Operations & Maintenance
FMC Technologies Opens Subsea Services Support Center in Nigeria
FMC Technologies recently hosted the official opening of its subsea services support center in Onne, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The subsea services support center should ensure full life-of-field support for customers’ offshore developments. The facility features a warehouse, two test pits, office area
Zwerver II Supports Jan de Nul at Burbo Bank Extension
HvS Dredging Support’s multipurpose DP2 vessel ‘Zwerver II’ has supported Jan de Nul on an offshore wind farm project in the Irish Sea. Jan de Nul chartered the vessel to install mattresses, along with pre-lay and post-lay services, at the Burbo Bank 2 offshore wind farm. The vessel installed 100 ma
DeepWell Wins with Statoil
DeepWell, the Norwegian well intervention company, has secured a long-term contract for provision of mechanical wireline services to Statoil. The contract value for the firm period, including options for add-on services, is estimated to exceed NOK 1 billion over a four-year period, or more than NOK
MDL’s Reel Drive System Concludes Its First Assignment
The latest addition to Maritime Developments’ hire fleet has completed its first mission, two years since delivery to its original client. The equipment in question is a 400-tonne reel drive system (RDS), originally purchased by Ceona Offshore. Although delivered to client in mid-2014, the system re
AW-Energy scoops €10M through InnovFin EDP scheme
Finnish wave energy developer, AW-Energy, has received a €10 million loan for the construction of the full-scale WaveRoller wave energy device.
Dar Group Companies Bag Arabia – Kuwait Pipeline Deal
Penspen and Dar Al Handasah, operating as a joint venture, have been awarded a new project management contract by Kuwait Gulf Oil Company to manage the engineering, procurement and construction of a new gas and condensate pipeline. The pipeline runs both offshore and onshore from Khafji in Saudi Ara
Van Oord Delivers Submarine Wreck Counter Filling Project Off Norway
Van Oord has successfully stabilized the wreck of a World War II submarine off the west coast of Norway. The Norwegian Coastal Administration awarded the contract to Van Oord at the end of 2015. The wreck, containing toxic mercury, was located at the top of a steep slope in the seabed. This slope wa
EMGS Lets ‘EM Leader’ Go
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) and vessel owner Euro Trans Skips have agreed to terminate the charter agreement for the vessel EM Leader. The survey vessel EM Leader, which has been laid up since May 15, 2015, left EMGS’ fleet in June 1, 2016. “The termination is to the commercial benefit for bo
Bibby Offshore Secures BP Work
Bibby Offshore has won a contract with BP. The 15-day project, due to begin in August 2016, will see diving support vessel Bibby Topaz, working on four BP operations across three of its North Sea assets. The platforms involved include Central North Sea-based asset Bruce, east of Shetland-based Magnu
Rampion OWF Foundations Setup Moves Forward
E.ON has informed that the piling work to install wind turbine foundations at Rampion has restarted this week, while disposal of the two unexploded ordnance (UXO) devices, found 3km offshore, is planned to take place over the summer. 20 monopile foundations, each weighing between 500 and 800 tonnes
DOF Gets Refinancing Support, New Board Members Proposed
Oslo-listed DOF has secured bondholders’ approval for its refinancing plan which should lead the company trough the prolonged industry downturn. The company plans to improve its liquidity position by NOK 4,5 billion and reduce its net debt by up to 2,9 billion. According to DOF, the financial restru
McDermott Uses Kongsberg M3 Sonar for Ichthys Pipeline Profiling Survey
The Kongsberg Mesotech M3 Sonar multibeam echosounder was recently engaged by McDermott to run a ROV pipeline profiling survey on the Ichthys LNG project. A pair of Kongsberg Mesotech M3 Sonars were supplied through the rental company Seatronics, and mounted on the ROV in dual head configuration. Th
Subsea in June
Subsea World News has gathered all the highlights to bring you a summarized version of the most popular articles from the previous month. The seabed-to-surface engineering and construction services provider, Subsea 7, made our top news a few times this month, including the announcement of a second p
KBAT, PDA Team Up on Diving Courses in Singapore
KBA Training Centre (KBAT) and the Professional Diving Academy (PDA), Dunoon, Scotland have signed a MOU to train commercial divers in Singapore to the UK HSE offshore diving standard. Delegates who have successfully completed the nine-week inland/inshore commercial diving training with KBAT can the