WFS Technologies and VideoRay have successfully demonstrated low cost, low risk, wireless data harvesting from a subsea sensor using a seatooth® S100 system integrated with a Pro 4 mini ROV. WFS has previously succeeding in wirelessly harvesting sensor data using much larger work class ROVs. The Vid
Cathelco has won an order to supply a seawater pipework anti-fouling system for a new FPSO which will be operated in the Cendor offshore oil field by Petrofac Malaysia. The system will be installed on the MT Onozo, an Aframax tanker, which is being converted to an FPSO at the MHB yard in Pasir Gudan
Over the next four years, a consortium of nine parties will be investigating how to reduce the cost price of wind energy by developing an innovative electricity infrastructure on the North Sea. Last month, the Dutch government awarded a 2 million euro grant to this innovative ‘plug socket’ project i
Norwegian subsea entrepreneur Ocean Installer and leading offshore engineering and construction company McDermott have established an exclusive alliance to jointly meet customers’ increasing rigid pipelay needs in the North Sea subsea market. The alliance marks McDermott’s re-entry into the North Se
Libyan International Telecom Company (LITC) and Huawei Marine Networks Co, Ltd. (Huawei Marine) announced the commercial launch of Silphium, the first wholly-owned submarine cable system to meet the increasing demand of international communications for the Libyan market. The successful completion of
The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) has highlighted the impacts to fragile marine environments from dredged material being dumped on the Great Barrier Reef. AMCS GBR Campaign Director Felicity Wishart said dredging three million tonnes of sea-floor and dumping it on the Reef would thre
Sonavision, a company specialized in design, development and production of acoustic sonar and video technologies for underwater data acquisition, has moved from Bridge of don to Dyce area in Aberdeen. The new premises allow the company to test underwater equipment in the new 4m x 3m x 2 m tank test
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) announces its 2013 development, appraisal and exploration budget which totals USD 1,700 million. 2013 will be the busiest year in the company’s history both in relation to exploration and development activities. The 2013 expenditure on development projects is b
Vroon announced that VOS Sweet has safely completed her voyage from Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China. Vroon Offshore Services’ latest addition to the subsea-support fleet arrived in the Netherlands on Thursday, 3 January 2013. Some final fitting work will be undertaken and her crane will be instal
Isle of Wight Council plans to establish a joint venture company with private firms to develop the Solent Ocean Energy Centre (SOEC) project, according to the Isle of Wight County Press. The Council cabinet will make a decision on the establishment of the joint venture company next week and the part
On December 31st, 2012, the Hebron field development offshore Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada was sanctioned by operator ExxonMobil and its co-venturers. For Statoil, which holds a 9.7% share in Hebron, this is a significant component in the growth of the company’s Canada East Coast operations.
OGX Petróleo e Gás Participações S.A. (“OGX”), Brazil’s largest private oil and natural gas exploration company, announces that it has connected and started its third production well in the Tubarão Azul field, TBAZ-1HP, situated in the Campos Basin, on December 31, 2012, which was under cleaning and
On December 28th, Petrobras submitted Declarations of Commerciality to Brazil’s National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP) for the oil and gas accumulations in the Aruanã and Oliva areas, located in concession BM-C-36, block C-M-401, in the Campos Basin post-salt. In the proposal sent
IKM Subsea Singapore has been awarded a contract to provide ROV services onboard a Construction Support vessel for a FPSO Hook-up and Commission project in India. The vessel has been mobilized in Singapore and is currently enroute to India. This is the second contract award in recent months, which o
