Subsea
RTS Expands Its Facilities
Rental Technology & Services (RTS), has recently celebrated the opening of their new and expanded office, and workshop facilities in Karmøy, Norway. The company, which houses just over 30 employees, had a turnover in 2013 of approximately $14 million US dollars, and has outgrown their old facilities
Eni Hits Oil in Ochigufu Well (Angola)
Eni has made a new oil discovery in Block 15/06, in the Ochigufu exploration prospect, in deep water offshore Angola. Oghigufu is the 10th commercial oil discovery made in Block 15/06. The new discovery is estimated to contain 300 million barrels of oil in place. Ochigufu 1 NFW well, which has led t
Petrojarl Knarr FPSO Arrives at Aibel for Final Preparations
The new floating production vessel Petrojarl Knarr has arrived from Korea at Aibel’s shipyard in Haugesund. Here the ship will be prepared before installation on the Knarr field. The assignment contributes to full employment at the yard for the upcoming weeks, before Petrojarl Knarr once again leave
Scantrol Delivers AHC for Hydramec’s LARS
Scantrol has supplied Active Heave Compensation (AHC) for a Launch & Recovery System for another Observation ROV. The LARS, ordered by one of the world’s leading subsea companies, is designed by the British winch manufacturer Hydramec. The recent delivery is the start of a long-term relationship bet
DONG Energy Names New Managing Director
DONG Energy Sales announced that Jeff Whittingham has been appointed Managing Director. Jeff is taking over from Mike Hogg who is retiring after more than 41 years in the energy industry. The new appointment will be effective on 1st November 2014. Evert den Boer, International Sales Senior Vice Pres
Jee Wins Contract Renewal from BP
Jee Ltd, a subsea engineering and training firm, has been awarded a three-year contract extension from BP with potential value in excess of $7.3 million (£4.5 million). The two companies have had a support contract in place for 10 years, with Jee providing global operations and project support to BP
DeepOcean Adds New Members to Its Team
DeepOcean Group Holding B.V. announces that Henk van den IJssel and Peter van der Hak will join DeepOcean on 1 October, 2014. “We are pleased that Henk and Peter have decided to join the DeepOcean team”, says DeepOcean CEO Bart Heijermans. “Henk will focus as Commercial Director on international bus
McDermott Hires Neptune for Additional Ichthys Work
Neptune Marine Services’ Subsea Stabilisation division has been awarded two subcontracts by McDermott Australia for the Ichthys LNG Project. McDermott is the appointed main contractor for the Subsea Umbilicals, Risers and Flowlines (SURF) engineering, procurement, construction and installation porti
iSURVEY Bags Two Year Contract from Island Offshore
iSURVEY, a leading provider of survey and positioning services to the global oil and gas, offshore renewables and telecommunications markets has been awarded a two year contract with offshore vessel owner, Island Offshore Management. The two year contract will see iSURVEY AS provide positioning serv
NOAA Unveils Golden Gate Shipwrecks
A team of NOAA researchers has confirmed the discovery just outside San Francisco’s Golden Gate strait of the 1910 shipwreck SS Selja and an unidentified early steam tugboat wreck tagged the “mystery wreck.” The researchers also located the 1863 wreck of the clipper ship Noonday, currently obscured
NoCGV Svalbard Assists in Climate Research in Arctic
Coast Guard vessel NoCGV Svalbard assisted researchers from the Nansen Center with climate research in the Arctic in September. The expedition is conducted annually and the main goal is to measure ocean temperature in the Fram Strait, located between Svalbard and Greenland. NoCGV Svalbard, which is
BPS, WorleyParsons Team Up on ‘bioWAVE’ Project
Ocean energy company, BioPower Systems (BPS), and global engineering services provider, WorleyParsons, have jointly completed the final engineering and design for a 250kW grid-connected wave energy project in Victoria, Australia. The project is being funded by the Australian Government, through the
Unique Hydra to Deliver Dive System for UDS’ Newbuild
Unique Hydra, a division of Unique Maritime Group (UMG) an integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solutions provider, has been selected by Ultra Deep Solutions (UDS) to design, build and integrate the dive system for a multipurpose Diving Support Construction Vessel (DSCV). The new DSCV is equipped
EIVA Becomes New VideoRay Service Centre
In August, EIVA and VideoRay executives met at EIVA’s headquarters in Denmark. One of the items on the agenda was the official appointment of EIVA as authorised VideoRay Service Centre. EIVA is a long-standing authorised representative of VideoRay, having sold numerous underwater remotely operated v