Subsea
Sinaran Andaman Vessel Sinks Off Thailand, Crew Safe
A Cambodian-flagged containership, Sinaran Andaman, sunk in the vicinity of Phuket, Thailand on July 08. According to media reports, all 10 crew members were rescued by the Royal Thai Navy. The vessel sank due to engine failure and inability to anchor. It also got caught in the monsoon waves which s
CGG Vessel Availability Rate Down to 74 Pct
French seismic contractor CGG has seen its vessel availability rate plunge to 74%, compared to a 84% availability rate in the first quarter of 2015 and a 94% rate in the second quarter of 2014. According to CGG, this vessel availability rate this quarter is the result of a 10% high steaming rate to
CCGS M. Perley Joins Canadian Coast Guard Fleet
Senator Percy Mockler, on behalf of the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, welcomed the CCGS M. Perley to the Canadian Coast Guard fleet at the vessel’s naming ceremony. The Senator was joined by sponsors Céline Perley and Peter Perley. The CCGS M. Perley is named after Moses Pe
Construction Starts at Sandbank OWF
Vattenfall and SWM have begun the pile driving on monopile “SB 62”, marking the start of construction of the Sandbank wind farm 90 km off the coast of Sylt. After the DanTysk offshore wind farm, Sandbank is now the second infrastructure project that Vattenfall and SWM are realizing together. The sis
NEEMO Underwater Astronauts Training Due to Begin
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano is to lead NASA’s 20th underwater astronaut training mission this month. Starting on 20 July, the 14-day NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations sortie, or NEEMO, will see a team of four living and working in the Aquarius underwater research station off the coast of
Bilfinger Nets Race Bank Foundations Order
Bilfinger Mars Offshore has won an order for the production of 91 steel foundations for the North Sea wind park. The wind park, located 28 kilometers from the United Kingdom’s east coast, will have an output of about 580 MW and will provide 400,000 households with electricity. The client is Danish e
Stone Energy to Boost Cardona Subsea Infrastructure
Stone Energy has informed that operations at the Cardona #6 development well, located in Mississippi Canyon block 29, have been proceeding ahead of schedule and below budget, and drilling has been completed through the targeted zones. The well encountered approximately 288 feet of net pay in two int
TMT Ships Final Two ROVs for Sapura’s PLSV
The last two ROVs to leave Australia’s Total Marine Technology (TMT) mark a major milestone in a very significant contract for the company. Typhoon 28 and 29 were the last ROVs to be built for one of TMT’s most significant jobs, the build, install and support of 12 ROVs for Brazil. These two ROVs, l
Global Maritime Mooring for Woodside
Global Maritime Deep Sea Mooring has been awarded a contract for the provision of mooring and rig positioning services to the Australian oil and gas company Woodside. Under the contract with Woodside, Global Maritime Deep Sea Mooring will perform mooring and rig positioning services for semi-submers
EMAS AMC, LTHE Get Saudi Aramco LTA
Ezra’s Subsea Services Division, EMAS AMC has signed a six year Long Term Agreement (LTA) with Saudi Aramco, with exercisable options to extend for another six years, in a consortium with Larsen & Toubro Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE). Under the awarded LTA, LTHE and EMAS AMC will execute offshore p
HullWiper Expands to Danish Ports
Authorities at the Danish ports of Copenhagen, Kalundborg and Fredricia have granted permission for GAC EnvironHull’s HullWiper solution to be used within their ports and outside of holding areas. These approvals represent the latest expansion of the service into the Scandinavian region, following t
Fugro Americas Delivers First Project
Fugro informed that its geophysical survey vessel, the Fugro Americas, has successfully completed data collection for a geochemical coring campaign in the Caribbean. The project marks the maiden voyage of the newbuild vessel. Mobilisation for the campaign immediately followed the vessel’s departure
ONC to Build New Arctic Cabled Observatory
The University of Victoria’s Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) is partnering with the University of Manitoba to develop, install and maintain the cabled estuary observatory component of a new Churchill Marine Observatory (CMO) in Hudson Bay. The CMO, formally announced by the federal government on July 6
PSA Audits Statoil’s Norne Subsea Facilities
The Petroleum Safety Authority has carried out an audit of integrity management of flexible risers and subsea facilities and associated safety equipment at Norne. The objective of the audit was to verify that the integrity management of flexible risers and subsea facilities and associated safety equ