Subsea
Plexus Announces New Order from Det norske Off Norway
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, announces that it has signed a new contract for two wells from Det Norske Oljeselskap ASA (‘DetNor’), a leading oil and gas company, to s
CGG Names New Executive Vice President, Sercel Global Operations
CGG announces the appointment of Arnaud Surpas as Executive Vice President, Global Operations, Sercel, CGG’s equipment division. This appointment took effect on May 1st 2013. Based in Nantes, France, Arnaud Surpas is in charge of Sercel operations worldwide including site management, manufacturing,
Top News of the Week of June 03 – June 09, 2013
1. Subsea Industry Faces Escalating Costs, Subsea 7 Chairman Says The subsea industry is doing incredibly well, but is facing challenges such as escalating costs. This is the opinion of Kristian Siem, Chairman of Subsea7 and keynote speaker at UTC 2013. 2. Seven Viking Is Ship of the Year 2013 (Norw
DONG Energy Increases Stake in Ormen Lange Field, Norway
DONG Energy’s unit interest in one of its major assets, the Norwegian gas field Ormen Lange, has increased from 10.34% to 14.02%. The increase in DONG Energy’s unit interest is based on an agreed redetermination process initiated by the Ormen Lange partners and concluded in June 2013 in the form of
Walrus Class Submarines LEP Officially Starts (The Netherlands)
On Monday 13 May 2013 the Life Extension Program (LEP) for Walrus class submarines has officially started. During a meeting at the location of the Royal Dutch Navy in Den Helder (the Netherlands), commodore Hans Lodder and Sytze Voulon of Imtech signed the execution order. This order is a follow up
LiDAR Buoys Deployed for DONG Energy (Ireland)
The first commercial offshore wind measurement campaign using floating LiDAR in European waters has kicked off in the Irish Sea. FLiDAR NV has deployed one of its innovative LiDAR buoys for DONG Energy in the southern East Irish Sea. DONG Energy, the world’s leading offshore wind developer, selected
The First R115 to Be Launched Soon (Italy)
The first R115, which is a machine rated at 99kW, will be launched in Pisa on June 19th at a marina inside the “Darsena dei Navicelli”. After final assembly, most likely towards the end of July, the machine will be towed to the Punta Righini WEP test site and will stay there for a few […]
Jee Appoints New Business Development Director, UK
Jee Ltd, a leading independent multi-discipline subsea engineering and training company, has appointed Nigel Ross as Business Development Director. Based in the company’s Aberdeen office, Mr Ross will be responsible for ensuring the business continues to meets its ongoing strategy for growth by furt
UK: Reef Subsea Restructures Business as Part of New Growth Strategy
Reef Subsea announced that it will undergo a strategic group-wide restructure to position the company for further growth and future success. Duncan MacPherson, who previously held the role of Managing Director of Reef Subsea Norway, has been promoted as the CEO of Reef Subsea with the responsibility
Technip Inaugurates Innovation and Technology Center in France
Technip inaugurated its Innovation and Technology Center located in France, close to Paris, on a unique site in Rueil-Malmaison. Patrick Ollier, Mayor of Rueil-Malmaison, and Thierry Pilenko, Technip’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, were both present for the occasion. This center already brin
VSMC Signs Cables Contracts for Two UK Wind Farms
VSMC recently signed two separate contracts to lay and bury export cables for the Westermost Rough (ENG) and Humber Gateway (ENG) wind farms. With these latest projects, VSMC strengthens its strong position in laying and burying electricity cables in and to offshore wind farms. Westermost Rough Offs
UK: Siemens Partners with Tidal Energy Limited in DeltaStream Trial
Siemens Mechanical Drives has supplied pioneering tidal technology company Tidal Energy Limited (TEL) with gear units that will be part of the DeltaStream tidal stream generating device due to go on a 12-month trial in Ramsey Sound early in 2014. It will be Wales’ first commercial-scale turbine. The
Wärtsilä to Design New Subsea 7’s Heavy Construction Vessel
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been contracted to provide the design for a large heavy construction vessel (HCV). The ship is to be built for Subsea 7 S.A., the seabed-to-surface engineering, construction, and services contractor to the offshore energy i
Ulstein Presents SX121 Vessel Design Benefits
Advancement in technology is permitting the offshore oil and gas industry to move into progressively deeper and colder waters in remote locations. ULSTEIN supports this development by providing products and solutions that contribute to safer, smarter and greener operations. A case in point is the ve