Subsea
SeaBird Gets LoI for South America Seismic Shoot
SeaBird Exploration has signed a letter of intent (LoI) for an upcoming 2D seismic survey in South America. The project is estimated to start in the first half of the third quarter and will have a duration of approximately two and a half months. SeaBird will be using the Northern Explorer to collect
Sea Trucks in Provisional Liquidation
Offshore contractor Sea Trucks has been placed into provisional liquidation by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in the High Court of Justice British Virgin Islands. Chad Griffin of FTI Consulting LLP and Ian Morton of FTI Consulting (BVI) Limited have been appointed as joint provisional liquidato
BP in New Gas Find Offshore Senegal
BP along with joint venture partner Kosmos Energy announced a gas discovery offshore Senegal on Monday. The Yakaar-1 exploration well was drilled to a total depth of approximately 4,700 meters in nearly 2,550 metres of water in the Cayar Offshore Profond block by the Atwood Achiever drillship. Berna
Bibby HydroMap Completes Burbo Bank Extension Export Cable Scans
Bibby HydroMap has completed site operations on the newly installed export cable of Burbo Bank Extension. Contracted by DONG Energy, the work involved two of the company’s vessels; Bibby Athena and Lia, mobilised with survey equipment to acquire multibeam bathymetry, side scan sonar data, sub bottom
Edison Chouest Lands Shell Brazil Contract
Two affiliates of Edison Chouest Ofshore (ECO) have signed a five-year contract with Shell Brazil for light subsea construction, and inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) services from the M/V Island Enforcer, a 122-meter subsea installation and construction vessel. According to ECO, the agreemen
PDi Names New CEO
Project Development International (PDi), part of Tattva Group, has appointed Daniel McGowan as its new CEO. Daniel has held a variety of operational and project positions in the oil and gas sector, most recently as CEO at Harnser Group, where he led the organisation in the security and risk sector.
TurkStream Pipelaying Kicks Off
Gazprom informed that the construction of the TurkStream gas pipeline has started in the Black Sea near the Russian coast. Pipelaying is carried out by the Audacia vessel owned by Allseas, the construction contractor for both strings of the gas pipeline’s offshore section. The vessel will be also us
HR Wallingford Tests Scour Protection for East Anglia One
HR Wallingford is carrying out physical modelling to test the scour development and the performance of a frond mat scour protection system to protect the jacket piles for the East Anglia One (EA ONE) offshore wind farm. ScottishPower Renewables (SPR), the developer of the EA ONE, and Seabed Scour Co
Addax Ends Sendje Berge FPSO Contract with BW Offshore
BW Offshore’s subsidiary has received a termination notice for the FPSO Sendje Berge operating under a contract with Addax Petroleum Exploration Nigeria (Addax) on the Okwori field, offshore Nigeria. The termination will have effect from November 06, 2017, the company informed. In addition, Addax ha
Siem Offshore Sinks Deeper into Red Despite Revenue Jump
Siem Offshore has seen its quarterly loss widened, despite revenue rise of over 50 percent, as forex gains and favorable tax boosted the company’s bottom line same time last year. For the quarter ended March 31, 2017, the Oslo-listed company recognised net loss of $13.3 million, or 2 cents per dilut
Seaborn, Spread Networks Partner on Brazil ULL Subsea Route
Seaborn has partnered with Spread Networks as its exclusive channel partner for sales to the financial vertical on Seabras-1 between New Jersey and São Paulo. This includes sales of SeaSpeed, Seaborn’s proprietary ultra-low latency (ULL) solution providing latency path between Carteret, New Jersey a
Bakker Sliedrecht, Water2Energy to Deliver Tidal Turbines
Bakker Sliedrecht and Water2Energy have signed a technical development partnership to deliver new water turbines. The vertical axis water turbine (VAWT) that Water2Energy has developed is 30 to 50% more efficient than traditional water turbines, the company said. Bakker Sliedrecht has created a smar
Motive Offshore Builds Loading Tower for Swan Hunter
Motive Offshore has completed the construction of the basket carousel loading tower for Swan Hunter. The equipment has recently completed factory acceptance testing, and is now being assembled in The Netherlands ahead of an upcoming mobilisation for flexible riser installations offshore Ghana. The l
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 01 – May 07). A subsea technology spin-off from Norwegian firm Fuglesangs has signed an agreement with Aker BP, Lundin and NOV to develop and test a full scale prototype of what is marketed as ‘th