Subsea
TSG Marine and SPS Develop Pipe Repair Solution
TSG Marine and SPS have introduced a permanent class approved alternative to conventional ‘crop and replace’ pipework and tubular product renewal, undertaken whilst the pipe is in-service. TSG/Pipe Repair with SPS, a no hot works bolted solution, designed and tested by TSG Marine and SPS has been ve
Polarcus Secures More Work in Asia Pacific
Polarcus said it has been awarded a contract for a broadband 3D marine seismic project in Asia Pacific. The contract follows another Asia Pacific deal Polarcus announced in August this year. According to the Oslo-listed seismic contractor, the project is is due to begin in the fourth quarter 2017, a
Plexus Scores with Rosneft Vietnam
Plexus has been awarded a contract with Rosneft Vietnam, a subsidiary of Russian oil and gas company. The contract will see Plexus supply its POS-GRIP high pressure/high temperature (HP/HT) adjustable rental exploration wellhead equipment to Rosneft Vietnam for an exploration well offshore Vietnam.
Welltec Wins Petronas Work
Welltec Oilfield Services has been awarded a two-year contract by Petronas for the provision of downhole tractoring equipment and services for its operations offshore East Malaysia. The scope of the work is for rig support and rigless well intervention including tractor conveyance, mechanical servic
M2 Subsea Opens ROV Test Tank
Aberdeen-based ROV services provider M2 Subsea has unveiled its recently commissioned purpose-built test tank at the company’s base in Westhill. The indoor fresh water tank, which can hold 73,600 litres of water, has been created for the primary purpose of testing ROVs and ancillary equipment. The f
Phoenix Welcomes New General Manager
Phoenix International Holdings informed that Matthew Long has joined the company as general manager of the company’s Largo, MD headquarters office. Matthew will oversee all aspects of Phoenix’s government and commercial deep ocean search and recovery service lines, as well as the company’s engineeri
Infinera, Seaborn Finalize XTS-3300 Sea Trials on Seabras-1
Infinera and Seaborn Networks (Seaborn) have completed subsea field trial demonstrating the Infinera XTS-3300 meshponder on the Seabras-1 subsea cable. The 8QAM trial demonstrated 4.5 bits per second per hertz on the Seabras-1 cable, connecting North and South America, owned and operated by Seaborn,
Chevron Cuts Short Transocean Drillship Contract
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean informed that a subsidiary of Chevron has exercised its contractual option to terminate the drilling contract for the ultra-deepwater drillship Discoverer Clear Leader. The termination is effective in November 2017, prior to its expiration in October 2018, the
Seanamic Group Makes New Appointments
Seanamic Group has appointed Martin Barnes as the new Group CEO with immediate effect. He takes over from David Cooper, who has led the Group on an interim basis since 2016. Cooper will also step down from the role of managing director of Caley Ocean Systems, to an engineering advisory role. The com
NEC Wraps Up SKR1M Submarine Cable Construction in Malaysia
NEC Corporation has completed the Sistem Kabel Rakyat 1Malaysia (SKR1M) 100 gigabit per second (Gbps) submarine cable linking Peninsular Malaysia with Sabah and Sarawak. SKR1M was established through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) collaboration between Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) and the Malays
Aker Solutions Scoops Troll Job
Aker Solutions has won a contract from Statoil for front end engineering and design of a module that will increase output at Troll, one of Norway’s largest natural gas fields. The order includes an option for engineering, procurement, construction and installation of the module, which will receive a
ESS Gets Hornsea Project One Seabed Clearance Gig
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has been awarded a major seabed clearance project on the world’s biggest offshore wind farm. The project scope for Hornsea Project One export cables, located 120km off the Yorkshire coast, is the latest in a number of renewable energy sector awards secured by the subsea t
Sonardyne Equips MBARI ROVs
Subsea inertial navigation technology supplied by Sonardyne Inc., Houston has been selected by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), for its deep-rated remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), Ventana and Doc Ricketts. The SPRINT systems will be used in conjunction with MBARI’s existing So
Unique Group Partners with Innovo
Unique Group has entered into a cooperation agreement with UK-based Innovo. As part of the agreement, the companies will collaborate to provide sales & rental equipment and engineering solutions for the marine and oil & gas market sectors in the Middle East and South-East Asia region. “This agreemen