Subsea
VIDEO: ‘Ceona Amazon’ Construction Continues
After being successfully floated at Crist Yard in Poland back in April, the Ceona Amazon was towed to Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven for extensive outfitting. The 199-metre versatile deepwater field development vessel with her huge product carrying capacity (5,000t of flexible or 8,500t of rigid pipe) stor
RoboSub Competition Winners Equiped with SeaBotix Thrusters
SeaBotix, a manufacturer of MiniROV systems, has reported that all the winning teams of the 17th Annual RoboSub Competition were equipped with SeaBotix thrusters. Organized and supported by the AUVSI Foundation and the Office of Naval Research, the RoboSub Competition is held annually at the SSC Pac
ABB’s Cables for Dong’s Burbo Bank Extension OWF
ABB has won an order worth around $30 million from DONG Energy to supply a high-voltage export cable system that will transmit power from the Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm in the UK. ABB’s project scope includes the design, engineering, supply and commissioning of the 25 kilometer (km) lon
China Seeks Polymetallic Nodules Exploration Approval
The International Seabed Authority (ISA) has received an application for approval of a plan of work for exploration for polymetallic nodules in the area submitted by China Minmetals Corporation, which is sponsored by the Government of the People’s Republic of China. The application area is in the re
Total E&P Norge to Drill Wildcat in Licence 554 (Norway)
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Total E&P Norge AS a drilling permit for wellbore 34/6-3 S f. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 34/6-3 S will be drilled from the Leiv Eiriksson semi-submersible drilling rig after completing drilling of well 35/9-11 A for RWE
Statoil Selects Kongsberg for Johan Castberg Gig
Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Gruppen ASA, has been awarded a contract for delivery of Extended Concept Study and Pre-Front End Engineering Design (FEED) to the Statoil Johan Castberg project in the Barents Sea. The project comprises the development of t
VSMC Gets $120 Mln Sandbank OWF Contract
VSMC, a strategic joint venture of VolkerWessels and Boskalis, has been awarded a $120 million (€ 90 million) contract by Sandbank Offshore Windfarm GmbH (a joint venture of energy companies Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München). The scope of work for VSMC includes cable supply, CPS, installation, post
INTECSEA Wins Subsea FEED Job on Maersk’s Culzean
INTECSEA’s UK office has been awarded the subsea front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for Maersk Oil UK’s Culzean ultra-high-pressure, high-temperature development in the North Sea. The Culzean development is one of the largest gas discoveries of recent years in the UK North Sea, located
NOC to Provide Ocean Satellite Data Analysis for ESA
Scientists at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have secured a three-year contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to carry out ‘quality control’ checks on ocean data captured by one of its satellites. The team at NOC were approached by ESA to analyse data recorded by CryoSat-2, due to the
Plexus Forms JV with Malaysian O&G Partner
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, has announced that its subsidiary Plexus Ocean Systems (Singapore) PTE. LTD has completed the formation of a new Malaysian Joint Venture
AFG Ink LoI for Removal and Disposal of Murchison Platform
AF Gruppen ASA’s (AFG) wholly owned subsidiary, AF Decom Offshore U.K. Limited in a consortium with Heerema Marine Contractors Nederland SE, called Heerema-AF Consortium, has been awarded a Letter of Intent by CNR International (U.K), for the removal and disposal of the Murchison Platform in the Nor
Ceona Awards Five Year Subsea Contract to NCS Survey
NCS Survey, an Acteon company, has been awarded a five year contract for positioning services with SURF company, Ceona. Mobilisation has been successfully completed on the first vessel, Ceona’s DP3 multi-purpose vessel, the Normand Pacific. Following initial work in the Gulf of Mexico, NCS Survey wi
COSCO Scores $470 Mln Subsea Supply Vessel Deal with Maersk
COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard, a subsidiary of COSCO Shipyard Group, has secured contracts valued over USD 470 million from Maersk Supply Service (MSS), part of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, to build four subsea supply vessels. The secured contract comes with an option for Maersk Supply Service to build a
Dolphin’s P&I Business Set for Rapid Growth
Following the award of several key processing projects, Dolphin Geophysical has announced a record external backlog for Processing & Imaging (P&I) and Processing software sales in excess of USD 10 million. This proprietary backlog is in addition to Dolphin’s multi-client processing projects. It also