Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded a multi-project marine seismic 3D and 4D acquisition contract by Shell International Exploration & Production. The contract covers four separate surveys, three in the North Sea and one off the coast of Western Australia. In the North Sea, the Polar Empress wil
Kvaerner has built the steel jacket for Valhall Flank West project and made it ready for transport to the Aker BP-operated Valhall oil field This is the first of two main deliveries for the development of the new wellhead platform. The wellhead platform alliance partners; Aker BP, Kværner, ABB and A
Ørsted’s service operation vessel (SOV), Wind of Change, has completed her sea trials in Turkey and is now gearing for her maiden voyage to Germany. Following the commissioning, expected in May 2019, the SOV will service the Borkum Riffgrund 1 & 2 and Gode Wind 1 & 2 offshore wind farms in the Germa
Kongsberg Maritime has unveiled a brand-new unmanned surface vehicle (USV). The Sounder USV System is designed and built to provide the highest possible standard of data acquisition, Kongsberg said. With the introduction of the Sounder USV System, Kongsberg strengthens its presence in the market for
Aberdeen-based Well-Safe Solutions has agreed to acquire the Ocean Guardian semi-submersible drilling unit, sparking another jobs boost for the company. The asset, currently owned by Diamond Offshore, has drilled hundreds of wells since entering service in 1985. Upon delivery, Well-Safe will start w
Unique Group has designed and developed its first unmanned surface vehicle called Uni-Cat. The Uni-Cat can be used for bathymetry survey offshore and in shallow waters. According to the company, it is ideal to be used in locations where conventional survey methods are not feasible. The Uni-Cat USV i
Forum Subsea Technologies has secured orders from DOF Subsea to supply three of its Ultra Compact Perry XLX-C work-class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). DOF Subsea will deploy the vehicles onto three of its ROV support vessels for recently awarded projects in Brazil. The systems will be manufactu
Minesto has completed the procurement of the foundation connection system for the DG100 model of the company’s subsea kite technology called Deep Green. A contract for design and development of the system has been awarded to Inyanga-Tech, with Quoceant as main sub-supplier. The foundation connection
HydraWell has signed a contract with an undisclosed UK-based supermajor to provide equipment and personnel for plug and abandonment (P&A) services in the UK North Sea. The contract is valid for five years and is expected to be utilised for operations on a non-producing field in the UK sector of the
Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP)’s first ever offshore pipelines in Albania were recently pulled ashore. For this operation, TAP’s engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contractor for the offshore section of the project, Saipem, used its pipelay barge Castoro 10. Steel pipes we
Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea said it has recently been awarded subsea survey and inspection contracts for the 2019 summer season. The contracts have a combined firm value of approximately NOK 70 million (approximately $8.1 million). The Oslo-listed firm added that these contracts also contain o
Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded a contract for a Barents Sea seismic acquisition survey with full data processing by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). Shearwater’s Reveal software, which the NPD uses in-house, will be used for full onboard and onshore processing enabling close colla
Dutch provider of logistics services for subsea cables, WIND, has completed its latest full scope cable transport project with the transfer of 26 km of 155kV subsea cable in the port of Eemshaven. The cable is for delivery to a large European TSO and will be used to connect an offshore wind farm to
Swiss-based deep-tech company Hydromea has provided its wireless underwater communication system, LUMA, recently deployed by Rever Offshore during an installation of a subsea wellhead foundation for Total drilling in the North Sea. LUMA was integrated with Ashtead Technology’s AMS+ (Autonomous Monit
