Operations & Maintenance
Fugro Boosts Survey Services with EOMAP Deal
Fugro has extended its integrated survey services with a new agreement with global specialist EOMAP. The new agreement enables the creation of integrated bathymetric survey products that comprise elements from Satellite Derived Bathymetry (SDB), Airborne LiDAR Bathymetry (ALB) and traditional acoust
Hydrex Patches Up Tanker after Collision Damage
Hydrex performed a repair operation on a 118-meter, 8550 DWT chemical tanker in Syros, Greece after it suffered large cracks in its hull plating as the result of a collision. The tanker was berthed in Egypt when another vessel struck its portside hull. This caused a large hole, severe cracks and den
Video Walkthrough: Olympic Delta
Texas-based Delta Subsea released a walk-through video of a latest addition to its fleet, a 94 meters long multipurpose subsea support & construction vessel Olympic Delta. Olympic Delta was named by Cassie Dingman on July 4 during a ceremony in Fosnavåg, organized by Norway’s Kleven Verft and Olympi
PHOTO: Shakedown Cruise for Seven Rio
Seven Rio, built by Royal IHC for Subsea 7, has started sea trials following the installation of a 550mt pipelay tower at the Huisman Schiedam quayside. In November last year, IHC launched the Subsea 7’s 550t pipelaying vessel, at its shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands. The naming c
Dolphin Sees Red in Q2
Norway’s Dolphin has slumped into the red in the second quarter as revenues declined on lower pricing and less capacity allocated to exclusive contracts. The Oslo-listed seismic player recorded a net loss of $15 million for the quarter or negative diluted earnings per share of $0.04. Nordstjernan AB
TSC Concludes North Sea Rig Inspection
TSC Inspection Services have now successfully completed the 5th inspection campaign of a rig in the Norwegian sector operated by oil and gas company Talisman. The work included the Alternating Current Field Measurement (ACFM) inspection of a number of shear plates, braces and the caisson of the rig
3sun Sets Up Asset Integrity Service
3sun Group, specialist provider of products and services to the global energy industry, has launched a fully comprehensive asset integrity service. The Group’s in-house capabilities for working at height support the repair, maintenance and decommissioning of all on and offshore structures, both in o
Global Marine Executes CEM T&I for Tampnet
Global Marine Systems, a specialist in subsea cabling and engineering projects, has recently delivered a T&I (transportation and installation) of a Cable End Module (CEM) in the North Sea. Global Marine’s project engineering department was tasked by Tampnet with demands that included pre-planning, i
OMM Puts Its New Subsea Tool to Work
Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has successfully completed its contract in the German North Sea using its new tool, a multi-mattress deployment system the MDS3, to lay mattresses for client NSW. NSW is the main contractor for the manufacture and installation of export cable for the Gode Wind 1 offs
Statoil: Mariner Jacket Heads to North Sea
The steel jacket for the Statoil operated Mariner A platform on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) left the Spanish Dragados yard yesterday, 10 August, and is now on its way to the North Sea. Construction of the large platform sub-structure started in October 2013 and was completed in May this year, on
Oceanica Adds Two Lynx ROVs (Brazil)
Brazilian subsea engineering company, Oceanica, is expanding its Saab Seaeye ROV fleet with two new Lynx vehicles. According to the company, each Lynx will be used in conjunction with two new vessels being built for Oceanica’s growing Petrobras activities in the vast Brazilian oil fields. Head of RO
Harkand Revamps DSV Swordfish
Harkand has successfully completed the $10.5-million upgrade of its Gulf of Mexico based dive support vessel (DSV) Swordfish. The fully International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) compliant, ABS classed, 104 m long, DP2 DSV features a newly upgraded 15-man saturation diving system with a thr
WATCH: Navy Divers Detonate UXO Off Cape Wrath
A team from the Northern Diving Group is spending a fortnight at the north-western tip of the British Isles dealing with a rich haul of unexploded bombs. Each summer the bomb disposal experts from Faslane decamp to the ranges at Cape Wrath to get rid of high explosives peppering the seabed. The remo
Huawei Boosts WACS Subsea Link
Huawei Marine has completed upgrades on the section from South Africa to Portugal and Portugal to United Kingdom of the West Africa Cable System (WACS) using Huawei Marine’s 100G transmission solution. With the length of the Digital Line Segment (DLS) between South Africa and Portugal beyond 11,450