Subsea
Hydrographic Academy Students Survey Plymouth Sound
Teledyne Reson joined students of The Hydrographic Academy at Plymouth University in their marine station on the historic waterside for a week to train them on the SeaBat T50-P multibeam echosounder and Teledyne PDS software. This is part of the postgraduate diploma in hydrography course where stude
Ofgem Greenlights Norway-UK Subsea Link
Ofgem has granted a licence for the Northconnect electricity interconnector between Great Britain (Peterhead Substation, Boddam, Aberdeenshire) and Norway (Sima Substation, Eidfjord). The NorthConnect is a proposed 650-kilometre 1,400 MW HVDC interconnector over the floor of the North Sea. Joint ven
Hydroid Adds New Subsea Hyperbaric Testing System
Hydroid, a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, announced the installation of a new subsea hyperbaric testing system (HTS) at its manufacturing facility in Pocasset, Massachusetts. The testing system simulates hydrostatic pressures found at depths up to 6,000 meters and will be used to test Hydroid’s a
InterMoor Wraps Up Malikai Job Off Indonesia
InterMoor, an Acteon company and part of its foundations and moorings business, has completed its involvement in the Shell Malikai Tension Leg Platform (TLP) float-off operations. The TLP was loaded onto the Dockwise heavy-lift vessel White Marlin at Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering (MMHE) ship
Rolls-Royce in SalMar’s Offshore Fish Farm Project
Rolls-Royce has signed a contract for the construction and delivery of an eight point mooring system to the offshore fish farm installation being developed for Ocean Farming AS, a subsidiary of the SalMar Group in Norway. The equipment will be used to secure the installation to the seabed at Frohave
IMCA’s Council Makes Two New Appointments
Two new representatives from the International Marine Contractors Association’s (IMCA) global contractors have been appointed to IMCA’s council. The first representative is Harke Jan Meek, chief commercial officer at Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC). Harke is a member of the HMC board and responsibl
Subsea UK Sets Up Norfolk Networking Event
Industry body, Subsea UK, is to bring subsea supply chain companies in Great Yarmouth together in the first networking event of its kind in Norfolk region on June 29, 2016. The event will focus on underwater activity in the oil and gas, defence, oceanology and marine renewables industries and will a
NOAA Warns of Increased Coral Reefs Bleaching
A new NOAA outlook shows that many coral reefs across the world will likely be exposed to higher-than-normal sea temperatures for an unprecedented third year in a row, leading to increased bleaching, and with no signs of stopping. According to NOAA it will hit the U.S. hard, especially in Hawaii, Gu
Reach Subsea Secures More Work for Normand Reach
Norwegian offshore player Reach Subsea said it has won contracts for the construction and ROV support vessel Normand Reach. According to the company, the deals are covering approximately half of the remaining committed period of the vessel for 2016. The terms of the contract have remained confidenti
Fugro Bags New Trenching Contracts in North Sea
Fugro has secured three contracts for its Q1400 trenching systems to be deployed in the North Sea over the next 12 months for oil and gas clients. At the Wintershall-owned Maria development in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, Fugro will deploy the Q1400 trenching system under a contract with S
Vroon Launches ‘VOS Stone’
Vroon’s DP2 subsea-support walk-to-work (W2W) vessel “VOS Stone” was launched last weekend at Fujian Southeast Shipbuilding in China. VOS Stone, and its sister vessel VOS Start, are constructed based on a KCM design and commissioned by Vroon to meet the increased demand for offshore accommodation an
Huawei Marine, Rostelecom Begin SFOTL Construction
Huawei Marine and Rostelecom have started the construction of submarine fiber optical telecommunication line (SFOTL) connecting Kamchatka and Sakhalin. The construction of this 900km submarine cable constitutes the second phase of the Far East cable system that connects the regions of Kamchatka-Sakh
OneSubsea Grabs Zohr Contract
OneSubsea has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract totaling more than $170 million from Belayim Petroleum Company (Petrobel). OneSubsea will supply the subsea production systems for the first stage of the Zohr gas field, located in the Shorouk Concession, offshore Egypt
McDermott Gets Pipeline Work from Shell Off Brunei
McDermott International has been awarded further pipeline work for 2017 under a multi-year offshore installation contract with Brunei Shell Petroleum Company (BSP). The work includes transportation and installation of pipelines and umbilicals in the Fairley and Ampa fields offshore Brunei. The full