Subsea
Van Oord Nets Deutsche Bucht Offshore Wind Farm Deal
Van Oord has been awarded the balance of plant contract for the Northland Power’s 252 MW Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm located in the German Bight, 95 kilometers northwest of the island of Borkum. The scope of the contract includes the design, engineering, procurement, construction and installat
Damen Wraps Up Petrojarl 1 FPSO Refit for Teekay
Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam (DSR) has delivered the FPSO Petrojarl 1 to Teekay Offshore following a complete redeployment project taking place over the past two and a half years. The Petrojarl 1 has been operated by Teekay for 28 years in the North Sea and is now destined for the Atlanta Field in Bra
PHOTO: Antel Inaugurates New Subsea Cable
Uruguayan operator Antel has inaugurated a submarine cable connecting Uruguay to Brazil and the United States. The 2000 kilometers long section of the cable links Punta del Este to Fortaleza in Brazil. Antel has the exclusive use of two pairs of fiber, in a cable that includes a total of six fiber p
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (August 14 – August 20). BP Trinidad and Tobago (BPTT) announced first gas from the Juniper development, the fifth of BP’s seven upstream major project start-ups planned for 2017. The project is expect
Åsgard Subsea Compression System Becomes Field-Proven Technology
Both subsea compression trains at Statoil’s Åsgard field have achieved more than 25’000 operation hours with an availability close to 100%. The world’s first subsea gas compression facility features two MAN Diesel & Turbo HOFIM motor-compressor units. The Åsgard subsea compression system has officia
Geokon-Zagreb to Survey Seabed for LNG Terminal in Omišalj
Geokon-Zagreb has been engaged by LNG Hrvatska to conduct seabed investigation activities for the LNG terminal project to be located in Omišalj. The investigation activities will be conducted in the period from 16th of August until 25th of September 2017. Six Croatian vessels will carry out the surv
Tekmar to Protect Cables for Binhai North H2 OWF in China
Tekmar Energy (Tekmar), the European based specialists in cable protection systems (CPS) for offshore wind farms has been awarded a contract to protect array cables on the 400MW Binhai North H2 offshore wind farm, located in Jiangsu province of China. The 400MW Binhai North H2 project is currently u
EEW SPC to Supply Monopiles for DONG Energy’s Hornsea Project One
DONG Energy has awarded a contract to EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH (EEW SPC) to manufacture all monopiles for the 174-turbine offshore wind farm, Hornsea Project One. The companies previously announced a contract for 116 monopiles in November 2016, and now the contract has been extended to co
Magseis Reports Profitable Q2
Norwegian seabed seismic services player Magseis has bounced back in black in the second quarter of 2017 as revenue jumped over 150 percent. The Oslo-listed company has seen its revenue at USD 19.4 million, up from USD 7.7 million same time last year. Revenue for the first half of 2017 came at $40.5
GC Rieber Reduces Deficit, Ups Revenues
Norwegian offshore vessels provider, GC Rieber Shipping, has reported loss of NOK 84.6 million for the first six months of 2017, compared with a loss of NOK 547.5 million in the 1H 2016. The Oslo-listed firm generated operating income of NOK 132.8 million in the first half of 2017, boosted by the hi
SeaBird Financial Struggle Continues, Revenues Down 88%
Oslo-listed SeaBird has seen red in the quarter ended June, 2017 as revenues fell some 88 percent on continued weak market demand. The seismic data provider for oil and gas companies posted loss of around $11 million or $3.64 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2017, compared to profit of 3
Divers Recover WWII Bouncing Bombs in Scotland
A specialised piece of underwater scanning equipment has been used to locate and identify WWII ‘bouncing bombs’ in a Scottish loch. GSE Rentals, part of Unique System UK provided the scanning equipment and engineering support to produce sonar images of the seabed at the dive site currently being exp
Fugro Extends Skandi Carla Charter with DOF
Fugro has extended the firm period of hire for the Skandi Carla time charter contract from July 2017 until end October 2019, the Oslo-listed DOF Subsea said on Friday. Skandi Carla is a purpose-designed and built ROV survey, IRM and construction support vessel. The 84 meters long vessel with accommo
Global Marine to Install Rampion OWF Cable
Global Marine Group (GMG) has been awarded a contract from E.ON to install a fibre optic cable at the Rampion offshore wind farm, under construction 13km off the coast of Sussex, UK. Upon completion the cable will run from the shore to an offshore substation, providing a vital communications link fo