Subsea
NOF Energy Expands Its Annual Supplier Day
NOF Energy has expanded it sold-out annual supplier day to feature an extended networking session to offer companies the chance to engage key companies from the energy sector supply chain. The Annual Supplier Day, which takes place on Wednesday, June 25, at Hardwick Hall, in Sedgefield, County Durha
SEASM in Joint Venture with Go Offshore
SeaEnergy PLC, the innovation-led offshore energy services business, has announced that its subsidiary SeaEnergy Ship Management Limited has entered into a 51:49 joint venture with Go Offshore (Asia) Pte Ltd, a Singapore based shipping company, with SEASM having 51%. The JV called GOSeaEnergy Ship M
VIDEO: LiquiBuoy System Performs Controlled Lift of Spool Piece Using ROVs
Aubin Subsea has presented the first video from the LiquiBuoy subsea lifting trial. The trial confirmed that the LiquiBuoy lifting system can offer a new level of control and precision when manoeuvring structures subsea. The ability to instantaneously control and adapt buoyancy levels rendering stru
Sonardyne’s Ranger 2 Pro for ‘Seamec Princess’
SEAMEC Ltd., one of India’s leading providers of Diving Support Vessels for the offshore oilfield industry, has once again chosen Sonardyne acoustic position reference technology to support it dynamic positioning operations. The company has upgraded the Ranger 1 system installed on the SEAMEC Prince
Kara-Winter-2014 Ice Expedition in Arctic Ocean Completed
The Kara-Winter-2014 Ice Expedition organized by the Arctic Research and Design Center (a joint venture of Rosneft and ExxonMobil) with expert support from the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute Federal State Budget Institution was successfully finished. It has become the largest expedition in
Statoil Elects Board of Directors (Norway)
In a meeting in the Corporate Assembly of Statoil ASA, Svein Rennemo was re-elected as chair and Grace Reksten Skaugen as deputy chair of the board of directors. Bjørn Tore Godal, Maria Johanna Oudeman, Jakob Stausholm, Catherine Hughes and James Mulva were re-elected as shareholder representatives
Drydocks World Completes HVDC Converter Platform DolWin Beta
Drydocks World, the international service provider to the shipping, maritime, offshore, oil, gas and energy sectors announced the successful completion of the pioneering HVDC converter platform DolWin beta. The platform, the world’s largest in terms of capacity, was built at Drydocks World – Dubai a
Driving Down Cost Priority to Encourage Investment in OW Sector (UK)
Department of Energy & Climate Change has announced that more winds farms have been brought in to a competitive system to drive down the costs of offshore wind. The offshore transmission regime means that Ofgem can find the most cost-effective investment in the connecting cables and infrastructure f
Ndurance Arrives at Gwynt y Môr OWF
Ndurance, Boskalis’first ‘N Class’ cable-laying vessel, is expected to arrive at Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm site today. The vessel will conduct cable laying operations in the eastern part of Gwynt y Môr. The nearby vessels are required to observe a 500m safety zone around the Ndurance. Gwynt y M
Polish Navy Chooses Saab’s Double Eagle ROV
Defence and security company Saab informs that the Polish Navy has chosen the Double Eagle system for the Kormoran II MCMV. The Double Eagle is in service with several navies, in the Baltic Sea, in the North Sea and around the world as a state of the art, well proven, low risk and extremely efficien
Marathon Oil to Perform Manned Subsea Operations in North Sea Fields
Marathon Oil Norge AS has received consent to perform manned subsea operations on the Alvheim, Volund, Vilje and Bøyla fields. The planned start-up of the operation is 1 July 2014. Water depth at the site is approx. 120 metres. Alvheim Alvheim is an oil and gas field in the central part of the North
Subsea Asia Strengthens British and Asian Industry Ties
Subsea UK will be strengthening and expanding on links between British subsea companies and the burgeoning Asian industry when it hosts is biennial conference, Subsea Asia, in Malaysia this week (11 June). With the Malaysian government recently approving new incentives for exploration activity in mo
Solstad and VARD Confirm OSCV Contract (Norway)
Solstad Offshore has recently announced that the company has signed a Letter of Intent with a major international offshore contractor to build and operate a new build large offshore subsea construction vessel and a LOI with VARD Group to build this vessel. Both LoI’s have now been converted to firm
Europe’s Wave and Tidal Sector Require Action from EU, SI Ocean Says
Europe’s wave and tidal sector will require action from the EU and its Member States to get pilot array projects in the water, according to the final report from the SI Ocean project. The project’s Market Deployment Strategy stated that completing these early projects in the short term is crucial if