Subsea
ACE Winches Welcomes New Engineering Manager
ACE Winches, a deck machinery specialist, has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Chris Waller as engineering manager. Waller has more than 12 years experience in the subsea industry and holds a BEng Honours in Engineering from The Open University. He joins ACE Winches fr
Offshore Energy 2016 Registration Opens
The registration for Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2016 (OEEC 2016) is now open. The ninth edition of this event is expected to attract 11,500 offshore professionals and more than 650 exhibiting companies. Offshore Energy is an annual event focused on the complete offshore energy industry.
Kleven Delivers Edda Freya to Østensjø Rederi
Subsea construction vessel, Edda Freya, was formally delivered to Østensjø Rederi from Kleven shipyard on Wednesday, May 25. Edda Freya was designed by Salt Ship Design (304 OCV) in cooperation with Østensjø Rederi and DeepOcean. The vessel is equipped with a 150 tons dual tensioner vertical lay sys
DeepOcean Starts Trenching Works Off Abu Dhabi
DeepOcean has been awarded a contract for the provision of post-lay trenching of a 42-km power cable from the shore to offshore United Arabic Emirates. According to the company, the post-lay trenching works have now started offshore Abu Dhabi, and will be performed by DeepOcean’s recently upgraded T
Boskalis in Multi-Year Subsea IRM Campaign for Maersk Oil
Boskalis Subsea Services has been awarded a subsea IRM contract by Maersk Oil for the provision of air and saturation diving services from 2016 to 2019. The framework agreement includes the two yearly inspection campaigns of the subsea structures of the 40 production platforms in the Danish sector o
Siem Offers Subsea 7 Shares as Option for New Bond
Siem Industries has launched an offering of EUR 200 million senior secured exchangeable bonds due 2021, exchangeable for common shares of Subsea 7, exclusively by way of a private placement to international institutional investors. Siem added that the offering amount may be increased by up to EUR 75
Bibby Offshore Secures Apache North Sea Contract
Bibby Offshore has won a contract with Apache North Sea to provide subsea construction, ROV and diving services at the North Sea oil field. The contract, due to begin this month, will utilise Bibby Offshore’s multi role diving support vessel the Bibby Topaz, equipped with an inspection class ROV, th
Ross Offshore Wins Det Norske Deal
Norwegian project management and consultancy services provider, Ross Offshore, has secured a 4-year framework agreement with the Det Norske Oljeselskap. The contract will see Ross Offshore provide subsurface specialists, geologists and geophysicists, wellsite and operations geologists, and drilling
Atkins’ Design for Beatrice Jackets
Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has appointed Atkins to carry out the detailed design of the jacket substructure and foundations for the 588MW Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL) development in the outer Moray Firth, UK. 84 jacket substructures and associated foundations for the Siemens 7MW turbine
SHEPD Preps for Lerwick-Bressay Sub Seabed Link Ops
Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution (SHEPD) is preparing to begin work next week to install a new electricity cable between Lerwick and Bressay which will run through a duct bored below the seabed, in a first for inter-island cables in the UK. Specialist contractor Stockton Drilling will bore
ASN, TE SubCom Get Telefónica Maintenance Contract Extension
Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN), part of Nokia, and TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity company, together with Telefónica have renewed the marine maintenance service agreement for Telefónica’s domestic and South America-1 (SAM-1) submarine cable systems. The five-year extension will take effect on
Island Constructor Gets Green Light for Another Draugen Job
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given permission to use the Island Constructor for start-up and repair of wells on the Shell-operated Draugen field. Draugen is an oil field in the Norwegian Sea in 250 metres of water, around 150 km north of Kristiansund. The field has been developed
Baker Hughes Reorganizes, Shuffles Leadership
Houston-based oilfield services player, Baker Hughes, has announced changes to its organizational structure and senior leadership team. The changes follow the company’s May 2 announcement of plans to simplify its business structure, reducing costs and enhancing its commercial strategy. Namely, Baker
Aquatic Supports Bibby Offshore in ETAP Project for BP
Aquatic Engineering & Construction, an Acteon company, will support Bibby Offshore in replacing subsea infrastructure in the North Sea as part of BP’s $1 billion Eastern Trough Area Project (ETAP) life extension project. Aquatic will deploy its carousel system to install 35 kilometers of umbilical e