Subsea
EMGS Expects Revenues from NCS 23rd Licensing Round
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) expects to generate revenue from its multi-client library in Barents Sea following the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy’s offer of ten new production licenses in the 23rd licensing round on the Norwegian continental shelf. The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy o
Flexlife Gets Malaysian Patent for Armadillo Repair Clamp
Flexlife has been granted a Malaysian patent for ‘Method and apparatus for repairing tubular members’, for the use of Flexlife’s Armadillo repair clamp for flexible flowlines and risers. The Armadillo is clamped around the flexible at the location of the known outer sheath damage and is filled with
Norfolk Marine Completes Robin Rigg Survey for E.ON
Norfolk Marine’s survey vessel, the Norfolk Swift, has completed bathymetric survey work for E.ON at Robin Rigg offshore wind farm. The Robin Rigg wind farm was constructed by E.ON in the Solway Firth, offshore Scotland. The company previously conducted the same type of work at E.ON’s Scroby Sands o
Bombora Names New CFO
Bombora Wave Power has appointed senior executive Allyn Wasley as chief financial officer. Wasley will lead the company’s private capital raising to fund construction and deployment of the 1.5 MW mWave in 2017 in Peniche, Portugal, the company informed. In addition to holding multiple directorships,
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 23 – May 29). Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL), for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of the Beatrice wind farm tu
Mermaid Bags New Middle East Subsea Projects
Mermaid Maritime has recently secured seven different subsea projects in the Middle East with an estimated aggregate contract value of USD 11 million. The various work scopes include subsea survey, inspection, repair and maintenance as well as light construction, the company informed. According to M
IMCA Revises Guidance for Safe and Efficient ROV Ops
International Marine Contractors Association’s (IMCA) has published its latest revision of the ‘Guidance for the safe and efficient operation of remotely operated vehicles’ (IMCA R 004 Rev 4). “The guidance provides a pertinent reference document for the safe and efficient offshore operations of rem
Mermaid Puts Off Vessel Delivery
Mermaid Maritime and China Merchants Industry Holdings have mutually agreed to postpone the delivery of the DP2 dive support and construction vessel ‘Mermaid Ausana’ to June 30, 2017. Based on the Norwegian MT6024 design, the ‘Mermaid Ausana’ is a DP2 multipurpose subsea dive support and constructio
French Vessel Joins Search for EgyptAir Flight MS804
French naval vessel departed from Porto Vecchio on Tuesday to join the search for the missing EgyptAir flight MS804 in the Mediterranean Sea. According to France’s accident investigation agency BEA, the Laplace vessel, equipped with detection equipment, will search for the plane’s black box recorder
Sulzer and FMC Technologies Team Up for Shell’s Subsea Pump
Sulzer and FMC Technologies have received a subsea multiphase boosting pump contract to upgrade one of the pumping modules in Shell’s Parque das Conchas, a deepwater oil field off the coast of Brazil. According to Sulzer, the pump modifications suit the specifics of the oil field with a high shut-in
James Fisher Charters Polar Onyx
GC Rieber Shipping, has landed a cable lay charter with James Fisher Marine Services for the vessel Polar Onyx for services in the British sector. According to the Norwegian offshore vessels provider, the charter starts immediately and with options may last in excess of one month. Prior to this char
Microsoft, Facebook to Jointly Build New Subsea Cable
Microsoft and Facebook announced on Thursday an agreement to build new subsea cable across the Atlantic. According to Facebook, the “MAREA” cable construction will start in August 2016 with completion expected in October 2017. “Microsoft and Facebook are collaborating on this system to accelerate th
Seatools Launches New Active Heave Compensation Module
Seatools, based in the Netherlands, has introduced new active heave compensation module, the HeaveMate. The active heave compensator can be integrated on offshore and subsea equipment such as winches, cranes, and LARS systems, the company explained. HeaveMate can be delivered either as an OEM packag
Nautilus Chairman Retires
Nautilus Minerals has informed that its chairman of the board of directors A. Geoffrey Loudon is retiring and will not stand for re-election at the upcoming annual general meeting on June 1, 2016. Loudon has been Nautilus’ chairman since it listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2006 and has been a