Operations & Maintenance
NOC to Deploy New Tech for Deep Sea Minerals Detection
National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is leading a research cruise this summer which will address technical challenges in exploring for seafloor mineral deposits. This expedition will take place on board the RRS James Cook, marking a decade of service that has seen this ship travel 218,972 miles in pur
Lloyd’s Register to Support BHP Billiton’s Drilling Program Off Trinidad
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has extended rig integrity support for the Deepwater Invictus drillship. According to LR, its expertise in blowout preventers (BOPs) and rig integrity will be used to provide confidence in risk management for deepwater drilling and well exploration. “We have had a team supporti
Regulatory Frameworks Launched for Pacific Deep Sea Mining
Financial and Environmental Management frameworks have been released with aim to build knowledge of deep sea minerals and their governance, and support informed decision-making by Pacific Island countries. They are the latest information resources developed for stakeholders interested in this sector
OPT teams up with WCS for wildlife monitoring
US-based wave energy developer, Ocean Power Technologies (OPT), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to advance wildlife monitoring in OPT’s PB3 PowerBuoy.
Ocean Installer Wraps Up First Deep Water Mooring Task
Ocean Installer has recently completed a mooring recovery and re-installation project for a Gulf of Mexico production facility. The work was conducted in ultra-deep water (>2500 meters) and represents Ocean Installer’s first mooring job at such water depths, the company informed. Ocean Installer’s o
Nautilus Looks to Save Its Deep Sea Mining Project
Nautilus Minerals continues to seek and consider various alternative sources of financing in order to maintain the development of the Solwara 1 Project and the company’s operations. As previously disclosed, Nautilus requires significant additional funding in order to complete the build and deploymen
NEC Completes Faster Cable System
Faster, a consortium of six international companies, together with its supplier NEC Corporation, informed that the construction and end-to-end testing of a new trans-Pacific submarine cable system, the ‘Faster Cable System’, has been completed and will start service on June 30, 2016. The 9,000 km Fa
Fugro Gauss Joins Seep-Hunting Survey for TGS
Fugro has deployed multi-purpose offshore survey vessel Fugro Gauss to join the Fugro Brasilis offshore Mexico, to help complete the seep-hunting survey for multi-client geoscience data company, TGS. Both Fugro vessels are using hull-mounted multibeam echosounders and sub-bottom profiler systems to
French tidal firm to retrieve turbine early July
Sabella, a French tidal energy company, plans to retrieve its D10 tidal turbine early in July, subject to metocean conditions.
Searcher Wraps Up Seismic Surveys Off Norway and Australia
Searcher Seismic in cooperation with BGP, has acquired new surveys offshore Norway and offshore Western Australia. Phase 2 of the Silver-Eye 3D seismic survey in the Barents Sea expands existing Phase 1 3D coverage of the Hammerfest Basin to further highlight the potential of this area in the Barent
Wave energy exploration begins off Mauritius
Wave monitoring device, aiming to explore the prospects of developing wave energy for the Republic of Mauritius and harness the potential of ocean energy, was deployed during a launching ceremony in Souillac.
Vroon’s Subsea Support Vessel Ready for Its First Task
Vroon has christened its subsea support vessel (SSV) VOS Star, in a ceremony held in Dordrecht, the Netherlands, The vessel was named by Lianne Maandag, wife of Evert Maandag, Vroon Head QHSE. The 68 meters long VOS Star is one of the two newbuilding SSVs to have been constructed at Fujian Southeast
Siem Offshore Contractors Bags Beatrice OWF Job
Siem Offshore Contractors (SOC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Siem Offshore, has been awarded a contract for the turnkey supply and installation package of the inner-array grid cable system for the Beatrice offshore wind farm (OWF) by SHL Offshore Contractors. SOC will be utilising vessels and resou
TGS Begins North West Australia 2D Shoot
TGS has started the Northwest Shelf Renaissance 2D seismic survey offshore North West Australia. The survey consists of approximately 8,000 km of long offset, broadband 2D seismic data as well as magnetic and gravity data, TGS explained. It is designed to provide enhanced imaging through to the deep