Subsea
Solstad Secures GoM Contract for CSV “Normand Pacific”
Solstad Offshore ASA has been awarded a new contract for one-year firm plus an additional one year option for the CSV “Normand Pacific” by Demar Instaladora Y Constructora S.A (Demar). Normand Pacific, a DP3 multi-purpose vessel designed to operate in the deepwater SURF, subsea construction and IRM
Briggs to Start Kames-Bute Subsea Cable Repair
Briggs Marine Contractors Limited has advised mariners that it will be undertaking submarine power cable repair works between Kames and Bute. Marine operations will be running from Tuesday, February 17, 2015 to Friday, February 27, 2015. According to Briggs, operations will be carried out from the v
PGS Wins Patent Battle, EMGS to Appeal
Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (PGS) has won a legal dispute against ElectroMagnetic GeoServices ASA (‘EMGS’), after Oslo District Court ruled in its favor last Firday, February 13, 2015. Namely, ElectroMagnetic GeoServices ASA (EMGS) filed a lawsuit against PGS for patent infringement relating to PGS’
Balfour Beatty Sells Thanet OFTO Interest for USD 61.7 Mln
Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, announced the disposal of an 80% interest in the Thanet offshore transmission project (“Thanet OFTO”) for £40 million ($61.7 million). Thanet OFTO is the high-voltage electricity transmission system connecting the 300MW Thanet Wind Farm, off th
IMCA Gets New Marine Technical Adviser
Andy Goldsmith has joined the International Marine Contractors Association as Technical Adviser Marine, with particular responsibilities for DP (dynamic positioning). “With 17 years on a range of DP vessels under his belt, and as a long-time user of IMCA guidance, Andy is an ideal addition to our bu
UK: Two Navies in Joint Dive
Royal Navy divers took the opportunity to dive with their counterparts in the Norwegian Navy in Plymouth Sound. The dive team from Southern Diving Unit 1, based in HM Naval Base, Devonport, Plymouth, joined colleagues from HnoMS Fridtjof Nansen, an advanced Royal Norwegian Navy frigate. Lieutenant C
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (February 09 – February 15). Swiss-based offshore company Allseas has announced that the largest vessel in the world ‘Pieter Schelte’ is being re-named to ‘Pioneering Spirit’. The company already annou
VIDEO: Maersk Future Subsea Support Vessel
Maersk Supply Service (MSS), part of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, has released an animation of the future addition to its fleet, four subsea supply vessels, to be built by COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard for over USD 470 million. The MT6027 Marin Teknikk-design vessels will have a length of 138 metres, a b
PHOTO: Statoil Presents Johan Sverdrup Plan
Statoil and its partners have submitted the plan for development and operation (PDO) for Johan Sverdrup, phase one, to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. Statoil’s chief executive officer Eldar Sætre handed over the PDO to Norwegian petroleum and energy minister Tord Lien. “This is a gr
Subsea 7 Gets Persephone Job Offshore Australia
Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by Woodside Energy for the Persephone Work Pack 2 Fabrication, Subsea Installation and Diving Services project, offshore Australia. The Persephone Project consists of two wells tied into a subsea production manifold with production fluids transported to the exist
Goliat FPSO Leaves HHI, Heads to Norway
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) announced that Goliat FPSO, the world’s largest cylindrical FPSO ordered by Eni Norge, sailed away from its yard. The 64,000 ton cylindrical floater, measuring 112 m in diameter and 75 m in height, is designed to store one million barrels of crude oil per day. The FPSO
Project Linking Fisheries and Seabed Mapping Begins
Ciaran O’Donnell, a specialist in fisheries acoustic research with Fisheries Ecosystem Advisory services at the Marine Institute has begun a PhD research project that will link fisheries and seabed mapping acoustic technologies. By using both technologies he aims to learn more about how fish behave
First Subsea Introduces New Equipment at EWEA Offshore
First Subsea, a subsea connector specialist, is launching a new monopile interface connector for offshore wind monopiles, and top tension connector for floating wind turbines, on stand A-D8 at EWEA Offshore 2015. The most labour intensive and time-consuming element of cable installation into an offs
Huawei Exhibits 100G Subsea Solution in Africa
Huawei, and Huawei Marine, a submarine cable network provider, has presented its Super 100G solution at WDM & Next Generation Optical Networking Africa which is held in Capetown. Huawei says that this solution includes high-integrated 100G, metro 100G and submarine 100G capabilities, and it will pro