Subsea
SapuraKencana, Subsea 7 Share the Prize
SapuraAcergy, a joint venture company equally owned by SapuraKencana and Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract from Total E&P Myanmar. The contract award is for the Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation of the Wellhead Platform 4 and Lower Compression Platform, Pipelines and Cable (
Subsea 7, Technip Good to Go for Norway Work
Statoil, Gassco and ExxonMobil have received consent to perform manned underwater operations between December 1, 2014 and November 30, 2015. Statoil has signed framework agreements with the companies Technip Norge AS and Subsea 7 Norway AS for the provision of such services to the three companies. T
Saipem Breaks Off South Stream Ops
Following the latest events regarding the South Stream project, Saipem has received a “Notification of suspension of Marine Spread activities”. South Stream Transport BV contracted Saipem to perform the offshore laying of the first line and construct the landfalls and shallow-water parts for all fou
Reach Subsea Mobilizes ‘Edda Fonn’
Norwegian subsea operator, Reach Subsea has started the mobilization of Edda Fonn. In June this year, the company signed a three-year time charter agreement, plus option to extend, with Østensjø Rederi for the subsea IMR, survey and ROV support vessel. The vessel is equipped with ROV hangar and a 10
Alewijnse Scores ‘Nordnes’ Job
Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen has subcontracted the electrical repairs and modifications of Van Oord’s flexible fallpipe vessel ‘Nordnes’ to Alewijnse Marine Systems. Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen, part of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion, has been awarded the contract by Van Oord to refit the Nordnes. The
NHC Plans New Dive Technician Courses
National Hyperbaric Centre’s Dive Technician course has been run by the centre for nearly three years and due to continuing popularity and demand, the centre plans to schedule more courses in additional locations worldwide. Dive Technicians carry out the vital and responsible job of servicing and ma
Scientists Think Deep Water Melts Antarctic Glaciers
The water temperatures on the West Antarctic shelf are rising. The reason for this is predominantly warm water from greater depths, which as a result of global change now increasingly reaches the shallow shelf. There it has the potential to accelerate the glacier melt from below and trigger the slid
Prysmian Bags €65 Mln Turkey Cable Gig
Prysmian Group has been awarded a contract worth a total of around €64 million by the Turkish utility TEIAS for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of the second high voltage submarine power cable link between Europe and Asia across the Dardanelles strait in Turkey. This second link a
VIDEO: Aubin Subsea Liquid Buoyancy Lifting System
Following the successful completion of its first operational trial of its LiquiBuoy system,earlier this year, engineering firm Aubin Subsea announced that it could transform subsea lifting. LiquiBuoy is an alternative to traditional buoyancy systems currently on the market, such as syntactic foam. I
‘Ceona Amazon’ Named
SURF contractor, Ceona, has christened its flagship asset, the Ceona Amazon. The ‘Ceona Amazon’ has been internally designed at Ceona and purpose built to perform in multiple pipelay and operational modes. The Vessel also features a large storage capacity and heavy subsea construction capability. Sh
BT Delivers New Scottish Subsea Link
Digital Scotland is celebrating the completion of a once-in-a-generation subsea telecoms project which brings faster fibre broadband another step closer for many of Scotland’s most remote communities. Today (Thursday 4 December) the £410 million Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband project partners
Alcatel-Lucent, Cinia to Connect Finland and Germany
Alcatel-Lucent and Cinia Group, previously Corenet, the Finnish Government-owned venture, will deploy an undersea cable system that will provide the first direct cable link between the Nordic region and continental Europe. The project, named Sea Lion, calls for the deployment of a new 100G system th
Seaway in Sandbank Substation Setup
Bladt Industries, Aalborg, Denmark has awarded Seaway Heavy Lifting the contract for the transportation and installation of the Sandbank substation. The substation platform consists of a jacket, skirt piles and deck and requires to be installed in the Sandbank Offshore Wind Farm. At the substation,
Alewijnse Bags ‘Seawell’ Electrical Refit Gig
Alewijnse Marine Systems has been awarded the contract for the full recondition of the electrical power and distribution systems of the 114 metre diving support vessel Seawell, owned by Helix Energy Solutions Group. The Seawell is currently in the North Sea and is expected at the Damen Shiprepair Ya