Subsea
Farstad Gets Fish Farm Mooring Deal
Farstad Shipping’s wholly owned subsidiary, Farstad Offshore, has secured a contract from Ocean Farming, a part of SalMar Group, for the complete mooring installation and hook-up of the company’s semi-submersible offshore fish farm. The scope of work involves project management and execution of the
Tetra Hires Ex-Schlumberger Man at Senior Vice President
Tetra Technologies has appointed Matthew J. Sanderson as senior vice president. Sanderson will report to Joseph Elkhoury, senior vice president and chief operating officer of the company. Prior to joining Tetra, Sanderson most recently served as regional vice president – U.S. West at Schlumberger. H
Norwegian IMR Seeks Hydrographic Equipment Supplier for Polar Research Vessel
Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (IMR) has invited tenders for the supply of hydrographic instruments for a polar research vessel. IMR is seeking two thermosalinographs with PVC manifold and water jacket for shipboard installation to collect information about the sea surface. The instruments w
Olympic Gets Another Standstill Agreement Extension
Norwegian Olympic Ship, a provider of inspection, maintenance, and repair vessels, has reached an agreement with secured lenders to extend standstill agreement until and including December 21, 2016. The announcement follows the one from Tuesday in which the company informed that it secured an extens
Next Geosolutions Expands into Middle East
Next Geosolutions, the independent geoscience and engineering service provider, has launched a new multi purpose-built operational facility in the Hamriyah Free Zone of Sharjah (UAE), and a supporting business development and marketing office in Dubai. With operations due to start in December, the n
Aker BP Completes Integration
Aker BP has completed the integration following the merger between Det norske oljeselskap (Det norske) and BP Norway. The company informed that Aker BP now operates as one organization. “Aker BP has been through extensive integration work since we announced the merger, and we are very proud to mark
Island Offshore to Lay-Up More Vessels During Winter
Norway-based Island Offshore, an operator of the fleet of 28 vessels, informed that the number of vessels in winter lay-up may increase to 14, which constitutes 50% of the company’s fleet. Currently the company has 11 vessels in lay-up whereof 5 are cold stacked. The number of vessels in lay-up may
ROV Examines Man-Made Objects Found During MH370 Search
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 examined by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV). “The underwater search continues with an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) searchin
CGG Delivers Data for Gabon South Basin Survey
CGG informed that the final processed depth volumes from the 3D BroadSeis multi-client survey in the Gabon South Basin are now available for license. As technical consultant to the Gabonese Republic’s Ministry of Petroleum and Hydrocarbons, CGG acquired the broadband seismic survey of over 25,000 km
Bluestream Adds New Commercial Manager
Bluestream, the Den Helder based offshore and subsea services company, has appointed Anton Janssens as commercial manager for the company. Together with the Operations Department, he will take the lead in developing additional integrated inspection services for the operators and will be responsible
RTsys Launches New Sonar System
French company RTsys, a specialist in underwater sound systems, has introduced SonaDive, a new non-magnetic sonar to be used by divers to locate submerged objects. The new sonar was developed in order to help divers detect and locate targets on the seabed in coastal or port areas, including submerge
NOC Names Director of Science and Technology
National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has appointed professor Angela Hatton as director of Science and Technology. Professor Angela Hatton said, “These are interesting and exciting times for the NOC; addressing globally significant challenges, driving forward technology development and conducting scien
Offshore Decom Spending Set for Growth, IHS Markit Says
The decommissioning of aging offshore oil and gas platforms, subsea wells and related assets is increasing dramatically, with more than 600 projects expected to be disposed of during the next five years alone. This will cause spending to rise significantly, according to a new study by IHS Markit an
DeepOcean Secures Hornsea Project One Cable Work
DeepOcean, based in Darlington, has won a contract to transport and install cables for DONG Energy’s Hornsea Project One wind farm. Located 120 km off the Yorkshire Coast, Hornsea Project One will have a capacity of over one gigawatt (GW), and will be capable of supplying electricity to over one mil