Operations & Maintenance
Diamond Offshore,Trelleborg Partner on Helical Riser Buoyancy
Diamond Offshore Drilling and Trelleborg have entered into a joint development agreement to develop, manufacture and market Helical Buoyancy riser technology developed by Diamond Offshore. The agreement will see Diamond Offshore work with Trelleborg on further application engineering, data acquisiti
UK Subsea Sector Needs Government Support, Industry Body Says
Subsea UK, is leading a delegation of subsea companies across the country’s supply chain to Westminster on June 15th to outline what is required of Government to help the industry in the lower, for longer oil price environment. Subsea UK believes that out of 120,000 job losses in the oil & gas indus
Video: Substation construction for SEENEOH tidal site
The video shows the construction of the power substation for the SEENEOH tidal testing site on the Garonne river, Bordeaux, France.
Statoil Ahead of Schedule and Below Budget with Gullfaks Template
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted the licensees in Gullfaks (production licence 050) consent to start-up the facilities on the Rutil deposit on Gullfaks South, and to start producing. Rutil is a gas-filled structure on Statoil-operated Gullfaks South, located in the Tampen area i
EMAS CHIYODA Subsea Gets New Major Shareholder
Ezra Holdings, Chiyoda Corporation and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) have entered into a binding agreement for NYK to invest in EMAS CHIYODA Subsea (ECS), which is currently a 50:50 joint venture company owned by Ezra and Chiyoda. Through the acquisition of shares from Ezra and Chiyoda, NYK wi
CWind to Inspect and Repair at Humber Gateway
CWind has won a contract from E.ON to carry out the annual inspection and repair as required at Humber Gateway offshore wind farm, including latchways, mechanical services, as well as paint works. Lee Andrews, Managing Director CWind commented: “This is fantastic news. I am very proud of this contra
IHC Designs New Inter-Array Cable Layer
IHC has introduced a new inter-array cable-laying vessel designed to facilitate more efficient offshore wind farm installations. The vessel is approximately 106 meters long with breath of 22 meters. According to IHC, the new design should reduce costs for inter-array cable-laying operations by 20 to
Basslink Interconnector Back in Business
Basslink informed that the electricity interconnector has returned to service ahead of its expected return to service date of June 14, 2016. Basslink Telecoms (the fibre optic cable) was back in service on Friday 10 June. Reportedly, Basslink resumed operation at 11:51 am, exporting power from Tasma
Barakah Nets Murphy Contract
Barakah Offshore Petroleum Berhad’s wholly-owned subsidiary PBJV Group Sdn Bhd (PBJV) has received the Letter of Award from Murphy for an umbrella contract for the provision of welding services for drilling and subsea program. The contract includes provision of welding services for Murphy’s drilling
Polarcus Bags XArray Project in Barents Sea
Polarcus Limited has received a Letter of Intent (LoI) for an XArray project in the Norwegian Barents Sea for an undisclosed client. The survey is due to start in August 2016, after required authorization has been obtained. It will run for approximately four weeks, the company informed. This extends
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (June 06 – June 12). Det norske has awarded a subsea contract for christmas trees to Aker Solutions for Alvheim field, Det norske’s core area of production. In addition, Subsea 7 has been awarded a con
NDE Offshore Inspecting HVDC Platform Helidecks in North Sea
NDE Offshore AB has recently been awarded a contract by Siemens to conduct periodic inspections of the helidecks on three offshore HVDC platforms in the North Sea. The grid connections are owned by German-Dutch transmission grid operator TenneT. Already completed is the Helwin1 platform, where inspe
Dragados 4 Jackets for Hornsea Project One Substations
Dragados Offshore has been awarded a contract by DONG Energy for delivery of four substation jackets for its Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. The 1.2 gigawatt project consists of 174 wind turbines connected to three offshore collector substations and a reactive compensation substation, the la
55 Congressmen Call on Obama to Oppose Seismic Ops in Atlantic
Representatives Mark Sanford R-S.C and Gerry Connolly D-Va joined together in sending a letter signed by 53 other members of the House to president Obama. It requests a halt to the permitting process for potential seismic testing in the Atlantic Ocean. “If one is not going to do something, it doesn’