Construction has started on the $35 million Sunshine Coast international broadband submarine cable project, which will connect Australia and Asia. The cable landing station is situated adjacent to the Maroochydore City Centre Priority Development Area. Minister for State Development, Manufacturing,
ExxonMobil has made two additional discoveries offshore Guyana at the Tilapia-1 and Haimara-1 wells, bringing the total number of discoveries on the Stabroek Block to 12. The discoveries build on the previously announced estimated recoverable resource of more than 5 billion oil-equivalent barrels on
Enpro Subsea has started onshore testing on its Flow Intervention Services (FIS) technology, backed by £1.5-million investment, ahead of planned subsea field trials later this year. The company had previously developed a lower pressure (10kpsi) version of their tool and this investment has allowed t
Ørsted’s service operation vessel (SOV) Wind of Change will be commissioned in May 2019, the offshore wind developer said. The 83m long vessel is currently under construction at Cemre Shipyard in Turkey. The SOV features diesel-electric propulsion and dynamic positioning (DP2) and is capable of acco
Ecosse IP (EIP) has recently completed pre-trial tests of its newest product, the Ambient Lifter (AL10T), in Buckie Harbour, UK. These tests form part of the development of EIP’s new range of subsea lifting products, the company said. The recent tests follow on from trials completed in September 201
Wood and KBR have secured a new multi-million dollar contract to deliver integrated front-end engineering design (FEED) for Shell Australia’s Crux project to build a not normally manned (NNM) platform and gas export pipeline. The Crux project is located approximately 600 kilometers north of Broome,
ION Geophysical is expanding Brazilian seismic coverage with a new 2D multi-client reimaging program. The first phase of the Farofa program covers acreage in the deep water Campos basin that will be available for licensing in Brazil’s upcoming Round 16 in October. The program will reimage ~10,000 km
Shearwater GeoServices has secured an award of four Ocean Bottom Seismic (OBS) surveys by Aker BP and Equinor in the North Sea. The projects will be executed by two of Shearwater’s multi-purpose vessels using proprietary technology during the 2019 North Sea summer season. “We are excited to be chose
TechnipFMC has been awarded a contract by Petrobras, on behalf of the Libra Consortium, for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) works on the Mero 1 pre-salt field, offshore Brazil. The field is located in the Santos Basin, at 2,100 meters of water depth. The contract, said
McDermott has secured a front-end engineering and design contract by Woodside Energy for a floating production unit (FPU) for the Scarborough field gas development in Western Australia. McDermott’s center of excellence in the Hague, the Netherlands, will lead the study and early engineering. Upon co
Ocean Installer has received a contract by an American client, covering the transportation and installation of subsea products for a project offshore West Africa. The subsea infrastructure consists of a network of drill centers, where Ocean Installer will add a further seven wells to the field’s exi
LOC Renewables has overseen the launch of the 2MW Floatgen turbine, the first offshore wind turbine installed in French waters. The company’s Paris office supplied marine warranty surveying services (MWS) across the project, which started delivering electricity to the grid in September last year. LO
LOC Renewables has overseen the launch of the 2MW Floatgen turbine, the first offshore wind turbine installed in French waters. The company’s Paris office supplied marine warranty surveying services (MWS) across the project, which started delivering electricity to the grid in September last year. LO
The U.S. Coast Guard has recently recovered a drifting PacIOOS wave buoy 800 nautical miles offshore from its original location off Tanapag, Saipan. The buoy that broke free from its mooring in 20 to 25-foot seas when Super Typhoon Yutu directly hit the Mariana Islands, drifted west in the Philippin
