Subsea
PGS Introduces Ocean Plastic Cleanup Concept
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) said it has developed a concept for collection of plastic from the oceans. The solution uses the inherent benefits of seismic vessels and takes advantage of their air compressors and capabilities for handling large towing configurations, PGS explains. The PGS plastic col
Aquatic’s Dual Tensioner for Atoll Umbilical Setup Off Egypt
Aquatic has been selected to provide tensioning capabilities to DeepOcean on behalf of Subsea 7 for the Pharaonic Petroleum Company’s Atoll Main umbilical installation project in Egypt. Aquatic said it will provide its dual tensioner system solution to tension the umbilical during installation. Mart
Tideway Taps VBMS for Hornsea Project One Cables Installation
VBMS has been awarded a contract to assist Tideway with the installation of three nearshore and shallow water sections of export cables for DONG Energy’s Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. The scope of work for VBMS consists of the shore landing, installation and burial of three 33-kilometer lo
VOS Start Arrives at Damen for Equipment Mobilization
Vroon’s subsea-support walk-to-work vessel VOS Start has arrived in Amsterdam. The vessel is now at Damen Shiprepair, where it will be mobilized with a motion-compensated gangway system and an active heave-compensated crane. VOS Start has been purpose built to support offshore operations in renewabl
Verdant Power Advances with TriFrame Foundation Project
Verdant Power has been selected by the US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) to continue a project advancing its TriFrame foundation with $3.75 million of second-phase funding. The project is part of an EERE Water Power Technologies Office initiative to dr
RRS Sir David Attenborough Construction Moves Forward
Cammell Laird shipyard has reached the nine-month milestone in its project to build the UK’s new polar research ship, the RRS Sir David Attenborough. The ship has been commissioned by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), and it will be operated by British Antarctic Survey (BAS). Cammell
Mitsui, MHWirth Team Up on Shallow Methane Hydrates Harvesting
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding has partnered MHWirth to harvest shallow methane hydrates from the seabed of the Japan Sea. Japan’s Government Agency started the estimation of possibility shallow methane hydrates in 2013. The surveys, carried out from 2013 to 2015, revealed that there were 1,742 g
SES Joins Forces with DeepMar
Stress Engineering Services (SES) has teamed up with subsea system engineering and operations consulting, DeepMar, to expand its existing upstream service offerings. The integrated team will work alongside clients to increase assurance of successful projects in regards to health, safety and environm
SubCom to Maintain South Pacific Ocean Cables
TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity company, has been awarded the South Pacific Marine Maintenance Agreement (SPMMA). The agreement represents a five-year service agreement between SubCom and 14 cable operators in the region. Under terms of the agreement, SubCom will maintain more than 51,000 km of cable t
New Leadership for the ‘New’ Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes and GE have announced the executive team that will lead Baker Hughes, a GE company upon closing of their proposed transaction to combine GE’s Oil & Gas business with Baker Hughes. The combined executive team will be as follows: Lorenzo Simonelli, President & CEO; Maria Claudia Borras, P
JDR Becomes Preferred Cable Supplier for Windfloat Atlantic Project
JDR has been selected by WindPlus as the preferred cable supplier for the Windfloat Atlantic (WFA) 25MW floating wind farm. The project, located off the coast of Viana de Castelo, Northern Portugal, will see the application of dynamic cables operating at 66kV. The scope of supply includes the design
Helix Names New CFO
Helix Energy Solutions has announced certain changes within its executive management team consistent with the company’s succession plan, effective June 5, 2017. Namely, Erik Staffeldt, who has served as Helix’s vice president – Finance and Accounting since July of 2015, has been promoted to the posi
OGTC Targets New Robotic Technologies for UKCS Fields
The Oil & Gas Technology Centre has launched two new ‘Calls for Ideas’ to identify, support and fund solutions which use robotics to reduce inspection costs, and to unlock the 225 marginal discoveries in small pools across the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). Each call has a fund of approximately £1 mil
Kraken Bags New AquaPix Sonar Contract
Kraken Sonar Systems has been awarded a repeat contract valued at over C$400,000 by a European defence contractor. Kraken will supply and integrate its AquaPix miniature interferometric synthetic aperture sonar and real-time SAS signal processor on the customer’s autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV).