Subsea
Baker Hughes Lands Zohr Subsea Deal
Baker Hughes, a GE company, said it has been awarded a “major” subsea contract from Petrobel for phase two of the “supergiant” Zohr Gas Field situated in the Mediterranean Sea, off the Egyptian coast. BHGE will provide project management, engineering procurement, fabrication, construction, testing a
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (September 04 – September 10). Subsea 7 has signed a letter of intent with Royal IHC in the Netherlands for the construction of a new reel-lay vessel and associated pipe lay equipment. The cost, exclud
Seabras-1 Subsea Link Ready for Operations
Seaborn Networks has informed that its Seabras-1 subsea cable system is ready for operations. Seaborn’s Seabras-1 is a new 6-fiber pair, 72Tbps submarine cable system that is the first and only direct point-to-point system between São Paulo (Brazil) and New York (US). Seabras-1 is owned jointly by S
LOC to Support Greater Dunlin Area Decommissioning
LOC (Aberdeen) Ltd, part of LOC Group, has been appointed by Fairfield Betula (Fairfield Energy) to provide marine assurance and marine warranty services for the decommissioning of the Greater Dunlin Area in the North Sea UKCS. The Greater Dunlin Area comprises the Dunlin Alpha Platform and two subs
Babcock Bags Rough Decom Deal from Centrica
Babcock is working with Centrica Storage to plan for decommissioning of the Rough 47/8A platforms and infrastructure in the southern North Sea. The assets to be decommissioned comprises two bridge linked platforms currently shut in ahead of decommissioning. This initial decommissioning contract for
NOAA and Microsoft Co-Founder Partner on Deep Ocean Study
NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory and Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul G. Allen have teamed up to deploy a large array of new deep ocean floats to expand ocean observations in a key area of the western South Atlantic Ocean. These instruments, called Deep Argo floats, can col
MMT to Survey North Sea Section of Baltic Pipe Route
Swedish survey specialist MMT has been awarded a contract by the Danish energy transmission system operator Energinet as part of the Baltic Pipe project. The assignment includes seabed survey for a new offshore pipeline in the North Sea and for two alternative routes in Lillebælt in the inner Danish
DNV GL Classed BP’s Glen Lyon FPSO
DNV GL has awarded class to BP’s Glen Lyon floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel located west of Shetland. Glen Lyon is a purpose-built FPSO which is expected to produce 130,000 barrels of oil a day at peak production. The vessel was transferred into class shortly after first oil
Subcon to Deliver Australia’s Largest Artificial Reef
The New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) will be deploying two offshore artificial reefs off the southern Sydney coast to increase fishing opportunities in the region. The reefs will be accessible from Port Botany and Port Hacking. Australian reef specialists, Subcon have been
Trans Adriatic Pipeline Passes Halfway Mark
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) has achieved 50% completion mark, nearly 16 months after the start of the construction. This includes all engineering, procurement and construction scope, TAP informed. TAP’s contractors have cleared around 70% of the project route in Greece and Albania, approximate
Bourbon Names New CEO
Bourbon’s board of directors has confirmed Jacques de Chateauvieux as executive chairman, and entrusted Gaël Bodénès, as chief executive officer, with the responsibility of the company management. In addition the board also decided that Astrid de Bréon, as chief financial officer, would be an integr
Seatools Upgrades Stornes FPROV
Seatools has completed the upgrade of the fall pipe remotely operated vehicle (FPROV) installed on Van Oord’s flexible fall pipe vessel ‘Stornes’. The work entailed a depth upgrade that enables Van Oord to perform precision rock installation in water depths of up to 2100 meters. Seatools initially d
Royal Australian Navy Focuses on New Mine Countermeasures Technologies
The Royal Australian Navy is forging ahead with new technologies to counter the threat of sea mines to military and commercial vessels. The head of Navy Capability, Rear Admiral Jonathan Mead, said the prevalence and increasing sophistication of sea mines means the Royal Australian Navy must continu
AWI Retrieves Its Underwater Robot After Year-Long Mission
On 27 August 2017, deep-sea researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) recovered the underwater robot Tramper, which had been taking measurements at a depth of 2435 metres for nearly 60 weeks – the first long-term mission involving a crawler u