Subsea
CGG Gets Green Light for Barreirinhas Basin Shoot Off Brazil
CGG has received all necessary permits to start acquiring broadband seismic survey of the Barreirinhas Basin in the Equatorial Margin of northern Brazil in early November. The 14,500 km2 MegaBar survey is being acquired by the Oceanic Vega deploying Sercel Sentinel solid streamers. The BroadSeis dat
Technip Bags Layang Subsea Gig
Technip has been awarded a subsea contract by JX Nippon Oil and Gas Exploration (Malaysia) Ltd in the Layang field, Block SK10, offshore Sarawak, Malaysia at a water depth of 85 meters. The contract covers the engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation and commissioning of three flexible pi
Craig Wiggins to Lead Aker Solutions’ MMO in UK
Aker Solutions has appointed Craig Wiggins as its managing director of maintenance, modifications and operations (MMO) business in the UK. Wiggins will be based in Aberdeen and have responsibility for the company’s brownfield engineering capability in the region. “We’re very pleased to welcome Craig
Willard Marine to Build Research Boat for NOAA
California-based Willard Marine has been awarded a contract by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to produce a rigid hull inflatable boat for the Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) to facilitate its fisheries and marine mammal research in the Pacific region. Willard
NOC, Partners Establish NEXUSS Centre
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is a partner in a new £2.5m Centre for Doctoral Training in the use of ‘robotic’ systems for environmental sciences. The NOC component of the centre will focus on innovative marine robotics and sensors, which can be used to address key scientific challenges suc
Plexus Names New President, North America
Plexus Holdings appointed Lawrence P. Rucinski as President, North America, through his consultancy company Global Growth Partners, initially for a minimum twelve month period. Rucinski has over 30 years’ experience in the subsea oil and gas sector having held several senior level leadership roles b
Bourbon Gets Two More FMC ROVs
FMC Technologies has delivered the remaining two, in series of four, new Heavy Duty remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) ordered by Bourbon Offshore. Two of these HD ROVs, designed by FMC Technologies Schilling Robotics, were delivered in September this year, with the remaining two announced for the fo
JDR Expands Capacity at Hartlepool
JDR has expanded its service footprint with PD Ports in Hartlepool to support its growth in the oil and gas and renewables sectors. JDR’s foothold now includes three adjoining warehouses for manufacture and storage at the Port, totaling over 280,000 square feet. The increased capacity will house a n
Alam Wins PFLNG1 Gig
Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) has, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Petronas Floating LNG 1 Ltd (PFLL), subcontracted Alam Maritim Resources to perform offshore works of final positioning and mooring system hook-up on its floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project. This is the second pa
ROVOP Names New Director
Aberdeen-based ROV services provider, ROVOP, has appointed new commercial director to its senior executive team and Board. Euan Tait joins ROVOP from professional services firm KPMG LLP having spent his career in a variety of roles within corporate finance and oil and gas companies. Steven Gray, ROV
C-Innovation Boosts Its ROVs with Sonardyne SPRINT
C-Innovation, a provider of deepwater ROV services within the oil and gas sector, has placed an order for SPRINT Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) from Sonardyne International. SPRINT is an acoustically aided inertial navigation system for subsea vehicles. SPRINT has been fully integrated into UHD R
Centrica to Develop Butch as Subsea Tie-in to Ula
Butch discovery operator, Centrica Energy Norway, and partners have decided that Butch will be developed as a subsea tie-in to the Ula field. With the selected subsea tie-in concept the Butch well stream will be transported to the BP operated Ula platform where processing will be performed. The Butc
EMGS Continues Malaysia Campaign
Norway’s Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has inked a contract extension worth approximately USD 7 million with an undisclosed oil company in Malaysia. As announced on August 7, 2015, EMGS received a letter of award for a contract worth approximately USD 4.2 million for 3D EM data acquisition over
Minehunter Task Group Surveys Seabed Off Bahraini Base
Royal Navy minehunters and their US counterparts have surveyed the seabed for mines more than 200 nautical miles away from their Bahraini base using a range of autonomous and unmanned systems. The Task Group was made up of HMS Shoreham and Bangor, the USS Devestator and Gladiator as well as Royal Fl