WFS, global leader in subsea wireless instrumentation and control solutions to the offshore Oil and Gas and Renewables industries, celebrates its anniversary this year. Founded in 1993, the company has developed unique technology that enables subsea wireless communications, networking, location and
Harkand is investing upwards of $30million (USD) in expanding its global fleet of remotely operated vehicle systems as the company drives forward with its ambitious growth strategy. The Group has signed a deal with Forum Subsea Technologies that will see it extend its ROV fleet by 25% and create 30
Nass Marine Services, a marine division of the Nass Group, has recently handed over a competed project that involved the fabrication of a new deck cargo barge to Ocean Diving & Marine Services that is owned and operated by Mr. Samir Engineer in the Kingdom. The vessel, Ocean 8 was fabricated to incl
LS Cable & System will be the first cable maker in Korea to introduce the High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) cables to the European market. On April 15 the company announced that it would supply 24.5km of 285kV extra high voltage submarine cables and connectors to Energinet.dk, and 25.7km of 150kV a
Iona Energy Inc. (“Iona” or the “Company”) announces that the Department of Energy and Climate Change (“DECC”) has advised the Orlando joint venture partners that it has approved the Orlando Field Development Plan (“FDP”) submitted by the partners. The Orlando Field is owned by Iona (Operator 75%) a
Nordic marine energy technology leader Minesto, with a proven technology to cost efficiently produce electricity from low velocity tidal and ocean currents, has been included in the prestigious annual list of the hottest Swedish young technology companies. The list of 33 promising Swedish technology
Executive vice president Lars Eide has headed up the Stord yard and the business area North Sea (renamed to Contractors Norway) for three and a half years. Going forward, Eide will have a vital role in Kvaerner’s objective to regain a strong position in the home market and be charged with the task o
On 26 March 2013, the International Seabed Authority received an application for approval of a plan of work for exploration for polymetallic sulphides submitted by the Government of India. The application area is in the Central Indian Ocean and that the applicant has elected to offer an equity inter
GE Oil & Gas announced that its Subsea Systems business is hosting an invitation-only careers showcase event at its Nailsea subsea controls facility in Bristol this Saturday, April 20. The event comes as GE is looking to fill 100 new positions and is expanding its U.K. subsea production facilities t
Offshore Installation Services (OIS), an Acteon company, has successfully completed its sixteenth rigless suspended well abandonment campaign involving multiple operators in the Southern North Sea. The multi-operator model for programmes of this kind can deliver significant customer benefits in term
To fully complete its range of services, the management of Bergen op Zoom-based DCN Diving has officially launched its own ROV division, on 1 March 2013. As from that date, Fred Bosman (40) took up the position of ROV Operations Manager. Bosman acquired his experience with robotic underwater systems
TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. company and an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology, announced that a contract was signed with Chevron U.S.A. Inc. to connect the Jack & St. Malo offshore facility with an undersea fiber optic communications system in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mex
Technip, leader of a 50/50 consortium with Techint, was awarded by PNBV a substantial contract for the topside construction and integration, the commissioning and start up assistance of the P-76 floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit. Located in the Santos Basin pre-salt area offshor
Seadrill has signed a contract with LLOG Bluewater Holdings, LLC, for employment of the newbuild drillship, West Neptune, offshore Gulf of Mexico. The contract duration is a minimum of three years plus an option for a one-year extension at mutually agreed rates. The potential revenue for the primary
