Operations & Maintenance
JBA Consulting assists Swansea tidal
JBA Consulting, an environmental engineering company, is supporting Tidal Lagoon Power in the development of Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project. JBA Consulting is supporting the project in the preparation of evidence for the discharge of the environmental Development Consent Order (DCO) and Marine Lic
PSA Orders Oseberg B and Gullfaks C BOP Checkup
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has issued an order to Statoil following audits at Oseberg B and Gullfaks C. Namely, between November 10, 2014 and January 29, 2015, the PSA conducted audits at Oseberg B and Gullfaks C. The audits followed up and verified the auditing performed in 2013 re
Acta Marine’s Coastal Chariot to install BlueTec tidal platform
Coastal Chariot multi-purpose support vessel will be used for the installation of BlueTec floating tidal platform off Texel island, the Netherlands. According to Acta Marine, the company has coincided the installation process with Van Oord Offshore. The Coastal Chariot will tow and hook-up BlueTec t
WATCH: Normand Vision Gears for Troll B Gig
The following video shows a Norwegian subsea contractor, Ocean Installer, mobilising its vessel Normand Vision for riser replacement job at the Troll B platform June 2015. In March this year, Ocean Installer signed amendments with Statoil for umbilical marine installation at the Visund field and for
MMT in UK-Iceland Link Route Survey
MMT (Sweden) has been awarded a contract for the world’s longest HVDC route survey for the UK-Iceland Interconnector by Atlantic Superconnection Corporation (ASC). MMT will provide bathymetric and geophysical mapping along the entire route corridor, between Iceland to England, the company said. MMT
Statoil Gets Nod for Subsea Production at Gullfaks Sør
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given Statoil consent to use pipelines and subsea production facilities at Gullfaks Sør. Gullfaks Sør is located to the south of Gullfaks in the northern part of the North Sea. It has been developed with a total of 12 subsea templates tied back to the
Ezra Scores $115 Mln in Subsea Deals
Ezra’s subsea division, EMAS AMC, has clinched several global contracts, including one for rigid pipelay on the Aviat field development in the UK North Sea, under the auspices of the frame agreement the company signed with Apache in the North Sea, bringing the total contract value to more than US$11
TGS Acquires First Multi-Client 3D Program in Canada
TGS announces a new multi-client 3D survey offshore Eastern Canada, with plans to acquire approximately 6,000 sq. km of seismic data. The survey is in partnership with PGS. The survey will be acquired utilizing the PGS GeoStreamer® technology in two areas; Eastern Newfoundland Orphan Basin and South
Alam Maritim Wins PFLNG1 Mooring Job
Alam Maritim Resources Berhad informed that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Alam Maritim (M) Sdn Bhd, has recently entered into a subcontract with Petronas Floating LNG 1 (L) Ltd (PFLL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Petroliam Nasional Berhad. According to Alam Maritim, the works, awarded by PFLL, are f
Providence: Ruadhan Seismic Shows Paleocene Potential in FEL 1/14
Providence Resources announced that Capricorn Ireland Limited has recently completed an initial assessment of the Paleocene within FEL 1/14 using the newly-acquired 2014 Ruadhan (previously referred to as “Spanish Point South”) 3D seismic survey. This interpretation has demonstrated the presence of
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (June 08 – June 14). Three more tendons on the Chevron’s Big Foot tension-leg platform (TLP) have sunk, causing an indefinite delay to the start of the project. As Reuters reports, nine of sixteen tend
VIDEO: Azura wave energy device
Northwest Energy Innovations (NWEI), a Portland-based wave energy player, has developed Azura wave energy device that uses a float that can rotate 360° or oscillate back and forth harnessing the energy from the waves to produce electricity. Azura is a multi-mode, point absorber wave energy converter
Atmocean delays wave energy system deployment
Atmocean has delayed the deployment of its wave energy system off Peru due to unsuitable weather conditions. The US wave energy developer made a deployment attempt on June 10, 2015. According to Atmocean’s social media, the deployment attempt failed, and the company will wait for more suitable weath
Royal IHC to Axe 1600 Staff
Dutch shipbuilder and maritime equipment supplier, Royal IHC, has decided to speed up the process of the company’s planned downsizing, called ‘IHC 2020 strategy’, due to rapidly deteriorating market. The company presented this strategy in 2014, with aim to reduce IHC’s dependence on the volatile shi