Subsea
Hydroid Bags New Contract from US Navy
Hydroid Inc. landed a 26.2 million contract for engineering services, repair and training support for the US Navy’s MK 18 unmanned underwater vehicle family of systems. The REMUS range of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles – AUV are free-swimming autonomus underwater vehicles characterized by modularity
NOAA Takes Delivery of Reuben Lasker Fisheries Survey Vessel
NOAA has taken delivery of Reuben Lasker, the agency’s newest high-tech fisheries survey vessel from Marinette Marine Corporation, a Fincantieri company. The 208-ft. ship will primarily support fish, marine mammals and turtle surveys off the U.S. West Coast and in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.
Dolphin Increases Loan Facility for Financing of New Seismic Equipment
Dolphin Geophysical AS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dolphin Group ASA, has today entered into a term sheet with DNB Bank ASA and SpareBank 1 SR-Bank ASA, which contemplates an increase of the existing Loan Facility by USD 20 million to the total amount of USD 93 million. Currently USD 50 million is
IHC Merwede CEO Steps Down
IHC Merwede’s CEO, Dirk Philips, will step back from his role within the company. Over the past two months, he has led the Board of Management to formulate some important aspects of IHC Merwede’s future business strategy, as well as the appropriate organisation required to implement it. The mutual d
Petrobras Completes Drilling of Fifth Well in Santos Basin Pre-Salt Iara Area
Petrobras announces it has completed drilling the fifth exploratory well in the Santos Basin pre-salt Iara area, block BM-S-11. Well 3-RJS-715D (3-BRSA-1181D-RJS), informally known as Iara Alto Ângulo (‘Iara steep angle’), is located 225 km off the Rio de Janeiro coast, at a water depth of 2,128 met
AMEC Secures HUC Contract for GDF SUEZ E&P UK’s Cygnus Field
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded the hook up and commissioning (HUC) support contract for GDF SUEZ E&P UK Ltd’s Cygnus gas field development, the UK Southern North Sea’s largest gas discovery in the last 25 years. The HUC support contract for the f
TGS, Dolphin Start 3D Multi-Client Seismic Survey Offshore Brazil
TGS, in partnership with Dolphin Geophysical, will commence acquisition of a new 3D multi-client survey, Olho de Boi, covering 5,000 km2 offshore Brazil. The survey is designed to image pre-salt plays in the hydrocarbon rich Campos Basin and is located northeast of the Pão de Açúcar discovery in an
GE Oil & Gas Opens Expanded Batam Subsea Manufacturing Facility
Indonesia Vice Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources H.E. Susilo Siswoutomo officiated the grand opening of GE’s newly expanded Batam Island subsea manufacturing facility. The facility features a new high bay workshop that will enable GE to begin manufacturing its first vertical subsea production
DGI Gets Order for Subsea Actuators from McDermott for Ichthys Gas Project
DGI from the Netherlands has been awarded a contract from McDermott for delivery of a large number of shallow water subsea actuators for flooding systems with ROV override access for the Ichthys Gas Project. The Ichthys LNG project will be executed by McDermott for the EPC part (URF part) and Heerem
Public Exhibition to Unveil Plans for Tidal Energy Device at Ramsey Sound and St Davids Head
Welsh Tidal Stream Technology Company, Tidal Energy Ltd, is holding a public exhibition on 22nd and 23rd November at St Davids City Hall, to unveil the next steps for the DeltaStream Demonstration Project at Ramsey Sound and introduce plans for a proposed new project at St Davids Head. Tidal Energy
Chevron Confirms First Oil Production from Papa-Terra Offshore Brazil
Chevron Corporation confirmed that its Brazilian subsidiary and Petrobras have started crude oil production from Papa-Terra’s floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) offshore Brazil. “The startup of Papa-Terra is another important step toward meeting the growth target we’ve set for
Dolphin to Start 3D Seismic Survey for Indian Client
Dolphin has been awarded a 5 months 3D seismic contract with an undisclosed client in India. The survey, located in North West India, will be started ultimo December with one or several of the 3D seismic vessels. Dolphin Group ASA is the parent company of Dolphin Geophysical AS, a global full-range,
Island Offshore Secures Charter Contract for M/V Island Crown
Island Offshore has entered into a contract with an undisclosed major oil company covering the charter of the purpose built, state of the art “Walk-to-work”, maintenance, subsea and support vessel M/V Island Crown. The contract is a seasonal charter and the main duty for the vessel will be to provid
DNV Releases Improved Offshore Classification Rules
DNV’s Enhanced Classification Rules for mobile offshore units presented in May have been further improved through a process of industry consultation and feedback. The final versions of the related DNV Offshore Standards have been released and are available now. “Our aim has been to take class a new