Subsea
Vos Prodect’s Cable Hang-Off Systems for Tamra OWF
Hyundai Engineering & Steel Industries has appointed Vos Prodect Innovations as preferred supplier for engineering, testing and supply of cable hang-off systems for the Tamra offshore wind power plant in the Republic of Korea. Vos Prodect will design and supply the systems for the infield cables of
Ezra to Raise $300 Mln for Debt Refinancing
Singapore’s Ezra has announced plans to raise up to $300 million through a combination of rights issue and convertible bonds in order to refinance its debt. The offshore O&G contractor said it expects to raise approximately US$150 million from the rights issue which will be primarily applied to the
Fendercare Completes UXO Project at Sandbank OWF
Fendercare Subsea Services have completed their UXO project on behalf of Sandbank Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München. The UXO project was conducted at the Sandbank offshore wind farm which is the second largest power generation project undertaken by Vattenfall a
SIG’s Seismic System for Lithuanian Research Vessel
The Lithuanian University of Klaipeda has taken delivery of their new SIG sparker system from SIG France. The sparker/boomer is a multi-channel seismic system suitable to work in shallow water conditions (water column of 100 m), in the Baltic Sea. According to SIG, the energy source has a maximal ou
New Seafloor Study Shows Tsunami Risk for California
The latest research into the undersea landscape off of Southern California and northern Baja California has revealed details about a tectonic train wreck in the Earth’s crust with the potential for magnitude 7.9 to 8.0 earthquakes. The new study supports the likelihood that these vertical fault zone
Polarcus Secures TGS Extension
TGS has, upon completion of the initial survey in Barents Sea Southeast, elected to extend the charter with Polarcus to acquire a further 3,000 km square kilometers of multi-client 3D seismic in the Norwegian Barents Sea. Earlier in April this year, TGS’ hired Polarcus to acquire 3,000 square kilome
Seals Help in Gathering Oceanographic Data
Seals have helped gather information on some of the harshest environments on the planet, using technology designed by scientists at the University of St Andrews. The resulting data will be made freely available to scientists around the world as part of a new data portal launched on Monday June 1, 20
N-Seatec Wins Order for Subsea Sampler Device
N-Seatec Subsea Systems B.V has been awarded a contract, from an undisclosed client, for the design and delivery of a special subsea sampler device. N-Seatec, an expert in design and manufacturing of underwater equipment, is providing technical solutions and services to in on-and offshore industry,
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 25 – May 31). OneSubsea, a Cameron and Schlumberger company, has been awarded a subsea production systems contract totaling more than $330 million for a gas project offshore North Africa. Under th
Kongsberg Presents New Wideband Echo Sounder
Kongsberg Maritime has launched its new high precision wideband echo sounder, the Simrad EK80. According to Kongsberg, the EK80 is a quantum leap forward in acoustics for ecosystem monitoring, working on frequencies from 10 to 500 kHz simultaneously. The Simrad EK80 supersedes the Simrad EK60, a sys
MacArtney’s Equipment for Bibby HydroMap’s d’ROP
MacArtney Underwater Technology has supplied underwater technology products and systems to the Bibby HydroMap’s Remotely Operated Platform (d’ROP). The MacArtney scope of supply included a Moog Focal type 176 slip ring (electrical and optical) for the appurtenant winch system and Moog-Focal fibre op
Seascape in Jakarta’s Main Gas Line Survey
PT Seascape Surveys Indonesia has performed a pre-engineering survey on Jakarta’s main gas line, operated by PGN, after securing a contract from SGI/KDS consortium. Seascape provided the SOV Endeavour, equipped with twin Seaeye Tiger ROVs, Air Diving, Survey and Inspection services, to complete the
Jee, DNS and ZWS Complete Mattress Decom Research
Jee has completed a contract with Decom North Sea (DNS) to identify pioneering methods of salvage and re-use options for concrete subsea mattresses. The aim of the project, which started in February 2015 and saw Jee Ltd partner with DNS and Zero Waste Scotland (ZWS), was to identify innovative new s
Go Phoenix to Pull Out from MH370 Search
The search for missing Malaysian Airline MH370 has now covered more than 48,000 square kilometers of the seafloor. The search area has been expanded beyond the original 60,000 square kilometre search area to cover up to 120,000 square kilometres and has been modified to enable continuous search oper