Operations & Maintenance
Fugro to Start Second Phase of Rampion Cable Laying
Fugro is set to begin ‘phase two’ of cable laying operations at the Rampion offshore wind farm, following a winter break. In August, Fugro started cable laying operations at the Rampion site, off the UK’s Sussex coast, from its subsea construction vessel, the Fugro Symphony. The vessel loaded and tr
4Subsea to Monitor Wellhead Integrity on Maria Drilling Campaign
4Subsea has been awarded the wellhead integrity monitoring contract for Odfjell Drilling on the Deepsea Stavanger drilling operations on Wintershall’s Maria field development. The scope of work includes monitoring six wells for the coming 12-18 months, with an option of further two wells. The monito
Deepsea Metro I Gears for Philippines Job
Deepsea Metro I has started mobilisation from Labuan, Malaysia for the drilling campaign offshore the Philippines. A contract, signed by Odfjell Drilling, on behalf of Golden Close Maritime, with Galoc Production Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nido Petroleum, is for the Galoc-7/7ST well locat
TE SubCom Achieves Transmission Capacity Record
TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity company, has achieved a new transmission record of 70.4 Tb/s capacity over 7,600 km utilizing its newly available C+L technology. The C+L technology includes amplifiers with nearly 10THz of usable optical bandwidth, a transmission line designed to minimize noise accumula
Video: WES novel wave energy converters stage one testing
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has released a video showing the scale testing of wave energy devices as part of its stage one technology development process.
Finima Innovations looks for wave R&D support
Finima Innovations is looking to appoint research and development engineers to support its wave energy development activities.
Kongsberg AUVs for Norwegian Navy
Kongsberg Maritime has signed a contract with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) for delivery of four complete HUGIN AUV systems (autonomous underwater vehicles) for detection, classification and identification of mines. Under the NOK 155 million contract, the HUGIN AUV’s will have a depth
Globe Lands SEA-US Subsea Cable System in Philippines
Globe Telecom has landed the Southeast Asia-United States (SEA-US) submarine cable system in Davao, the Philippines. The SEA-US cable was connected to the Globe cable landing station in Brgy, Talomo, Davao City that also houses the power feed equipment necessary to run the system. “We are excited ov
BP Makes Another Gas Discovery Off Egypt
BP has made another gas discovery in the North Damietta offshore concession in the East Nile Delta, Egypt. The Qattameya Shallow-1 exploration well was drilled to a total depth of 1,961 metres in water depth of approximately 108 metres using the El Qaher II jack-up rig. The wireline logs, pressure d
Nord Stream 2: Wasco Starts Concrete Pipe Coating in Finland Base
Nord Stream 2 AG’s contractor Wasco has started concrete weight coating of the pipes needed for the natural gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea in its pipe coating plant in Kotka, Finland. Almost half of the 200,000 pipes needed for the entire project will be concrete weight coated in Wasco’s plant
Statoil Invests in Njord and Bauge Development
Statoil has, on behalf of its partners, submitted plans for development of the Njord and Bauge fields to the Norwegian minister of petroleum and energy, Terje Søviknes. The company submitted a revised plan for development and operation of the Njord field and a plan for development and operation of t
Eidesvik and CGG Form New Seismic Fleet Pact
French seismic survey player CGG and Norwegian vessel owner Eidesvik have agreed to establish a new shipowning company. This new unit will possess the five vessels currently owned by CGG and cold-stacked (Geo Coral, Geo Caribbean, Geo Celtic, CGG Alize and Oceanic Challenger), as well as the two ves
TechnipFMC Bags Kaikias Award
TechnipFMC has been awarded a contract by Shell for the delivery, integration, and installation of the subsea production system (SPS) and subsea riser, jumper and flowline (SURF) equipment for phase one of the Kaikias deep water project in the Gulf of Mexico. “TechnipFMC has a proven track record of
Universities to work on eco-friendly tidal lagoon designs
A new €4 million Ecostructure project has been launched to investigate how coastal defenses and renewable energy schemes in Ireland and Wales can be improved by more eco-friendly designs.