Operations & Maintenance
Mooreast Asia Moves to New Facility
Mooreast Asia has expanded to a larger facility in the West of Singapore. The new facility is twice the size of the previous facility in the East. The new 12,000 sqm facility is located at 14 Benoi Sector, Singapore 629847. Mooreast Asia is able to house its offices, workshops, fabrication yards and
EMEC, Aquatera Host Japanese Delegation
Orkney’s marine energy industry has been the focus of a fact-finding visit by Japanese politicians and business leaders. The 10-strong party from the Nagasaki Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu, toured the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Stromness at the weekend to learn more about Orkney’s
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (January 05 – January 11). The largest ship in the world, ‘Pieter Schelte’ has arrived to the Port of Rotterdam today, Thursday January 08. The ship will be docked in Alexiahaven where the final assemb
Subsea Facility Development Planned for Rutil
In December, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) received the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) for the 34/10-53 S (Rutil) discovery in the Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen area in the North Sea. Production start-up is scheduled for the first quarter of 2017. Rutil is a gas discovery. The operator
PHOTO: Damen Delivers Van Oord’s Cable Layer
Damen has delivered a new DOC 8500 cable laying vessel to international offshore contractor Van Oord. Named Nexus, the 126-metre vessel is intended for the installation of electricity cables for offshore wind farms. Van Oord is currently making preparations for the Gemini offshore wind farm which wi
Megavind Suggests Ways to Optimize Wind Farms
Danish strategic partnership Megavind has recently presented the report “Increasing the value of wind in energy systems with large shares of wind”. The ninth strategy report from Megavind provides recommendations with a focus on the internal optimization of wind farms. The report discusses future te
Pings of AirAsia QZ8501 Flight Detected ?
The pinger locator in a search for AirAsia QZ8501 Flight has detected pings believed to be from the plane’s black box. Head of the search and rescue agency, Soelistyo, couldn’t confirm the existence of a black box, before a detailed examination has been conducted. “We have our fingers crossed it is
Petrobras Discovers Oil at Farfan
Petrobras has made a new oil discovery after drilling the well 9-SES-188D (Petrobras nomenclature) / 9-BRSA-1280D-SES (ANP nomenclature), located at concession area BM-SEAL-11, in block SEAL-M-426, in Sergipe Basin ultra-deep waters. The results confirm the light oil and gas discovery in Farfan area
Statoil Plans Norne Life Extension
Statoil has announced the ambition to extend the life of the Norne field to 2030, despite it being initially scheduled to shut down during 2014. The Norne field came on stream on 6 November 1997, and the initial development plans called for the field to be shut down during 2014. But the Norne advent
EMAS Nets Subsea Gig from Apache (Australia)
Ezra Holdings Limited’s Subsea Services division, EMAS AMC, has secured a subsea construction contract with Apache Energy in Australia valued in excess of A$130 million (US$105 million). The awarded scope of work includes project management, engineering, transportation and subsea installation of an
Ezra Lifts Profits
Ezra, has reported an increase in profit after tax (PAT) from US$8.7 million in 1Q14 to US$60.6 million in 1Q15. However, revenue of US$321.0 million for the first quarter ended November 30, 2014 (1Q15) was slightly lower from the corresponding period (1Q14). Adjusted EBITDA for the Group increased
MS Zuiderdam Saves Sinking Vessel Crew
Holland America Line’s ms Zuiderdam rescued eight crewmembers after answering a distress call from the sinking Bahamian inter-island vessel Excalibur, on January 03, 2015. Zuiderdam was approximately 15 miles away and the closest ship in the area. Zuiderdam altered course and was able to successfull
Vos Prodect Provides Cable Protection in Greece
Vos Prodect Innovations has delivered cable protection systems (Pro-CPS) for the repair and protection of fiber optic cable in Greece. Redband, having 20 years of experience in the field of telecommunications, has used the systems of Vos Prodect. The systems have been installed on the cable by diver
Osiris Qualifies as Approved Supplier with BP Global Diving
Osiris has successfully passed an audit with BP Global Diving that sees them reach approved supplier status to carry out surface supplied air and nitrox diving and ROV services within UK and European waters in upstream and downstream projects. The audit took place towards the end of 2014 and was con