplier of all safety and emergency response training, except freefall lifeboat training. The company says that this is “th
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 18 – May 24). A new subsea company was launched this month, comprising of a group of ex-FMC employees in alliance with subsea installation player DeepOcean, aiming to cut subsea tree installation
Highlights of the Week – Readers’ Choice
Shipping of the Dredger First Global Logistics and Europe Cargo, both members of Project Cargo Network, have recently collaborated on the project cargo shipment of a dredger and its equipment from Alexandria to Antwerp. Busy Start of 2015 for DEME DEME (AvH 60.40%) realized an economic […]
IRM Systems Launches Houston Base
Pipeline engineering specialist, IRM Systems, has opened a new operations base in Houston. The new Houston base supports the expansion of IRM Systems’ project management engineering services, further complementing those supplied by the company from its headquarters in The Netherlands. “I look forwar
Viper Subsea JIP Partner Deploys V-LIM in North Sea
One of the sponsors of Viper Subsea’s Join Industry Project (JIP) to develop the company’s V-IR Subsea Integrity Monitoring System, has committed to deploy V-LIM line insulation monitor units into North Sea fields. The commitment will see V-LIM deployed by the partner in June. The Joint Industry Pro
Sabella to Install Subsea Cable for D10 Tidal Turbine
French tidal energy developer, Sabella, has contracted Bourbon’s Argonaute vessel for the installation of the export cable for its D10 tidal turbine. The installation will take place off the island of Ushant, where the company plans to install the turbine, a month after the cable installation. The i
Lamong Bay Terminal Opens
The Lamong Bay Terminal in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, was inaugurated this morning by the President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo. It was an historic moment for Indonesia, an important milestone in the country’s transport development program that is improving the movement of goods through its vast