Subsea
GE Inks Subsea Deal with Chevron Australia
GE Oil & Gas has signed a Long Term Service Agreement with Chevron Australia to provide subsea services for the Company’s operated natural gas assets located off the northwest coast of Western Australia. GE will supply a range of services including project management, inventory storage, preventative
Survitec FPSO Mooring Hawser for Exxonmobil Field in Angola
Survitec, a supplier of mooring systems to the offshore market, has provided an Exxonmobil oil field in Angola with a 180-meter single leg mooring hawser. Weighing in at just under nine tonnes, and with a diameter of over 150mm, the rope provides a Minimum Breaking Load (MBL) of 924 tonnes. It will
Solstad Secures Work for CSV Normand Baltic
Norway’s Solstad Offshore ASA has won a charter agreement with an undisclosed client for CSV Normand Baltic. According to the Oslo-listed company, the deal represents a firm duration of 210 days plus options. Start of Normand Baltic charter begins in the second quarter 2016 in continuation of existi
Global Marine Installs Subsea Cable in Sea of Okhotsk
Global Marine Systems Limited has announced a fibre optic installation project for Huawei Marine Networks (HMN) in the Sea of Okhotsk, Russia. The project will demand 200 days of in-situ vessel time to lay 1,844 km of repeatered cable between strategic locations, the company informed. HMN’s customer
Subsea 7 Man Joins Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
The Royal Academy of Engineering has named 50 new Fellows, including Subsea 7’s Technology Director, John Mair. The new Fellows join around 1500 others at the academy, with new members elected annually to join the fellowship in recognition of their contributions to engineering. In addition, Mair is
DNV GL to Work on Shah Deniz 2
DNV GL has been awarded a contract for the provision of Marine Warranty, Operations And Consultancy Services for the Shah Deniz 2 project operated by BP Exploration (Shah Deniz) Limited. DNV GL will support the operator in assuring the project equipment transportation and installations are conducted
Teledyne’s New SeaBat Finds First Customer
Marine Data Consultants (MDC) from Cape Town in South Africa has ordered a new addition to the SeaBat T-series, the SeaBat T50-P multibeam echosounder system. Teledyne RESON secured this deal following a demonstration at the 7th International Shallow Survey 2015 Conference held in Plymouth UK. Gordo
Subsea Outfall Inspection Starts Off Sham Tseng
Submarine outfall inspection works have begun off Sham Tseng, a coastal area in Tsuen Wan District, Hong Kong, and will be carried out for a period of approximately one week. According to, Government of Hong Kong SAR Marine Department the works will be carried out by a work boat, and one guard boat
New Members to Strengthen NSRI Board
Melfort Campbell and Martin Jones have been appointed to strengthen the board of the National Subsea Research Initiative (NSRI). These new board members will help NSRI deliver its aim of bringing new technology to market that will reduce costs and deliver efficiencies. Gordon Drummond, NSRI project
Jee Completes Tidal Cable Protection Structure
Scottish Tidal Project moves one step closer with the completion of the tidal cable management and protection structure. Jee’s cable protection and recovery solutions are helping Scotland commercialise marine energy by ensuring cables are protected and maintainable, using Jee’s concept – U-Tube, the
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (September 14 – September 20). SURF contractor Ceona has fallen into administration, Ernst & Young (EY) informed Thursday, September 17. Stuart Gardner and Alan Hudson of EY were appointed Joint Admini
Lewek Express Mobilizing for Umbilicals Setup on Aviat
EMAS AMC’s subsea construction and pipelay vessel ‘Lewek Express’ is mobilizing from Oceaneering’s yard in Rosyth to lay umbilicals on Aviat field. The vessel is currently loading umbilicals for the installation on Apache’s Aviat field located in Block 22/7A, in the UK North Sea. Previously the Lewe
Tata Steel Nets Export Pipeline Order for Culzean Field
Tata Steel has secured a contract for the supply of export pipeline for Maersk Oil-operated high pressure, high temperature (HPHT) Culzean field in the UK Central North Sea. Tata Steel will provide more than 18 000 tonnes of carbon steel welded line pipe with the core element of the scope of supply
Fugro Starts Final Borssele OWF Survey
Fugro has been awarded the geotechnical investigation contract for Sites III and IV at the Borssele wind area, off the Dutch coast of Zeeland. The geotechnical work is being undertaken on behalf of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency, part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, and constitutes the final