Subsea
TPSMI Scores Approved Supplier Status with TOTAL
TPSMI has completed TOTAL EP Diving Safety Management Systems audit to reach approved supplier status. The audit took place towards the end of 2014 and was conducted at the TPSMI’ Africa head office in Congo, where a full review of the processes, facilities and staff competencies was carried out. Th
Petra Energy Sells Stake in Bumi Subsea
Petra Energy Berhad (PEB), a provider of comprehensive range of integrated brown field services for the upstream oil & gas industry, has completed the disposal of the 51% equity interest in Bumi Subsea SDN BHD (BSSB). The company entered into Shares Sales Agreement with Farid Khan bin Kaim Khan (“FK
ENEC Completes Artificial Reef Construction
The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC), has announced the completion of the final stages of an artificially constructed reef, located 3.8km from the shoreline of Barakah, the home of the UAE’s peaceful nuclear energy program. Developed in partnership with the National Marine Dredging Company
EFC Group’s BOP for DSIC Offshore
EFC Group, a designer and manufacturer of instrumentation, monitoring, control and handling systems for the global oil and gas industry, has completed a £1.3million ($2.2million) contract to design and build a BOP and diverter control system for China based Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Co (
Industry Joins on Subsea Cable Performance
A collaboration between the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and GnoSys Global Ltd is supporting the development of a new insulation material for power cables to improve their performance in the onshore and offshore renewable energy industries and drive down whole life network costs. New, mo
VIDEO: Ulstein Sells 100th X-BOW
Ulstein has achieved 100 sales of the X-BOW hull line design with the latest contract for two offshore wind service vessels for Bernhard Schulte/WINDEA Offshore. The milestone was achieved 10 years after the launch of the X-BOW design in 2005. Following the sales to Bourbon Offshore Norway of the se
EMAS On Hold for U.S. IPO
Singapore-listed, Ezra Holdings, has put on hold a plan to list EMAS AMC, Ezra’s subsea services division in the United States, due to unfavourable market conditions, Reuters reports. “Given where the markets are, we have effectively put that on hold,” Eugene Cheng, group chief financial officer of
ESS Wraps Up Westermost Rough Seabed Clearance for DONG
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has successfully completed a boulder clearance and seabed preparation campaign on behalf of DONG Energy. The subsea engineering specialist cleared almost 50,000 boulders and other obstructions from 33 routes spread over a distance of 40km at the Westermost Rough wind farm
Huawei Completes Repeater and Branching Unit Trials
Huawei Marine, a global submarine network provider, announced the successful completion of sea trials for its second-generation Repeater, RPT 1660 R2, and Branching Unit, BU 1650 R2. Both innovative second-generation products were recently tested in the extreme winter conditions of the Atlantic Ocea
Oceaneering Wins Shell Charter Deal
Oceaneering has entered into a two-year, multi-service vessel charter agreement with Shell for use of the Ocean Alliance in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM) starting January 1, 2015. The Ocean Alliance is a U.S. flagged vessel built in 2010. It has an overall length of approximately 309 feet (94 meters
ACE Winches Shortlisted for Outstanding Graduate Programme at OAA
ACE Winches has been shortlisted in the Outstanding Graduate Programme Award Category of the 2015 Offshore Achievement Awards. The annual awards are organised and hosted by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen Section and recognise exceptional performance across a range of categories. T
ASL in Alaska Ice Studies
ASL Environmental Sciences has a contract for a 3-year metocean-ice study program in Cook Inlet, Alaska for the proposed Alaska LNG Project terminal site. This turnkey metocean program includes program management, a PSO (protected species observer), vessel, HSE lead, data processing and analysis, an
IHC Delivers New Heavy Duty LARS
To ensure the safe deployment of divers, IHC Hytech has provided several types of diver handling systems. Divers can be transported to and from subsea work site using the LARS. The latest type of LARS is specially designed for heavy duty operations. This system is designed, manufactured and certifie
Deep BV Conducts Borssele Wind Farm Zone Geophysical Survey
Deep BV, a Dutch company specializing in hydrography, geophysics and oceanography, has been awarded a five-year framework agreement to undertake geophysical soil investigations for offshore wind farm zones in the Netherlands. Furthermore, the company has sealed the deal for its first job within the