Statnett SF and National Grid International Ltd have awarded MMT (Sweden) the marine survey contract for the NSN Seabed survey, a power transmission link between Norway and UK. Statnett and National Grid are jointly developing a project to construct a High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) electrical in
Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of a SURF contract valued at approximately $175 million from ATP Oil & Gas (UK) Limited/Bluewater, the operator on the Cheviot Field, situated 120km East of Shetland. The Cheviot Field development will use a moored floating process facility which will import oil and
Governor Deval Patrick joined Bluefin CEO David Kelly and employees at the company’s Quincy location for a tour of the facility, highlighting the Patrick-Murray Administration’s support of the Commonwealth’s thriving innovation economy. “We are committed to growing our innovation sectors because tha
On 28 March 2012 Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) took delivery of VOS Shine. The vessel was delivered from Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China and is the first of two subsea-support vessels (SSV) to be built at the Shipyard for VOS. VOS Shine is a modern SSV with DP2-class notation and four-point moori
Subsea connector specialist, First Subsea’s automatic release clamp (ARC) connector technology for bend stiffeners has been used to successfully attach six Technip bend stiffeners for lift and production flexible risers, to the Glas Dowr FPSO in the Kitan oil field. Designed for riser and umbilical
Nordic Capital Fund VII announced the acquisition of Bladt Industries A/S from Maj Invest Equity, Industri Udvikling and Bladt management. Bladt, headquartered in Aalborg, Denmark, is an international steel contractor specializing in large-scale and highly complex steel structures. The Company serve
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) today issued an approval of Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc.’s Oil Spill Response Plan (OSRP) for the Beaufort Sea. This decision follows the bureau’s thorough review of the plan and consultations with federal and state partner agencies involved in
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has signed a four-year agreement with Petrobras, Brazil’s national oil company, for the supply of pre-salt subsea equipment. The total award would result in approximately $1.5 billion in revenue to FMC Technologies if all of the subsea equipment included in t
Far EasTone Telecommunications Co., Ltd. received an approval to connect Taiwan and China via the first direct undersea cable link, the Focus Taiwan reported. The cable should improve the quality of telecommunications between the two countries. According to Far EasTone the project is expected to be
Polarcus Limited announces that Polarcus Amani AS, a member of the Polarcus Group, took delivery today, 29 March 2012, of POLARCUS AMANI, the seventh 3D seismic vessel to date to join the Polarcus fleet. The vessel was built at Ulstein Verft in Norway and following a short shakedown will commence th
Two years after Haiti was struck by a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake, the country is set to receive a major boost with the delivery of a US$16m 200km undersea cable which will link the country to the world via internet connectivity, thanks to Digicel. The project – which is being undertaken in
For almost two months, since early February 2012, the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) has been using airborne laser and imagery systems to conduct cooperative hydrographic surveys in the coastal waters of Belize. The survey work is part of an ongoing, long-term project to survey the western C
Saipem has been awarded new E&C Offshore contracts in Brazil and Saudi Arabia, worth approximately $700 million. In Brazil, Saipem has been awarded by Petrobras the EPCI contract for the gas export trunkline Rota Cabiúnas, situated in the Santos Basin Pre-Salt Region, approximately 300 kilometres of
Following on from the success of the Barrow Ultracube in the Carnarvon Basin, Searcher Seismic and Fugro have now expanded the Ultracube concept of high quality 3D PSTM reprocessing from field tape and contiguous migration into the Bonaparte Basin to offer the industry a fully PSTM reprocessing 3D c
