Subsea
NOC to Deploy New Tech for Deep Sea Minerals Detection
National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is leading a research cruise this summer which will address technical challenges in exploring for seafloor mineral deposits. This expedition will take place on board the RRS James Cook, marking a decade of service that has seen this ship travel 218,972 miles in pur
2H Offshore Provides Conductor Driveability Studies to CIS
2H Offshore and its sister company Conductor Installation Services (CIS) have teamed up to provide enhanced foundation design services. 2H is now the sole provider of driveability studies to CIS and will provide support on bid packages and projects, the company informed. The agreement means that the
Lloyd’s Register to Support BHP Billiton’s Drilling Program Off Trinidad
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has extended rig integrity support for the Deepwater Invictus drillship. According to LR, its expertise in blowout preventers (BOPs) and rig integrity will be used to provide confidence in risk management for deepwater drilling and well exploration. “We have had a team supporti
Nexans Launches Accessories for Boosted Inter-Array Cables
Nexans is launching a new range of cable and power accessories for offshore wind farms with higher capacity inter-array cables operating at 72.5 kV. Namely, the French cable specialist has developed power accessories with F-type outer cone comprising separable T-connectors, coupling connectors and s
Regulatory Frameworks Launched for Pacific Deep Sea Mining
Financial and Environmental Management frameworks have been released with aim to build knowledge of deep sea minerals and their governance, and support informed decision-making by Pacific Island countries. They are the latest information resources developed for stakeholders interested in this sector
Ocean Installer Wraps Up First Deep Water Mooring Task
Ocean Installer has recently completed a mooring recovery and re-installation project for a Gulf of Mexico production facility. The work was conducted in ultra-deep water (>2500 meters) and represents Ocean Installer’s first mooring job at such water depths, the company informed. Ocean Installer’s o
Nautilus Looks to Save Its Deep Sea Mining Project
Nautilus Minerals continues to seek and consider various alternative sources of financing in order to maintain the development of the Solwara 1 Project and the company’s operations. As previously disclosed, Nautilus requires significant additional funding in order to complete the build and deploymen
Vocus in Nextgen Buy
Nextgen Group has entered into a conditional agreement with Vocus Communications for the sale of the company’s network businesses, including the North West Cable system and the planned Australia Singapore Cable. The deal includes Nextgen’s 17,000km national fibre network, the almost‐completed subsea
NEC Completes Faster Cable System
Faster, a consortium of six international companies, together with its supplier NEC Corporation, informed that the construction and end-to-end testing of a new trans-Pacific submarine cable system, the ‘Faster Cable System’, has been completed and will start service on June 30, 2016. The 9,000 km Fa
Fugro Gauss Joins Seep-Hunting Survey for TGS
Fugro has deployed multi-purpose offshore survey vessel Fugro Gauss to join the Fugro Brasilis offshore Mexico, to help complete the seep-hunting survey for multi-client geoscience data company, TGS. Both Fugro vessels are using hull-mounted multibeam echosounders and sub-bottom profiler systems to
Searcher Wraps Up Seismic Surveys Off Norway and Australia
Searcher Seismic in cooperation with BGP, has acquired new surveys offshore Norway and offshore Western Australia. Phase 2 of the Silver-Eye 3D seismic survey in the Barents Sea expands existing Phase 1 3D coverage of the Hammerfest Basin to further highlight the potential of this area in the Barent
MacGregor’s Equipment for New Chienese Polar Research Ship
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won an order to supply MacGregor offshore cranes and a Triplex handling system for a 14,300gt polar research vessel being built for the Polar Research Institute of China. “Our ability to deliver tailor-made packages of equipment and a reputation for successful low te
Vard Scraps Rem Vessel Order
Vard Holdings has agreed to terminate a shipbuilding contract with Rem Offshore in return for compensation. The contract with REM for one offshore construction and anchor handling vessel was entered into in June 2014. Delivery of the vessel was originally scheduled for Q1 2016, but delivery had prev
Vroon’s Subsea Support Vessel Ready for Its First Task
Vroon has christened its subsea support vessel (SSV) VOS Star, in a ceremony held in Dordrecht, the Netherlands, The vessel was named by Lianne Maandag, wife of Evert Maandag, Vroon Head QHSE. The 68 meters long VOS Star is one of the two newbuilding SSVs to have been constructed at Fujian Southeast