Subsea
PanGeo Subsea Wraps Up Welland Decommissioning Survey
PanGeo Subsea has successfully completed a survey for Perenco UK Limited for their Welland Gas field Decommissioning Programme. The workscope of the contract, first announced in March this year, included carrying out both SBI and multi-beam surveys on the Welland platform and three remote wellheads
Goliat FPSO Comes to Hammerfest
Eni Norge’s Goliat FPSO has arrived in Hammerfest, Norway, today from South Korea after a 63-day voyage covering 15,608 nautical miles. The cylindrical floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility will now undergo final preparations for the first oil production from the Barents Sea.
Spectrum Begins Orange Basin Survey
Spectrum has started a 3,500 kilometer Multi-Client 2D seismic survey in the Orange Basin to complete the 6,000 km survey over the Namibia & South Africa border. The survey ties any discoveries between Namibia & South Africa and provides continuous data coverage. The data is being collected by the v
SeaRobotics Delivers Sampling Equipment to CSA
SeaRobotics Corporation announces the successful design, construction and delivery of two pairs of sediment sampling grabs to the field operations division of CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA), a Florida-based marine environmental consulting firm. SeaRobotics designed, manufactured and delivered a pair
Schlumberger Lays Off 11000 More as Profit Drops
The Houston-based oilfield services major, Schlumberger, is slashing another 11,000 jobs as it fells the impact of downturn in oil prices and lower E&P spending. In January this year, Schlumberger informed that the company had laid off 9,000 employees late last year, recording a $296 million charge
Plexus Nets First Contract in Venezuela
Plexus Holdings has secured its first contract with Cardon IV, a gas licence granted by the Ministry of Petroleum and Mines of Venezuela to Eni Venezuela B.V and Repsol Venezuela Gas, S.A., for the supply of mudline suspension equipment services for a development well offshore Venezuela. The value o
Meercat to Supply Dive Support Vessel to BAE Systems
UK based boatbuilder Meercat Workboats has won a new order from global defence, aerospace and security company BAE Systems for a bespoke 15m dive support vessel. The company plans to complete the boat by the end of May. It will be used in Portsmouth Dockyard for subsea maintenance, repairs and inspe
Nexans Confirms Halden Layoffs
Norwegian division of the French cable giant Nexans is downsizing its workforce at the company’s plant in Halden as it reacts to market slowdown. The Halden factory, which currently has approximately 900 employees, had to let go 90 workers, after temporarily putting them on hold in January. Accordin
FES International DBSCs for Subsea 7
UK oil and gas engineering firm FES International has been awarded a contract by Subsea 7 for the supply of fully automated Diverless Bend Stiffener Connectors (DBSCs). The manufacture of the DBSCs is currently underway at FES International UK headquarters in Northumberland, UK, the company informed
NOAA, Partners Survey Wreck of USS Independence
NOAA, working with private industry partners and the U.S. Navy, has confirmed the location and condition of the USS Independence, the lead ship of its class of light aircraft carriers that were critical during the American naval offensive in the Pacific during World War II. Resting in 2,600 feet of
Future Energy Moves to New Premises
Future Energy Engineering Ltd, a provider of engineering services to the offshore renewables, subsea and oil & gas industries, has moved to new premises in the Blyth Estuary Renewable Enterprise Zone (BEREZ), Northumberland. “Our new home in the Brunel Building, Blyth, is part of the Offshore Renewa
Hughes Sub Surface Engineering Recognised by RoSPA
Hughes Sub Surface Engineering of Bootle, is among the winners in the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2015. The Gold award in the annual scheme run by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) will be presented during a ceremony at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, a
Galvin Bay Gets Cabled Ocean Observatory
RV Celtic Explorer has laid a subsea cable in Galway Bay this week marking a milestone in the development of Ireland’s national marine research and development infrastructure. The four kilometre cable, and a frame to which sensors and monitoring equipment will be attached is part of the development
Marin Teknikk to Design DSCV for Ultra Deep Charter (China)
Norway’s Marin Teknikk has entered into a contract with China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI), for design & engineering delivery for a new developed large Multipurpose Diving Support & Construction Vessel to Ultra Deep Charter Ltd. (UDS) in Singapore. The vessel will be of the MT6023 DSCV design, wi