Subsea
Forsys Subsea Lines Up for First EPCI Award in 2016
Forsys Subsea, a 50/50 joint venture between FMC Technologies and Technip, has been awarded its first two integrated front end engineering studies. The two contract awards were announced last week by John Gremp, Chairman and CEO of FMC Technologies, during the company’s third-quarter earnings call.
N-Sea Wraps Up BorWin3 UXO Gig
Subsea IMR provider, N-Sea, has successfully completed an unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey, ID and disposal campaign for the TenneT project, BorWin3. Taking place between January and August this year, the work scope involved surveying the seabed to identify and remove undiscovered explosive devices
Former Red7 Group Directors Set Up Two New Companies
Two industry specialists, Mike Jones and Martin Spurr, have launched Red7 Offshore and Red7 Inshore Diving at Great Yarmouth. The two men were directors of Red7 Group, which went into administration following the announcement in February of the closure of the group. Mike Jones, managing director, sa
Deep Sea Mooring Bags Lundin Norway Deal
Global Maritime Deep Sea Mooring has been awarded a three-year contract with Lundin Norway for mooring equipment services. Deep Sea Mooring (DSM) will provide services and products supporting Lundin’s activities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) including mooring equipment for drilling rigs a
EMGS Enters Sales Agreement for Barents Sea Data
Norway’s Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has entered into a new licensing agreement for the provision of 3D EM data from the multi-client data library over the Barents Sea. The company did not disclose the name of the new client and when the data will be delivered. According to EMGS, the cont
Ashtead Tech Expands Subsea Inspection Portfolio
Ashtead Technology, a provider of subsea equipment rental, sales and services to the offshore industry, has invested over $300,000 in visual inspection tools for deep sea exploration. The investment will see Ashtead offering a range of SubC Imaging products to meet increasing industry demand for enh
EMGS CFO Resigns
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) informed that Svein Knudsen, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company, has tendered his resignation. Svein has held the position as CFO of EMGS since January 2005. Prior to joining EMGS in January 2005, Svein Knudsen served as vice president of finance
Vallourec, BOG Complete Subsea Pipes and Flowlines for Egina
Vallourec has together with Bell Oil and Gas (BOG), a Nigerian oil and gas services company, completed subsea line pipes and flowlines for Egina field. The Egina oil field, operated by Total Upstream Nigeria, is located 130km off the coast of Nigeria, in 1,750 m water depth. The field is under devel
Havyard Delays NB 123 Subsea Vessel Delivery
Havyard Ship Technology, a part of Havyard Group, has agreed with its client to postpone the delivery of the new subsea vessel, building no. 123, to the second quarter of 2018. The agreement for construction of NB 123 was signed in July with an undisclosed international shipping company, with the de
Divers Recover Two Bodies from FV Jubilee
The bodies of two men have been found and recovered from the wreck of the fishing vessel Jubilee, which sank on Sunday morning October 18, 2015 with three crew members on board. The Royal New Zealand Navy’s diving support vessel, the HMNZS MANAWANUI, returned to Akaroa late last night after a day sp
Dong Hires Modus for Burbo Bank Extension UXO Job
Darlington-based Modus Seabed Intervention has been contracted by DONG Energy to conduct pre-installation works on the planned offshore wind farm Burbo Bank Extension which is located west of the existing Burbo Bank offshore wind farm, approximately 7 km off the coast near Liverpool. The workscope h
Neptune Wins Shell Crux Contract Off Australia
Neptune has been awarded a geophysical and light geotechnical survey services contract by Shell Australia Pty Ltd (Shell). The work will start in November 2015 and includes a site survey of the Crux gas field and a 160km route survey between the Crux and Prelude gas fields, in water depths ranging f
Technip Nets Flexible Pipes Order for Libra Pre-Salt Field
Technip was awarded a substantial contract from Libra Oil & Gas BV, a consortium led by Petrobras Netherland BV (40%) and partners: Shell (20%), Total (20%), CNOOC (10%) and CNPC (10%). The project includes the supply of flexible pipes for the Libra Extended Well Test field, located in the Santos Ba
Polarstern Gears for Cape Town Training Expedition
The research icebreaker Polarstern will this Thursday October 29, 2015 leave its homeport in Bremerhaven for Cape Town, South Africa, taking 32 students from 19 countries, who will be introduced to the latest methods and instruments used in oceanography. Nine instructors from the Alfred Wegener Inst