Subsea
DW: Deepwater Spend to Rise
Deepwater expenditure is expected to increase by 69%, compared to the preceding five-year period, totalling $210 billion from 2015 to 2019, according to Douglas-Westwood’s (DW) World Deepwater Market Forecast 2015-2019. Report author, Mark Adeosun, commented: “As production from mature basins onshor
Osiris Wraps Up Humber Gateway Project
Osiris, part of James Fisher and Sons, has successfully completed a long-term project started in spring 2014, carrying out a wide-range of services with cross-trained personnel on the 219MW wind farm, Humber Gateway, based 8km off the Holderness coast in East Yorkshire. Osiris provided a Cougar-XT R
ONS Norway 2015 Called Off
Low oil prices, low activity and great uncertainty in the industry have meant that too few exhibitors have registered. Consequently, the ONS Foundation has had to cancel ONS Norway in August. The exhibitor registration was good until early in the year before it stagnated. There have also recently be
Dolphin Wins More Work
Oslo-listed seismic contractor, Dolphin, has secured additional contract work and industry funding for new multi-client projects. According to the company, the total amount of work will be 5-6 vessel months of 3D seismic acquisition and 5 months of 2D seismic acquisition. The work is scheduled to be
OMM Secures GROW Funding for New Subsea Tool
Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has secured GROW:OffshoreWind funding to build an innovative subsea tool which will substantially reduce project costs and improve health and safety offshore. The subsea tool, which is currently being constructed by Darlington-based Subsea Innovation, will see improv
WATCH: Sea Shepherd Rescues Crew as Poaching Vessel ‘Tunder’ Goes Down
Captain Peter Hammarstedt of the Sea Shepherd anti-poaching ship ‘Bob Barker’ has reported that the unflagged toothfish-poaching vessel ‘Thunder’ has sunk in 4000 metres of water, 19 nautical miles north of the Equator and 115 miles from Sao Tome. The Sea Shepherd ships ‘Bob Barker’ and ‘Sam Simon’
Offshore Wind Submarine Cable Spacing Guidance Publicly Available
The report of a recently completed study of offshore wind submarine cable spacing, commissioned by BOEM, is now publicly available. The report, titled “Offshore Wind Submarine Cable Spacing Guidance,” seeks to identify the factors used to determine spacing between submarine power transmission cables
AWE: Pateke-4H Subsea Tie-Back and Installation Successful
AWE, as operator of PMP 38158, has informed that the subsea tie-back and installation project to connect the Pateke-4H development well to the Tui area oil fields gathering system has been successfully completed and that oil production has begun. The Pateke-4H well has been brought onto production a
Scientists Spot Fukushima Radiation Off British Columbia
Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have for the first time detected the presence of small amounts of radioactivity from the 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in a seawater sample from the shoreline of North America. The sample, which was collected on Feb
Siem Gets Veja Mate OWF Cable Contract
Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (“SOC”) has been awarded the contract for the turnkey supply and installation package of the inner array grid cable system for the 400 MW Veja Mate Offshore Wind Farm. The contract, estimated at a value in excess of EUR 100 million (USD 109 million), highlights the con
EMAS in Profit Leap
Singapore-based offshore contractor, EMAS Offshore, has reported net profit of US$9.7 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2015, an increase from the US$4.0 million in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal year. Revenue for the quarter was US$60.9 million, compared to US$67.6 mill
Teledyne Launches New Teledyne PDS Software Version
Teledyne Marine has introduced Teledyne PDS software suite, a new software package with, as the company says, enhanced capabilities over the former PDS2000 According to the company, Teledyne PDS is now a 64-bit Windows version offering faster performance, optimized memory management and better featu
Professor Madabhushi Gets IGS and ONGC Biennial Award
Professor Gopal Madabhushi of the Geotechnical and Environmental Group has received the Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) biennial award for his research on the structural integrity of offshore wind turbines. Professor Madabhushi was cited for his contribut
Harlen’s Dundee Facility Delivers Its First Project
Aberdeen-based fabrication and engineering business, Harlen Fabrication Ltd has successfully delivered their first project from their recently established Dundee Quayside facility. The contract was for the procurement of materials and manufacture of 32 engineered Clump weights totalling some 2,000 t