Subsea
Basslink Cable Fault Caused by Force Majeure, CEO Says
The Basslink subsea cable fault that led to the December 2015 outage has been described as ‘cause unknown’ by the investigating team. Basslink, a subsea cable connecting George Town in Tasmania and Loy Yang in Victoria, experienced a fault on December 20, 2015, approximately 100 km off the Tasmanian
Trelleborg Boosts Houston Offshore Engineering Team
Trelleborg’s offshore operation based in Houston has invested in a new ‘Global Riser Analysis’ team to incorporate in-house mathematical simulation capabilities into its current engineering group. The Global Riser Analysis team consists of local and global finite element (FE) and computational fluid
CWind Wraps Up Amrumbank West OWF Work for E.ON
CWind, a provider of services to the offshore wind industry, has completed inspections of the monopiles, scour protection and cables at Amrumbank West offshore wind farm off the coast of Germany for E.ON. The V8 ocean modules inspection class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) was deployed from one of
Searcher Hosts DPE Delegate to Assist with PNG Seismic Data
Searcher Seismic, an independent provider of seismic data acquisition, has welcomed Department of Petroleum & Energy (DPE) representative, William Keket, to the Perth office. Keket is visiting Perth as part of a training initiative between Searcher Seismic and the DPE and will be assisting Searcher’
Helix Revamps MSV Seawell
The light well intervention/dive support vessel, MSV Seawell, has returned to service after a £60-million investment by its owners, Aberdeen-based Helix Well Ops (UK). Launched 30 years ago at the Pallion yard in Sunderland by North East Shipbuilders, the 114-metre long vessel has undergone a refit
Kraken Names Director of Business Development
Kraken Sonar has appointed Jeff Bartkowski as director of business development, effective December 05, 2016. Jeff has sales and business development experience with both commercial and defense customers and has worked at companies such as Teledyne-Reson, iXBlue and Sea Machine Robotics. He is a grad
Kraken Gets Funding for Autonomous LARS Development
Kraken Sonar Systems said it will receive a non-refundable financial contribution of up to $485,000 from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP). In addition to technical and business advisory services provided by NRC-IRAP, the funding is being used
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (November 28– December 04). The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), who is leading the search for the missing MH370 flight, has released sonar images of the man-made objects that are being exami
Ancala Midstream Buys Apache’s Stake in SAGE and Beryl Pipeline
Ancala Midstream has agreed to acquire Apache’s interest in the Scottish Area Gas Evacuation system (SAGE) and Beryl pipeline. Ancala Midstream will acquire Apache’s 30.28 percent share of SAGE, and its 60.56 per cent interest in the Beryl pipeline, and intends to appoint Wood Group to be operating
Swiber Gets Judicial Management Extension
Swiber Holdings has received an extension of judicial management from the Singapore High Court for further 180 days. The company along with its subsidiary Swiber Offshore Construction will see the judicial management extended until October 01, 2017. To remind, Swiber has been put under judicial mana
Statoil Begins Mariner Production Drilling
Statoil informed that the production drilling has started on the company’s operated Mariner field in the UK North Sea. The Mariner field is located on the East Shetland Platform of the UK North Sea, approximately 150 kilometers east of the Shetland Isles. Up to five wells will be drilled before the
Global Marine Completes CWind Acquisition
Global Marine Systems gas completed the acquisition of CWind, an offshore wind industry services provider, following the majority interest acquisition that took place in February this year and the subsequent purchase of the remaining minority stake in November. Lee Andrews, managing director CWind,
Technip – FMC Technologies Merger Gets Brazilian Approval
The pending combination of FMC Technologies and Technip has received a clearance decision issued by the General Superintendent of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), the Brazilian antitrust authority. The decision is subject to a 15-day waiting period, the companies informed. As
Subsea 7 Nets Woodside Contract Offshore Australia
Subsea 7 has been awarded a sizeable contract by Woodside Energy for the Greater Western Flank Phase 2 Project, offshore Australia. The Greater Western Flank is located on the North West Shelf of Australia, 60 km southwest of the Goodwyn Alpha (GWA) platform. The contract scope comprises the subsea