SeaBird Exploration has received a letter of award for an ocean bottom node (OBN) source contract in Asia Pacific. The contract has an expected duration of about five months and it was originally announced in January of this year. The contract is expected to start in April 2020, the company noted. S
DOF Subsea has received two contract awards from international clients in Africa. The contracts will secure further vessel and resource utilization in Q1 and first part of Q2 2020, the company said. The first contract is for seismic nodes installation in Nigeria for an undisclosed client. The work w
The Europe India Gateway (EIG) submarine cable system has been upgraded to accelerate and strengthen connectivity between businesses in the UK, Europe, the Middle East and India. Using Ciena’s submarine network solution, the upgrade allows EIG to utilize flexible, express wavelengths, also known as
Scientists from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Ocean Sciences Division are optimizing the placement of ocean gliders and the usage of glider data to improve the Navy’s ability to predict ocean conditions. Researchers frequently use gliders – slow-moving, long-endurance underwater vehicles – to
TGS has completed one 3D seismic survey and started another in the offshore area of northern Senegal. TGS completed the acquisition of SN-UDO-19 3D seismic survey. Fast track data from the survey will be available during the second quarter of 2020. The full dataset will be available by Q4 2020. Upon
Seismic player SeaBird Exploration has secured a three-year credit facility with SpareBank 1. The company said it will use the proceeds from the loan to repay the bond loan expiring in June, and to outfit the vessel Fulmar Explorer for seismic operations. The outfitting project should start in Q1 wi
Petrofac has won two contracts, worth approximately $1.65 billion, with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) in the United Arab Emirates for Dalma Gas Development Project. The work scope encompasses offshore packages at Arzanah island and surrounding offshore fields, located around 140 kilometers
Saga Subsea said that its Human Resource Department together with Subsea Cable Department have been awarded a new contract for one of its main clients. Under the contract, Saga Subsea will supply 25 operators for an ongoing subsea cable project. The work is scheduled to start in the second quarter o
Carnarvon Petroleum has received the first preliminary data set from the 2019 Keraudren 3D seismic survey. The interpretation of the dataset is currently underway. Early indications show that the Keraudren 3D has achieved the objective of providing superior quality data over Dorado, and that this wi
Lindblad Expeditions’ first polar newbuild, designed by Ulstein Design & Solutions, National Geographic (NG) Endurance has completed sea trials carried out over the weekend. The polar vessel is soon to return to the shipyard, Ulstein Verft, for the final construction phase before setting off to expl
Seismic contractor Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has entered into an agreement with Cognite to reduce vessel operating costs and improve efficiency. In cooperation with Cognite, PGS has launched two digitalization workstreams aiming at improving fleet performance; refining approaches to optimize fuel
The video posted by Royal IHC shows the company hard at work on the Subsea 7 reel lay vessel Seven Vega, marking a milestone that involved the installation of aligner wheel on top of the pipelay ramp. Royal IHC secured a shipbuilding contract in October 2017, following a letter of intent announced i
Subsea services specialist N-Sea said it has been awarded a contract by the Royal Netherlands Navy. N-Sea will be working with the Navy on mine countermeasure activity, development and training. The work will carried out in preparation for the implementation of the newbuild mine countermeasures vess
Huawei Marine Networks (HMN) has received a contract to construct the new Maldives Sri Lanka Cable system (MSC). The new submarine cable system will facilitate a direct connection between the Maldives and Sri Lanka increasing regional capacity and network diversity. MSC is a four fiber pairs system,
