Total, acting as operator for and on behalf of a consortium presently composed of Total and Socar, has tasked HydraWell to execute a part of plug & abandonment campaign at the Absheron field in the Caspian Sea. To execute the campaign, HydraWell will utilise its HydraHemera Perf, Wash and Cement (PW
The Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) Office has advanced its environmental review of the proposed Vineyard Wind Connector transmission project by issuing a certificate regarding the project’s Environmental Notification Form (ENF). The proposed Vineyard Wind Connector is comprised of sub
A US Navy-led mission aboard research vessel RV Petrel has mapped the wreckage of a C-2A Greyhound aircraft that crashed into the Philippine Sea en route to USS Ronald Reagan on November 22, 2017. Using the vessel’s side scan sonar and an ROV to survey the aircraft from February 2-5, the team determ
Telford Offshore, a new name in the global oil and gas industry, has officially launched following the acquisition of four DP3 multi-purpose offshore construction vessels from Sea Trucks. Headquartered in Dubai, Telford Offshore has a global presence and will focus on West Africa, South East Asia, M
The National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) has completed seafloor mapping in the New York Wind Energy Area, a proposed offshore wind site near Long Island in the US.
RollDock is currently transporting the transition pieces (TPs) for the Merkur offshore wind farm from Aviles, Spain, to the Buss Orange Blue Terminal in the Eemshaven port, the Netherlands.
Rotech Subsea has won a cable trenching scope of work in the Middle East region based on the capabilities of its new TRS1 low draft controlled flow excavation tool. The tool – which was developed in late 2017 for a six month campaign – can operate in 1 meter depth of water and is the […]
Scientists have developed a method of directly measuring rock strength beneath the seafloor by using drilling performance parameters. This study project was led by Dr. Yohei Hamada at the Fault Mechanics Research Group of the Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC). The depth-
The 30MW Hywind Scotland, the world’s first commercial-scale floating wind farm, performed better than expected in its first three full months in production, Statoil, the operator of the wind farm said.
Siemens Gamesa has unveiled its 3-year strategic plan, with the L3AD2020 program, which includes a series of measures that will unlock EUR 2 billion of cost reductions.
ECA Group and Petrus have signed a cooperation agreement for subsea robotics services to oil companies. After evaluating the market since June 2017, the parties have entered into a partnership agreement to offer the oil & gas sector inspection and survey services using an autonomous underwater vehic
JFD has completed the first stage of harbour acceptance trials of its first deep search and rescue vehicle (DSRV) for the Indian Navy’s 3rd generation submarine rescue system. The initial harbour acceptance trials of the first DSRV, which were undertaken at Glasgow’s King George V dock, are now comp
C-Kore Systems closed off 2017 with an installation/commissioning campaign for the Egyptian Atoll project in collaboration with Subsea 7’s office in Paris. Li Ming-Shi, pre-commissioning engineer for Subsea 7 in Paris said, “The C-Kore Units give us new options to monitor our umbilicals during their
Oceanteam Solutions, in cooperation with Blue Offshore, has successfully executed the first cable loadout at client’s premises and more loadouts will follow later this year. The cable was transferred from client’s cable basket to Oceanteam’s barge equipped with a turntable that can hold up to 5300 t
