Subsea
Orange Marine Lays Scottish Subsea Fibre Cables
The biggest fibre cable laying project undertaken in the UK in recent years has begun on the West Coast of Scotland to deliver superfast broadband to some of the country’s most remote island communities. Thousands of homes and businesses are set to benefit from the publicly funded digital network be
CPNL Completes Articulated Pipes Dynamic Tests
CPNL Engineering has successfully finalised dynamic tests of its articulated pipes at the University of Exeter, as part of the EU-funded MARINET research programme. CPNL applied for this programme in 2013 and was granted a period of 60 days. A total of 4 different test scenarios of 25.000 axial load
Concordia Arrives at Genoa, Mooring Ops Begin
Preliminary operations for the entrance of the Concordia in the Prà-Voltri port have been completed yesterday morning at 5 am. Harbour pilots have boarded the Concordia. One of the two tugboats that have towed the Concordia to Genoa – Resolve Earl – has been disconnected, while the first harbor tug
VSMC to Install Cables for Westermeerwind Offshore Wind Farm
Siemens NL has contracted VSMC to design, supply and install infield cables between 48 wind turbine generators and 6 export cables to the onshore substation of the Westermeerwind Wind Farm. The work for VSMC also includes 7 dike crossings (HDD), cable terminations and testing. VSMC will start the HD
Top News of the Week of Jul 21 – Jul 27, 2014
1. POSH MOGAMI Barge Sinks Offshore Batam The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) received a report that a Singapore-registered barge POSH MOGAMI sank 2 nautical miles northeast of Sekupang, Batam, on Friday (18 July) night. 2. SPT Offshore, VSF to Build Test Frame for ‘Pieter Schelte’ Fo
Shallow Survey 2015 Common Dataset Collection Underway
The first sonar manufacturer recently arrived in Plymouth to start conducting bathymetric and backscatter surveys in Plymouth Sound and Wembury Bay as part of the Shallow Survey 2015 Common Dataset (CDS) collection. The aim of the CDS is to provide the international hydrographic community with a ran
Orange to Co-Finance Construction of Sea-Me-We 5 Submarine Cable
Orange is reinforcing its presence on the Asia-Europe network route by signing the construction and maintenance agreement for Sea-Me-We 5 (South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 5), a new submarine cable that will link France and Singapore. In its planned configuration, Sea-Me-We 5 will connect
Isles of Scilly to Get Faster Broadband with Diverted Subsea Cable
A submarine cable, part of the operation to divert a 939-kilometre-long fibre optic cable between the UK and Spain to the Isles of Scilly, was pulled ashore on Wednesday. As BT news portal reports, the residents of the Isles of Scilly will be able to order high-speed fibre broadband by the end of th
BOA Galatea to Carry Out 3D EM Survey Offshore Newfoundland
Nalcor has signed a multi-client license agreement with Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) for regional 3D Electromagnetic (EM) Survey data over frontier areas of Newfoundland’s offshore. The BOA Galatea, the vessel that will carry out the survey, is in the Port of St. John’s preparing to commen
Statoil to Use Deepsea Atlantic to Permanently Plug Well 34/10-52A/B at Gullfaks Sør
Statoil has received consent to use Deepsea Atlantic for permanent plugging of well 34/10-52A/B at Gullfaks Sør. Gullfaks Sør lies due south of Gullfaks in the northern part of the North Sea. The field has been developed using a total of 12 subsea templates tied back to the Gullfaks A and Gullfaks C
Nova Innovation Appoints Ian Marchant as Chairman
Nova Innovation, the Edinburgh-based tidal energy company has appointed Ian Marchant, the former SSE Chief Executive, as Chairman. Ian Marchant was head of the UK energy firm SSE for over 10 years before standing down in 2013. Since then he has taken director and chairman roles with selected compani
JDR Opens New Offshore Engineering Technology Centre in Cambridge
JDR, a leading provider of technology connecting the global offshore energy industry, is opening a new offshore engineering technology centre in Cambridge. Building out from JDR’s global HQ in North Cambridgeshire, the new centre will put JDR at the heart of Cambridge’s growing oil and gas innovatio
Nexans’ First-Half Results in Line with Expectations
The Nexans Board of Directors meeting chaired by Frédéric Vincent on July 24, 2014, approved the Group’s condensed consolidated financial statements for the first half of 2014. Consolidated sales for the six months ended June 30, 2014 came to 3.216 billion euros compared with 3.412 billion euros for
Bluestream Orders Containerised Air-Dive Spreads from IHC Hytech
IHC Hytech, part of Royal IHC, has secured an order for two innovative containerised air-dive spreads from Bluestream, an offshore and subsea company that operates in the oil and gas, and renewable energy sectors. These high-quality systems consist of a containerised 1,800mm decompression chamber wi