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In Pictures – OEEC 2016
The day one of one of the fastest growing industry meetings, Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2016 (OEEC), held at Amsterdam RAI, has opened its doors to visitors, ready for another successful year. The OEEC is an annual event focused on the complete offshore energy industry. It covers both t
Aqua Comms Welcomes New CEO
Aqua Comms, the operator of Ireland’s first dedicated subsea fibre-optic network has appointed Nigel Bayliff as its new chief executive officer. Bayliff should enhance Aqua Comm’s strategic vision of providing data connectivity to Ireland’s digital economy, and accelerate customer growth on Aqua Com
OEECLive: Tune in for ON AIR Talk-Show from Community Square
As previously announced, Subsea World News will today be live streaming a talk-show from the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam. The talk-show, taking place at Community Square of the exhibition floor in the Amsterdam RAI Convention Center, is themed “We’ll always have Paris.” To r
InterMoor Sets Up Mooring Base in Norway
IOS InterMoor has opened a new mooring base in Fensfjord, Norway near Bergen. Located on the Wergeland Base in Sløvågen, the facility should provide mooring equipment storage, supply, inspection and maintenance for IOS InterMoor and its customers. The new base is ideally positioned to serve oil and
Osbit Backs DeepOcean’s Inter-Array Cable Project
Osbit said that its quadrant handling system, designed and built for offshore contractor DeepOcean, has completed its first inter-array cable installation job for undisclosed international developer. The system has facilitated the laying of two complete cables per day in the first stage of its deplo
Pemex Hires CGG for Deepwater Perdido Shoot
CGG said it has been awarded a contract by Pemex to deliver an orthogonal wide-azimuth integrated solution designed to optimize subsalt seismic imaging in deep waters of the Perdido area. A new wide-azimuth survey, covering approximately 10,000 km2, will be acquired perpendicularly over the existing
OEEC: Offshore Energy Award Winners Announced
Last night the industry celebrated successes during the first Offshore Energy Opening Gala Dinner and Awards Show. Three awards were presented to more than 300 guests in the prestigious Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam. The guests received a word of welcome by Coert van Zijll Langhout, Managing Director
SGS Makes New Executive Appointments
Miami-based Subsea Global Solutions (SGS) has appointed Harun Duzgoren to their management team as executive director, Business Development & Strategy, effective October 21, 2016. Duzgoren joins SGS from maritime services provider V.Ships, where he had spent more than 16 years in different senior po
Keppel Set to Deliver Armada Olombendo FPSO for East Hub
Keppel Shipyard is on track to deliver, reportedly, one of the world’s largest floating production storage and offloading vessels (FPSO) to Bumi Armada for operations offshore Angola. The naming ceremony of the FPSO, Armada Olombendo, was held at Keppel Shipyard earlier this month. Keppel Shipyard c
Offshore Energy 2016 Kicks Off on Tuesday
Tomorrow, October 25, will see the kick-off of Offshore Energy where companies from the oil & gas and renewable industries will meet for networking, knowledge sharing and business. The past days the organization worked hard to get everything ready. Here is a little time-lapse to see the progress mad
NPD Gives Nod for Ivar Aasen Start-Up
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted consent for production start-up on the Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea. The operator Aker BP, a merger between Det norske and BP, has scheduled start-up for December. The Ivar Aasen field was developed with a production facility resting on the
Swan Hunter Expands Equipment Pool with New Tensioner
Swan Hunter has taken delivery of a new 15Te horizontal 2 track tensioner from Motive Offshore Group. The tensioner is supplied with an electrical HPU, and has an open PLC control system that allows it to be synchronized with other flexible and cable lay equipment including carousels, reel drive sys
DHSS Bags Polarcus Contract
DHSS has signed vessel agency and warehousing contract with Polarcus, the Dubai-based seismic services provider. The multi-year contract includes warehousing and freight forwarding for the entire Polarcus fleet, as well as vessel agency services in all ports of The Netherlands. Wim Schouwenaar, CEO
France and UK Continue MMCM Partnership
Thales, BAE Systems and their partner SAAB, ECA Group and ASV Global have welcomed the confirmation by the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) that the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) and French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) will continue their collaboration for the combined United K