Italian oilfield services player Saipem said that two of its subsidiaries are being investigated by Brazilian administrative authority over supposed irregularities in a contract award back in 2011. The alleged irregularities include Saipem’s French and Brazilian units, who were awarded a €56-million
Carnarvon said that a new 3D seismic survey has started over the Dorado and Roc discoveries and a number of nearby prospects. Prior to the award of WA-435-P, WA-436-P, WA-437-P and WA-438-P to Carnarvon and its partner, no 3D seismic existed in these permits. Three 3D surveys were subsequently acqui
Energy consultancy Xodus has strengthened its team with the appointment of a new advanced analysis lead. Ismael Ripoll will be responsible for leading the team which specialises in finite element analysis (FEA) covering a variety of areas including steel and flexible pipelines, pressure vessels and
INDIGO subsea cable consortium members, AARNet, Google, Indosat Ooredoo, Singtel, SubPartners and Telstra, have informed that the system is now ready for deployment. The INDIGO subsea cable system is ready to be deployed following the completion of the INDIGO West, 4,600km Singapore to Perth, and IN
Ireland’s Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has informed that a pre-lay grapnel run and route clearance operations in the Irish Sea will take place on Friday. The operations are a part of installation of the marine part of the HAVHINGSTEN submarine fibre optic cable system. The work will be
Irish Prime Minister, Leo Varadkar and President of France Emmanuel Macron have submitted a joint request to the European Commission seeking financial support for the Celtic Interconnector electricity link between Ireland and France. Varadkar and Macron co-signed a letter today before the European C
Spica Technology is to deliver 32 remote maintenance platforms to be installed on the wind turbines of Ørsted’s Burbo Bank Extension wind farm in Liverpool Bay, UK. The 258MW wind farm comprises 32 MHI Vestas 8MW wind turbines which have been in operation since May 2017. The remote maintenance platf
Oslo-listed SeaBird has narrowed its quarterly loss for the period ended March 31, 2019 as revenues picked up on higher utilization, compared to prior-year first quarter. The seismic data provider for oil and gas companies posted loss of around $0.5 million for the first quarter of 2019, compared to
London-based private equity firm Blue Water Energy has acquired Pipeline Technique Limited (PTL), a provider of pipeline welding, field joint coating and spoolbase services to the energy industry, from Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC). PTL is headquartered in Huntly, UK with additional worksites in
Searcher Seismic has expanded the Argentina Super-Tie 2D Reprocessing Project to include all available 2D seismic data in the Malvinas and Austral Basins. This follows from the success of Phase 1 which specifically targeted the recent offshore bid round. The reprocessing effort will utilize a modern
Guernsey Electricity has confirmed that the activity is underway to lay the new subsea cable which links the Island to Jersey. Exploratory and research work has been carried out underwater and the cable is currently under construction in Sweden. An environmental survey along the cable route in Guern
Vattenfall has issued a tender seeking wind turbine maintenance services on the 288MW DanTysk offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The service agreement covers the scheduled maintenance of 54 wind turbines in 2020 and 80 units in 2021. The contract is expected to start in June 2020 and end in
A new GBP 4 million cross-sector project is set to develop the world’s first fully autonomous robotic inspection and repair solution for offshore wind farms. The Innovate UK-funded MIMRee (Multi-Platform Inspection, Maintenance and Repair in Extreme Environments) is a two-year project bringing in ex
Reach Subsea has widened its quarterly deficit for the period ended March 31, 2019 but still managed to stay close to prior-year comparable period despite noticeable revenue drop. For the first quarter 2019, the Norwegian contractor booked comprehensive loss of NOK 19.7 million on revenues of NOK 67
