Operations & Maintenance
SRP Rocksteady Provides Seabed Connection for CETO Units
Subsea Riser Products (SRP), an Acteon company and part of its risers and moorings business, has completed the third and final installation using the SRP Rocksteady mooring connector for the Perth Wave Energy demonstration project, offshore Western Australia. Summarising the original sourcing decisi
CGG Starts Horda Survey Extension Off Norway
CGG announced a western extension of the Horda BroadSeisTM-BroadSourceTM 3D multi-client program it began acquiring in the Northern North Sea offshore Norway in 2014. The extension, known as Tampen, is located in the Northern Viking Graben offshore Norway and the UK and is expected to be completed i
SRP Rocksteady anchors CETO 5 units
Rocksteady mooring connector has been operating for more than six months as part of the Perth Wave Energy Project. Rocksteady mooring connector was provided for the wave project by Subsea Riser Products (SRP). Rocksteady is an auto-latching subsea structural connector with a locking/preload mechanis
Sonomatic Goes Deeper with Ultrasonic Subsea Inspection
Sonomatic, a provider of automated ultrasonic subsea inspection, has successfully deployed its accurate corrosion mapping approach at a depth of 1435 m, setting a new benchmark for depth with this technique. As the company informs, the inspection was carried out using the ROV-iT, a ROV-deployed ultr
Subsea 7 to Axe 11 Vessels and 2500 Jobs
Subsea 7 has informed that a programme of cost reduction measures will be implemented including a re-sizing of the fleet and workforce, and the restructuring of its corporate organisation. According to the company’s filing to Oslo Stock Exchange, this decision comes in view of the difficult business
James Fisher Grabs X-subsea Assets
James Fisher has purchased the assets and intellectual property rights of X-Subsea for a total consideration of £14.8m. Headquartered in Aberdeen, X-Subsea went into administration on April 27 2015 following the collapse of its Norwegian parent company Reef Subsea AS. X-Subsea, a designer and operat
GE’s subsea converter for French tidal nears completion
GEPC’s engineers are finalizing the construction of the subsea converter that will be used for Paimpol-Bréhat tidal project. The subsea converter consists of steel housing that is 9 m long, 5 m wide and 4 m high. The converter will enclose all the electrotechnical equipment required for electrical c
Damen delivers MultiCat vessel for tidal energy projects
Damen has delivered a Multi Cat 2613 vessel used for tidal energy projects to Scotland-based chartering company Scotmarine. The 50-tonne bollard pull vessel has a large crane and will replace the stock vessel Multi Cat Orcadia Scotmarine purchased three years ago. The hull of the new vessel was in s
‘Kitty Petra’ to Work at Gwynt y Môr
After seven months of working in the North Sea, Tidal Transit’s Kitty Petra personnel transfer vessel (PVT) will be heading west in May 2015 to join her sister vessel Tia Elizabeth working on the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm, which is situated 8 miles off the North Wales coast. Gwynt y Môr Offshor
Moventas to supply gearboxes for Alstom’s Oceade
Moventas has been chosen to develop tidal turbines’ gearboxes that will be used by Alstom for the Raz Blanchard pilot tidal farm in France. Moventas, a Finnish-based technology developer, is currently in the process of designing customer-specific modified gearboxes for Alstom’s Oceade 18 tidal turbi
McDermott Sees Losses Narrow, But Revenues Fall
McDermott has reported first quarter 2015 net loss of $14.5 million, or $0.06 per fully diluted share including restructuring charges, compared to a net loss of $46.5 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, in the prior-year quarter. Net of restructuring charges, the first quarter 2015 loss would have
Delta SubSea Adds New Vessel
Delta SubSea (DSS) has entered into an agreement with Olympic Shipping for the ‘Olympic Delta’, a newly built Multipurpose Subsea Support & Construction Vessel. The Olympic Delta is a green vessel, designed according to DNV class. The vessel is equipped with two Delta SubSea Schilling HD 150 HP work
IOG Starts Seismic Remapping in North Sea
Independent Oil and Gas plc (“IOG”), has started the 3D seismic remapping project over its Southern North Sea gas portfolio on a phased basis, with the first results expected by the end of May. IOG has decided to complete the remapping work over its portfolio in three phases: 1) Core SNS area includ
Technip Nets Thunder Horse Gig
Technip has secured a contract with BP E&P for the design, engineering, fabrication, installation and pre-commissioning of the new production pipeline systems on the south side of the Thunder Horse production drilling quarters unit. At a water depth of approximately 1,900 meters, the current field d