Subsea
MH370 Search Ends with No Result
The underwater search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 offshore Australia has been suspended, the three countries involved in the search informed. The last vessel, Fugro Equator, left the search area on Tuesday after surveying the remaining parts of the 120,000 square-kilometer search
PDO for Utgard and Byrding Approved
The plan for development and operation for the Utgard and Byrding fields in the North Sea has been approved by the authorities, Norwegian oil & gas giant Statoil said on Tuesday. Utgard is a gas and condensate field on Norwegian and UK continental shelf while Byrding is an oil and gas field north of
Prysmian Hooks Up Veja Mate to Borwin2
Prysmian informed that the interconnection between the Veja Mate offshore wind farm and the offshore grid connection system Borwin2 in the German North Sea has been successfully plugged in. The project was awarded to Prysmian by TenneT, the Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO). Assodivers
Route Survey for Hawaiki Subsea Cable Complete
Hawaiki Submarine Cable and TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity company, have completed the route survey for Hawaiki transpacific cable system. In addition, cable and repeater manufacturing for the system continues at SubCom’s Newington facility, with more than 4,500 km of completed cable and more than 25
Statoil Discovers Oil and Gas Near Norne
Statoil has made an oil and gas discovery close to Norne estimated at between 20 and 80 million barrels, one year after the licence award. “It’s great kicking off the new year with a discovery,” said Jez Averty, senior vice president for exploration in Norway and the UK. The drilling of the Cape Vul
TechnipFMC Marks Its Official Start
TechnipFMC has started operating as a unified, combined company following completion of the merger of FMC Technologies and Technip. TechnipFMC today unveiled its new brand identity and logo, which represent the joining together and integration of two established entities. “This is a transformational
Subsea 7 Looks to Snap Up Seaway Heavy Lifting
Subsea 7 said that one of its wholly owned subsidiaries has made an offer to acquire the 50 percent shareholding in Seaway Heavy Lifting currently owned by K&S Baltic Offshore (Cyprus). The terms of the offer are binding on Subsea 7 until July 1, 2017. During this period the Works Council representi
Greenpeace Confronts Seismic Vessel Off New Zealand
Greenpeace crew have made contact with the seismic vessel ‘Amazon Warrior’ after travelling 50 nautical miles on two rigid-hulled inflatables off the coast of Wairarapa. The boat crews, consisting of members from Greenpeace and local iwi, located the 125-metre seismic vessel searching for oil off th
Oceanteam – McDermott Agree Vessel Sale
Oceanteam said that its joint venture partner McDermott will exercise its option to purchase Oceanteam’s 25 percent ownership in the vessel-owning company North Ocean 105 AS by the end of April 2017. As part of the understanding with its bondholders and that was announced on January 11, 2017, Oceant
PSA Audits Statoil’s Gullfaks Subsea Compression
Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an inspection of Statoil’s management of the subsea compression project at Gullfaks. Statoil began operation of a subsea facility for compression of wet gas from Gullfaks Sør in 2015. The gas is transported through a 15 kilometer-long pipeline
Prysmian: CNP-1 Subsea Link Launched (Philippines)
The submarine power cable link to connect Negros and Panay islands in the Philippines has been successfully commissioned, Italian cable major Prysmian said on Friday. This is the first stage of the project CNP-1 (Cebu-Negros-Panay phase 1), awarded to Prysmian by the Filipino grid operating company
JMS Designs Research Vessel for Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) of Gloucester Point has awarded a contract to Meridien Maritime Reparation of Matane, Quebec to construct a 23-meter research vessel. JMS Naval Architects have designed the research vessel to replace VIMS’s current vessel, the R/V Bay Eagle. The primary mi
Offshore Energy Launches Improved Website
Offshore Energy kicks off its 10th anniversary year with a bang and the launch of the new and improved website. Sleek design, easy navigation and updated functionality mean a better customer oriented website. “High customer satisfaction has always been one of our main goals. In the past ten years we
CSV Normand Reach Gets Ichthys Gig
Solstad Offshore (SOFF) has been awarded a subcontract with McDermott for the provision of light construction vessel services. The vessel, specifically the CSV Normand Reach, will be engaged in Ichthys gas field development project, located offshore Western Australia. CSV Normand Reach will assist M