Subsea
OceanTools bags Seatronics order
OceanTools has secured £50,000 contract from Seatronics to supply the newly launched PowerLOG combined datalogger with integral battery packs. Seatronics will be supplying the OceanTools technology to its client, a major subsea contractor. The packaged OceanTools order contains the PowerLOG units al
Royal Navy, DSTL and NOC collaborate on underwater survey work
Royal Navy, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) and the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have renewed and expanded their Memorandum of Understanding for the underwater survey work. The agreement will see the organisations continue to collaborate in trials and testing of marine autonom
DOF Subsea wins new contracts in the Atlantic
Oslo-listed DOF Subsea said it has secured multiple new contracts in the Atlantic region. Specifically, the contract awards include work within survey, inspection, maintenance & repair and decommissioning. The company plans to deploy a selection of vessels to undertake the work, including Skandi Ace
Forth Engineering demonstrates underwater survey robot at Cumbria HQ
Forth Engineering plans to demonstrate the autonomous underwater system for nuclear inspection at its headquarters at Maryport, Cumbria on Thursday. The demonstration is a part of the Autonomous Aquatic Inspection and Intervention (A2I2) project, a collaborative R&D project supported by Innovate UK
Wild Well Control and Oil Spill Response Limited ink strategic alliance agreement
Wild Well Control (WWC) and Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) have signed a strategic alliance agreement, which provides an increased capability to the oil and gas industry. The collaboration between WWC and OSRL has been strategically implemented to further enhance the capabilities of the Global Su
Construction starts at Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm site
Scottish offshore wind farm Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) has entered the first phase of offshore construction, with Saipem’s vessel S7000 set to start installing pile casings at the site some 15 kilometres off the Fife coast. The 197.5-metre semi-submersible crane vessel will also prepare the seabed for t
Fugro nets Hollandse Kust (noord) site survey work
The CrossWind consortium of Shell and Eneco has awarded Fugro a geotechnical site investigation contract for the Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore wind farm. The work will comprise an unexploded ordnance (UXO) site clearance survey followed by a seabed cone penetration test (CPT) investigation. For th
Shell updating interpretation of North Sea prospect following delivery of new seismic data
Shell has delivered the processed 3D seismic data over the Pensacola Zechstein Reef prospect located in the UK sector of the Southern North Sea.
Solstad, Ocean Installer firm up Normand Vision deal
Solstad Offshore has secured a contract with Ocean Installer for a high capacity construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Vision. The contract starts in 1Q and the firm and optional periods cover the majority of 2021, Solstad said on Thursday. Built in 2014 by Vard, the Normand Vision is capable of
50Hertz, Elia to award framework agreements for offshore grid projects
German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz and Belgian TSO Elia have issued a call for tenders, under which they will award framework agreements for external resource services for offshore projects and regional centres in the two countries. The TSOs are looking to enter framework agreements f
Wintershall Dea wraps up drilling phase at Dvalin ahead of first gas
Drilling has been completed on the Wintershall Dea’s Dvalin field in the Norwegian Sea, propelling the project into the final development phase before first gas. Wintershall Dea said on Wednesday that, overcoming severe weather conditions at the beginning of the year and avoiding any impact of the C
MDL custom solution for North Sea tie-back campaign
Maritime Developments MDL has completed a North Sea tie-back, which included delivery of solution for handling reels of 12-metre diameter. The work scope covered installation of 3 reels of flowlines, jumpers and an umbilical using MDL Third-generation Reel Drive System. The reels measured from 9.2 m
GALLERY: Heerema’s Sleipnir vessel in record-breaking jacket lift for Shell
Heerema’s giant semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir has removed Shell’s 10100 mT Brent Alpha jacket, which was located in the UK North Sea.
Nylacast snaps us Supergrip
The Leicestershire based Nylacast has acquired subsea engineering firm Supergrip. Nylacast Group specialises in the design, development and supply of precision engineered polymer solutions. The company employs over 400 staff at its headquarters. Group services a global market through its two divisio