Subsea
Aker Solutions Bags Two Åsgard A Contracts from Statoil
Aker Solutions has secured a contract from Statoil for a concept study for the Low Well Production project (LWP) on Åsgard A platform, the Norwegian oil services company said on Friday. The aim of the LWP is to accommodate Åsgard A for future production with lower well pressure. The contract include
Trianel Windpark Borkum Phase II Offers Cabling Job
Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum II GmbH & Co. KG has issued a tender invitation for production, installation, and turnkey installation of the inner park cabling within an offshore wind farm in the EEZ. The Trianel Windpark Borkum is the first offshore wind farm to have been established under the direct
Ithaca Energy Terminates BW Athena FPSO Contract
BW Offshore and Ithaca Energy have agreed to terminate the contract for FPSO BW Athena, which will be demobilised in February 2016. The FPSO was deployed in the Athena field, located in the Moray Firth area of the UK Continental Shelf. BW Athena first operated under a three-year contract, and the op
Searcher in Newgrange Shoot Off Ireland
Providence Resources, an operator of the Newgrange Licence, and its partner Sosina have agreed to licence a total of 1,200 km2 of data that Searcher Seismic will acquire offshore south-western Ireland. Searcher plans to acquire multi-client 3D seismic in summer 2016. The Newgrange Licence, which is
Schlumberger Sees Red Ink and Axes 10,000 More Jobs
Oilfield services major, Schlumberger, has further reduced its overall workforce by some 10,000 employees, and booked a quarterly net loss in the three months ended December 31. This brings the number of layoffs up to 30,000 together with previously announced job cuts this year. The Houston-based co
CGG Acquires Airborne Gravity and Magnetic Survey Off South Africa
CGG is set to start a multi-client airborne gravity and magnetic survey offshore South Africa. The Petroleum Agency of South Africa (PASA) has authorized the program which will extend across two blocks totaling approximately 78,000 line kilometers. The survey areas are located offshore Cape Agulhas
Kongsberg Sells Six HUGIN AUVs
Kongsberg Maritime AS has announced the sale of six HUGIN AUV Systems. The vehicles will be operated by SeaTrepid International of Louisiana, USA, and supported by Deep Ocean Search. The AUVs are rated to 6000 metres. They’re equipped with a comprehensive sensor suite including triple frequency side
Clinton Marine Surveys Deepest Point Off Sweden
Clinton Marine Survey in cooperation with AquaBiota Water Research has completed a survey of the Bratten area, located in Skagerack which contains the largest depth in Sweden. The assignment which comprised charting of a 1206 km2 area was performed during December and January on behalf of Swedish Ag
Route Clearance to Begin on Western Link Project
Route clearance operations are set to begin in the Irish Sea and the North Channel as part of Western Link Project. The route clearance, which will be conducted in preparation for the future deep water installation campaigns of the Western Link HVDC cable, is expected to be completed beginning of Fe
Sotenäs Wave Energy Plant Delivers Power to Nordic Grid
The Sotenäs Wave Power Plant on the Swedish West Coast has started generating electric power to the Nordic Electricity Grid. The connection of the six meter diameter buoys to the corresponding linear generator Wave Energy Converters on the seabed represents the final step in bringing each unit on li
SPR, Vattenfall Discover WWI German Submarine at East Anglia OWF
Whilst undertaking detailed seabed scanning for the development of wind farm projects in the East Anglia Zone, ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) and Vattenfall uncovered an ‘uncharted’ wreck of a WWI German submarine, missing in action since 1915. Charlie Jordan, ScottishPower Renewables’ project direc
PGS Wraps Up Fortaleza Shoot Offshore Brazil
PGS has completed acquisition of the 7 300 sq. km Ceará Basin “Fortaleza” Multi-Client 3D survey on the Equatorial Margin of Brazil. The survey marks the first use of a Ramform Titan-class vessel, the Ramform Atlas, in Brazil, the company said. Fast-track time migration seismic data is ready for lic
Polarcus Breaking Records Off Myanmar
Seismic player Polarcus informed it is setting new acquisition performance records in its 3D marine seismic project offshore Myanmar. Namely, the company’s seismic vessel, Polarcus Amani, is towing an in-sea configuration that measures 1.8 kilometers wide across the front ends. With each of the ten
First Norwegian Seabed Mining Research Project Starts
Nordic Mining has announced the start of MarMine, the first comprehensive research program in Norway with focus on the resource potential and technological aspects related to seabed minerals and mining. MarMine is coordinated by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and has been