Operations & Maintenance
First Oil Flows from Solan Field Off UK
Premier Oil achieved first oil from the Solan field on April 12, 2016. The Solan field, located in the UK sector of the North Sea, comprises two production wells and two injection wells along with a subsea oil storage tank. The tank can accommodate more than 400,000 barrels of oil under the sea. The
DONG Energy Hires Hughes SSE for OWF Subsea Inspection
DONG Energy has signed a contract with a UK-based Hughes Sub Sea Engineering (Hughes SSE) for the undertaking of a subsea inspection campaign. Merseyside-based firm will conduct a subsea inspection, examining various components of offshore wind turbine foundations and cabling at DONG Energy offshore
Subsea in March
Subsea World News has gathered all the highlights to bring you a summarized version of the most popular articles from the previous month. In March, more layoffs were announced in Norway when Aker Solutions informed its employees in subsea division it will cut as many as 600 permanent positions at fa
GE Begins Prelude HPHT Risers Job
GE Oil & Gas has started production of four high pressure, high temperature (HPHT) dynamic flexible risers destined for Shell’s Prelude FLNG facility, located 250km off the coast of Western Australia. GE has partnered with Shell on the project since 2011, following an initial order for turbomachiner
PGS to Nominate Qvam as Chairman
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) informed that Walter Qvam, currently board member of PGS, will be proposed as new chairperson at the upcoming annual general meeting scheduled for May 11, 2016. Qvam has been a PGS Board Member since 2013 and is currently president and CEO of Kongsberg, a position he wil
ConocoPhillips Wireline Deal for Archer
Archer has been awarded a five-year contract by ConocoPhillips for the provision of mechanical wireline services for the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The contract was awarded to Archer following a tender process for ConocoPhillips’ well intervention services in Norway. Archer has provided wireline i
Royal Navy Divers Destroy WWII Torpedo in Orkney
Royal Navy bomb disposal team detonated a WWII torpedo found during a routine seabed survey in Scapa Flow, Orkney. The torpedo is likely to have been one of those fired at HMS Royal Oak, as the battleship lay at anchor in Scapa Flow in 1939, Royal Navy wrote. The attack by the German U-boat U47 sank
TGS to See Revenues Drop More than 60 Pct
Geophysical contractor TGS said it expects net revenues for the first quarter of 2016 to be approximately USD 64 million. This compares to net revenues of USD 172 million in the first quarter of 2015, which represents a decrease of close to 63 per cent. In addition to the undrawn revolving credit fa
PGS to Start Aasta Hansteen Shoot in May
PGS is set to start the acquisition of a new 4.400 sq. kilometers 3D GeoStreamer survey over the Aasta Hansteen area in the Norwegian Sea, in May 2016. The survey is planned to be completed in August 2016. Fast track data will be available four months after the final shot. This pre-funded multi-clie
8.2 Consulting Carrying Out Technical Due Diligence at Meerwind
Independent fund management company DIF has awarded 8.2 Consulting AG with a contract to perform preliminary technical due diligence at the 288MW Meerwind Süd|Ost offshore wind farm. DIF asked 8.2 Consulting AG to focus on the analysis of the O&M strategy, the O&M budget estimation, the estimation o
Fuglesangs Subsea Aims at New Seabed Boosting Solution
A subsea technology spin-off from Norwegian firm Fuglesangs is working a new pump drive and coupling system, Hydromag, that could simplify how seabed boosting is performed. The system, being developed with support of Innovation Norway, National Oilwell Varco and Voith Turbo, could allegedly reduce t
SeaRoc Bolsters Ranks Ahead of DONG Gig
SeaRoc Group has appointed Anthony Collingridge to the role of project manager at its UK office in Chichester, West Sussex, in preparation for the recently won contract to supply planning software and communications hardware to all of DONG Energy’s sites in the UK. SeaRoc will provide DONG with pers
Interview: Skepticism – the greatest concern for UK wave energy sector
Ulf Lindelöf, CEO of Waves4Power, spoke about his company’s latest achievement, the recently deployed WaveEL wave energy device at Runde wave energy test site off Norway, as well as the issues this emerging renewable energy sector is currently facing.
Viking Link Consultations to Start Next Week
National Grid Viking Link Ltd (NGVL) will be inviting local people to have their say on proposals for an electricity cable link between Denmark and Lincolnshire, with the launch of a six-week public consultation on Monday, April 11. Viking Link is a proposal to link Britain and Denmark’s electricity