Optowave™ is a permanent acquisition system designed for seafloor 4D-4C reservoir monitoring. Using passive sensors (optical fiber) technology in a four components (4C) station, Optowave™ provides supreme reservoir imaging solution and enhanced repeatability from survey to survey. This asset benefit
On Saturday, February 16, Petrobras started up oil production on the FPSO Cidade de Itajaí in the Baúna field (block BMS-40), in the Southern Santos Basin post-salt cluster. The FPSO is connected to well 9-SPS-88, with production capacity of up to 12,000 barrels per day. Another ten wells (5 product
International energy consultancy Xodus Group has bolstered its rapidly-evolving Australian footprint by adding subsea and production assurance teams to its Perth operation. The new services, which were announced at the Australia Oil and Gas Exhibition & Conference (AOG), underpin Xodus’ significant
Telstra will be a consortium partner in a project with Telecom New Zealand and Vodafone New Zealand to build a new undersea telecommunications cable linking Auckland and Sydney. Design of the new Tasman Global Access Cable is expected to be finalized in the new few months, and when fully laid in mid
Leading independent offshore survey company UTEC has inked the survey support contract with a major international pipe lay contractor. This project encompasses pre-lay, installation support and as-built survey support on the Greater Western Flank development off the North-west coast of Australia. Pr
Fujitsu Limited and NEC Corporation announced that they have completed construction of all initially planned segments of the Asia Submarine-cable Express (ASE) system, a high-bandwidth optical submarine cable system that extends across approximately 7,800 km to link Japan with the Philippines, Hong
Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded two new contracts worth in total approximately €45 million by Jersey Electricity plc (UK), for the “Normandie 3” project to provide electricity to Jersey in the Channel Islands from the French mainland. T
CGG has commenced acquisition of a new, highly pre-funded 3D multi-client program in the Central North Sea (CNS) using BroadSeisTM, its broadband marine solution, with BroadSourceTM, its broadband source option, to deliver superior imaging for enhanced interpretation. Quad 30 Phase 7 of CGG’s Corner
Hydroid, Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime and the leading manufacturer of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), announced that its contract to provide Littoral Battlespace Sensing (LBS) AUVs to the U.S. Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) has moved directly from the Engi
TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. company and an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology, announced that work is underway for Chevron U.S.A. Inc.’s Big Foot offshore facility undersea fiber optic communications system in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Under terms of a contract awa
DeepOcean AS (“DeepOcean”), a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group, has been awarded the single largest contract in the history of the company since it was founded in 1999. The contract is for a firm period of 5 years starting in the first quarter of 2014 with options for another 3 years and covers subsea
Technip was awarded by BP Angola an important five-year contract* for engineering and modification services for the existing Greater Plutonio and Plutao, Saturno, Venus and Marte (PSVM) floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) units, located in Blocks 18 and 31 offshore Angola. This contrac
Tentec announced the appointment of ERIKS Pte Ltd as a distributor of its bolt tensioning equipment and torque wrenches in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. The company will be responsible for the sales of Tentec bolt tensioners in all markets including oil and gas, offshore, mining and renewables.
As part of a February tour, The Secretary of State for Scotland, Michael Moore visited Technip Offshore Wind’s Aberdeen headquarters to hear about current and upcoming Technip Projects and how the Company has adapted its Oil & Gas heritage to the development of award-winning, cutting-edge technology
