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
The long-term success of offshore wind is being put at risk by restrictions on access to wind turbine performance data that prevent operators from reducing operations and maintenance costs by up to 30%, according to ONYX InSight. Better access to turbine data allows operators to not only reduce thei
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
Hydraulic tools specialist Webtool has completed testing of its cable retrieval tool (CRT200) by The Nippon Salvage in Japan ahead of deployment for a cable repair campaign. The CRT200 was load tested to 20 tonnes with a 125mm submarine power supply cable. According to the company, it is the only ca
3D at Depth has announced the success of a new underwater survey technique that integrates photogrammetry with subsea laser LiDAR (SL) technology to create accurate, precise, reverse engineered 3D models. The technique was developed during an October 2018 expedition with the nonprofit Air/Sea Herita
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
4DOcean and XOCEAN have recently completed over 2,000 hours of unmanned bathymetric survey off the coasts of Scotland and England. The survey is part of the UK’s Lot 2 Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP), administered by the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) subcontracted by Meritaito. Operating two
