Subsea
Kraken Gets Funds for Seabed Mapping Development
Kraken Sonar Systems (Kraken) has been awarded a non-refundable financial contribution of up to $450,000 from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP). In addition to technical and business advisory services provided by NRC-IRAP, the funding is being
Motive Gets New CFO and Finance Manager
Motive Offshore Group has appointed Colin Murray, who previously worked as head of finance to the new role of CFO, and Brian Montgomery joins the firm as finance manager. Murray, who has worked with Motive for the past year and a half, will now join the board of directors, and will be focused on str
GE Lands $850 Mln Order for OCTP (Ghana)
GE has secured an $850 million deal across its oil & gas business for the supply of equipment to the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) block, Ghana. According to GE, this order incorporates both turbomachinery and subsea elements, with the first shipment planned for Q4 2015. Further shipments are pl
EMEC, The Crown Estate Study Performance of Subsea Cables
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) and The Crown Estate have published a report on the performance of subsea cabling in high energy environments to support the development of commercial wave and tidal energy sites. The key aim of the Sub-sea Cable Lifecycle Study is to improve the industry’s u
Aker Solutions Optimistic in Longer Term
Norwegian oil services company, Aker Solutions, has presented five strategic objectives after splitting in two in September last year. “The split allows us to reduce complexity, build on synergies and bring down costs, which makes us much better equipped to respond to the needs of customers in the 2
New Management Changes in Helix
Helix Energy Solutions Group announced that effective May 11, 2015, Cliff Chamblee will retire after 36 years in the offshore services business and will resign as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Also effective May 11, 2015, Scott Sparks will be promoted to the position of Execu
Searcher, MAGE in Echidna Seismic Survey
Searcher Seismic in cooperation with MAGE, announced the start of acquisition of the Echidna Regional Broadband 2D seismic survey. Comprising of approximately 9,000 km of high quality, long-offset broadband 2D seismic data, the Echidna survey will be the first comprehensive well-tie survey covering
Westermeerwind OWF Monopile Installation Begins
The construction of the offshore wind farm Westermeerwind has started with the installation of the first monopile foundation at the IJsselmeer, the Netherlands. The monopiles were transported from Vlissingen to the project site located between 500 and 1200 meters from the coast of Noordermeer Dijk.
Seanic Delivers Tailored Subsea Chain Tensioner
Seanic Ocean Systems has successfully tested and delivered a custom-designed chain tensioner to an undisclosed client that specializes in deep water well containment equipment and technology. The tool was custom-designed by Seanic’s engineers over the course of the last year and recently completed a
Petrobras: P-61 Begins Production in Papa Terra Field
Petrobras has started production on platform P-61 in Papa Terra field, located near the southern perimeter of the Campos Basin (State of Rio de Janeiro), 110 km off the coast of Brazil and with a water column of 400 to 1,400 m. Moored in waters 1,200 m deep, the P-61 completes the production system
INNOVO’s INNODRIVE-600 for Saipem’s Shah Deniz 2
INNOVO has delivered two of it’s newly introduced Powered Reel Drive Systems, the INNODRIVE-600, for Saipem’s Shah Deniz 2 project in Azerbaijan. The flexible design characteristics of INNOVO’s Powered Reel Drive System allow the units to operate from a variety of vessel types and sizes so improving
SMP Apprentice Meets British Prime Minister
Electrical Engineering Apprentice at Submarine Manufacturing and Products (SMP), Matthew Thompson, last week, met with British Prime Minister, David Cameron and Fylde MP, Mark Menzies at BAE Systems in Warton, Lancashire. The Prime Minister was visiting the North of England to highlight the importan
Van Oord Profit Slips
Dutch contractor Van Oord has posted lower earnings, despite record revenue, due to settlements reached on outstanding claims that arose in the Dubai era. In the year 2014, the company recorded net profit of €119 million, an 8 percent drop compared to €130 million net profit in 2013. Revenue, howeve
Nauplius Converts Wieringen into Hydrographic Ship
De Vries & Van de Wiel, part of the Belgian group DEME, has commissioned Nauplius Workboats to convert a high-speed ship into a survey vessel for hydrographic research. In recent weeks, a Nauplius team has been working on converting a high-speed work ship into a survey vessel named Wieringen. “We ha