Subsea
gridComm Secures Communication for ONC 3 Kilometers Deep
gridComm has provided technology that enables Ocean Networks Canada to monitor and read ocean floor sensors placed 3,000 meters under sea level and 25 kilometers apart. Ocean Networks Canada has been monitoring deep ocean and coastal environments for ten years. One of the objectives of this project
Subsea Meets Aquaculture Project Goes to Phase 2
GCE Subsea and NCE Seafood Innovation have secured funding for the second phase of a project to explore the crossover potential between Oil & Gas and Aquaculture. The cluster-to-cluster project Subsea meets Aquaculture between GCE Subsea and NCE Seafood innovation is facilitated by Deloitte and spon
Auxilium Offshore Fixes on Subsea Tools
The Netherlands-based Auxilium Offshore said it has taken a next step in the development of its organisation, bringing an extra scope on the projects and work the organisation does. “As we decided that we wanted to bring more focus on cost-effective offshore operations we immediately created the opp
Statoil in Fram C East Launch
Norway’s Statoil informed that Fram C East has started production to the Troll C platform. Fram C East is a long production well drilled from the existing Fram subsea template tied back to Troll C. Gas will be transported to Kollsnes via Troll A, whereas oil will be piped to Mongstad for further pro
Claxton Completes Two North Sea Decom Jobs
Claxton, an Acteon company, has completed its involvement in the abandonment of two wells on the Horne and Wren platform in the Southern North Sea. Completed within 18 days in July 2016, Claxton was responsible for the 5.1/2” tubing cut verification, tubing recovery, sub-mudline abrasive conductor s
CIE Well Control Calls in Administrators
CIE Well Control has gone into administration resulting in loss of 21 jobs. The Aberdeen-based subsea and surface engineering company has appointed KPMG UK restructuring head Blair Nimmo and Scottish restructuring director Geoff Jacobs as joint administrators. CIE shares the same fate with several o
Huisman Grabs €300 Mln in Crane Orders
Huisman, a specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has secured new crane contracts with a total value of around 300 million Euro from various offshore, shipping and wind farm installation contractors. Namely, 2 x 900mt Heavy Lift Mast Cranes for BigLift Shipping; 1 x 1,600mt Leg Encirc
ACE Winches Secures Vard Contract
ACE Winches, has recently been awarded a spooling contract with Vard Group for Norway’s largest construction vessel. The scope of work includes the spooling of two 3,500 metre ROV umbilicals, the spooling of a crane boom wire and aux wire, including 3,900 metres of 135mm wire on to the vessel’s cran
Sparrows Joins Forces with SapuraKencana in Malaysia
Sparrows Offshore Services and SapuraKencana Technology, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SapuraKencana Petroleum have formed a partnership. The partnership will see both entities collaborating in the provision of offshore and onshore crane services including manufacturing, supply, operations, maintenan
TSC and Offshore CC FZE Form Decommissioning Joint Venture
TSC Group Holdings, a product and service provider for onshore and offshore drilling industries, has entered into an agreement with Offshore CC FZE to establish a joint venture (JV). The JV company, OIM, has been incorporated in Singapore and will have operations in Singapore as well as in Norway an
SeaTerra Clears DolWin3 Cable Route of UXOs
SeaTerra has completed investigation of 278 objects and removal of 8 ordnance targets from the DolWin3 cable route. Commissioned by the transmission system operator TenneT, SeaTerra examined and cleared in recent weeks and months numerous metal objects from the future DolWin3 cable route between Emd
C-Tecnics and DeepTech in Dealership Agreement
Swedish provider of subsea technology, DeepTech, has been appointed as C-Tecnics’ new distributor for its range of subsea camera, lights, lasers and divers communications systems. DeepTech has invested in stock of video control systems and cameras that are suitable for inland, offshore divers and th
Autonomous Robot Completes North Sea Surface Measurement Task
A team of scientists and engineers from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and Newcastle University (NU) have developed a novel technique to measure sea surface height directly using global navigation satellite system (GNSS) technology in combination with a marine surface autonomous vehicle (SAV
Fugro to Support Nexans in Subsea Cable Installation Projects
Fugro has been appointed by Nexans Norway for the provision of environmental advisory services as part of its global environmental advisor framework. The global framework agreement with Fugro started this month and will be in place for one year. Nexans Marine Installation Department installs high vo