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FASTER Subsea Cable Lands at CoreSite’s Los Angeles Centre
CoreSite Realty Corporation will host the FASTER submarine network’s Los Angeles landing, directly connecting the West Coast of the U.S. with Japan. Backed in part by Google, FASTER addresses the traffic demands for broadband and mobile content on the trans-Pacific route. FASTER is backed by a total
iSURVEY Positioning for Total’s Offshore Ops
iSURVEY, a provider of survey and positioning services to the oil and gas, offshore renewables and telecommunications markets, has secured a framework contract with Total E&P UK for the provision of rig move navigation and positioning services. Starting October 12, 2015, the three year framework con
Bourbon Q3 Revenues Down Despite Forex Boost
Bourbon has posted higher revenue for the first nine months of 2015, despite reporting a drop in utilization rates and average daily rate in all segments. Namely, a strong US dollar and an increase in the size of the fleet has pushed Bourbon’s revenues up by 6.8 per cent year-on-year. In the first n
Hydro Group’s Connection Systems for MeyGen Tidal Energy Project
Aberdeen-based Hydro Group has secured a contract with Atlantis Resources to supply connection systems for the MeyGen tidal energy project. More than £50 million has been raised to finance the initial stage (phase 1A) of the 398MW tidal array project in the Pentland Firth, Scotland, which involves f
Subsea in October
Subsea World News has gathered all the highlights to bring you a summarized version of the most popular articles from the previous month. The month of October marked announcements from some of the major subsea players including Subsea 7, Technip and Saipem. The trio managed to secure new contracts i
New Subsea Cable to Connect Cyprus and Greece
Cyta and Telecom Italia Sparkle announced that the new KIMONAS subsea cable subsystem linking Cyprus with Crete will come into full commercial service by the end of 2015. KIMONAS will be Cyta’s first wholly owned optical fibre cable subsystem connecting Cyprus and Greece. The subsystem, that will co
Farstad Secures GoM Contract for CSV Far Sentinel
Farstad Shipping has been awarded a 3 year contract with further up to 3 years options for CSV Far Sentinel by Subtec S.A. de C.V. for delivery of light construction work, IMR and other subsea related activities in the Gulf of Mexico. Far Sentinel is of VARD 3 07 design, has an overall length of 142
AquaComms Picks Ciena for AEConnect Subsea Link
AquaComms has selected Ciena to facilitate 100G connectivity on its new AEConnect subsea cable system from New York to London, and beyond to greater Europe. Leveraging Ciena’s GeoMesh solution, AquaComms will provide low-latency, reliable and scalable connectivity to support the needs of the web-sca
MRC in Johan Sverdrup Deal
MRC Global has secured contracts, through its Norwegian subsidiaries, MRC Teamtrade and MRC Energy Piping, to support Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup project in the North Sea. MRC Energy Piping will supply the pipe, fittings and flanges (PFF) to the processing and riser platforms of the Johan Sverdrup proj
Searcher Kicks Off PNG Seismic Survey
Searcher Seismic has started the Haere 2D seismic survey offshore Papua New Guinea PNG. The survey, in cooperation with the Department of Petroleum and Energy (DPE) and project partner BGP, comprises ~17,000 km of 2D long-offset, high resolution, broadband seismic over the Gulf of Papua. The has now
Subcon Supports SapuraKencana’s John Brookes Project
SapuraKencana Australia has contracted Subcon for the supply of the gravity anchors and cathodic protection for the John Brookes Pipeline Repair project. Subcon’s scope for this fabrication package includes the supply of eleven heavy density concrete gravity anchors to restrain the pipeline from upl
AquaComms Teams Up with Digital Realty on AEConnect
Digital Realty Trust, a provider of data center solutions, is partnering with AquaComms, a provider of scalable, subsea capacity-based network solutions, in deploying its new transatlantic fiber optic system, America Europe Connect (AEConnect). Spanning more than 5,400 kilometers across the Atlantic
DNV GL Introduces New RP on Offshore Fibre Ropes
The results of two DNV GL led joint industry projects (JIPs) and a JIP pre-study commissioned by Statoil are now captured in a new Recommended Practice on offshore fibre ropes. DNVGL-RP-E305 provides new industry guidance for achieving cost reductions of overall mooring operations, by addressing the
Island Offshore in Vessel Lay-Up
Island Offshore has decided to lay up the ROV and survey vessel Island Spirit for the winter season. Island Spirit performs IMR work, survey work and ROV operations, however, the company said it expects the activity in this segment is to decline in the coming months. “We are working on relocating so