Subsea
Bibby Marine Services CEO Retires
Bibby Marine Services has informed that its CEO, Stephen Blaikie, will retire at the end of November. “After 12 great years working for the Bibby Line Group and having successfully delivered our new SOV Bibby WaveMaster 1 and secured the first two contracts, I announce that I will retire at the end
SMD to Build Deck Equipment for Kokusai Cable Ship
Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) have signed a contract with Kokusai Cable Ship (KCS) for the design and manufacture of cable lay equipment and a plough A-frame, to be installed on KCS’s new purpose-built cable laying vessel. SMD will produce two self-fleeting drum cable engines, complete with an integra
EMGS’ Vessel Utilization Increases
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has seen vessel utilization for the third quarter 2017 at 77% compared with 52% for the third quarter 2016. In the third quarter of 2017, the company had one vessel in operation. This vessel was allocated 72% to multi-client projects and 5% to a funded research
Green Light for Snefrid Nord
Norway has given the go-ahead for the Statoil-operated Snefrid Nord gas development as a satellite linked to the Aasta Hansteen field, the ministry of petroleum and energy said on Tuesday. Plan for development and operation (PDO) was submitted earlier this year by Statoil (51%) and its partners Wint
Hawaiki Picks Peak 10 + ViaWest Brookwood Facility for U.S. PoP
Peak 10 + ViaWest today announced that its Brookwood data center in Hillsboro, Oregon was selected by Hawaiki Submarine Cable as its US point of presence. The cable will stretch more than 14,000 km across the Pacific Ocean and will be the first carrier-neutral, low-latency, fiber optic connection be
Magseis Selects Sonardyne Tech for OBS Node Positioning
Subsea technology manufacturer, Sonardyne UK has won a contract from Norwegian seismic services company, Magseis for seabed node acoustic positioning technology. The equipment ordered includes Sonardyne’s newly-developed SST 6 (Small Seismic Transponder 6), and associated vessel-based acoustic posit
Archer Introduces Next-Gen Downhole Imaging and Measurement Services
Archer said it has launched a new generation of its SPACE ultrasound imaging and measurement services, which apply ultrasonic techniques – such as phased-array beam-forming – to enable true spatial understanding of the downhole environment. The launch introduces SPACE Vernier, a service designed to
STR Forms Partnership with CDI
Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR) has formed a new partnership with CDI, a pipeline pig tracking, signalling and communications equipment company. This agreement will provide STR’s global customer base with access to CDI’s pipeline pig locating, tracking, and passage detection equipment. Coinciding
IMCA Updates Guidance on Subsea Metrology
International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) said it has released a revised version of its ‘Guidance on Subsea Metrology’. The objective of subsea metrology is to determine accurately the relative horizontal and vertical distance between subsea assets, as well as their relative heading and at
Seabed Survey Starts in Hong Kong Waters
Hong Kong Marine Department has informed that a seabed survey will be carried out in the southwestern part of Hong Kong waters for a period of approximately one month. With immediate effect, the works will be carried out by a motor boat at one of the positions at one time. One guard boat will provid
PGS Sees More Multi-Client Activity
Norwegian seismic player Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has released an operating update for the third quarter of 2017. In the Q3 the vessel utilization on the contracted basis was 28 percent compared to 33 percent in the corresponding period in 2016. On the multi-client seismic basis, the company has
Reactive Wraps Up Six North Sea Projects
Aberdeen-based Reactive Downhole Tools said it has recently completed six North Sea installations for multiple operators on both the UK and Norwegian continental shelves, worth in excess of £500K. Reactive said it had delivered its swellable packers to incredibly tight deadlines for one of the insta
ClearWELL Names New Managing Director
ClearWELL Oilfield Solutions has appointed Alasdair Fergusson as a new managing director. Alasdair Fergusson brings more than 25 years of oilfield management and marketing experience to ClearWELL, having worked for major service companies in Europe and the Middle East. Most recently he held the Pari
MCT Submarine Cable Launches in Thailand
Symphony Communication, Telekom Malaysia and TelcoTech have launched the 1,300-km-log MCT submarine cable system in Thailand. With total investment of more than THB2 billion ($60 million) in budget, the move aims at establishing Thailand as ASEAN’s telecommunication hub and gateway to the world so a