Subsea
Petrofac Ends Vessel Construction Deal with ZPMC
Petrofac, the international service provider to the oil and gas industry, has terminated the contract for JSD 6000, deepwater multi-purpose offshore vessel, with Chinese manufacturer ZPMC. According to Petrofac, the termination of the contract is due to issues with ZPMC’s performance in respect of t
ABS Group Certifies Design Basis of Sea Breeze OWF Foundation
ABS Group, part of marine and offshore classification society – ABS, has issued its certification of the design basis for Ocean Resource’s innovative Sea Breeze Gravity “float-out-and-sink” offshore wind turbine foundation system. ABS Group issued its certification in accordance with the relevant st
ECA Group Bags Order for Two A9-M AUVs
ECA Group, subsidiary of Groupe Gorgé, has been awarded a new contract for the delivery of two man portable Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) A9-M for an amount over EUR 1 million (USD 1.13 million). The A9-M will join a NATO Navy, ECA Group wrote in a press release. This AUV solution is designe
Impact Subsea Launches ISA500-L
Ellon-based Impact Subsea has released the lite version of its recently launched ISA500, a 500kHz underwater altimeter which provides heading, pitch and roll. The new ISA500-L provides solutions for underwater altitude and distance measurement applications. The unit, which can be upgraded to a full
WHOI Makes Leadership Changes
The board of trustees of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) elected David B. Scully as the new chairman of the board. Scully was elected to the WHOI corporation in 2010 and to its board in 2012. In addition to Scully’s appointment, Jefferson Hughes, Jr. has been elected vice chairman of
CARIS Completes Training Courses with Royal Australian Navy
CARIS recently completed a series of training courses with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in preparation to standardize the data processing and electronic charting workflows for their Survey Motor Launches (SMLs) on CARIS software. Introductory training courses were led by Tami Beduhn, Fernanda Via
McDermott Wellhead Jackets for Qatar Petroleum
McDermott has been awarded a sizeable brownfield project by Qatar Petroleum for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of four wellhead jackets. Installation of two jackets in the Bul-Hanine field offshore east of Doha has been scheduled to be completed by December 2016 w
Oil Spill Detected at Statfjord
Norway’s Statoil informed that this morning (October 8) there was a report that oil had been observed in the sea close to the OLS B loading buoy at the Statfjord field. The oil spill was discovered during the loading of oil from the Statfjord A platform to the tanker “Hilda Knutsen” via the OLS B [&
Subsea Manufacturers Hit Less than Many by Oil Price Slump
Douglas Westwood (DW) reports that the oilfield equipment sector appears to be faring better, with average stock performance declining only 20%, compared to performance of major oilfield stocks which have suffered a 39% year-on-year drop. DW believes that exposure to multiple upstream segments has a
ACE Winches Welcomes SPRING Singapore Delegation
ACE Winches hosted a delegation from SPRING Singapore to their Towie Barclay Works facility. The visit was to share with them an overview of its products and services, including manufacturing, and engineering expertise. Several delegates from the Marine and Offshore Department in SPRING Singapore we
Scientists Explore Tamu Massif Origin
Schmidt Ocean Institute’s chief scientist Dr. William Sager and his team are returning to the spot of discovery of Tamu Massif, the world’s largest single volcano, to explore how it was formed. In 2013, Dr. Sager published a research which showed Tamu Massif to be the largest mountain in the Shatsky
CGG Q3 Fleet Production Rate at 92 Pct
French seismic contractor, CGG, has seen its vessel availability rate at 84 per cent, compared to a 74 per cent availability rate in the first quarter of 2015 and a 92 per cent rate in the second quarter of 2014. The vessel production rate was 92 per cent, compared to a historic high 94 per [&hellip
Claxton and OIS Boost Decommissioning Capacity
Claxton has developed an extension module for its Suspended Well Abandonment Tool (SWAT), which should enable its sister company, Offshore Installation Services (OIS), to set deeper environmental and intermediate barriers. Neil Watson, SWAT product leader, Claxton, said: “SWAT holds the Queen’s Awar
Kvaerner and Dragados Win Sverdrup Jacket Contracts
On behalf of the Johan Sverdrup licence, Statoil today (October 8, 2015) awarded contracts for two Johan Sverdrup jackets to Kvaerner Verdal and Dragados Offshore S.A. The contract awarded to Kvaerner Verdal has a value of approximately NOK 1 billion and covers engineering, fabrication and construct