Subsea
Jee to Hold Subsea Pipeline Integrity Management Webinar
A subsea engineering and training company, Jee Ltd, will draw on its extensive integrity management experience to host a free-to-attend webinar exploring the topic on February 24, 2015. Available to a global audience, the webinar ‘Lessons learned in subsea pipeline integrity management’ will be pres
Ezra Bags Libra Turret Gig
Ezra’s wholly owned subsidiary London Marine Consultants (LMC), has been awarded a contract by Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Jurong Shipyard of Singapore, to supply an external turret mooring system for the Libra field’s Extended Well Test (EWT) FPSO vessel. The Libra oil field is a large, ultra-deep
Boskalis Increases Stake in Fugro
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has increased its holding in Fugro N.V. to 20.01%. Boskalis stresses that this is not a step towards making an offer. Boskalis views Fugro as an interesting company with strong market positions in its core activities. The strategy of Boskalis is focused on
Cambla Shortlisted for Subsea UK Award
Aberdeen-based Cambla, an independent project services consultancy specialising in the energy industry, has been shortlisted for a Subsea UK Award in the New Enterprise category. The consultancy has been shortlisted for the New Enterprise award in recognition of the significant growth it has achieve
OceanServer AUV Works on MODUM in Baltic Sea
OceanServer Technology has recently delivered an Iver AUV for the MODUM project supported under the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme. The purpose of the MODUM is to move “Towards the Monitoring of Dumped Munitions Threats in the Baltic Sea.” The goal of the project is to establish
Matrix Installation Buoyancy for Heerema
Matrix Composites & Engineering (MCE) has delivered one of the largest installation buoyancy structures in the world to Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC). The structure weighs 103MT in air and provides 150MT of uplift in seawater, the equivalent of eight large public buses. Made from a modular design
Mooreast Asia Moves to New Facility
Mooreast Asia has expanded to a larger facility in the West of Singapore. The new facility is twice the size of the previous facility in the East. The new 12,000 sqm facility is located at 14 Benoi Sector, Singapore 629847. Mooreast Asia is able to house its offices, workshops, fabrication yards and
Smithsonian Supports Panama’s New MPA Proposal
Two extensive, unexplored submarine mountain chains are proposed as new open-water marine protected areas by the Republic of Panama based on scientific expertise from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Submarine mountain chains are recognized by the United Nations as conservation prioritie
Coda Octopus Sonar Aids in Construction of Vale’s Pier
Coda Octopus Echoscope® Real-Time 3D sonar has been selected by Vale to produce dynamic underwater surveys during construction operations on the North Berth of Pier IV at the Ponta da Madeira Maritime Terminal in Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil. Vale S.A. is a global mining company with headquarters in B
IMCA to Host Workshop on PLCs in Diving Systems
Since 2010 diving systems featuring programmable logic controllers (PLCs) have undergone rapid development. With use of these systems set to continue to rise, the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has taken the initiative to future-proof by organising a workshop in Amsterdam on 11
EMEC, Aquatera Host Japanese Delegation
Orkney’s marine energy industry has been the focus of a fact-finding visit by Japanese politicians and business leaders. The 10-strong party from the Nagasaki Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu, toured the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Stromness at the weekend to learn more about Orkney’s
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (January 05 – January 11). The largest ship in the world, ‘Pieter Schelte’ has arrived to the Port of Rotterdam today, Thursday January 08. The ship will be docked in Alexiahaven where the final assemb
Petrobras Confirms Light Oil Potential in Muriú
Petrobras announces results of drilling well 9-SES-187A (Petrobras nomenclature) / 9-BRSA-1278A-SES (ANP nomenclature), located in concession area BM-SEAL-10, blocks SEAL-M-347 and SEAL-M-424, in Sergipe Basin ultra-deep waters. Results have confirmed the continuation of the light oil accumulation i
Magma, Maritime Developments Team Up on Well Intervention
A pipeline manufacturer, Magma Global, has entered into a partnership with back-deck services specialist Maritime Developments to develop a unique well intervention solution for the offshore oil and gas market. This partnership aims to meet key common challenges in the well intervention sector by sp