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Subsea 7 Bags Rose and Stamford Decom Gig
Subsea 7 will provide decommissioning services for the second phase of Centrica’s Rose and Stamford gas field decommissioning programmes, located in the southern North Sea. This project is the latest call-off contract under a partnership frame agreement signed in 2005. Subsea 7 has partnership frame
PDi Supports Chevron’s Agbami Phase 3 Project
Project Development International (PDi) has secured a £1.5 million contract with Nigerian Marine Platforms Limited (MPL), to provide technical support to the Chevron Agbami Phase 3 transport, installation and pre-commissioning project. Due for completion in early Q2 2016, MPL has appointed PDi to su
Thor Frigg Rescues Cargo Vessel in English Channel
Seismic support vessel Thor Frigg rescued a sinking cargo ship in the English Channel this weekend. Namely, a 89.9 meters long cargo vessel, EMS Majestic, on its way from Rotterdam to Saint Malo, started taking in water in the Dover Strait and was unable to use its engine. Reportedly, the mayday cal
Marathon Oil Awards Brae Engineering Contract to Ingen
Ingen Ideas, an Amec Foster Wheeler company, has landed a five-year multi-discipline engineering contract, worth approximately £8 million ($12 million) with Marathon Oil. The contract started in October 2015. It covers Marathon Oil’s Brae Complex in the North Sea and it has potential for two further
OSD Designs Two Austin Offshore RLWI/IMR Newbuilds
OSD-IMT, the UK division of Netherlands-based Offshore Ship Designers (OSD), is developing two IMT 9120 Riserless Light Well Intervention (RLWI)/IMR vessels for Austin Offshore, the shipping arm of Upstream Drilling, Singapore. The diesel-electric propulsion vessels are intended to carry out riserle
Tracerco Smart Tracers for Mariner Field
Tracerco, a subsidiary of Johnson Matthey, has secured a contract to provide smart tracer technology for flow measurement of six new wells in Statoil’s Maureen reservoir of the Mariner field in the UK North Sea. As part of field development, Tracerco’s smart tracers should enable fluid inflow measur
CGG Looks for EUR 350M Capital Increase
French seismic contractor, CGG, intends to launch a capital increase to finance its transformation plan, announced earlier this year, in order to adapt to the new environment and market conditions. CGG plans to hold a general shareholders’ meeting on January 11, 2016 in order to delegate authority t
Atlas Sets Up Subserv Pro as Its RDI Office
As of today, December 7, 2015, Subserv Pro (SSP) will become Atlas’ official ROV, Diving and Inspection office (RDI). In September this year, Atlas Professionals completed the acquisition of a 100% interest in Subserv Pro (SSP) and ORCA Offshore (ORCA) and fused together these two agencies specializ
Seabird’s Northern Explorer Gears for Caribbean Shoot
Seabird will be sending its Northern Explorer on a seismic survey campaign in the greater Caribbean area, the company said on Monday. The M/V Northern Explorer, a 76 meters-long 2D/Source vessel, which joined SeaBird in 2005, is currently engaged in TGS Gigante survey offshore Mexico. Phase one of t
PHOTO: Grand Canyon III on Sea Trials
The offshore construction vessels (OCV) Grand Canyon III has been spotted during sea trials before it sails ready to its owner Volstad Maritime. The vessel arrived to Myklebust Verft in November 2014 for outfitting. This is a sister ship of Grand Canyon, which has been in operation since 2012 and Gr
WGP Secures Ekofisk Seismic Gig
Thalassa Holdings’ marine geophysical services specialist, WGP Group (WGP), has entered into a contract to provide long term seismic acquisition services to ConocoPhillips Skandinavia (CoP). WGP will acquire seismic data sets on the Ekofisk field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. According t
Rijkswaterstaat Awards New Charter to Cefas Endeavour
The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) has signed a new charter agreement with Rijkswaterstaat for the RV Cefas Endeavour. RV Cefas Endeavour is a 74 meter multi-disciplinary research vessel equipped to support a range of activities including hydrographic surveys, envi
MacArtney Provides ROV Winch for Antarctica Survey
Danmark’s MacArtney Underwater Technology has delivered an ROV winch for polar supply and research vessel S. A. Agulhas II which will take part in University of Gothenburg’s Antarctica expedition. The electrically driven winch system (MERMAC R10 AHC ROV) was acquired through Swedish SubSea Solutions
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (December 01 – December 06). The Houston-based oilfield services major, Schlumberger, said it will further reduce its workforce in light of expected reduced activity for 2016. As a result, Schlumberger