Subsea
Oceanteam Provides Fourth Quarter 2013 Results
Oceanteam Shipping ASA announced significant backlog increase in the fourth quarter. Apart from extending their successful charter for the Southern Ocean until 2018, the company secured important contracts within Oil & Gas and Offshore Renewables, after the completion of an extensive investment prog
Eni Makes Important New Discovery Offshore Congo
Eni has made an important new exploration discovery in the Marine XII Block located approximately 17 kilometers offshore Congo. The exploration well, Nene Marine 3, which led to the important result, was drilled in a water depth of 28 meters and has encountered a significant wet gas and light oil ac
Seatronics Expand to New Huston Facility
Seatronics Inc., an Acteon company, is expanding its rental, sales and service work for customers throughout North and Central America by moving to a new facility in Huston. The new plant, at 1319 West Sam Houston Parkway North, Suite 150, contains service facilities for cable moulding, connector as
OMM Reports Strong Performance of Its Guard Vessels
Offshore Marine Management’s Guard Vessels business has reported a strong performance in 2013 with 4,728 vessel management days recorded and a number of key industry relationships forged. The company, which has been working closely with its vessel partner has provided guard vessels for a number of h
Plexus: New Well Order from GDF SUEZ E&P UK
Plexus Holdings PLC has received a purchase order worth an estimated £1.5 million from GDF SUEZ E&P UK Ltd to supply its POS-GRIP wellhead system for exploration activities in the UK Central North Sea. The new purchase order is for the second of two wells as announced on 23 May 2013 which formed par
Aker Solutions’ Subsea Business Becomes Market Winner, CEO Says
Aker Solutions delivered its best quarter results of 2013 as an increased focus on execution, delivery of key projects and major contract wins boosted earnings. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) amounted to NOK 1.06 billion in the quarter, compared with NOK 1.09 b
UK: Nautronix Expands Sales Team
As the result of rapid growth, throughout the years, Nautronix announces a new appointment within the sales team. Experienced Business Development Manager, Donald Thomson has been appointed as the company’s VP Sales, Global Commercial Acoustics. He will assume direct responsibility for sales in the
Technip Pens Project Management Consultancy Contract with ADMA-OPCO
Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) awards Technip with a contract for project management consultancy services for the engineering, procurement and construction phases of the Zakum Oil Lines Replacement Project-Phase 1. ADMA-OPCO’s objective is to replace aged oil pipelines in the Zakum f
SRP Secures Order for Rocksteady Subsea Connectors from Carnegie in Australia
Subsea Riser Products (SRP), an Acteon company, has been awarded a large contract with Carnegie Wave Energy to provide subsea foundation connectors, articulating bearings and tether assemblies for Carnegie’s Perth Wave Energy Project off Western Australia. This is the first time that a variant of th
Statoil Selects Concept for Johan Sverdrup Field Development
Statoil and the partners in the Johan Sverdrup field have decided on a concept for the first development phase. The partners have agreed on a field centre consisting of four installations and power from shore. Johan Sverdrup is among the largest oil fields on the Norwegian shelf, and will at peak co
Oceanology International 2014: Subsea Mining in Spotlight
Subsea mining is in the news as well as on the agendas of an increasing number of companies around the globe. On Friday 7 February the Deep Sea Mining Bill, which seeks to bring forward greater regulations to the emerging industry, with an emphasis placed on protecting the marine environment, was gi
Drilling Operations Begin in New Zealand’s Canterbury Basin
Anadarko Petroleum Company began drilling operations of Caravel-1 exploration well on 10 February 2014. The well is located in PEP 38264 of Canterbury Basin offshore New Zealand. The drillship Noble Bob Douglas is expected to take about 40 days for this drilling operation, which will reach an expect
Combinatie Croon Bakker Secures Order for Subsea 7’s Pipe Laying Vessels
Combinatie Croon Bakker (CCB), a Croon Elektrotechniek and Bakker Sliedrecht joint venture, secured an order from Subsea 7 for delivery of the complete electrical installations, propulsion and automation for three new Pipe Laying Vessels. The vessels will be built at the IHC Merwede Shipyards in Kri
BP’s Challenger Programme Delegates Visit GE Oil & Gas (UK)
On January 9, delegates from BP’s Challenger programme visited GE Oil & Gas’ Newcastle (Wellstream Flexibles) and Cramlington (PII Pipeline Solutions) facilities to learn more about local pipeline solutions delivered to global customers. The “Challengers”—Robert Watts, Louis Doyle, Darius Kermani an