Subsea
Subsea 7 Picks MeteoGroup for Weather Forecast Services
Subsea 7 has appointed MeteoGroup as its offshore weather forecasting provider for UKCS and Canada operations. MeteoGroup should provide meteorological and metocean consultancy and services to help maximise operational efficiency. The contract includes forecasting for fixed locations, specific sites
TGS, Halfway Through Gigante Shoot, Starts Coring Campaign
TGS informed Thursday it has acquired half of the 186,000-kilometer 2D seismic project, Gigante. Gigante covers the entire offshore sector of Mexico and ties into TGS’ regional 2D seismic grid covering the entire US Gulf of Mexico. According to TGS, interpretation of preliminary data has identified
WFS Introduces Seatooth PipeLogger Ultrasonic Flow
WFS Technologies (WFS) has launched the Seatooth PipeLogger Ultrasonic Flow (UF). The Seatooth PipeLogger UF incorporates an ultrasonic flow sensor and is designed to monitor flow within the pipeline without penetration of the pipe wall. Flow data is wirelessly harvested from the Seatooth PipeLogger
Kosmos Hits Gas Off Senegal
Kosmos Energy announced that its Guembeul-1 exploration well, located in the northern part of the St. Louis Offshore Profond license area in Senegal, has made a significant gas discovery. Located approximately five kilometers south of the basin-opening Tortue-1 gas discovery (renamed Ahmeyim) in app
McDermott Scoops Anadarko Subsea Gig
McDermott has been awarded a subsea umbilical and flowline installation contract by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in support of its Phase II development of the Caesar/Tonga field located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Caesar/Tonga Phase II is being developed as a subsea tieback to the Anadarko-operate
MMT, Reach Subsea to Work on NEMO Project for DCNS
MMT has been awarded a contract for the OTEC (Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion) NEMO project by DCNS. The project is jointly developed by DCNS and its partners with purpose to characterize the geophysical and geotechnical context of the area of an offshore power plant with a floating platform and a p
InterMoor Names New General Manager in Nigeria
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has appointed Folabi Bolatiwa as general manager in Nigeria. Bolatiwa joined InterMoor in 2007 as an engineer and has more than 10 years of experience in the offshore oil and gas industry, gained in engineering, operations and management roles. He served as InterMoor’s
Pharos Subsea Hydraulic Cable Grab Helps Repair Basslink
After completing London Array work, Pharos Offshore has secured a new job for its subsea hydraulic cable grab in Bass Strait off the Tasmanian coastline. The subsea hydraulic cable grab will be used to recover the Basslink subsea cable for repair. The cable experienced fault in December last year. T
OSBIT Power Expands to Deliver ITFs for Helix Vessels
OSBIT Power has secured additional facilities at the Port of Blyth to deliver its largest project yet to Helix Energy Solutions. In an agreement with the Port, the company will utilise its facilities on a 12-month basis to manufacture three sets of intervention tension frames (ITFs). The systems, ea
Technip to Build Foundations for Finland Offshore Wind Project
Technip Offshore Finland will manufacture subsea foundations for the world’s first offshore wind farm suitable for icy conditions, which will be built by Finish wind farm production company Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy. The construction of the offshore wind farm is scheduled to kick off this spring. The OWF
Kongsberg Sells Four AUVs to C-Innovation
C-Innovation (C-I), a member of the Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), has signed an agreement with Kongsberg Maritime to acquire four new Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV). General Manager of C-Innovation, Richard Bourque said that this purchase allows C-I to do more advanced and faster surveys in d
Xtera to Upgrade C&W’ Multiple Submarine Cable Systems
C&W Networks, part of Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), has selected Xtera Communications for upgrading its submarine cable systems in the western Atlantic ocean and the Caribbean Sea to 100G. C&W Networks has bolstered its subsea network capacity by upgrading several unrepeatered and repeatere
MCG Completes Salinas Basin Campaign Off Mexico
MultiClient Geophysical (MCG) has finalized the acquisition of the part of the Maximus 2D multi-client survey covering blocks to be announced in the first deep-water bid round in the Salinas Basin offshore Mexico. The survey, comprises some 19,000 km of high quality 2D seismic data and covers all 6
ACE Winches Equips Subsea 7’s DSV Seven Kestrel
ACE Winches has engineered, manufactured and built a diver service module package for Subsea 7’s new dive support vessel, the Seven Kestrel. According to the company, the diver service module package consists of two five-tonne SWL hydraulic drum winches, three two tonne hydraulic reelers, 130kilowat