Subsea
THHE, McDermott Split Up
Malaysia’s TH Heavy Engineering Berhad (THHE) and McDermott International have entered into a framework agreement to end their three-year partnership. The companies signed the agreement in 2013 to cooperate in engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPIC) projects in Malaysia. With
PGS Wraps Up Bréanann 3D Seismic Acquisition
PGS has completed Bréanann 3D seismic acquisition over circa 2.392 km2 of the northern Porcupine Basin, 150 km west off the Kerry coast, south-western Ireland. The 3D seismic took over 40 days to acquire. Around 1,400 km2 relates to FEL 3/14, in which Petrel has a 15% carried interest. PGS’ Ramform
Plocan Hosts SWARMS
Plocan is hosting several activities between September 22 and October 04 that form part of the European Smart Robots Working in Co-operative Networks Project (SWARMS), funded by the European Commission and the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. The general objective of the SWARMs is to
India Inks Mining Contract with ISA
Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) and Government of India, signed a 15-year contract with the International Seabed Authority (ISA), for exploration of Poly-Metallic Sulphides (PMS) in Indian Ocean. The contract was signed by Dr. M Rajeevan, secretary, MoES and Nii Allotey Odunton, secretary general,
N-Seatec Inks Distributor Agreement with PSL PhotoSynergy
N-Seatec has signed exclusive distributor agreement with PSL PhotoSynergy Ltd. PSL has a range of Lightpath systems specifically designed for diving, ROV and offshore industry. Lightpath is a patented system based on side-emitting optical fibre to illuminate subsea umbilicals and structures, the com
Kongsberg’s Echosounder for Clinton Marine’s Vessel
Clinton Marine Survey has invested in a new Kongsberg EM2040C dual head system for its medium to ultra shallow vessel M/V Nils. The EM 2040C is a shallow water multibeam echosounder based on the EM 2040 technology, a tool for high resolution mapping and inspection applications. The receiver and tran
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (August 19 – August 25. American provider of equipment and services for the energy industry, FMC Technologies, and Norwegian oil services company, Aker Solutions, are planning additional workforce redu
North Energy Capital Ups Reach Subsea Stake
North Energy Capital has acquired additional stake in Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea, the Oslo-listed firm informed on Friday. With acquisition of 4,619,014 shares, North Energy Capital has become the second largest shareholder in Reach Subsea with 9.8 percent of the issued shares and voting righ
Sinopec Wraps Up Its First ROV Project
China’s Sinopec Offshore Oilfield Services Company (SOOSC) has recently completed its first deepwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) project. The scope of the project was to patrol 113 kilometers of subsea pipelines at a depth of 1,400 meters. According to Sinopec’s press statement, the pipeline su
Norwegian Subsea Company Goes Under
Norwegian provider of subsea equipment to the industry, NLI Subsea, has been declared bankrupt. NLI Subsea, comprising NLI Asker Subsea, NLI Odda and NLI Subsea Service, was spun out of NLI as a separate priority area in 2013. Reports indicate that NLI Subsea was declared bankrupt last week, Septemb
C&W, TE SubCom Upgrade Trinidad-Curacao Subsea Cable
C&W Networks, a division of Cable & Wireless Communications, has signed an agreement with TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity company, to complete an upgrade to the ECLink, a cable system linking Trinidad and Curacao. ECLink is the latest regional system within C&W Networks’ 48,000 km of subsea fiber to re
General Dynamics Showcases Bluefin’s Hull Inspection AUV
General Dynamics Mission Systems featured the Bluefin Robotics hovering autonomous underwater vehicle (HAUV) at OCEANS 2016 in Monterey, California. HAUV is a two-man-portable hovering AUV designed for ship hull inspection. Equipped with a high-resolution imaging sonar, it surveys ship hulls and oth
Polarcus Bags Another Deal
Following the awards in Australasia, seismic contractor Polarcus has received a letter of intent for another 3D marine seismic acquisition, this one to be carried out in Europe. According to the Oslo-listed company, the survey will be conducted by utilizing its XArray acquisition technique, and will
Teledyne RESON Launches New Versions of SeaBat T-Series
Teledyne RESON has introduced four new multibeam sonar systems built on the SeaBat T-series platform. The new sonars are the Integrated Dual Head SeaBat T20-R & T50-R and the modular SeaBat T20-R & T50-R Multibeam Sonars, delivered with a selection of sonar processors including the new Rack Mount pr