Subsea
DNS to Introduce New Chairman at Decom Offshore 2014
Decom Offshore 2014 – Realising Opportunities For All – takes place on Tuesday, 27 May and is the key event for all levels of industry to explore the major business opportunities available in offshore decommissioning and meet with the decision makers of the North Sea decommissioning industry. The co
Oceanteam Increases Activity Level in First Quarter
During the first quarter Oceanteam Shipping ASA increased its level of activity with start up of several new contracts for RentOcean, its marine asset services division. The Company increased its strategic ownership in the design engineering firm KCI to 100 % and commenced an investment programme na
Ocean Sonics Gets New Team Member for Hydrophone Data Analysis
Ocean Sonics welcomes Kristen Kanes to the office in Great Village NS, while she completes a key stage of her orca research project. Kanes, a student working at Victoria BC’s Ocean Networks Canada Innovation Centre, holds an undergraduate degree in co-op Biology, and is now doing her Masters’ at the
Tangiers: Drilling of TAO-1 Well to Start in June
Tangiers Petroleum Limited has advised that drilling of the exploration well TAO-1 off the Moroccan Atlantic coast is on track to start in mid-late June, with the Ralph Coffman jack-up rig now mobilised. The TAO-1 well is a potential company-maker for Tangiers with 190 million barrels of net best es
WASSP Releases WMB-3250 Independent Report
WASSP Ltd, a leading multi-beam manufacturer, has released an independent report on their WMB-3250 Multibeam Sonar. Based in New Zealand, WASSP Ltd have been supplying its Multibeam systems globally since 2007 and have over 700 systems being used in the commercial fishing industry and other applicat
Smaller Support Vessels Show Cost Saving Potential
Scotland’s Energy Minister, Fergus Ewing, has announced that the first leg of a project in Orkney funded by the Scottish Government has demonstrated the potential for considerable cost savings using the capabilities of smaller support vessels in the marine renewables industry. The Orkney Vessel Tria
Bluefin-21 Begins Further Search Missions for Missing MH370
ADV Ocean Shield has arrived back in the MH370 search area. The Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Bluefin-21, was deployed from the vessel this morning. It remains underwater on its search mission. Over the next week, Bluefin-21 will search the remaining areas in the vicinity of the acoustic signals de
Fugro Expands Gulf of Mexico Survey Fleet
Fugro is expanding its survey fleet in the Gulf of Mexico to include a new AUV, Echo Surveyor VII, and a new vessel, R/V Fugro Americas. “Both these impending launches indicate our strong capabilities and commitment to our clients in the GOM and internationally,” says Melissa Jeansonne, Vice Preside
Plexus to Supply Shell China with POS-GRIP Wellhead Technology
Plexus Holdings PLC, the owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering has received a Letter of Award for its first contract with Shell China Exploration and Production Company Limited, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc. The contract, which is subject to finalis
EMAS Strengthens Its Presence in Target Markets with New Contract Wins
EMAS, the operating brand of Ezra Holdings, a leading contractor and provider of integrated offshore solutions to the oil and gas (O&G) industry, informed that the Group has won contracts around the world and across its Subsea Services and Offshore Support Services divisions totalling more than US$9
DONG’s Hejre Launch Jacket Sets Sail to Danish North Sea
At Heerema Vlissingen, one of the fabrication facilities of Heerema Fabrication Group, the 8,500 t DONG Hejre launch jacket for client Technip, sailed to its offshore location in the Danish sector of the North Sea. The contract comprises the procurement and construction of a jacket, pre-drilling wel
Rowe’s Current Profilers to Be Used in WPOS
Rowe Technologies recently delivered 12 acoustic Doppler current profilers to be used in the Western Pacific Ocean System project. WPOS was developed by the Chinese Academy of Science Institute of Oceanology in Qingdao and will monitor the Kuroshio Current, a north flowing ocean current situated in
Statoil Shuts Down Production from Snorre B Subsea Template
Statoil has announced that production from a subsea template at the Snorre B platform was shut down on 17 May following the discovery of an abnormal erosion of mass under the template. Over the last 24 hours, no movement has been observed in the pit at the subsea template. The area is under continuo
Prysmian Secures Major Subsea Grid Contract for OWP Cluster
Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded by 50Hertz Offshore GmbH a subsidiary of 50Hertz Transmission GmbH, operator of transmission grids in Germany a new contract worth approximately up to € 730 million (including options for grid connections