Subsea
Celtic Explorer Reveals Atlantic Ocean Mountains
A multi-national team of European, Canadian, and American ocean exploration experts lead by Thomas Furey, Marine Institute, has revealed previously uncharted features on the Atlantic seabed including mountains and ridges taller than Carrauntoohil, Ireland’s highest mountain. The survey onboard Irela
AtlantOS Project to Advance Atlantic Ocean Observation
AtlantOS, one of the largest and most ambitious marine research projects of recent decades has just started and holds its kick-off meeting, with more than 130 representatives of the project partners, from 10 to 12 June in Brussels. During this kick-off meeting the details of the work program will be
ShawCor to Resume All South Stream Line 1 Contracts
ShawCor informed that its Bredero Shaw pipe coating division has received notification from Europipe GmbH that the suspension of the work on its contract with Europipe for the concrete weight coating of Line 1 of the South Stream Pipeline has been lifted with immediate effect and that work on this c
Subsea 7 Starts Mariner Pipelaying
Pipelaying for the Statoil-operated Mariner field on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) started Monday 8 June. Around 40 kilometers of pipelines for gas, oil and diluent will be installed on the seabed from pipelay vessel Seven Navica. The Mariner field is developed with a production, drilling and quar
Åsgard Subsea Gas Compression Lowered into Position
Statoil informed that installation of the modules, that collectively constitute Åsgard subsea gas compression, has started on the Åsgard field. According to Statoil, this innovative technology, at a depth of 300 metres, will create 282 million extra barrels from the Åsgard field. A total of 22 modul
DOF Subsea Man Becomes THS UK Chairman
The Hydrographic Society UK (THS UK) has elected Ian Holden, currently Project Surveyor with DOF Subsea in Aberdeen, as its new Chairman. Holden will succeed David Parker, the UKHO’s Hydrography Manager with particular responsibility for its Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP). A former Liverpool Port
New Office for Atlas in Lowestoft
Atlas has established a new sales office in Lowestoft, Suffolk, employing two ex UKPS’ staff, Team Leader Tonia Weldon and Personnel Coordinator Rosie Parr. The new Atlas office will introduce new opportunities for UKPS personnel and will complement Atlas’ current ROV team, developing a stronger bus
Ziebel Executes Huldra DFO Sensing Ops
Ziebel, a Stavanger-based provider of specialist well intervention services for the oil and gas industry, has successfully completed a distributed fiber optic (DFO) sensing campaign for Statoil. Ziebel used the Z-Line, its new gravity-deployed carbon composite cable, to gather Distributed Temperatur
Exova Clinches Kaombo Contract
Exova, the global testing, calibration and advisory services provider, has been awarded a £2.5 million contract by CRC–Evans Offshore to provide pipeline material, welding and AUT qualification testing for the Kaombo project offshore Luanda in Angola. Pipelaying is expected to begin early 2016 on th
Damen Boosts Van Oord’s Stornes for Deeper Work
Van Oord’s flexible fallpipe vessel, Stornes, has recently been in Damen Shiprepair & Conversion Rotterdam for a scope of work which allows the vessel to operate at greater water depths in future. Stornes is a 175 meters long, 26.24 meters wide, DP2 vessel used for subsea rock installation to protec
MMT Changes Organizational Structure
MMT Group has made strategic changes to existing organizational structure. One of this changes is to form a new Management team with a strong focus on sales and operational efficiency. The new Management team is now in place after a process of recruiting key players for senior management positions.
Blue Logic, WPC Get Funds for ‘Subsea USB’ Project
Norway’s Blue Logic has secured a strategic R&D project with Innovation Norway and a major global service provider. The N0K 12 million industrial research and development contract is based on Blue Logic’s track record in producing inductive subsea connectors. Blue Logic worked together with WPC in K
NOAA Starts 2015 Arctic Hydrographic Survey Season
NOAA officially launched its 2015 Arctic hydrographic survey season, in Kodiak, Alaska, in a World Ocean Day ceremony which showcased the deployment of the NOAA ships Rainier and Fairweather. In remarks directed to the crews of NOAA ships, Vice Admiral Michael S. Devany, NOAA deputy under secretary
Fugro Wraps Up Wellhead Monitoring for BP in GoM
Fugro has successfully completed a year-long wellhead monitoring project for BP Americas Inc, measuring BOP stack motions and calculating wellhead fatigue during a deployment in the Gulf of Mexico. The drilling campaign was conducted throughout 2014 in 6,000 ft of water depth and utilised the Fugro