Equipment
Clinton Marine Boosts Management
Clinton Marine Survey AB has strengthened the company’s marine initiative by appointing a new Survey Manager. Anders Wikmar will be responsible for the company’s survey department. Anders with over 12 years of background in marine offshore surveys and has worked as Surveyor, Senior Surveyor Offshore
Saipem’s Pipelayer Starts Ichthys Job
Saipem’s deepwater installation vessel Castorone has kicked off the deepwater pipelay of 889 kilometre-long gas export pipeline (GEP) for The INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project. The vessel will lay the remaining 718 kilometre offshore section of the 42-inch diameter GEP following the successful comp
FlexTech Nets Two Contracts
Aberdeen-based Flexible pipe specialist, FlexTech, has secured contracts worth in excess of £250,000. According to the company, the projects, with two oil and gas majors, will take place both on and offshore supporting operations in the UK and the North Sea. FlexTech will execute flexible pipe and f
Searcher, DUG Partner on Seismic Data Project (Australia)
Searcher Seismic has entered into a commercial agreement with DownUnder GeoSolutions (DUG) to market and license the Monodon UltracubeTM. The Monodon UltracubeTM consists of approximately 14,700 km2 3D and 2,000 km 2D reprocessed data in the prospective Northern Carnarvon Basin of the North West She
ISE Refits Canadian Navy MCM ROV
The Canadian Navy’s MCM (Mine-Countermeasures) Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) is ready to be returned to the customer after its recent refit by International Submarine Engineering Ltd. TrailBlazer, a 25 HP vehicle has been in operation with the Canadian Navy since 1995. TrailBlazer 25 is capable of
Viper Subsea to Present at Subsea Expo
Viper Subsea will showcase a range of products and services at this year’s Subsea Expo in Aberdeen. This year, the focus by Viper Subsea will be on those services and products that improve the efficiencies of the Integrity Management of aging subsea control systems and umbilicals. From a hardware pe
Saipem kicks off Ichthys deepwater pipelay
The INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project started the deepwater pipelay for its 889 kilometre-long gas export pipeline (GEP) on Friday February 6, 2015. Saipem’s deepwater installation vessel Castorone will lay the remaining 718 kilometre offshore section of the 42-inch diameter GEP following the compl
Huisman to supply winch packages for four new ATHS vessels
Huisman, a specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, and Brazilian shipping company and shipyard group Grupo CBO, have signed a contract for the delivery of four anchor handling and towing winch packages for four new Havyard 843 AHTS vessels. In August 2014, Havyard signed a contract wit
FlexTech in double contract win
Aberdeen-based flexible pipe specialist FlexTech has secured contracts worth in excess of £250,000 ($380,200). According to the company, the projects, with two oil and gas majors, will take place both on and offshore supporting operations in the UK and the North Sea. FlexTech will execute flexible p
Harvey Gulf makes maritime history in US
Harvey Gulf International Marine, made maritime history in North America on Friday.
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (February 02 – February 08). Shell’s announcement on awarding the Brent field decommissioning contract to the Allseas’ Pieter Schelte attracted comments and reactions from maritime workers union. Accor
Reef Subsea Goes Under
Norwegian offshore wind and oil & gas services player, Reef Subsea, has filed a bankruptcy petition to Bergen District Court despite company’s efforts to restructure and cut costs in order to stay afloat in today’s challenging market. The company, established in February 2010 and 100% owned by Stava
KOGT Hits Kongsberg Profit
Norway’s Kongsberg has reported a profit after tax of NOK 32 million in Q4 2014, down from 375 million in the same period last year. The company has also posted a preliminary profit for the year after tax of MNOK 880, compared to last year’s MNOK 1 225. Namely, Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies KOGT
Saipem scoops $1.8B worth Kashagan deal
Saipem, through its subsidiary ERSAI Caspian Contractor LLC, has been awarded a major new Engineering & Construction contract for the Kashagan field project, located in the Kazakh waters of the Caspian Sea, valued at approximately $1.8 billion. The North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC) has awarded