Subsea
Decision on TTR’s Taranaki Seabed Mining Extended for Late July
The Decision-making Committee appointed by the Environmental Protection Authority to consider an application by Trans-Tasman Resources to mine ironsand off the Taranaki Bight has announced an extension to its deliberations. The committee, which began its consideration of the application following th
Tidetec Puts Its Turbine to Test
Tidetec has completed installation of its tidal turbine is in the test rig at the Technical University of Munich. The following month the turbine will be tested to show performance data, Tidetec informed. The performance data from the lab tests will verify the overall efficiency for these types of t
ASV to Build Two More USVs for Ocean Infinity
Ocean Infinity has purchased two unmanned surface vehicles (USV) from ASV Global. The additions will be used as auxiliary rapid response vehicles in the seabed exploration system. The USVs are being designed with a selection of sensors allowing for flexibility in differing operations, ASV noted. Oce
Coda Octopus Sets Up New Base in Edinburgh
Underwater technologies specialist Coda Octopus Products said it has consolidated and expanded its Edinburgh facilities. The new facility should enhance the company’s product delivery and service provision by co-locating all business functions within a single, integrated location and through the ext
Maersk Supply Service Puts Off Newbuild Deliveries
Maersk Supply Service has entered into agreements with two yards to postpone delivery of five anchor handling new-buildings and four subsea support vessel new-buildings. Namely, the company has agreed to postpone delivery of five anchor handling vessels under construction at Kleven Yard in Norway an
Sparrows, INNOVO Deploy Reel Drive System
Sparrows Group and INNOVO have deployed its new electric drive 700 Te multi-reel drive system for the first time. Sparrows was hired by a global energy services provider to deliver the system and personnel for an umbilical laying operation off the coast of Trinidad. The work saw the collaborative te
Elia Launches MOG Project UXO Survey Tender
Elia, the Belgian electricity transmission system operator, has invited tenders for unexploded explosive ordnance (UXO) survey, identification and removal on the cable route of the modular offshore grid (MOG) project in the Belgium sector of the North Sea. The modular offshore grid includes an offsh
Shearwater Joins Full Wave Consortium
Shearwater GeoServices has signed a contract to join the Full Wave consortium as a late participant. The 3D anisotropic FWI code will be incorporated into Shearwater’s OpenCPS seismic processing software for use in advanced model building and depth imaging, the company explained. The OpenCPS FWI int
NKT Completes First Campaign of Caithness-Moray Subsea Link
The NKT Victoria cable-laying vessel has laid the first HVDC cables in the Moray Firth as part of Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks’ Caithness-Moray transmission project. The vessel completed its first campaign from Noss Head in Caithness to the midpoint of the cable route this week. It has
Statoil Selects TechnipFMC for Visund Nord
TechnipFMC has been awarded an extension to its ongoing engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Statoil in the Norwegian North Sea. The ongoing EPC project covers the provision of subsea equipment including template structure, manifold and two subsea trees including wellheads a
Aquabotix Launches Live Remote Viewing Product Feature
Underwater robotics company Aquabotix has introduced ‘Live Remote Viewing’, a new product feature that enables real-time underwater viewing and connectivity between Aquabotix’s products and remote customers via the cloud. Live Remote Viewing, designed specifically for Aquabotix’s Endura remotely ope
OGTC Gets Positive Response to Its First ‘Call for Ideas’
The oil and gas industry has said it may be one step closer to transforming well plug and abandonment (P&A) as 45 potential solutions were submitted for its first ‘Call for Ideas’. The OGTC received ideas and concepts that could have a material impact on this transformation, against three specific t
EMGS Invests Further in Sonardyne Technology
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has increased its investment in technology developed by Sonardyne International, UK. The Ranger 2 Gyro-iUSBL system which combines acoustic positioning and inertial navigation technologies is the second system now owned by EMGS. It will be fitted to one of their to
IKM Starts Remote WROV Ops in Norway
IKM has started a commercial onshore controlled ROV operations at its headquarters in Bryne Norway. In the near future up to three work class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and one observation ROV on Statoil’s Snorre B and Visund installations will be controlled from IKM Subsea’s onshore control