TAMS Group is expanding beyond Western Australia with the acquisition of Gladstone-based marine services firms MIPEC and Cairns-based diving company Taylored Offshore Services. These companies are a great fit for TAMS, and increase the scope of work and size of contracts we can take on, the company
Offshore services player Helix Energy Solutions has acquired from Marathon Oil certain operating depths associated with the Droshky Prospect on Green Canyon Block 244, along with related infrastructure. As part of the transaction, Helix will perform the required plug and abandonment operations for w
Scottish engineering consultancy QED Naval said that its Subhub tidal power platform was lifted into the water earlier this month. The lift was managed and supported by Doyle Shipping Group who conducted all stevedoring operations and provided boat support. They contracted Kavanagh Cranes to perform
CGG has decided to extend its Gabon multi-client data footprint with a 9,800-km long-offset 2D seismic survey in an unexplored deepwater area of the South Basin. A subset of the data over the offered license blocks will be available in advance of Gabon’s 12th offshore licensing round planned for Jun
Telstra, together with Ericsson and Ciena, has announced a new restoration service on its busiest subsea cable routes in Asia, to help keep customers continuously connected. The new continuous connection service combines the vast scale and diversity of Telstra’s subsea cable network, with flexible p
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Shell said it has decided to go with subsea compression as a concept for the Ormen Lange Phase 3 to increase the recovery rate from the reservoir. The partnership will now choose between two remaining options for subsea compression; one for wet gas developed by OneSubsea and built on technology inst
Preston-based Submarine Manufacturing and Products (SMP) has recently signed a contract with a Far East Navy, as main contractor to supply a complete submarine rescue system package. SMP will design, manufacture, supply and integrate the complete systems into a newbuild vessel. In addition the compa
Italian Saipem has received two engineering, procurement, installation and construction (EPIC) contracts from Saudi Aramco. According to Saipem’s statement, the contracts are worth $1.3 billion. The EPIC contracts are for the development of Berri and Marjan offshore fields. The contracts were awarde
An alliance of global companies from the plastics and consumer goods value chain has launched a new organization to advance solutions to eliminate plastic waste in the environment, especially in the ocean. The cross value chain Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW), currently made up of nearly thirty
Fugro is set to start its first project using new multipurpose ROV support vessel, Edda Sun,with mobilisation for the IRM contract planned for March 2019. With a recently announced two-year charter of the Edda Sun, Fugro has enhanced its IRM, construction and decommissioning support services in Euro
Wild Well Control (Wild Well), a Superior Energy Services company, has announced the expansion of its Montrose facility at South Ferryden, UK. Wild Well maintains the WellCONTAINED subsea containment system at Montrose Port. The equipment is staged in a ready-to-deploy state and includes full subsea
Equinor has, together with its partners Petoro, ExxonMobil and Total, proven gas and condensate in the Norwegian Sea Ragnfrid North exploration well. Recoverable resources are estimated at 6-25 million barrels of oil equivalent. “We are pleased to start the new year by announcing a new discovery. Ex
Bureau Veritas has been awarded a four-year contract with Neptune Energy to provide second and third-party inspection services for the new Fenja oil and gas field development, offshore Norway. The Fenja Field, which is estimated to hold 100 million barrels of oil, lies in the Norwegian Sea. Formerly
