Subsea
Prysmian Charters C.S. Sovereign for Wikinger OWF Job
Prysmian Group has chartered Global Marine Systems’ cable-laying vessel, the C.S. Sovereign, from mid-2016 into early 2017 for work on the Wikinger offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. The vessel will install inter array cables at the offshore wind farm that is currently estimated to be providing p
Subsea in August
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 August has seen companies adjusting to tough market environment with further workforce reductions, shipowners laying-up vessels and some major deals
NEC, Partners to Build SKR1M Subsea Cable in Malaysia
NEC Corporation signed a contract with Telekom Malaysia Berhad and TT dotCom Sdn Bhd to construct the Sistem Kabel Rakyat 1 Malaysia (SKR1M), an optical submarine cable system that will connect Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak. SKR1M, a 100 Gb/s optical fiber submarine cable system measuring a
TreeC’s Simulator for Nautilus’ Solwara 1
Nautilus Minerals and Tree C Technology B.V. have signed a contract for the supply of a Simulator and a Mining Site Monitoring System for the world’s first Seafloor Production System. Delivery is scheduled for the first half of 2017. The simulator will facilitate the training of the operators of the
Meratus Banjar 2 Container Ship Sinks Off Indonesia
Container ship Meratus Banjar 2 has reportedly sunk in Java Sea near Indonesia. The ship was en route from Surabaya to Makassar Sulawesi. The crew of Meratus Banjar 2, owned by Meratus Line, reported a leak in the engine room before the ship sank. According to local media, two crew members are missi
Aquatic Names New Managing Director
Aquatic Engineering & Construction, an Acteon company, has appointed Martin Charles as group managing director. Charles replaces Aquatic’s former president, Chris Brooks, who has departed Aquatic after eight years. Charles joined Aquatic in 2014 as regional general manager, Europe, Middle East and A
Husky Reports Major Subsea Gas Leak at White Rose SDC
Husky Energy has reported a major hydrocarbon gas release from subsea equipment in the Southern Drill Center at the White Rose field, says the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board. According to C-NLOPB, the release occurred on August 31, 2015. Husky estimates that 8938kg of natu
Atlas Professionals Adds Subserv Pro & ORCA
Atlas Professionals has completed the acquisition of a 100% interest in Subserv Pro (SSP) and ORCA Offshore (ORCA). Based in Banbury, the office will expand Atlas’ UK network, bringing together two agencies in the niche markets of ROV, Diving, Inspection and Renewable Energy. Marcus Chandler, Managi
Nexans Subsea Cables for Nasr Oil Field
Nexans’ subsea cables will power the new super complex at the heart of the future development of the Nasr oil field, offshore from Abu Dhabi in the UAE. This follows the award of a contract worth around € 90 millions by the EPC contractor, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), for Nexans to supply high vo
Heerema Gets Another Culzean Project
Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) has been awarded the Engineering, Procurement & Construction contract from Maersk Oil North Sea UK for the Culzean jackets for both the central processing facilities platform and the utility & living quarter platform. This contract is the second HFG has won for the Cu
The Underwater Centre Introduces New Course
The Underwater Centre is working in collaboration with Stork to deliver new one-day certified course in bolt tensioning. The course will be delivered from Stork’s on-site training facility, and will include isolations, dismantling techniques, inspection of components, alignment techniques and assemb
Viking SeaTech Welcomes New Members
Viking SeaTech has expanded its UK Marine department with addition of two oil and gas industry professionals to strengthen its core marine engineering competencies. Syed Shah joins as a marine manager, with more than 25 years experience and over 75 rig moves. Colin Allan joins as a project engineer
ION Geo in New Job Cuts
Houston-based ION Geophysical Corporation has announced, what the company described as an aggressive cost reduction initiative as part of an overall plan to align operating expenses with business conditions and recent declines in the current commodity price environment for crude oil and natural gas.
11 Die as Two Migrant Boats Capsize En Route to Greece
At least 11 people have lost their lives on Wednesday when two boats capsized carrying migrants from Turkey to Greece. As Turkish media reports, the first accident took place when a boat carrying 16 Syrian migrants sunk leaving seven people dead. Four people on board have been rescued and five are s