Subsea
Nexans Wins Blyth OWF Subsea Cables Contract
Nexans cable technology has been selected by VBMS to deliver inter-array and export cables for Blyth offshore wind farm. As part of its own contract with EDF Energy Renewables, VBMS will use the Nexans 66 kV inter-array cable system to provide the subsea connection between the offshore turbines and
Construction Advances for Nautilus’ Seafloor Mining Vessel
Dubai-based Marine Assets Corporation (MAC) is moving forward with the construction of its 227 meters long production support vessel (PSV) at Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding in China. The vessel is to be used by the Toronto-based underwater mineral exploration company, Nautilus Minerals and its PNG partne
Nexans Extends Charter with GC Rieber
Norwegian offshore vessels provider, GC Rieber Shipping, has secured a charter extension with Nexans Skagerrak, a subsidiary of subsea cables specialist Nexans Norway, for the CSV Polar King. The first time charter agreement announced in March this year, was set for a fixed period of about 8.5 month
Aquind Interconnector Gets Ofgem Nod
Aquind has been given a green light by Ofgem for a project to build a £1.1 billion subsea and underground electricity cable linking Hampshire, UK with Normandy in France. The Aquind interconnector is due for completion in 2021 and should deliver up to 2GW of additional capacity to the UK power grid.
Sunken HMS Terror Found in Canadian Arctic
A part of the lost Franklin Expedition, HMS Terror vessel, has been found in the Canadian Arctic. The expedition was a British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin aboard two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. The whole expedition, which was meant to traverse the last unnavig
Wintershall Records Minor Oil Discovery near Vega Field
Wintershall Norge AS, operator of production licence 248 F, is in the process of completing the drilling of four wells in the North Sea. The wells are wildcat well 35/11-20 S, appraisal well 35/11-20 A and wildcat well 35/11-20 B. Due to technical issues, well 35/11-19 S had to be abandoned, and wel
Ecosse Wraps Up 2nd Seabed Clearance on Race Bank OWF
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has completed second seabed clearance project on behalf of DONG Energy on the Race Bank offshore wind farm. ESS cleared more than 3000 boulders at the wind farm site, located off the Norfolk and Lincolnshire coast. Race Bank will consist of 91 turbines of 6MW each and gen
Nextgen and ASN Launch North West Cable System
Nextgen and Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN), part of Nokia, today officially switched on the North West Cable System (NWCS), Australia’s first purpose-built, subsea, fibre-optic network, servicing the oil and gas industries and telecommunications services in Australia’s North West growth cor
Island Offshore Aims for Riserless Heavy Well Intervention
Following a successful deployment of its riserless coil tubing (CT) technology in the offshore petroleum industry, Island Offshore is said to be taking it to the next level by performing heavy well intervention with coil tubing in producing subsea wells. In 2015 Island Offshore made history when dri
EMGS Sells Barents Sea Data
Norway’s Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has entered into a data licensing agreement for the provision of 3D CSEM data from the multi-client data library in the Barents Sea. According to EMGS, the deal will provide net revenue of USD 2.1 million to the company. The revenue will be recognized
Polarcus Wins OZ Shoot
Seismic contractor Polarcus has secured a letter of award from an undisclosed client for 3D marine seismic acquisition in Australia. The Oslo-listed company said it plans to carry the survey by utilizing its XArray acquisition technique. According to Polarcus the broadband data acquisition project i
Dolphin Sells Multi-Client Library to TGS and PGS
TGS has, together with Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (PGS), agreed principal terms and conditions for jointly acquiring the majority of the multi-client library of Dolphin UK Ltd. The parties expect to enter into a definitive agreement for the acquisition in the near future. “The Dolphin library is a g
ECHO81 Becomes Impact Subsea Equipment Distributor in US
Impact Subsea has appointed Equipment and Consulting for Hydrographic Operations (ECHO81) as distributor of its products within the United States. ECHO81 will provide local support for Impact Subsea’s range of underwater altimeters, depth sensors and heading equipment. Based in Florida and founded e
Ofgem Shortlists Bidders for Burbo Bank Extension OWF
Ofgem has announced a shortlist of five bidders competing to own and run the £230 million transmission link to the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm, situated in the Bay of Liverpool. Ofgem will appoint the Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) for this project, which will receive a guaranteed re