Subsea
Motive Offshore Boosts Management
A North-east marine equipment specialist, Motive Offshore Group, has strengthened its management team, appointing Steven Simpson as sales manager who will be primarily based at the firm’s Aberdeen sales office. Simpson brings more than 10 years of experience to the role, previously holding a number
VIDEO: STATS Tecno Plug Facilitates Wye Installation
STATS Group were contracted by a North Sea operator to supply high pressure isolation plugs to provide a double block and bleed isolation barrier for the safe tie-in of a wye structure on 24-inch gas export pipeline. To facilitate the double block isolation and enable a reinstatement leak test in ac
BENMAR Builds SITS for NAVSEA
BENMAR Fabrication is currently making a Submarine Diving and Recompression System Ship Interface Template Set (SITS) for NAVSEA. The SITS are a component that enables rapid physical installation, integration, and alignment of deck-mounted Pressurized Rescue Module System elements on a Vessel of Opp
Chukar Waterjet Appoints Agent for Vietnam and Myanmar
Chukar Waterjet, a manufacturer and applications consultant for subsea ultra-high pressure waterjet equipment, has named MinhAnh TechInfo/RentATool Vietnam as its authorized representative for Vietnam and Myanmar. MinhAnh TechInfo/RentATool Vietnam is a supplier and applications consultant to the ma
Tesla Offshore Gets New VP
Tesla Offshore, an offshore survey service provider, has promoted Matt Keith to Vice President and Geoscience Manager, and an officer with the company. C. D. Schempf, Jr., President of Tesla Offshore said: “by promoting a young man of Matt’s caliber to a position of leadership serves to illustrate T
Students Visit Subsea 7
Oil services company Subsea 7 hosted a visit for ‘Young Women into Energy’ students at its Aberdeen workshop. Every year, North East Scotland College runs a skills for work energy course for girls in secondary school. The course is part of an initiative to encourage school pupils to consider enginee
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (March 30 – April 05). Fugro has been awarded a five-year contract with an estimated value of USD 100 million by Total E&P Congo. The agreement is for ROV services and remote subsea tooling in the Moho
TransCanada Drops Terminal Plans Due to Endangered Whales
TransCanada is altering the scope of the Energy East pipeline project in Québec with the decision not to build a marine and associated tank terminal at Cacouna, due to the danger that is posing to endangered Beluga whales. Potential alternative terminal options in Québec are being reviewed. Québec a
EMEC Becomes Member of NaMICPA
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has become a member of the Nagasaki Marine Industry Cluster Promotion Association (NaMICPA), a non-profit organisation, to help support the development of marine renewables in Japan and stimulate further collaboration between the two countries. Oliver Wragg,
Seatricity Oceanus 2 Almost Ready for Redeployment
Seatricity has informed that the winter refit of its Oceanus 2 wave energy convertor is nearing completion. Over the next few days, Seatricity’s patented hydraulic pump, which was stripped down over the winter for component analysis, will be reassembled at The Cylinder Service Center Ltd of Washingt
Vattenfall Seeks Geotechnical Contractor for Horns Rev 3
Vattenfall has invited tenders for the geotechnical investigation of Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm in Denmark. The job on the offshore wind farm, located in the North Sea, will cover seabed CPTs to minimum 50m penetration, geotechnical boreholes (50m), P-S logging and pressure meter testing as well
5 Dead as Passenger Vessel Sinks Off Phillippines
An unregistered passenger vessel ‘MPB Wilayza’ sank offshore Phillippines on Thursday night, leaving 5 people dead. According to media reports, the vessel sank between the islands of Pata and Tapul probably due to overloading with sacks of cement and iron bars. Excluding crew, there were around 50 p
BGR to Charter Survey Vessel for Panorama 2
The Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) from Hannover, Germany plans to hire a vessel to conduct offshore geophysical surveys. BGR has invited tenders for the provision of a research vessel, intended for the Institute’s project “Panorama 2” which includes conducting 2D refl
Eni Nominates Next Saipem CEO
Eni has proposed Stefano Cao as the next chief executive officer of Italian oil service company Saipem, to replace Umberto Vergine at a shareholder meeting in April. Furthermore, Eni, which holds 43 percent stake in Saipem, approved the proposal of the following candidates for appointment to Saipem’