Subsea
Alcatel-Lucent, Cinia to Connect Finland and Germany
Alcatel-Lucent and Cinia Group, previously Corenet, the Finnish Government-owned venture, will deploy an undersea cable system that will provide the first direct cable link between the Nordic region and continental Europe. The project, named Sea Lion, calls for the deployment of a new 100G system th
Seaway in Sandbank Substation Setup
Bladt Industries, Aalborg, Denmark has awarded Seaway Heavy Lifting the contract for the transportation and installation of the Sandbank substation. The substation platform consists of a jacket, skirt piles and deck and requires to be installed in the Sandbank Offshore Wind Farm. At the substation,
Alewijnse Bags ‘Seawell’ Electrical Refit Gig
Alewijnse Marine Systems has been awarded the contract for the full recondition of the electrical power and distribution systems of the 114 metre diving support vessel Seawell, owned by Helix Energy Solutions Group. The Seawell is currently in the North Sea and is expected at the Damen Shiprepair Ya
Hydro Group Scoops Canada Cable Deal
Aberdeen based, Hydro Group, a designer and manufacturer of underwater cables and connectors for subsea, underwater, topside and onshore applications, has secured a six figure contract with the Canadian Department of National Defence. Hydro Group has been selected by the Canadian National Defence Or
Searcher Seismic in Ireland Shoot
Searcher Seismic in conjunction with project partner MAGE, has announced the Echidna Regional Broadband 2D seismic survey in Ireland. The Echidna Regional Broadband 2D seismic survey comprises of approximately 9,000 km of high quality, long offset broadband 2D seismic data and will be the first comp
Stone Energy Starts Up Cardona
Stone Energy Corporation provided an operational update on its Cardona deepwater development project. The Cardona project initial production testing started in late November and the two wells (Cardona 4 and 5) have been tested and will be closely monitored with flow rates ramping up over a four week
FORCE Plans Safety Zone in Minas Passage
FORCE (Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy) has invited fishers to a meeting to offer an update on the tidal energy project. FORCE is proposing a safety zone in the Minas Passage around the recently installed underwater power cables. The zone would help protect people, cables and fishing gear fro
KVH Boosts Submarine Network
KVH, Asia’s information delivery platform headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, announced a new backhaul service in Japan that connects Shima Cable Landing Station (CLS) with Tokyo and Osaka through KVH’s Ethernet backbone network. This new backhaul service, commercially available from December 15, 2014, w
2H Offshore in New Offices
2H Offshore, an Acteon company, has invested in improved office facilities in Malaysia and Australia, to support ongoing growth in the Asia Pacific region. Both offices have improved facilities, additional meeting rooms and enhanced conference facilities and maintain a close proximity to a large num
MH370: 8000 sq km of Seafloor Searched
Over 8000 square kilometers of the seafloor have been searched but no debris has been found relating to the missing Malaysian Airline. The latest news on the search vessel movement tells us that Fugro Equator continues to conduct bathymetric survey work in the search area. To date, over 185,000 squa
HSSE Passes FPAL Checkup
Hughes Sub Surface Engineering Ltd. has successfully achieved accreditation from FPAL. The Achilles FPAL community serves the procurement needs of the wider European oil & gas market. FPAL Verify is a supplier assessment that involves a two day visit to a nominated suppliers’ premises to audit Quali
ISA Invites for COMRA 2015 Training
The International Seabed Authority is calling for applications for the training programme to be provided by China Ocean Mineral Resources Research and Development Association (COMRA) in 2015 pursuant to the contract for exploration for polymetallic sulphides between the International Seabed Authorit
Dolphin in Oman Seismic for Masirah
Masirah Oil has commissioned a new 3D seismic survey in Block 50 Oman. The seismic survey, will be undertaken by Dolphin Geophysical ASA with its vessel, Artemis Arctic. The seismic survey commenced in November 2014 and is scheduled to be completed within approximately 45 days following mobilisation
Aquamarine to Scale Down
Wave energy company Aquamarine Power has announced plans to downsize its business. Commenting on the news, Aquamarine Power Chief Executive Officer John Malcolm, said: “Following a strategic review the Board of Aquamarine Power has decided to significantly downsize the business. “This will involve r