Subsea
Xodus Inks North Sea Decom FEED Contract with Nexen
Xodus Group has been awarded a contract with Nexen Petroleum U.K. Limited to provide Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) services in support of the decommissioning of the Ettrick and Blackbird fields in the central North Sea. The workscope will assess the best practice decommissioning methods fo
Rana Nets Bonaccia NW Diving Contract from Saipem
Rana Diving, a provider of underwater services to the oil and gas industry, has been awarded a saturation diving contract by Italy’s Saipem. The contract is for the saturation diving activities for the tie-ins at new installed platform Bonaccia North West in the Adriatic Sea. According to the compan
Magseis Starts Barents Job
Norwegian ocean bottom seismic player, Magseis, has kicked off a multi-client program in the Barents Sea, following the completion of work for Chevron in the UK sector of the North Sea. The company’s vessel Artemis Athene will be used to execute the survey, building on previous work conducted in the
3sun Installs Its First Time Delay Block Valve
3sun Group’s subsea division has installed its first Time Delay Block Valve (TDBV) for use on hydrocarbon producing wells. The valve was designed and manufactured by Bifold Group, in accordance with a Qualification Specification approved by 3sun Group. The prototype TDBV was installed in June 2015 o
CGG Wraps Up Hail-Shuweihat Seismic Off Abu Dhabi
CGG announced that, with the support of its Seabed Geosolutions joint venture with Fugro, it has completed the acquisition of a 3D seismic survey over the Hail and Shuweihat oil and gas fields in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The survey is part of an integrated project, including data processing and res
Polarcus in New OZ Shoot
Seismic contractor, Polarcus, has secured a new contract with an undisclosed client for a 3D marine seismic project in Australia. According to the Oslo-listed company, the project is scheduled to start in the forth quarter of 2015, following the completion of the Capreolus 3D shoot, currently being
ION to Acquire 2D Seismic of Somalia Puntland Margin
ION Geophysical has been awarded a contract from Puntland Petroleum Minerals Agency (PPMA) to acquire 8,000 kilometers of seismic data covering the entire Somalia Puntland offshore margin. The regional 2D multi-client survey, known as PuntlandSPAN, is being conducted to support a future license roun
PLB Helps Locate Missing Diver Off Cornwall
The UK Coastguard, RNLI and Royal Navy have, in a combined rescue operation, helped recover a missing diver off the Cornish coast. The diver became separated from his buddy after diving a wreck several miles off the Lizard Peninsula. A mayday call was sent by their dive boat at around 2:30pm on Tues
Neptune Wins Wheatstone Diving Contract
Neptune Marine Services Limited has been awarded a saturation diving manning services contract by Technip in Oceania on Chevron’s Wheatstone project. The contract includes the provision of saturation diving manning services to assist with the project spool installation. Works are due to start in Q3
PGS to Cold-Stack Another Ramform
Oslo-listed Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has decided to cold-stack its vessel Ramform Viking after it wraps up a multi-client project offshore East Newfoundland in late October this year. The vessel was originally scheduled for a yard stay and classing in Q1 2016, which will be deferred. In-sea equi
Steelhead LNG and Williams in Pipeline Deal
Steelhead LNG announced a pre-construction agreement with pipeline developer Williams to begin with the design and regulatory approvals for the Island Gas Connector Project. Island Gas Connector is a proposed natural gas pipeline which will transport natural gas to Vancouver Island, where Steelhead
Nord-Lock Adds Boltight
Boltight, the specialist hydraulic bolt tensioning company, has been acquired by Sweden’s Nord-Lock Group (Sweden), a provider of bolt securing systems. Boltight’s directors will continue to manage the company, which was founded in 1999, from its UK base in Walsall in the West Midlands. Fred Heaton,
ION Bags TPDC Seismic Contract
ION Geophysical Corporation and the Tanzanian Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) announced that the TPDC has awarded ION a contract to acquire 4,058 km of 2D seismic, gravity and magnetic data over offshore blocks 4/1B and 4/1C in the Rovuma Delta region. The award follows an international ten
OFG, Fukada Acquire Gas Hydrate Survey Off Japan
Ocean Floor Geophysics (OFG), in cooperation with Fukada Salvage and Marine Works (Fukada), has completed another high resolution CSEM survey of near surface gas hydrates. The survey was executed using the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Vulcan system for the National Institute of Advanced Indus