Subsea
Statoil Starts Up Valemon
Statoil and partners kicked off the production on the Valemon field in the North Sea, on January 3, 2015. Recoverable reserves from the field are estimated at 192 million barrels of oil equivalent. Valemon is the second Statoil-operated platform to be put into production in the last nine months and
IMCA Issues Guidance on DP Trials Programme
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has just published ‘Example Redundancy Concept and Annual DP Trials for a DP Class 3 Construction Vessel’ (IMCA M 225). It’s a companion volume to ‘Guidance for developing and conducting annual DP trials programmes for DP vessels’ (IMCA M 190 –
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (December 29 – January 04). Russia’s Gazprom has signed an agreement for the acquisition of the remaining 50% stake in the South Stream gas pipeline project (South Stream Transport BV). South Stream Tr
Ezra’s Director Steps Down
Offshore contractor, Ezra Holdings, has announced that Karl Erik Kjelstad resigned as a Non-Executive and Non-Independent Director of the Company. According to Ezra, Karl Erik Kjelstad decided to resign, with effect from 1 January 2015, due to a change in strategic investment position of Aker Soluti
SBSS Delivers Venezuela Subsea Link
SBSS has successfully completed the installation and burial of two subsea power cables connecting Margarita Island to Chacopata on the Venezuelan mainland. SBSS took the cable installation vessel CS Sovereign under charter from their parent company Global Marine Systems Limited, mobilizing in June 2
Editor’s Picks for 2014
The editors of Subsea World News have selected a few among many worth remembering articles from the previous year that received exceptionally high attention from our readers. In no particular order, here are some of the news to look back on, in case you missed them last year. Enjoy. Pieter Schel
Best of 2014
Subsea World News brings you the most popular articles from the previous year (January 01 – December 31). The Best of 2014 represents the readers’ choice, based on the monthly statistics and general interest in the articles. January: Stork Sells Its Subsea Division to N-Sea Group Stork Tec
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2015 !
Subsea World News team wishes all our readers and their loved ones a happy and prosperous New Year! HAPPY NEW YEAR 2015!
Saipem Remains on South Stream Work Suspension
Italy’s Saipem has said that it does not expect significant changes in South Stream suspension status until 19th February 2015. Namely, Saipem received a “Notification of suspension of Marine Spread activities” short after Russia announced the cancellation of the pipeline project for gas from the Bl
Acta Marine Wraps Up CPT Jobs in UK and Germany
Coastal Chariot has successfully finished two cone penetration testing (C.P.T.) projects in U.K. and Germany. Coastal Chariot assisted a geophysical services company in Liverpool waters and a Swedish survey company in German waters. After already having independently completed a cable laying project
BP Kicks Off Kinnoull Production
BP, on behalf of the Kinnoull field co-venturers, has started production from the Kinnoull field in the central North Sea. Kinnoull is BP’s seventh and final major upstream project start-up in 2014. The Kinnoull reservoir, developed as part of a wider rejuvenation of the Andrew field area, is tied b
TM Wins SKR1M Subsea Cable Project
Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) has been awarded a contract via an open tender process to develop and construct a new submarine cable system, called Sistem Kabel Rakyat 1Malaysia (SKR1M) by Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). The establishment of this new submarine cable system i
NUS Builds Turtle Robot for Underwater Tasks
NUS Engineering researchers are closer to creating underwater robotic creatures with a brain of their own, besides behaving like the real thing. In the near future, it would not be too tall an order for the team to produce a swarm of autonomous tiny robotic sea turtles and fishes for example, to per
MacGregor to Supply Subsea Crane for Toisa DSV
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received order from Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co Ltd (ZPMC). The contract is for four offshore cranes, including a 400-tonne SWL active heave-compensated crane capable of deploying 3,000m of wire rope. All four cranes will be fitted to a new 145m dive support v