Equinor has signed three-year contracts with Tendeka and Baker Hughes Norge for providing sand screen services at a total value of around NOK one billion, including options for five two-year extensions. The contract awards were marked at Equinor’s head office at Forus on 26 June. The sand screen tec
Neptune Energy said that its development plans for the Duva and Gjøa P1 projects in the North Sea have been approved by Norwegian authorities. First production from the projects is expected in late 2020 with total recoverable resources estimated to be 120 million barrels of oil equivalent (maximum p
Global Marine Group (GMG), supported by its business units Global Marine, Global Offshore and CWind, has signed a framework agreement for cable repair with Ørsted. The framework becomes a part of the Atlantic Cable Maintenance Agreement (ACMA) which is delivered by GMG alongside zone partner Orange
Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded a 4D seismic survey by Total E&P Danmark over Tyra, Tyra SE and Roar fields. The survey is planned to be conducted this summer. The Tyra, Tyra SE and Roar fields are located offshore Denmark and the survey will be conducted by Shearwater’s SW Amundsen vessel.
The RRS Discovery departed Southampton for this year’s annual research expedition to the Porcupine Abyssal Plain sustained ocean observatory (PAP-SO) in the northeast Atlantic. These expeditions aim to answer questions about how environmental and ecological stressors are influencing the open ocean,
The offshore section of the Balticconnector pipeline, installed between Estonia and Finland, has been completed. Laying the offshore pipeline on the seabed of the Gulf of Finland began in May 2019 in Inkoo and was completed in Paldiski in June 2019. “It feels great to have the ends of the offshore p
ENGIE Fabricom is upgrading its site in Hoboken, Belgium, where Offshore High Voltage Stations (OHVS) are built and assembled for offshore wind farms. Due to a strong growth of these activities, ENGIE Fabricom is now investing EUR 5 million in the site, the company said. A new office building with a
Osbit has delivered a multi-function pre-lay and backfill subsea plough to Global Marine Group. Following contract award in January, The offshore technology company has designed and built the plough, which will now be known as PLP240. Final assembly and sign-off was completed at Osbit’s Port of Blyt
Wood has secured two new contracts from Equinor for onshore and offshore facilities in Norway. In the first of the new contracts, Wood will deliver FEED (front-end engineering design) services for brownfield modifications to the Grane offshore facility. The scope of the FEED includes all topsides mo
JFD has recently completed a comprehensive submarine rescue exercise to mobilise the entire NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS). The exercise, titled Golden Arrow, provided hands-on training that further optimises the crew’s ability to conduct rescue operations, ensuring the capability remains ready
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (June 17 – June 23). https://subseaworldnews.com/2019/06/19/technipfmc-van-oord-scoop-mozambique-lng-prize/ This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Subseaw
Norwegian diving contractor SubseaPartner has increased its footprint in the UK with another contract award by the operator and FPSO owner Teekay Offshore. The contract is for undertaking ongoing subsea work on the FPSO’s Foinaven and Hummingbird. Detailed planning and engineering are done and Subse
A team of researchers from countries bordering the ocean have recently embarked on a €10 million project to analyse its ecosystems, from Iceland to South America. Their findings will provide unprecedented insights into how climate change is affecting plant and animal life in the Atlantic. The work w
Nord Stream 2 AG has released a report on the impacts of Nord Stream 2 pipeline construction activities in the Finnish Exclusive Economic Zone during 2018. According to the monitoring report, the impacts were minor, limited and short-term. Nord Stream 2’s Finnish monitoring is part of the long-term
