Subsea
Hughes SSE Wraps Up Gwynt y Môr Project
Hughes Sub Surface Engineering (Hughes SSE) has completed works on the world’s second largest wind farm Gwynt y Môr. Since 2012 Hughes SSE has been a provider of core services to the construction efforts at Gwynt y Môr wind farm. During a 34 month involvement, Hughes SSE provided a combined operatio
Ramboll Provides Geotechnical Input for Cross Harbour Tunnel
Ramboll has been selected as expert reviewer and geotechnical consultant on the North South Line, part of the Hong Kong metro. The metro will help to make life easier for more than 1 million people every day. Ramboll was selected by PY Pun-KD to provide geotechnical input for the underwater Cross Ha
Schlumberger Bags Mariner Contract from Statoil
Statoil has on behalf of the Mariner co-venturers awarded the contract for integrated drilling and well services on the Mariner field on the UK continental shelf (UKCS) to Schlumberger Oilfield UK Plc. “This is a very significant agreement for the Mariner project, and the result of an innovative, ne
Ocean Installer Opens Brazil Office
Ocean Installer has established an office in Brazil to secure a permanent presence in the region. “We have seen the need to establish an office to serve the Brazilian oil and gas market. Brazil is a very interesting region and the ‘pre-salt’ reservoirs hold exciting opportunities for us,” says Ocean
Rem Offshore Puts Off Newbuild Delivery
Norway’s Rem Offshore and Vard Group have agreed to postpone delivery of the OCV (Offshore Construction Vessel). Namely, in June 2014, Rem Offshore entered into a newbuilding contract with Vard for delivery in the first quarter of 2016. However, under the new agreement, delivery of the vessel is sch
Polarcus Wins WA Shoot for Parenco
Oslo-listed seismic player Polarcus has inked a a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Perenco Oil & Gas Gabon for a 3D marine seismic acquisition project offshore West Africa. The survey will be acquired by the company’s 12 streamer 3D/4D seismic vessel Polarcus Nadia. The 88.8 meters long, ULSTEIN SX124 de
FMC Technologies Subsea Systems for Eni’s East Hub
FMC Technologies, Inc. has received an order from Eni Angola to supply subsea production systems for its deepwater Block 15/06 East Hub development. The order has an estimated value of $393 million in revenue. “We are pleased to have been awarded the subsea production systems contract for Eni’s Bloc
Maven Backs Subsea Firm Fathom Systems
Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has led the management buy-out of subsea technology company, Fathom Systems Limited. The £4.25 million investment by Maven in the Aberdeenshire business represents the private equity firm’s 15th portfolio company investment in the energy service sector. In the past twe
Deep C Completes Black Sea Work
Deep C has completed a Mass Flow Excavation and Dredging contract in the Black Sea utilizing their in house designed Deep C Blower. The Deep C blower is an electrically powered Mass Flow Excavation solution with unique capabilities and the ability to be used at considerable water depths. The project
PGS Provides Greece Offshore Data
PGS is the official provider of seismic data to the 2nd International Offshore Greece Licensing Round. The Greek Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change has released 20 offshore blocks in Western Greece and South of Crete for exploration. The licensing round opened November 2014 and will
Huntington at Reduced Rates, Full Production Further Delayed
Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco) has been informed that a temporary approval has been granted to resume production at reduced rate at the Huntington field, and that the field is now on stream. Until normal access to the CATS system has been restored, Noreco expects that daily production from Hu
Primeline Commercialises LS36-1 Gas
Primeline has started the commercial production at its LS36-1 gas field, after trial production having been successfully completed. The production period under the Petroleum Contract for Block 25/34 has accordingly began. The Joint Management Committee (JMC) established by China National Offshore Oi
AAE’s 400th USBL System Goes to Canada
Applied Acoustics reached another milestone with the sale of its 400th USBL system to its Canadian distributor, ROMOR Ocean Solutions based in Nova Scotia. The system, the Spread Spectrum rack-mount Nexus, is bound for the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) located in St John’s, Newfo
Subsea 7 to Reorganise
Seabed-to-surface engineering contractor, Subsea 7, has announced that, with effect from 1 January 2015, it will be changing the organisational structure of its business. According to the company, its to better align Group’s strategic priorities and to further strengthen the its execution capabiliti