Subsea
Tampnet Gets Johan Sverdrup Subsea Fibre Contract
Tampnet has been awarded a contract by Statoil for connecting the Johan Sverdrup field to their existing 2500 km subsea fibre infrastructure in the North Sea. This contract and turn-key project will optimize and strengthen the telecommunication infrastructure for this field development. Tampnet’s CE
Island Offshore Posts Loss
Marine contractor Island Offshore has booked loss before tax of NOK 37 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2017, versus profit before tax of NOK 21 million same time last year. Sequentially, the loss narrowed from NOK 1.05 billion following vessel value impairment of NOK 896 million. The Oslo-li
Bibby Offshore Nets TAQA Subsea Deal
Bibby Offshore has secured a contract with TAQA for subsea construction works in the Eider field, located 184 km north-east of Shetland. With offshore operations to be completed this summer, the six month contract will see Bibby Offshore adopt a multi-vessel approach, utilizing its subsea support an
Geomara and Norfolk Marine Wrap Up Robin Rigg OWF Survey
The “Norfolk Swift” with a survey team from Geomara onboard has completed a full site survey of E.on’s Robin Rigg offshore wind farm and export cables. The survey partnership of Geomara & Norfolk Marine has now completed numerous hydrographical surveys together in UK and Irish waters along with cont
PGS Boss Set to Retire
Norwegian seismic player Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has informed that its president & CEO Jon Erik Reinhardsen wishes to retire, in accordance with his employment contract. The company said it has accepted August 31, 2017 as his last day of service, and initiated the process to find his successor.
Carnegie Delivers Renewable Energy Analysis for Mauritius
Carnegie Clean Energy has completed a high penetration renewable energy roadmap, wave resource assessment and renewable energy integrated hybrid power station design for the Republic of Mauritius. The outcomes were presented at a workshop held in Bagatelle, Mauritius, organised by the Mauritius Rese
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 22– May 28). BP has has started production from Quad 204 project in the west of Shetland region, offshore UK. Schiehallion and the adjacent Loyal fields were first developed in the mid-1990s and h
Florida Institute of Oceanography Adds New Research Vessel
The R/V W.T. Hogarth, designed and engineered by Boksa Marine Design, was christened and launched on May 23, 2017. The coastal class research vessel is the newest addition to the Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO) fleet and will help continue the efforts of scientific education and discovery of
Global Maritime Adds New Members to Support Asia Pacific Ops
Global Maritime has made two appointments to support its Asia Pacific (APAC) operations. Mei Ling Chan has been appointed as regional finance manager for APAC where she will take responsibility for finance functions and reporting across the region, and Leong Weng Yoon has been named Global Maritime’
GE Oil & Gas in Cheviot Subsea Deal with Alpha Petroleum
Alpha Petroleum has partnered with GE Oil & Gas to advance the subsea infrastructure for the Cheviot oil field in the UK North Sea with 55 mmbbls of oil and 20 mmboe of future gas production. The company, backed by upstream oil and gas investment firm Petroleum Equity, has named GE Oil & Gas as the
SeaBird Presents Debt Solution
SeaBird Exploration, a seismic data acquisition company, said it will propose to its bondholders and certain of its other creditors a debt restructuring of the SeaBird group. Following the restructuring the debt in Seabird should be reduced by USD 22 million and lease obligations would be reduced by
Oceanteam Gets LoI to Supply Equipment for Cable Transport
Oceanteam Solutions has received a letter of intent (LoI) from an unnamed cable producer in Europe for the supply of a vessel, turntable and auxiliary equipment for the transport of cables from South Europe to Scandinavia. The contract is planned to be executed in summer 2017, the company said. Ocea
TGS, PGS Further Expand Seismic Campaign Off Canada
Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (PGS) and TGS are teaming up for the fourth 3D seismic project offshore Eastern Canada for 2017. The project follows the companies’ announcement earlier this week to carry out two new multi-client 3D surveys off eastern Canada Long Range 3D will comprise approximately 9,10
Sonardyne’s DP Technology for Noble Globetrotter I Drillship
Noble Corporation has selected acoustically-aided inertial navigation technology from Sonardyne for its ultra-deep water drillship Noble Globetrotter I. The Marksman DP-INS system is being used to provide a high integrity, independent subsea position reference for the vessel’s GE DP3 dynamic positio