Subsea
Maersk Supply Service Nets Leadon Decom Deal
Maersk Supply Service informed that it has secured a second contract with Maersk Oil UK for the Leadon subsea decommissioning in autumn 2017. The contract follows the Janice decommissioning project which the company secured in September. To date, Maersk Supply Service, has removed and delivered the
Akastor Completes Sale of Frontica ITO and BPO Business to Cognizant
Akastor informed that it has completed the sale of the ITO and the BPO business of Frontica Business Solutions to Cognizant. The closing of the transaction took place on November 28, 2016, the company said. The company sold the business for a consideration of NOK 1,025 million on a debt-and-cash-fre
Green Marine to Decommission Tidal Turbine at EMEC
Green Marine (UK) Ltd has been awarded the contract to fully decommission Andritz Hydro Hammerfest’s 1MW tidal turbine HS1000 and all the associated infrastructure offshore and onshore, after trials at EMEC’s tidal test site in Orkney. Green Marine will be responsible for all management, planning, e
JFD Upgrades NHC’s Hyperbaric Reception Facility
JFD has expanded its National Hyperbaric Centre’s (NHC) fixed hyperbaric reception facility (HRF) from an 18-man to a 24-man system. In response to larger diving support vessels coming into operation in the North Sea, the expansion will ensure NHC will be able to support and facilitate the arrival o
Hawaiki Landing Station Construction Begins in New Zealand
New Zealand’s prime minister John Key and minister of communications Amy Adams broke the soil for the Hawaiki submarine cable landing station at Bream Tail, Mangawhai Heads, Northland, on Wednesday. The 14,000 km Hawaiki submarine cable will link New Zealand to Australia, Hawaii and mainland United
L&T Sets Up Spool Base Facility to Execute ONGC Contract
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering, a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro, unveiled high-tech spool base facilities at L&T’s fabrication facility at Kattupalli, in Chennai. These facilities are being employed to execute a lump sum turn key (LSTK) contract that has been secured from ONGC for a subsea
SS Nujoma Mining Vessel Starts Sea Trials
Debmarine Namibia’s new diamond exploration and sampling vessel, the mv SS Nujoma, has left the Port of Cape Town to start two week sea trials. The NAD 2.3 billion (USD 139 million) ship arrived in Cape Town from the Kleven Verft AS shipyard in Ulsteinvik in Norway in August and has been fitted out
Kaiyo Adds AHC to Leopard ROV’s LARS
Japan’s Kaiyo Engineering, which recently acquired Saab Seaeye Leopard ROV system, has added an active heave compensator (AHC) to the ROV’s launch and recovery system. Kaiyo Engineering, a specialist marine science company, is undertaking seabed research for Tokyo University and is using the Leopard
BP Acquires Interest in Egypt’s Zohr Field
BP has agreed to buy from Eni a 10% interest in the Shorouk concession offshore Egypt, which contains the giant Zohr gas field, for $375 million. On closing, BP will also reimburse Eni for BP’s share of past expenditure, the company said. As part of the agreement, BP also has an option before the en
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (November 20– November 27). Subsea contractor DeepOcean has a new majority owner in the company. Funds advised by a private equity investment firm, Triton, will become the largest shareholder and shoul
Seaway Gets Trianel Windpark Borkum II Foundations EPCI Project
Seaway Heavy Lifting has been awarded a contract for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of the turbine foundations for the Trianel Windpark Borkum II wind farm on the German continental shelf. According to the company, the award is still subject to financial close of the
DONG Contracts EEW SPC for Hornsea One Monopiles Job
Rostock-based company EEW Special Pipe Constructions has been awarded an order from the Danish energy company DONG Energy to manufacture 116 monopiles for the 1.2 GW offshore wind park Hornsea Project 1. The contract signing took place in Rostock on November, 21. “Due to the scale of the project, Ho
Ithaca Energy Delays Stella Start-Up
Ithaca Energy notified that the production start-up from the Stella field in the UK North Sea has been delayed due to faults discovered on electrical junction boxes on FPF-1 vessel’s processing facilities. The faults were discovered during the routine inspections, and a programme of necessary repair
Lamprell Lands $225 Mln East Anglia One OWF Deal
Lamprell has received a new contract award from ScottishPower Renewables for the fabrication of multiple jackets and piles for the East Anglia One offshore wind farm. The East Anglia One project is located in the UK waters of the southern North Sea. It is a large-scale project which will utilise 102