Subsea
JFMS Secures Work on EnFAIT Project
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) will be providing specialist marine engineering and consultancy services for the recently awarded €20-million European tidal energy project consortium, Enabling Future Arrays in Tidal (EnFAIT), The project, led by Nova Innovation, aims to increase the commercial v
Minesto Makes Management Changes
Minesto has hired David Collier, with 30 years of experience in offshore energy, as new COO. At the same time, Bernt Erik Westre has been appointed as new CTO to replace leaving Heije Westberg. “With these changes, we strengthen our commercial position and put a sharper focus on customer-driven prod
Searcher Begins Malvinas Seismic Campaign in Argentina
Searcher Seismic has entered into Argentina with four new multi-client projects. Starting in phases, the first phase comprises of an offshore basin analysis report providing a regional framework to understand the offshore basins of Argentina. The report has a single stratigraphic scheme with several
BP Selects Jupa’s Subsea Cleaning Solution for Taurus-Libra Field
Jupa, a Norway based company, has entered into an agreement with BP to deliver SolidCitric cartridges and associated adapter tooling for the Taurus-Libra field in Egypt. The SolidCitric products are specialised tooling for cleaning of subsea equipment experiencing calcareous scaling. Endre Birkeland
WATCH: inApril Tests Its Seabed Seismic Acquisition System
The Norwegian seismic equipment supplier inApril AS has carried out a full-scale sea trial of its fully integrated node-based seabed seismic acquisition system, Venator. The company says the trial confirmed that Venator is the first seabed-based exploration tool to provide data far superior to conve
TechnipFMC Clinches Lancaster EPS EPCI Deal from Hurricane
TechnipFMC has been awarded an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) contract from Hurricane Energy. The contract covers the provision of subsea equipment including umbilicals, risers, flowlines and the subsea production system for the Lancaster Early Production System (EPS)
OneSubsea Orders MV Swivel from MacArtney
MacArtney Underwater Technology has secured the contract from OneSubsea for a Moog Focal Model 460 medium voltage electrical swivel (MVES). The MVES is configured as a stacked ring design and will be included in the final design of the full subsea production system architecture solution for a develo
Prysmian Supplies Cables for Italy’s Port of Genoa
Prysmian Group has completed the supply of medium voltage cables to be used for the expansion of the dry dock area in the Port of Genoa. Prysmian supplied about 35 km of 12/20kV MV cables, of which a first tranche in aluminium and a second one consisting of an optical fibre submarine cable with galv
Mermaid Wins Middle East Cable Survey Contract
Mermaid Maritime has been awarded a long-term cable survey contract in the Middle East. The contract is said to have an estimated value of USD 7 million. The highlighted package of work, due to begin in the third quarter of 2017, will involve use of a Mermaid chartered-in vessel with geophysical sur
SAL Shuts Down Offshore Installation Division in The Netherlands
SAL Heavy Lift said it has decided to close its subsidiary SAL Offshore B.V. focused on developing and delivering offshore installation solutions for the oil & gas and renewables sectors. According to the company, the change in strategy and closure of the office in Delft, The Netherlands was due to
70 Jobs at Risk as Aker Solutions Targets New Cuts
Aker Solutions has earlier this weerk notified employees at its subsea services business in Ågotnes, Norway of the need for new capacity adjustments at the location because of the continuing challenging market situation. In a release on Wednesday, the subsea solutions provider said it targets cost-e
Kanfa Bags Dvalin Contract
Kanfa Ingenium Process, part of the Kanfa group, received an order from Aibel for the nitrogen generator unit for the DEA Dvalin tie-in to Statoil’s Heidrun platform. The scope of work includes the EPC delivery of the nitrogen generator unit, the company said. The order follows from the TEG Regen sk
Nemo Subsea Link Sees UK Section Delivered
Nemo Link, the joint venture between Elia and National Grid that will operate the first electricity interconnection between Belgium and the UK, has started laying the first 59km of double subsea cable between the UK onshore landing point and the French offshore section. On September 11, the cable wa
Altus – Qinterra Fuse into New Well Services Group
Qinterra Group’s North Sea well intervention specialist Altus Intervention and its international technology arm, Qinterra Technologies have united to form one global force in well services. With headquarters in Stavanger, Norway, the combined group will be known as ‘Altus Intervention’, bringing tog