MMT has recently completed a survey tour on the east coast of Sweden. The tour included a hydrographic survey in the harbour of Oskarshamn nuclear power plant and adjacent entrance channel. This was followed by a geophysical survey in Oxelösund harbour which is currently under extensive development.
Orenburg hosted the fifth meeting of the Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC) between Gazprom and Petrovietnam State Oil and Gas Corporation as part of the execution of the Strategic Partnership Agreement signed by the companies. The meeting was held by the JCC Co-Chairmen – Vitaly Markelov, Deputy Ch
Statoil and partners have started up production on the Visund South oil and gas field in the North Sea. Visund South is the first of Statoil’s fast-track portfolio projects. “This is a milestone,” says Hogne Pedersen, head of field development on Visund South. “We’ve managed to carry out this projec
In just 16 days, during the second visit to the Global Tech I construction site, three more foundations were installed. The installation vessel INNOVATION proved to be extremely reliable in installation of the tripod foundations in 40 meters water depth. Arjen Schampers, Technical Director of Global
Statoil has been granted consent for use of the subsea facility on Vigdis, with associated risers and pipelines, beyond the original design life, up to expiry of the production licence in 2024. Vigdis is an oil field in block 34/7 in the northern part of the North Sea, between Snorre and Gullfaks, a
As part of its stakeholder engagement activities, TAP is disclosing the contents of the ESIA report to the local communities in Albania. Residents of areas potentially affected by the pipeline are invited to provide their views and comments, which will be incorporated in the project development. The
Reef Subsea today announced that its subsidiary company Reef Subsea Power and Umbilical Ltd., with offices in Stockton-on-Tees and Aberdeen, has successfully completed a contract with UK energy company Centrica Energy. The contract saw Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical assist with seabed excavation serv
Aberdeen-based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore has opened a project engineering centre in Liverpool and employed five subsea engineers to remotely support its core business in Aberdeen. The decision to develop this innovative approach to the resource shortage in the Aberdeen region is
InterMoor UK Operations, part of Acteon’s foundations and moorings business, has operated for more than five years without a lost time incident (LTI). InterMoor UK Operations includes Acteon companies InterMoor Ltd, InterMoor Marine Services Ltd and ChainCo. This is an extremely significant achievem
Deltares is performing scale test with a coral reef in the Scheldt Flume in Delft. The tests, commissioned by the University of Western Australia in Perth, are to be completed at the end of November. Aim of the tests is to find out to what extent the disintegration of the coral reef affects wave exp
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS (ConocoPhillips) has received consent to use the Ekofisk 2/4-VB subsea facility for water injection on the Ekofisk field. ConocoPhillips has received consent to use the Ekofisk 2/4-VB subsea facility. The facility will inject water into the reservoir to stimulate oil pr
Subsea 7 S.A. today announced the award of a $70 million contract for subsea construction services associated with pipeline replacements North East of Shetland. A key part of the project is the fabrication and installation of 27km of replacement pipeline, and associated tie-ins to the existing infra
DW forecast that approximately $77bn will be spent on subsea vessel operations in field development, inspection, repair & maintenance (IRM) and subsea well intervention between 2012 and 2016. This is an increase of 63% over the preceding five-year period. Global vessel demand for these markets is ex
DeepOcean has for the first time installed a subsea X-Mas tree from the specialised IMR vessel Edda Fauna. This is a milestone in the company’s IMR work for Statoil. DeepOcean has three ships that work year round performing several hundred different annual inspection, maintenance and repair work ann
