Subsea
Statoil Opts for Unmanned Wellhead Platform on Oseberg
Norway’s Statoil and its licence partners have chosen an unmanned wellhead platform as the concept for the Oseberg Future development phase I project in the North Sea. According to Statoil, the platform will be controlled from the Oseberg field centre, and the investment decision is expected next wi
Siemens Hands Over HelWin1 to TenneT
Siemens has handed over the second North Sea grid connection, HelWin1, to its client TenneT. The German-Dutch transmission system operator has now also put this grid connection into commercial operation. The offshore platform of the HelWin1 grid connection is located around 85 kilometers off the Ger
Clinton Marine Boosts Management
Clinton Marine Survey AB has strengthened the company’s marine initiative by appointing a new Survey Manager. Anders Wikmar will be responsible for the company’s survey department. Anders with over 12 years of background in marine offshore surveys and has worked as Surveyor, Senior Surveyor Offshore
Saipem’s Pipelayer Starts Ichthys Job
Saipem’s deepwater installation vessel Castorone has kicked off the deepwater pipelay of 889 kilometre-long gas export pipeline (GEP) for The INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project. The vessel will lay the remaining 718 kilometre offshore section of the 42-inch diameter GEP following the successful comp
FlexTech Nets Two Contracts
Aberdeen-based Flexible pipe specialist, FlexTech, has secured contracts worth in excess of £250,000. According to the company, the projects, with two oil and gas majors, will take place both on and offshore supporting operations in the UK and the North Sea. FlexTech will execute flexible pipe and f
Searcher, DUG Partner on Seismic Data Project (Australia)
Searcher Seismic has entered into a commercial agreement with DownUnder GeoSolutions (DUG) to market and license the Monodon UltracubeTM. The Monodon UltracubeTM consists of approximately 14,700 km2 3D and 2,000 km 2D reprocessed data in the prospective Northern Carnarvon Basin of the North West She
Gardline Gets New Geoconsultancy Manager
Gardline Geosciences has appointed Roi Santos as the new Geoconsultancy Manager. Santos has taken over responsibility for the offshore contractor’s geotechnical engineering team, following the departure of Geotechnical Director Andy Barwise. Gardline Geosciences Managing Director, Eric Zon, said: “T
OMM Supports Butendiek OWF Development
Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has completed a comprehensive Project Support Package for the Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm. The wind farm, situated 32km west of the island of Sylt on the German/Danish border, comprises 80 wind turbines with a total capacity of 288 MW – enough to power 360,000 house
SEACOM Gets New CEO
SEACOM, Africa’s network service provider and ICT enabler, announced the appointment of Byron Clatterbuck as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Clatterbuck is an industry veteran with more than 18 years experience in the global telecommunications industry. He has held a number of senior internationa
ISE Refits Canadian Navy MCM ROV
The Canadian Navy’s MCM (Mine-Countermeasures) Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) is ready to be returned to the customer after its recent refit by International Submarine Engineering Ltd. TrailBlazer, a 25 HP vehicle has been in operation with the Canadian Navy since 1995. TrailBlazer 25 is capable of
Viper Subsea to Present at Subsea Expo
Viper Subsea will showcase a range of products and services at this year’s Subsea Expo in Aberdeen. This year, the focus by Viper Subsea will be on those services and products that improve the efficiencies of the Integrity Management of aging subsea control systems and umbilicals. From a hardware pe
Helge Lund Takes Up BG Group CEO Role
BG Group announced that Helge Lund will join the Company as Chief Executive Officer and an Executive Director with effect from 9 February 2015. This is ahead of the previously announced start date of 2 March 2015. Lund’s start date has been brought forward following agreement last week from his form
ISA, OMS Ink Polymetallic Nodules Exploration Deal
The International Seabed Authority and Ocean Mineral Singapore Pte Ltd. have signed a 15-year contract for exploration for polymetallic nodules. The contract was signed in Kingston, Jamaica on 15 January by the Secretary-General of the Authority, Nii Allotey Odunton and on 22 January in Singapore b
Registration for FEMME 2015 Open
Registration has opened for the Forum for Exchange of Mutual Multibeam Experiences (FEMME 2015) conference, set to take place in Singapore on 17-19 November 2015. The deadline for the FEMME 2015 conference paper abstracts has been extended to 1st March 2015, Kongsberg Maritime informed. The majority