Subsea
MARIN: Monobase Model Ready for Trials
MARIN has build the first ever model of a so called ‘Monobase’ foundation. The prototype will be tested in these two weeks in the MARIN facilities in Wageningen the Netherlands. The model will be used to test all the main characteristics of the tow, installation and the inplace condition. The monoba
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (November 10 – November 16). AGR’s well construction planning software, P1, has been selected by Xcite Energy to support development of the Bentley Field, one of the largest fields in the UKCS. P
Bibby Offshore Scores Total Gig (UK)
Bibby Offshore, a provider of subsea installation and inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) services to the offshore oil and gas industry, has today announced a multi-million pound contract award by Total E&P UK Limited for services in the UKCS. The project, including associated project managemen
Keel Laid for New Cable Layer
DeepOcean UK has kicked off the construction of its new cable lay vessel with the symbolic keel laying ceremony held in Galati. The vessel, yet to be named, will be taken on a long term charter from Maersk, and will extend DeepOcean’s capabilities in the larger cable laying end of the market, repres
Van Oord Lands World Record in Subsea Rock Installation
Van Oord’s flexible fallpipe vessel Stornes has set a world record. During a period of four weeks, Stornes placed rock in water depths of up to 1,277 metres. The Subsea Rock installation works were executed in relation to the development of the Aasta Hansteen gas field and Polarled pipeline in the N
South Stream’s Offshore Section Ready for Construction
The Gazprom Management Committee addressed the progress of the South Stream gas pipeline construction project. It was stressed that South Stream Transport was ready for constructing the most complicated part of the project – the first and the second strings of the offshore gas pipeline. FEED activit
VBMS Installs Umbilical for Wintershall Noordzee
VBMS has successfully completed a remote platform tie-back project – platform L8-P4 to L6-B – for Wintershall Noordzee B.V. The scope of work for VBMS consisted of the engineering, installation and burial of a 19.5 kilometre umbilical, at a water depth of 29 meters. The J-tube pull-ins were performe
Technip Strengthens Flexible Pipe Production
Technip has announced an investment over four years to modernize its flexible pipe manufacturing plant, Flexi France, in Le Trait, France. Further boosting Technip’s expertise and industrial capabilities at the site will reinforce its global position in the production of flexible pipes, for the deve
Bowtech Launches ‘Pioneer’ Subsea Camera
Bowtech Products, a provider of subsea vision systems, has released the Pioneer multipurpose underwater camera with LEDs. The Bowtech products Pioneer is a high resolution underwater colour CCD camera with six integral high intensity LEDs. It provides a solution to general underwater viewing observa
Vallourec Tubes for Total’s Kaombo
Vallourec, has been awarded a contract to supply premium tubes and connections for the ultra-deep offshore Kaombo project in Angola, operated by TOTAL E&P Angola. As part of this contract, Vallourec will supply 27,000 tons of OCTG (Oil Country Tubular Goods) for wells drilled within 1,400 to 2,000 m
MP Ed Davey to Deliver Keynote at Tidal Energy Summit
The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Ed Davey, will deliver a keynote session on tidal marine energy strategy and high-level support for industry developments at the upcoming 8th International Tidal Energy Summit (ITES) in London on 25th November. Tidal represents a key part of the
Boskalis Lifts Outlook
Boskalis is raising its full-year net profit outlook to EUR 450 million. At the publication of the first-half results, the full-year net profit was expected to amount to at least EUR 366 million. Due to the substantial close-out results realized on old dredging projects Boskalis has decided to raise
Aker Solutions to Launch ESPP
Aker Solutions is offering employees in selected jurisdictions the opportunity to purchase shares in the company. The 2014 employee share purchase program (ESPP) allows participants to buy shares for between NOK 10,000 and NOK 60,000. Participants are offered a general discount of NOK 1,500 on their
VIDEO: Flexible Fallpipe Vessel Stornes
Subsea Rock Installation, or SRI, is a proven technique for the protection and stabilisation of offshore structures. Typically fallpipe vessels are used to install the rock in water depths up to 2,200 meters. Van Oord’s flexible fallpipe vessel Stornes has recently set the world record while perform