Subsea
Akastor in Joint Venture with Mitsui
Akastor, an oil service investment company, has signed a heads of agreement with Japanese company Mitsui, to create a joint venture with 50/50 ownership between (AKOFS) and Mitsui. The joint venture will acquire both the Skandi Santos hull from DOF Subsea Rederi AS and the Skandi Santos topside from
Unique Group Adds Sonardyne Technologies to Its Rental Pool
Unique Group has selected subsea vehicle positioning and navigation technology from Sonardyne to add to its equipment rental pool. The Sprint Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) and Syrinx Doppler Velocity Logs (DVLs) will be held at the company’s regional headquarters in Aberdeen and made available t
CGG Completes Encontrado Reprocessing Project (GoM)
French seismic player CGG has delivered data from its Encontrado multi-client merge project covering the Perdido fold belt to the industry and the Comision Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH) ahead of Mexico’s December licensing round. According to the CGG, the ‘Fast Trax’ results are available now for
InterMoor Names New Canada Country Manager
InterMoor has appointed Joe Price as country manager for InterMoor Canada based in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Price is a graduate of the Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering program at Memorial University of Newfoundland and brings with him over 14 years’ offshore oil and gas industry experience
RMS Supports Next Geosolutions’ Baltic Campaign
Next Geosolutions’ 17-month marine survey project for cable route design and engineering in the western Baltic Sea, has been supported by RMS Submarine. The project consists of multiple 220 kV AC grid connections of the two offshore wind parks Arkona Basin South-East and Wikinger. Next Geosolutions’
FMC Technologies and Aker Solutions Line Up More Layoffs
American provider of equipment and services for the energy industry, FMC Technologies, and Norwegian oil services company, Aker Solutions, are planning additional workforce reductions, both at their subsea services businesses at Ågotnes, Norway. FMC Technologies is reportedly letting go up to 200 wo
Aquaterra and Plexus Introduce New Riser System
Aquaterra Energy and Plexus Holdings have developed a light weight, dual barrier HPHT riser system which can be deployed by a jack-up to enable an alternative to semi-submersible installation for HPHT well operations. The technology is suitable for shallow water depths up to 150 meters and harnesses
Strainstall Provides Mooring Monitoring for Hywind Project
Strainstall, a part of James Fisher and Sons, has been awarded a contract to provide mooring monitoring for the Hywind pilot park – the world’s first floating offshore wind farm. The contract with MacGregor will provide an integrated offshore mooring solution for the floating turbines. The Hywind pi
WATCH: DEME Splashes ‘Living Stone’
Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME, has launched its newest DP3 multipurpose vessel ‘Living Stone’, built by the Spanish shipyard LaNaval near Bilbao, Spain. The launching ceremony was carried out by Sarah Tommelein, spouse of Bart Tommelein, vice-minister-president of
Osbit Supplies Subsea Docking System for Modus AUV
Osbit, the subsea engineering and technology company, has delivered two subsystems for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), operated by subsea and seabed intervention company Modus. Osbit has designed and manufactured a floating launch dock and a sea parking garage to meet Modus’s launch and reco
Flexlife and Deep Water Concession Form Nigeria Partnership
Flexlife and Deep Water Concession of Nigeria have formalised their relationship by signing an exclusive cooperation agreement to work with each other in Nigeria. The two companies have been working together on a number of projects on a non-exclusive basis for the past two years. Deep Water Concessi
Jobs at Risk as JFD Begins Restructuring Process
JFD has decided to undergo a restructuring process which includes an internal reorganization with, as the company says, unavoidable impact on a number of functions. JFD, which comprises LEXMAR, JF Defence, Divex and the National Hyperbaric Centre and Defence Consulting Europe, said that the announce
Settlement Reached for Shen Neng 1 Damage to Great Barrier Reef
Shenzhen Energy Transport Company, the owner of Shen Neng 1, a Chinese coal carrier which ran aground at the Great Barrier Reef in April 2010, has reached an agreement to pay $39.3 million to the Australian Government for remediation costs. The settlement is much lower of what the Government, report
Subsea UK Gears for ROV Conference Next Week
The upcoming Subsea UK’s 2016 Underwater Vehicles Conference will aim its focus at advances in remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), autonomous inspection technology and the challenges posed by a sustained low oil price. Formally known as the Subsea UK ROV Conference, the event will take place on Tuesd