Subsea
DoCoMo Pacific Hires NEC to Build ATISA Subsea Cable
DoCoMo Pacific and NEC Corporation have signed a contract to build ATISA, an optical submarine cable system that will connect Guam with the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands. ATISA submarine cable system, measuring approximately 280 kilometers in length, will connect the islands of Guam, Saip
Bourbon Books $84 Mln Loss in 2015
Bourbon has ended the year 2015 in red as the lower utilization rate and an negative unrealized foreign exchange drove the company into a loss. French vessel owner and offshore services provider has taken a €76.6 million ($84 million) net loss (group share) in 2015, compared to €73.7 million net pro
Fugro Starts Surveying South Holland Offshore Wind Zone
Fugro has begun preliminary site investigations at the Hollandse Kust (zuid) Wind Farm Zone in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. The site characterisation specialist will perform geophysical surveys from its 54-metre multi-purpose survey vessel, Fugro Pioneer and the 40-metre Victor Hensen. Accordi
ABB Converter Station for Kriegers Flak Combined Grid
ABB has received an order, worth around $140 million, from transmission system operators Energinet.dk in Denmark and 50Hertz Transmission in Germany to design, supply and install an HVDC converter station in Bentwisch, Northern Germany. The HVDC Light “back-to-back” converter station, the first of i
Polarcus Begins Brazil Shoot
Polarcus has kicked off production in the first of a series of three 3D seismic projects offshore Brazil. The project is being acquired using the Polarcus A-Class 3D seismic vessel, Polarcus Alima. The first project is being acquired for Chariot Brasil Petróleo e Gás Ltda and the duration of the com
Technip JV Bags Total Gig Offshore Angola
Technip Angola Engenharia Limitada, a joint venture between Technip and Sonangol, has secured a three-year engineering services contract from Total E&P Angola. This contract covers services for the existing Girassol, Pazflor, Dalia and CLOV floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) units and
Subsea Cable Specialist CEO Joins OWIC
David Currie, CEO of JDR, the UK based supplier of subsea umbilicals and power cables to the offshore energy industry, has joined the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC). OWIC is a senior Government and industry forum established in 2013 to drive the development of the UK’s offshore wind sector an
Tekmar’s CPS for DONG Energy’s Race Bank OWF
Subsea cable protection specialist, Tekmar Energy won a contract with DONG Energy to supply 189 cable protection systems (CPS) on its Race Bank offshore wind farm in North Norfolk. Tekmar will provide its TekLink mechanical latch system complete with the array and export cables and bellmouths. The C
Executive VP Commercial and Technology Leaves HMC
Heerema Marine Contractors’ (HMC) executive vice president responsible for commercial and technology, Leon Harland, has informed the board of HMC of his decision to leave the company. Leon Harland will leave HMC to pursue his career outside the company. Jan-Pieter Klaver, CEO, takes over all his res
Havyard Scraps Subsea Vessel Deal
Havyard Ship Technology, a part of Havyard Group, has agreed with its client to cancel the shipbuilding contract for the new subsea vessel, building no. 123, due to the challenging offshore market. In October last year, both parties agreed to put off the delivery and that the buyer had the right to
Subsea 7 and Technip to Dive for Det norske
Det norske has been given permission to carry out manned underwater operations in the period from January 1 to December 31, 2016. According to the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway, the consent covers operations at Bøyla, Boa, Volund, Øst Kameleon, Viper Kobra and Alvheim FPSO. Under framework agree
Deep Down in Shell Win
Deep Down, a subsea oilfield services company, has received an order from Shell for an umbilical and distribution system to support a production platform mooring line control system. In addition to supporting platform positioning, the system will provide real time data collection during high seas an
WATCH: Shetland Tidal Array Sees First Turbine Spin
The first power from the Shetland Tidal Array project has been exported to the grid, Nova Innovation and ELSA announced on Wednesday. The first Nova M100 turbine of the array delivered power to the Shetland grid following a winter of operations and testing. The Shetland Tidal Array is a joint enterp
DNV GL Starts Subsea Processing Standardization JIP
DNV GL with its industry partners Petrobras, Shell, Statoil and Woodside has kick-started a joint industry project (JIP) to standardize subsea processing systems. The JIP ‘Subsea Processing – Standardization of Subsea Pumping’ seeks to deepen industry knowledge and encourage progress in this area by