Welaptega has completed mooring inspection campaign for BP offshore Angola using its optical chain measurement system (CMS), complete with new automated edge tracking software. The project saw Welaptega use its new edge tracking data system and its patented CMS technology to inspect the mooring syst
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (September 16 – September 22). https://subseaworldnews.com/2019/09/18/oceaneering-to-supply-subsea-umbilicals-for-project-in-bay-of-bengal/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2019/09/17/deep-down-appoints-chi
Kvaerner has expanded the capacity of its facilities at Stord in the yard area, storage area and offices to increase competitiveness and position the company for future growth. In addition, Kvaerner establishes its own inhouse capacity to supply insulation boxes, which often makes up a significant p
Orange, PCCW Global and PEACE officially signed their agreement to deploy the new submarine cable- PEACE Med. The draft agreement was announced during the Capacity Europe event in November 2018. This agreement marks the arrival of the first Chinese private submarine cable in France. PEACE refers to
SubCom has recently announced several forward-looking developments including the company’s high fiber count (HFC) qualification and start of manufacturing, as well as upgrades to its clean room and new laser/sensor welding capabilities. SubCom has completed the qualification of high fiber count cabl
Equinor has sanctioned a waterflood project in the St. Malo field in the US Gulf of Mexico. This waterflood project, sanctioned in the resource-rich Wilcox formation in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, is expected to contribute an estimated ultimate recovery of more than 150-175 million barrels of oil
Repsol Norge has awarded Allseas an EPRD contract for the removal, transfer, load-in to shore and disposal of its Gyda platform in the Norwegian North Sea. The contract covers both the 18,000t topsides and 11,200t jacket, and includes an option for reinstallation on another field, which would be an
Schlumberger, Chevron and Microsoft have announced the industry’s first three-party collaboration to accelerate creation of innovative petrotechnical and digital technologies. As part of the collaboration, the three companies will work together to build Azure-native applications in the DELFI cogniti
Magseis Fairfield has signed a 2-3 months contract for the lease of a MASS I node crew to a client in the Asia Pacific region. The contract includes nodes, containerized automated handling system and service personnel. It is scheduled to start in the fourth quarter 2019 when the nodes are released f
Ocean Power Technologies has signed two new contracts with Enel Green Power Chile (EGP), a subsidiary of Enel Chile, part of the Enel Group, for the sale of a PB3 PowerBuoy and the development and supply of an integrated Open Sea Lab. The combined value of the contracts exceeds US$1.9 million, and r
Finnish wave energy developer, AW-Energy, has completed final assembly of the first commercial WaveRoller unit. The first commercial-scale 350 kW WaveRoller unit was assembled and prepared for deployment at Peniche in Portugal. “It’s a major step forward for wave energy and the beginning of a new en
NEMOS has finalized commissioning works for 2019 Wave Energy Converter (WEC) prototype in Ostend. After the main steel components were delivered, the Power Take-Off System with sufficient data acquisition integration was fitted to the assembly. The belt drive and spring system, that connects the sub
TGS has fired first shot to start a new survey in the MSGBC Basin, offshore north-west Africa. The Senegal Ultra-Deep offshore 3D survey covers over 4500 km2, with a modern broadband acquisition set-up. It is being undertaken in partnership with GeoPartners using the vessel, BGP Prospector, and has
SeaBird Exploration has signed a contract to acquire a 2D seismic survey for an international oil & gas company in the Africa region. The survey is due to start towards the end of September and is estimated to run for approximately three weeks. The company will be using the Nordic Explorer for the w
