Subsea
Ross Offshore Hires Vissim for Surveillance and Monitoring
Vissim, the Norwegian integrated marine and offshore operations supplier, has signed a frame agreement with Ross Offshore Well Management Services to supply a remote offshore surveillance solution and monitoring services. The 24/7 traffic surveillance of offshore installations will be performed in a
Olympic Ship and Bibby Offshore Enter Charter Agreement for Olympic Ares
Olympic Ship AS has entered into a three-year charter agreement with Bibby Offshore Limited for the vessel Olympic Ares, a multi-functional subsea support & construction vessel. The charter extends the current charter in place, now ending in late 2017. The charterer has combined options for an addit
Maersk Drilling Orders BOP and Riser Systems from GE
GE Oil & Gas announced it has received an order for the 20,000-psi (20-ksi) rated deepwater blowout preventer (BOP) stack and riser systems from Copenhagen, Denmark-based Maersk Drilling. The equipment, due to enter service in the first half of 2018, is being supplied for Maersk and BP as part of th
Reach Subsea Charters ROV/Subsea Vessel ‘Edda Fonn’
Reach Subsea has signed a three-year time charter agreement with Østensjø Rederi for the ROV/subsea vessel “Edda Fonn”. Expected commencement of the contract is December 2014. “Edda Fonn is a vessel we are very familiar with and which is very suitable for the services we offer to the market. This fl
APEM Evaluates Sensitivity of Marine Wildlife
Natural England has commissioned APEM to help assess the sensitivity of marine birds, fish and mammals to a range of pressures commonly resulting from human activity in the marine environment. These include habitat loss, introduction of non-native species, barrier effects, pollution and water qualit
FES International’s Diverless Bend Stiffener Connector for Western Isles Project
UK oil and gas engineering firm, FES International, has secured a $2.5M (£1.5M) contract to supply one of its latest products, the automated Diverless Bend Stiffener Connector (DBSC) to NOV Flexibles. NOV Flexibles has called on the subsea technology services of FES International as part of Subsea 7
NOC Conducts AMOC Variability Research
Scientists from NOC have led a study to infer variability of the sub-polar Atlantic Ocean Meridional Overturning Circulation using estimates of air-sea exchanges of heat and water at the ocean’s surface. The scientific research paper describing the method and its application, ‘The Surface-Forced Ove
Denmark: Technip Bags Two Contracts from Maersk Oil
Technip has been awarded two contracts by Maersk Oil for the Valdemar & Roar Gas Lift project as well as the Rolf Replacement Pipeline project, located on the Danish Continental Shelf, approximately 250 kilometers offshore Esbjerg, Denmark. The scope of work will include: – fabrication and installat
TEXBASE Foundation Passes First Feasibility Test
A newly developed gravity base foundation has passed through the first feasibility check made by the Technical University of Central Hessen. The Maritime Offshore Group GmbH (MOG) from Bremen (Germany) performed successful the first stability calculations together with the Technical University of Ce
TGS in Geophysical Data Reprocessing (Malta)
During a recent visit in Amsterdam, Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Joe Mizzi signed an agreement with TGS, an independent geophysical company, for reprocessing of existing geophysical multi-client data and for marketing and licensing the reprocessed data to oil and gas companies. The re
VIDEO: New Subsea 7 HCV ‘Seven Arctic’
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in South Korea is currently constructing a new vessel for London based subsea engineering, construction and services company, Subsea 7. The new Heavy Construction / Flexlay vessel Seven Arctic will be a highly capable construction vessel capable of worldwide operations
Hydro Group Boosts Management Team
Hydro Group plc, a global design and manufacturer of underwater cables and connectors for subsea, underwater, topside and onshore applications, has strengthened its management team with two senior appointments. Lynn Rennie joins Hydro Group in the position of Programme Manager, handling a range of p
Minesto, FAU to Jointly Examine Feasibility of Ocean Current Power
Swedish marine energy technology company Minesto, developer of innovative tidal and ocean current power plant Deep Green, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Florida Atlantic University. The purpose is to examine the technical, environmental and economic feasibility to install demons
Tekmar Strengthens Its Management with New Appointments
Tekmar Energy, offshore cable protection specialist, has reinforced its senior management team with the appointments of a non-executive technical director and a technical sales manager. Dr Terry Sheldrake and Charlie Sullivan have taken up the respective roles which further underpin Tekmar’s enginee