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Subsea 7 and OneSubsea Alliance Lands Fortuna FLNG Deal
Subsea Integration Alliance, which is a partnership between Subsea 7 and OneSubsea, a Schlumberger company has been awarded a contract by Ophir Energy for the Fortuna LNG project offshore Equatorial Guinea. The contract has a value between USD 150 million and USD 300 million. The upstream EPCIC (eng
Subsea Supplies Agrees Partnership with Innerspace
Subsea Supplies has become the UK distributor of Innerspace Corporation, a US-based designer and manufacturer of thrusters and motors for applications on ROVs, AUVs and submarines. For more than 65 years Innerspace has provided propulsion technology for submersible vehicles for industrial, commercia
SAL Presents ‘Marine Projects’ Division
SAL is launching its Marine Projects department, a team dedicated to heavy lift shipping and marine installation support. The team will be headed by Sune Thorleifsson (Head of Projects) who explains: “Marine Projects is a natural evolution of services for which SAL is already well known. For more th
Work Begins on UK Floating Tidal Demonstrator
Work has started on the design of Instream’s floating tidal stream energy device. The fullscale demonstrator which features multiple vertical axis turbines mounted on a single floating platform will be deployed and tested in early 2019, the company informed. The £1,48 million Instream Tidal Energy R
Applied Acoustics’ Nexus 2 for Baltic Sea Survey
Contractors working in the Gulf of Finland in the eastern Baltic Sea have selected Applied Acoustics’ Nexus 2 USBL system to carry out sidescan sonar surveys in advance of engineering works as well as for use in marine archaeological operations. The award of this contract is notable as it marks the
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (September 25 – October 01). TechnipFMC has been awarded by Statoil an engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract. It covers the execution of the subsea pipeline connection for th
Seaborn and Aqua Comms Establish New Subsea Link
Seaborn and Aqua Comms have formed a strategic alliance to provide a new subsea route between South America and Europe. Seaborn’s Seabras-1 subsea fiber network between São Paulo and New York now directly interconnects with Aqua Comms’ America-Europe Connect-1 (AEConnect), Ireland’s first subsea fib
ECA Helps Monitor Risers Connection on FPSO in Angola
ECA Group has been awarded a contract to supply a riser connection monitoring system to a private operator for oil & gas and nuclear activities in Angola. On an offshore FPSO (floating production storage and offloading unit), the flexible risers are connected to the vessel by means of a bend stiffen
Partrac Collects Data for Scottish Aquaculture Project
UK marine survey company Partrac has recently provided sea bed erosion data to the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), for a project aimed at upgrading a fish waste dispersion model (NewDEPOMOD). Used by the Regulator to underpin the consenting process for the domestic aquaculture indust
WATCH: PSW Demonstrates Its Well Control Response
PSW Group has taken a strategic step to provide operators with a capping stack as part of Norwegian oil & gas emergency response plans. PSW Group’s capping stack was mobilized and deployed in Fensfjorden on the 22nd of August, as demonstration of the company’s ability to immediately respond to a wel
RRS Sir David Attenborough Gets Its Engines
Another milestone has been reached on the journey towards the completion of Britain’s new polar research vessel the RRS Sir David Attenborough, designed by Rolls-Royce and being built by Merseyside shipyard Cammell Laird. The last of the vessel’s Bergen B33:45 engines /gensets have been craned into
Video: Vryhof Trials Its New Anchor Offshore Australia
Vryhof, anchoring and mooring specialist, said it has completed field tests with its Stevshark Rex anchor in Australian waters, proving its suitability for hard soils and carbonate rocks. In 2016 a total of 15 tests were carried out at three locations in the North Sea famed for their anchoring probl
Royal IHC Tests Its New J-Lay System at Port of Blyth
Northumberland based engineering firm Royal IHC Limited, a Port of Blyth client and the UK arm of Dutch parent company Royal IHC, has released some details on the soon to be completed 2000-tonne offshore oil and gas pipe laying system. The 80-metre structure, dubbed the J-Lay system due to the shape
Danos Nets Shell Gulf of Mexico Maintenance Deal
Danos has been awarded a contract by Shell Exploration and Production Company, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, to provide mechanical and automation maintenance services for three of its production hubs and associated subsea infrastructure located in the Gulf of Mexico. “Danos is committed to prov