Subsea
Advertorial: ESS Technology Nets Another Patent Award
By Emma Anderson, Ecosse Subsea Ecosse Subsea Systems Ltd. (ESS), based in Aberdeenshire, are delighted to announce the award of U.S.Pat.Nos. 9422690 and 9657455 for their SUST (SCAR Uninterrupted Soils Testing) plough technology. The ESS Over-the Stern Plough System is protected under patents pendi
MacArtney Vehicles for NSL Interconnector Route Survey
MacArtney Underwater Technology has supplied FOCUS 2 underwater vehicles on board a multipurpose supply vessel engaged in survey work on the world’s longest subsea interconnector between the UK and Norway. Business partnership between Geomarine, local MacArtney agent in Italy, and Next Geosolutions
PSA Norway Probes Flexible Risers of Skarv FPSO
Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of Aker BP and its integrity management of flexible risers and their associated emergency-shutdown and pressure-safety equipment. The audit focused on Aker BP’s organisation for the operation of Skarv floating production, storage and o
EU Funding Provided for Celtic Interconnector
A project to build an interconnector linking the French and Irish electricity systems, the Celtic interconnector, will be awarded a €4 million grant from the European Commission on Wednesday. The Celtic interconnector will make it possible for energy to be traded more freely between EU countries, en
Oceana Embarks on North Sea Survey
Oceana has lauched a two-month expedition in the North Sea to survey important areas of marine life in the waters of Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom, on board the vessel Neptune. The organisation’s second research project in the North Sea is funded by the Dutch Post
ESS Wraps Up Beatrice Seabed Clearance Project
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has completed a 14-day seabed clearance project on the Beatrice offshore wind farm project, located approximately 13 kilometers off the Caithness coast. ESS deployed its SCAR2 Seabed System from the Siem Ruby vessel on behalf of client Siem Offshore Contractors. Several h
Boaty McBoatface Completes Its First Mission
The RRS James Clark Ross arrived at the National Oceanography Centre last week, returning Autosub Long Range (Boaty McBoatface) home after its first scientific deployment in the Antarctic. Developed by the NOC, Autosub Long Range, the latest type of autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), captured data
ASV Takes Part in GoM Marine Mammal Monitoring Expedition
ASV Global has participated in LADC-GEMM consortium’s summer expedition to the Gulf of Mexico to monitor marine mammals near the Deepwater Horizon oil spill site. ASV Global provided a C-Worker 5 autonomous surface vehicle as a passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) survey platform during this year’s cru
Cayley First Gas for Repsol Sinopec in Montrose Area
First gas has been delivered on schedule from the Cayley field, the third and final new discovery to be brought on stream during the major redevelopment of the in the Central North Sea operated by Repsol Sinopec Resources UK. Gross incremental production from Cayley, Godwin and Shaw (brought onstrea
Lundin Norway Divests Interest in Brynhild Field
Lundin Norway has entered into a sales and purchase agreement with CapeOmega to divest a 39 percent working interest in the Brynhild field in PL148 in the Norwegian North Sea. Lundin Norway will retain operatorship and following the transaction will have a 51 percent working interest in the Brynhild
Sapura Executes Prelude Well Intervention
Sapura Energy Berhad (SEB)’s wholly-owned Australian subsidiary, Sapura Energy Australia has completed the Shell Prelude light well intervention (LWI) campaign – plug removal activity for in the Browse Basin, north of Broome, Western Australia. The campaign, completed on June 16 2017, was part of th
Huawei Marine, Unicom and Camtel to Build SAIL Cable System
Huawei Marine contracted with China Unicom and Camtel to construct the South Atlantic Inter Link (SAIL), which marks the official start of the SAIL implementation phase. Huawei rotating CEO Guo Ping, CEO of China Unicom Lu Yimin, and Camtel general manager David Nkote attended the signing ceremony.
FORESEA Opens New Call for Offshore Renewable Energy Tech
The FORESEA (Funding Ocean Renewable Energy through Strategic European Action) programme opened its third call for support package applications on Wednesday. Support packages will help commercialize offshore renewable energy technologies by giving free access to FORESEA’s network of test sites. The
TurkStream Pipe-Laying Project Starts Deepwater Ops
Gazprom has started laying the TurkStream gas pipeline in the deep-water area off the coast of Anapa. The operations were launched with the command given by Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit to the Pioneering Spirit pipe-laying vessel. Vladimir Putin and Alexey Miller, chairman of th