Subsea
Alewijnse Scores ‘Nordnes’ Job
Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen has subcontracted the electrical repairs and modifications of Van Oord’s flexible fallpipe vessel ‘Nordnes’ to Alewijnse Marine Systems. Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen, part of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion, has been awarded the contract by Van Oord to refit the Nordnes. The
WHOI Says So Long to R/V Knorr
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Research Vessel (R/V) Knorr is retiring from service. Knorr conducted its last Long Core mission in November 2014. After hundreds of science expeditions, and port stops in more than 40 countries, the ship returned to the Woods Hole dock December 3. The ship’s fat
VIDEO: Petronas CCS Project
Petronas is studying technically and commercially viable techniques of developing high CO2 fields, with end-to-end CO2 management. According to the company it’s embarking on one of the largest Carbon Capture and Storage projects in the world. Petronas will present it’s plans at the upcoming Internat
NHC Plans New Dive Technician Courses
National Hyperbaric Centre’s Dive Technician course has been run by the centre for nearly three years and due to continuing popularity and demand, the centre plans to schedule more courses in additional locations worldwide. Dive Technicians carry out the vital and responsible job of servicing and ma
Scientists Think Deep Water Melts Antarctic Glaciers
The water temperatures on the West Antarctic shelf are rising. The reason for this is predominantly warm water from greater depths, which as a result of global change now increasingly reaches the shallow shelf. There it has the potential to accelerate the glacier melt from below and trigger the slid
Halliburton Forms Executive Integration Team
Halliburton’s Board of Directors has appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Mark McCollum to the new role of Executive Vice President and Chief Integration Officer. In this capacity, he will serve as head of the Joint Integration Team that Halliburton and Baker Hughes Incorpo
Prysmian Bags €65 Mln Turkey Cable Gig
Prysmian Group has been awarded a contract worth a total of around €64 million by the Turkish utility TEIAS for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of the second high voltage submarine power cable link between Europe and Asia across the Dardanelles strait in Turkey. This second link a
Deep Down Nets $3 Mln in Orders
Deep Down, an oilfield services company specializing in deepwater and ultra-deepwater oil production distribution system support services, has received multiple orders for flying leads and offshore installation equipment. The flying leads will be deployed in West Africa , South East Asia and the Gul
Wood Group Wins ExxonMobil Deal (Malaysia)
Wood Group has been awarded a multi-year contract by ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc (EMEPMI), a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation. Wood Group PSN and Wood Group Mustang will deliver brownfield engineering, procurement and construction management services to support EMEPMI’s o
Ophir in 3D Seismic Off Myanmar
Ophir Energy has signed a Production Sharing Contract with the Myanmar Ministry of Energy which finalises the award of Block AD-03 offshore Myanmar. Ophir has a 95% operated interest in the block which is located in the Rakhine Basin. The Block is approximately 10,000km2 in size and is on trend with
TL Offshore Secures Tembiaki Contract
SapuraKencana’s wholly-owned subsidiary, TL Offshore, has been awarded a contract by Vestigo Petroleum. The contract is for the Provision of Transportation and Installation (T&I) of the Central Processing Platform (CPP) for the Tembikai Development. The Tembikai Oil Project comprises transportation
VIDEO: Aubin Subsea Liquid Buoyancy Lifting System
Following the successful completion of its first operational trial of its LiquiBuoy system,earlier this year, engineering firm Aubin Subsea announced that it could transform subsea lifting. LiquiBuoy is an alternative to traditional buoyancy systems currently on the market, such as syntactic foam. I
‘Ceona Amazon’ Named
SURF contractor, Ceona, has christened its flagship asset, the Ceona Amazon. The ‘Ceona Amazon’ has been internally designed at Ceona and purpose built to perform in multiple pipelay and operational modes. The Vessel also features a large storage capacity and heavy subsea construction capability. Sh
BT Delivers New Scottish Subsea Link
Digital Scotland is celebrating the completion of a once-in-a-generation subsea telecoms project which brings faster fibre broadband another step closer for many of Scotland’s most remote communities. Today (Thursday 4 December) the £410 million Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband project partners