Subsea
HMAS Yarra Conducts Search for Navy’s First Submarine
Royal Australian Navy Minehunter, HMAS Yarra, has been undertaking an underwater search off Papua New Guinea for HMAS AE1, the Navy’s first submarine. AE1 was lost without a trace on 14 September 1914, with her full crew of three officers and 32 sailors. The Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Tim Barrett A
Oceanteam’s Subsidiary DOT Holdings Secures Interest in Offshore Support Vessel
Oceanteam Shipping ASA announced that it has secured, through its joint venture DOT Holdings AS, an interest in a new build Offshore Support Vessel. As a result a partnership with Pacific Radiance Ltd., subject to certain conditions subsequent, has been established. Closure of remaining conditions s
Jee Delivers 2015 Course Schedule
Jee Ltd, a subsea engineering and training firm, has released its 2015 course schedule, which includes an additional advanced practitioner course and a new training programme in Norway. The new practitioner course on offer – Advanced design and stress analysis of subsea equipment – provides an inten
Expro Lands Subsea Contract for BP’s Quad 204 Project
Leading international oilfield services company, Expro, has secured a major subsea contract with BP for the Quad 204 project, west of the Shetland Isles in the UK North Sea. The 7-year multi-million dollar contract will see Expro provide its latest design vertical xmas tree landing string for the in
ABB Bags $800 Mln Order for Caithness-Moray HVDC Subsea Link
ABB has won an order worth over $800 million from Scottish Hydro Electric (SHE) Transmission plc to provide the Caithness-Moray high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission link, which will connect the electricity grid on either side of the Moray Firth in northern Scotland. This follows a f
Sonardyne Presented with Queen’s Award for 6G Technology
Sonardyne International Ltd. has been formally presented with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise by the Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire. Dame Mary Fagan presented the Award in the Innovation category for Sonardyne’s Sixth Generation (6G®) product platform during a visit to the company’s head office and m
VIDEO: AdBm Deploys Subsea Noise Reduction System at Butendiek OWF
The Austin Technology Incubator (ATI), part of the IC2 Institute at The University of Texas at Austin (UT), has detailed the recent successful offshore demonstration of AdBm Technologies’ underwater noise abatement system. AdBm, a portfolio company of ATI’s Clean Energy Incubator, worked with its Du
ABB to Deliver Power Solutions to Ocean Rig’s New Drillships
ABB, a global leader in power and automation technology, has secured an order to deliver total power solutions to Ocean Rig’s two seventh generation new integrated design mobile offshore drilling units (MODU) that is being built by Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) at Goeje shipyard in Korea. The contr
PGS Faces Fleet and Cost Cuts
Petroleum Geo-Services ASA has announced today that it has implemented further steps to streamline operations, reduce cost and capital expenditures (CAPEX), and improve cash flow. PGS has stacked, and will consider selling or scrapping, the seismic vessels Pacific Explorer and Nordic Explorer. The s
DONG Energy to Use Nexans’ Offshore Array Cables Until 2020
DONG Energy in Denmark and Nexans signed in July a new framework agreement for the delivery of up to 1,750 kilometres of submarine cables for wind farms off the British coast. The cables will be used for connecting turbines to each other and to the offshore transformer platforms. The framework agree
Dry Well for Det norske on Kvitvola
Det norske oljeselskap ASA, as operator of production license 553, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 34/7-36 S T2. The well was drilled on the Kvitvola prospect about 5 km west of the Visund Field by the Borgland Dolphin drilling rig. The purpose of the well was to prove petroleum in upper
Amarcon Showcases OCTOPUS-Onboard at SMM
Amarcon, a part of the ABB group, and OceanWaveS GmbH, a fully owned subsidiary of Rutter Inc., will demonstrate an OCTOPUS-Onboard advisory suite including Wave and Surface Current Monitoring System set-up during the SMM in Hamburg, from 9 – 12 September 2014. The Amarcon OCTOPUS-Onboard motion mon
EMGS Nets 3D EM Contract from Petrobras in Brazil
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has received a contract worth USD 5.5 million from Petrobras for 3D EM data acquisition in Brazil. “With this contract, we are back in a strategically important region for us. We look forward to working with Petrobras again and expect to see more work in this r
MarinOIL Secures Delivery of Timblo’s Subsea CSV
Timblo Drydocks, part of the Panduranga Timblo Group, has delivered a specialised DP-2 offshore construction support vessel built at its Goa shipbuilding facility, to clients of MarinOIL, New York. Timblo Hull Y133, a light sub-sea construction support vessel, suitable for air diving, remotely opera