Operations & Maintenance
Primo Marine Nets Viking Link Work
Primo Marine, the subsea cabling and pipeline engineering specialist, has been awarded a contract to provide a cable burial and risk assessment (CBRA) and installation & burial expertise, for the Viking Link. Viking Link is a proposal to build a high voltage direct current (HVDC) interconnector betw
Saipem Gets EUR 554M Credit Line for Purchases from Norway
The Italian oil services company Saipem has subscribed a new credit facility for up to €554 million which will be used for the financing or refinancing of the company’s purchases of equipment and services from Norwegian exporters. The credit facility is supported by Garantiinstituttet for Eksportkre
Boskalis Wraps Up VolkerWessels Deal
Boskalis has concluded the acquisition of offshore-related activities from VolkerWessels following the approval by the European Commission. The Commission concluded that the proposed acquisition, announced in March this year, would raise no competition concerns, because it would not significantly ch
HBC to Support Fugro’s Rampion OWF Cable Installation Project
HBC Offshore Solutions, part of the HBC Group, has been awarded with the contract to support Fugro with the installation of the array cables on the Rampion offshore wind farm project. Fugro will lay and bury 122 array cables with its construction and installation vessels Fugro Symphony and Fugro Sal
James Fisher Subsea Excavation Wins Iran Contract
James Fisher Subsea Excavation (JFSE), a subsidiary of James Fisher and Sons, has been awarded a trenching contract in the Persian Gulf. The contract is JFSE’s first award offshore Iran and it will see the company utilise its excavation equipment to trench 15 kilometres of cable. Launched in October
SmartBay Subsea Observatory Launched
SmartBay Subsea Observatory offshore Galway, Ireland has started feeding live data from the seabed to businesses, researchers, scientists and policy makers. The SmartBay Subsea Observatory, supported by the Marine Institute, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland, wil
EC opens €600M call to strenghten EU energy infrastructure
The European Commission has opened a second call for proposals under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) to help finance key trans-European energy infrastructure projects.
Kleven Delivers Mineral Exploration Vessel to Debmarine Namibia
Debmarine Namibia has taken delivery of its new diamond sampling and exploration vessel, the SS Nujoma, in Geirangerfjorden, Norway. The vessel, named after Namibia’s founding president, Dr. Sam Nujoma, was launched on January 9, 2016 at the Kleven Verft shipyard in Ulsteinvik in Norway. It will be
Tidal energy opportunities discussed at NB tidal summit
The first New Brunswick Tidal Power Summit gathered industry professionals to discuss the challenges, and opportunities tidal energy developments could bring to the province.
ExxonMobil Confirms Oil Discovery Off Guyana
ExxonMobil confirmed the discovery of oil from Liza-2 well, the second exploration well in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana. The company confirmed the discovery with a recoverable resource of between 800 million and 1.4 billion oil-equivalent barrels. “We are excited by the results of a production
Bibby Offshore Apprentices Get Hands-On ROV Experience
The Underwater Centre has linked up with Bibby Offshore to provide ROV apprentices with the opportunity to gain practical hands-on experience. The apprentices, who are employed by Bibby Offshore will benefit from operational experience in the field with live ROVs and will undertake a variety of task
inApril Lands Seabed Seismic Systems Deal with Geo Energy Group
inApril, the Norwegian offshore technology company, has struck a deal, potentially worth $25-30 million, for Venator, its node-based seabed seismic acquisition system. The company has signed the letter of intent (LOI) with the Kazakhstan company Geo Energy Group (GEG) to supply a Venator system, sta
PGS Starts Bréanann Seismic Shoot Off Ireland
Norwegian seismic player, PGS, has kicked off the Bréanann 3D seismic programme for Woodside on Frontier Exploration Licence (FEL) 3/14 in the Porcupine Basin, Irish Atlantic. The survey programme will cover over 2,400 square kilometers, of which circa 40 percent relates to FEL 3/14, Petrel, which h
Kaiyo Deploys Saab Seaeye ROVs on Seabed Research Off Japan
Tokyo University has engaged Kaiyo Engineering, a specialist marine science company, to undertake seabed research using two Saab Seaeye robotic systems, the Leopard and the Falcon, to explore the feasibility of mining the gold, cobalt and the copper-rich manganese crust, offshore Japan. Alongside mi