At its harbour location Nordenham, Rhenus Midgard delivered, stored and handled about 30 km of submarine cables on behalf of Nexans in May. The submarine cables of the world’s leading manufacturer in the cable industry will connect a part of the 111 wind turbines of Denmark’s largest offshore wind f
The Underwater Centre in Fort William and Unique System (UK) Ltd finalized the representation of The Underwater Centre agreement, according to Your Subsea News. Unique System (UK) Ltd, of Unique Maritime Group Company, will highlight the services and the facilities of the centre to the industry. Uni
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has signed an agreement with Statoil for the manufacture and supply of subsea production equipment to support the Gullfaks South field development. The contract has an estimated value of $200 million in revenue to FMC Technologies. Gullfaks South will b
In a period of only ten days Hydrex diver/technician teams have flown all over the planet to perform a wide range of underwater operations on five different continents. The services offered ranged from routine inspections and maintenance work all the way through to highly technical major repairs. Am
The citizens from Shapinsay, Scotland, will receive clearer, fresher water supplies thanks to a subsea pipeline project, Trenchless International reports. This £3.1 million Scottish Water Solutions project included drilling of a 300 mm diameter hole under the seabed over a distance of 2 km. This is
This week VOSCF, a joint venture between Sovcomflot and Van Oord, successfully installed a Gravity Based Structure (GBS) for the offshore platform Berkut in the Arkutun Dagi field offshore Sakhalin Island. The GBS was designed and constructed by Kvaerner in the Russian mainland port of Vostochny in
Subsea 7 S.A. announced today that its Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Simon Crowe will leave the Group to pursue other interests with effect from the end of July. Simon will be succeeded by Ricardo Rosa who will take up the position of CFO for Subsea 7 SA on 9th July 2012. Ricardo Rosa was until [&h
WGP announced that it has completed the fifteenth Life of Field Seismic (“LoFS”) survey over the Valhall field in the North Sea for BP. This is the fourth LoFS at Valhall to be carried out using the Group’s Portable Modular Source System (PMSS™). As per previous surveys, the PMSSTM was mobilised ont
The Underwater Inspection System (UIS™) from CodaOctopus has been the subject of evaluation by the United States Coast Guard Research and Development Center (USCG) for some time. Assessment with U.S. Coast Guard R&D The USCG has a number of UIS™ systems and has worked with CodaOctopus in developing
Aberdeen-based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore is to move into a new purpose-built HQ as the business continues to grow. The company has outgrown its current offices at Waterloo Quay and is moving to accommodate an increase in staff numbers and services as it expands operations both in
Valve engineering specialist Severn Glocon Group announced that it has acquired LB Bentley Ltd for an undisclosed sum as it seeks to diversify its offering and make inroads to the subsea market. LB Bentley designs and manufactures small bore subsea valves for the global oil and gas industry, as well
Hallin Marine, a Superior Energy Services company, announces the signing of a long term strategic alliance agreement with Romona Inc. for projects throughout the Russian Federation. The agreement, signed at Romona’s Sakhalin headquarters on 16 May, brings together the strength of Hallin’s offshore s
According to Gozonews.com, GO, a Maltese telecommunications company, stated that the main reason for the degradation of the internet service is the technical problem on one of their international submarine cables in Sicily. The company added that their teams are working on solving this problem and t
Wavebob Ltd was recognised as one of Ireland’s leading engineering and research companies yesterday when they were awarded the SmartBay Innovator of the Year Award. Wavebob Ltd was recognised for innovation, engineering and leadership in the emerging wave energy market. Four additional companies wer
