Subsea
DOF Hires ‘Polar King’
GC Rieber Shipping has scored a charter deal with DOF Subsea Norway for one of its subsea vessels. The 111 meters long CSV Polar King will start its work for DOF in April, for a fixed period of 100 days. According to GC Rieber, DOF has the option to extend the charter contract for five […]
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (March 02 – March 08). Oil services company Subsea 7 has plunged into the red on fourth quarter revenue drop and hefty impairment charge, following a downward revision of forecast activity levels, driv
Conquest, deugro Develop New Monopile Setup System
Conquest Offshore, together with deugro Denmark A/S, has developed a highly efficient installation system for monopiles and transition pieces, supported by the engineering knowledge and experience of Temporary Works Design (TWD) and Barge Master. Parties have combined their experience and in depth k
Van Oord to Christen Nexus on Saturday
Van Oord’s first cable-laying vessel for constructing offshore wind parks, Nexus, will be christened on Saturday, 7 March. The vessel will be christened by J. Damen-Carli, the wife of K. Damen, member of the supervisory board at Van Oord and chairman of Damen Shipyards Group, in the presence of Van
SPT Offshore Wins Dudgeon OWF Job
SPT Offshore has been awarded the design, fabrication and installation of the suction pile foundation for Statoil Siemens Dudgeon Transformer Substation to support Sembmarine SLP being the main fabricator for this substation. Sembmarine SLP has been awarded a contract to design and build the offshor
BP Inks Final Agreements for West Nile Delta Project
BP has signed the final agreements of the West Nile Delta project to develop 5 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas resources and 55 million barrels (mmbbls) of condensates with an estimated investment of around $12 billion by BP and its partner. Production from WND is expected to reach up to 1.2 billio
Subsea 7 Eyes Fleet Reduction
Oslo-listed Subsea 7 is considering a potential downsize of its fleet as it looks to cut down costs amid offshore oil & gas Exploration & Production slowdown. The seabed-to-surface engineering contractor revealed it had recognised a prospect to reduce its fleet by 10 vessels, over a two year period,
IHC Merges Four Units into IHC IQIP
Royal IHC (IHC) has integrated four of its business units – IHC Hydrohammer, IHC Handling Systems, IHC Sea Steel and IHC Fundex Equipment – into one new organization, which will operate under the name IHC IQIP. Through this merger, IHC is taking the next step in offering a fully integrated solution
Hollandia Offshore Wins Horns Rev C Jacket Deal
Energinet.dk, the Danish power transmission company, has appointed Hollandia Offshore with the procurement, fabrication, load out and transport of the Horns Rev C Jacket. The Jacket is to be installed in the Horns Rev 3 Offshore wind farm near the Danish Coast. The scheduled delivery date is April 2
DOF Subsea Starts Pateke-4H Gig
AWE Limited as Operator of PMP 38158 has advised that the Pateke-4H subsea tie-back and installation project kicked off on Thursday March 5, with the arrival of the DOF Subsea Diving Support Vessel, the Skandi Singapore, at the Tui area. Tui area oil fields are located approximately 50 kilometres of
Alliance Launches SS-7 Series LVIT
Alliance Sensors Group introduced the SS-7 series LVIT (Linear Variable Inductive Transducer) designed for subsea environments and the demands of Oil and Gas Exploration. The SS-7 is designed to be embedded into a hydraulic cylinder and utilizes the gun-drilled piston rod as a target, sensing it’s p
ECA Sells First A18 AUV
The ECA Group has secured first order for its next-generation A18 autonomous underwater robot from an undisclosed customer. According to the company, the robot will be delivered in 2016, and it will cost several million euros. After several successful A9 orders in 2013 and 2014, this export sale is
Scientists Urge President Obama to Stop Seismic Testing
Leading ocean scientists from the U.S. and around the world today urged President Obama to halt a planned oil and gas exploration program off the Atlantic coast that would have “significant, long-lasting and widespread impacts on the reproduction and survival” of threatened whales and commercial fis
Kongsberg Builds Subsea Camera for Pipeline Repair Monitoring
Kongsberg Maritime Camera Group has designed, manufactured & delivered a new underwater video camera for use on an advanced subsea Remote Pipeline Repair System (RPRS). According to Kongsberg, the cameras are specifically designed to monitor the welding arc and welding pass in an unmanned hyperbaric