Subsea
Unique Group Buys Tritech Gemini Sonars
Tritech International has sold its Gemini 620pd multibeam profiling sonar to Unique Group. Unique has purchased four Gemini 620pd sonars to enhance its rental pool. The systems include two Tritech Gemini hubs, to enable an accurate time stamp of data during data acquisition. Initially, the systems w
Global Maritime Marine Warranty Services for Block Island OWF
Global Maritime Consultancy & Engineering has signed a contract with Deepwater Wind to provide marine warranty services for the Block Island offshore wind farm. Services that will be provided include a technical review of all installation procedures and calculations, survey and inspection of install
N-Sea Establishes Middle East Base
N-Sea has announced the opening of a new office in Dubai, with operations due to start as early as August 2016. The new base will support N-Sea’s presence in the region, allowing the company to conduct diving, ROV and survey projects in the civil engineering and offshore markets throughout the UAE,
Wasco Wins Nord Stream 2 Pipe Coating and Storing Tender
Nord Stream 2 AG has awarded a tender for the provision of concrete weight coating and storing of more than 200,000 pipes for Nord Stream 2 project to Wasco Coatings Europe. The contract for this award is subject to final negotiations and will be signed in the coming weeks. WSC will announce the pro
OEM Supports Go Marine Vessel Fleet
OEM Group has secured a two-year contract worth up to £1 million with Go Marine to deliver engine support services to its fleet of vessels operating in the oil and gas industry. Under the global technical support and services agreement, OEM Group will carry out the procurement of engine spare parts,
New Orient Marine Orders Three Forum ROVs
Forum Energy Technologies has received an order from New Orient Marine to supply three remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) for its multi-purpose ice-class vessel currently under construction in Singapore. The order includes two Perry XLX 200 horsepower, 4,000 meter work class ROV systems and one Sub-A
Scientist Survey Tidal Test Site Area in Cape Cod Canal
Scientists from UMass Dartmouth have deployed equipment to photograph the bottom of the Cape Cod Canal where a tidal test site will be installed in the fall 2016. They lowered a tripod camera, called the Inshore Pyramid Camera, down to take detailed video of what the sea floor in the Cape Canal look
Lankhorst Gets Award for Performance on Shell Prelude FLNG
Lankhorst Engineered Products has received an Innovation and Customer Focus award for its performance on Shell’s Prelude FLNG project. The contract for the Shell Prelude FLNG project was awarded through Shell’s contractor Technip/Entrepose Industries. The contract encompasses the production and deli
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (July 04 – July 10). Saipem said it has been awarded new contracts and variation orders in E&C offshore, for an overall amount in excess of 1.5 billion euros. The most significant contract relates to t
Searcher Begins 2D Shoot Offshore Mexico
Searcher Seismic informed that BGP Pioneer has started acquisition of the Buscador near-shore 2D seismic survey, offshore Mexico. The project comprises 11,200 km of high quality, long-offset 2D data and targets the near shore areas covering rounds 2, 3 and 4, the company explained. The data, which w
BW Offshore Secures Extension for Espoir Ivoirien FPSO from CNR
CNR International has exercised option to extend the fixed term of the lease contract for floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) Espoir Ivoirien. The contract extension is from 2017 to 2022, BW Offshore informed. The terms are based on existing extension options, with some adjustme
Market Slowdown Impacts Swiber’s West Africa EPCIC
Swiber has informed that due to weakness in the oil and gas sector the West Africa project has not been able to progress in accordance with its original schedule. The company secured the contract in 2014 from a Houston-based oil and gas company to provide engineering, procurement, construction, inst
Minesto Gets Swedish Energy Agency Funds
Tidal energy developer, Minesto, has been granted research funds totaling SEK 5.7 million by the Swedish Energy Agency. “The decision is a clear sign of confidence from the Swedish Energy Agency in Minesto’s ability to realize the Deep Green technology,” said Dr Heije Westberg, CTO of Minesto. Mines
MeyGen to Combine Wind and Tidal Power Output
Atlantis has reached an agreement between its majority owned MeyGen project and a nearby wind farm development to facilitate access to the distribution grid for other renewable energy projects. The first phase of the MeyGen project was recently connected to the 33kV Ness of Quoys distribution networ