Operations & Maintenance
iSURVEY Positioning for Total’s Offshore Ops
iSURVEY, a provider of survey and positioning services to the oil and gas, offshore renewables and telecommunications markets, has secured a framework contract with Total E&P UK for the provision of rig move navigation and positioning services. Starting October 12, 2015, the three year framework con
Bourbon Q3 Revenues Down Despite Forex Boost
Bourbon has posted higher revenue for the first nine months of 2015, despite reporting a drop in utilization rates and average daily rate in all segments. Namely, a strong US dollar and an increase in the size of the fleet has pushed Bourbon’s revenues up by 6.8 per cent year-on-year. In the first n
Highlights of the Month: October 2015
DONG to Build World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm DONG Energy decided to construct the 660MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm, located in the Irish Sea, approximately 19 km off the west coast of Britain. Van Oord: Dredging Companies Venturing into Offshore Wind (Interview) During the Offshore Ener
Subsea in October
Subsea World News has gathered all the highlights to bring you a summarized version of the most popular articles from the previous month. The month of October marked announcements from some of the major subsea players including Subsea 7, Technip and Saipem. The trio managed to secure new contracts i
RenewableUK: New health and safety accord for wind and marine sectors
RenewableUK is launching a new accord today, November 3, 2015, which allows its member companies to demonstrate their commitment to supporting the health and safety standards in wind, wave and tidal energy. According to RenewableUK, signing up to the accord means that companies are committing themse
New Subsea Cable to Connect Cyprus and Greece
Cyta and Telecom Italia Sparkle announced that the new KIMONAS subsea cable subsystem linking Cyprus with Crete will come into full commercial service by the end of 2015. KIMONAS will be Cyta’s first wholly owned optical fibre cable subsystem connecting Cyprus and Greece. The subsystem, that will co
AquaComms Picks Ciena for AEConnect Subsea Link
AquaComms has selected Ciena to facilitate 100G connectivity on its new AEConnect subsea cable system from New York to London, and beyond to greater Europe. Leveraging Ciena’s GeoMesh solution, AquaComms will provide low-latency, reliable and scalable connectivity to support the needs of the web-sca
Carnegie sets up share purchase plan to boost CETO 6
Australian wave energy developer, Carnegie Wave, has started capital raising via a share purchase plan (SPP) to raise up to Au$5 million for its Garden Island CETO 6 and renewable microgrid projects. The SPP will allow all eligible Carnegie shareholders to purchase between Au$3,000 and Au$15,000 wor
Searcher Kicks Off PNG Seismic Survey
Searcher Seismic has started the Haere 2D seismic survey offshore Papua New Guinea PNG. The survey, in cooperation with the Department of Petroleum and Energy (DPE) and project partner BGP, comprises ~17,000 km of 2D long-offset, high resolution, broadband seismic over the Gulf of Papua. The has now
Subcon Supports SapuraKencana’s John Brookes Project
SapuraKencana Australia has contracted Subcon for the supply of the gravity anchors and cathodic protection for the John Brookes Pipeline Repair project. Subcon’s scope for this fabrication package includes the supply of eleven heavy density concrete gravity anchors to restrain the pipeline from upl
Island Offshore in Vessel Lay-Up
Island Offshore has decided to lay up the ROV and survey vessel Island Spirit for the winter season. Island Spirit performs IMR work, survey work and ROV operations, however, the company said it expects the activity in this segment is to decline in the coming months. “We are working on relocating so
MMT Scoops Kriegers Flak Cable Route Survey Gig
Swedish marine survey specialist, MMT, has been awarded a contract for a survey job related to Kriegers Flak’s subsea cable route. As part of the Kriegers Flak (KF) Combined Grid Solution (CGS) the Danish TSO Energinet.dk and the German TSO 50Hertz Transmission GmbH is preparing the installation of
Chevron Brings Lianzi Field Online
Chevron’s subsidiary, Chevron Overseas (Congo) Limited, has started oil and gas production from the Lianzi Field, located in a unitized offshore zone between the Republic of Congo and the Republic of Angola. Located 65 miles (105 km) offshore in approximately 3,000 feet (900 meters) of water, Lianzi
ALL NRG Group Acquires WTG Partners
ALL NRG Group has acquired WTG Partners, a Danish wind turbine advisory and inspection company. WTG Partners is the fourth company acquired by ALL NRG Group, which says it aims to set up a one-stop-shop for wind turbine manufacturers and wind farm owners by bringing together suppliers in both offsho