Hawaiki Submarine Cable said it has expanded its subsea network with a new direct route to Los Angeles. The new route – based on the most easterly segment of the SEA-US cable – completes Hawaiki’s existing links to the United States, including Hillsboro, Seattle and Hawaii. Los Angeles becomes Hawai
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
Norwegian vessels owner and operator Solstad Offshore said it has secured extension with a number of its key creditors for the suspension and deferral of payments. In December 2018 and April 2019, a number of the companies in the SOFF group entered into agreements for the suspension and deferral of
Optime Subsea has completed a two well plug & abandonment campaign on the Jette field for Aker BP, on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The work was completed utilizing Optime Subsea’s Subsea Controls and Intervention Light System (SCILS). Aker BP chose to demobilize the SCILS after its two wel
Rotech Subsea has been awarded contracts for two significant scopes of work for Boskalis Subsea Cables & Flexibles (previously VBMS). The dual campaign will see Rotech Subsea’s TRS1 and TRS1 LD tools deployed for cable deburial and reburial scopes on a southern North Sea sector offshore wind farm. T
DNV GL has won a contract to provide independent verification services for Energinet’s section of the Baltic Pipe project, offshore Denmark. The Baltic Pipe project aims to enable the transport of gas from Norway from a tie-in to the existing Europipe II in the Danish North Sea to the export facilit
Bhagwan Marine have recently been awarded a contract in support of the Australian Tidal Energy (AUSTEn) Project from their regional base in Darwin, NT. Bhagwan will provide vessels and crew to support the ongoing research and development of Australia’s tidal energy resource over a number of charters
TGS and PGS have started the Jeanne d’Arc High Density 3D (HD3D) multi-client project offshore Newfoundland, East Canada. The project will cover approximately 5,000 km2 and encompasses multiple exploration licenses, significant discovery licenses and sections of the open acreage included in the Nove
Subsea Services group Acteon has completed the acquisition of geosciences survey company TerraSond. Headquartered in the USA, TerraSond will continue to be led by Tom Newman and his management team. Newman, the president of TerraSond, said, “We are excited to be joining Acteon; leveraging their reso
The NordLink power cable has now been pulled in on the Germany coast marking a key milestone in the project connecting the power grids of Norway and Germany. Covering a total of 623 kilometers, NordLink is an HVDC interconnector is meant to increase energy security in both countries, Norway and Germ
Baker Hughes, a GE company, has opened its transformed Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Montrose at an inauguration ceremony with Minister for Energy, Paul Wheelhouse. The CoE will deliver engineering, manufacturing, test and assembly and services to advance deepwater technology for customers. The expa
Spectrum has received formal approval from NOPSEMA for its Environment Plan that allows the acquisition of multi-client wide tow 3D seismic, gravity, and magnetic surveys over an industry prioritized area of the deepwater Otway Basin in South-East Australia. This 3D data coverage has been designed t
