Subsea
Depro rolls out BLUEROC ROV concept
Depro and VideoRay have developed a new, compact and flexible ROV concept which is easy to use and quick to mobilize. The ROV concept BLUEROC represents a remotely operated container solution, designed specifically to control and operate an inspection ROV. According to Depro, several customers have
Viking Link needs client representatives
Danish transmission system operator Energinet is seeking client representatives for the 1400 MW Viking Link interconnector project. Viking Link is a joint project of Energinet and the UK’s National Grid Viking Link Limited. The tender calls for consultants working onboard the cable-laying vessels as
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute secures work on Hornsea Two offshore wind farm
The Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) has won a contract for a structural measurement campaign at Ørsted’s Hornsea Two offshore wind project in the UK. The scope of the contract includes the design, production and installation of instrumentation for six turbines for monitoring the monopile foun
Swan Hunter package for Oceanteam cable barge
Swan Hunter has delivered a full project management, design engineering, and mobilisation support package for Oceanteam. This allowed Oceanteam Solutions to execute a cable transpooling job with its cable transportation and handling barge. Swan Hunter designed a fully flexible deck layout allowing c
Royal Navy tests underwater gliders in North Atlantic
Royal Navy is trialing underwater gliders in the North Atlantic, that can rapidly send vital information during submarine hunting operations. One of the Slocum Gliders is being tested in the seas west of Scotland during a five-month deployment. The unmanned Slocum is capable of sending near real-tim
Wintershall Dea begins Nova subsea campaign
Wintershall Dea has installed two manifolds in the templates on the seabed of its Nova field project located offshore Norway.
Oceaneering execs take pay cuts
Oceaneering board has approved voluntary base salary reductions of the executive management and other members of senior management. Effective 1 May, the company’s CEO Roderick A. Larson agreed to base salary reduction of 15 per cent. Base salaries for executive level, including the executive leaders
Saipem scores €280 million Baltic Pipe deal
Saipem has won a gas pipeline transportation and installation contract between Denmark and Poland in the Baltic Sea. The contract, signed by its controlled subsidiary in U.K. Saipem Ltd, is worth approximately 280 million euro. The Baltic Pipe Project is a strategic infrastructure project between GA
New manager joins Xodus
Xodus Group has appointed Nigel Underwood as a new manager to head up the company’s London subsea and pipelines division. Nigel Underwood will oversee Xodus’ international subsea and pipelines work, from concept through to detailed design and delivery. Underwood joins Xodus from Petrofac, where he w
Rovco joins CWind for East Anglia ONE subsea work
Rovco has secured a contract by CWind for subsea work on the East Anglia ONE offshore wind project in the UK. The Rovco team, managed by CWind, will carry out a campaign of subsea inspection and survey work on all subsea structures, informing the maintenance of the turbine and substation foundations
Orca Oceanic Systems in new contract wins
Orca Oceanic Systems (OOS), an equipment and dive system company, has secured three contract awards during the month of April. The contracts are adding in excesses of £1.75 million to OOS’s order backlog for 2020. Mike Masson OOS’s managing director said: “It is a monumental achievement by the OOS t
IMCA names new diving technical adviser
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) said that Phil Towers has joined its team as Technical Adviser – Diving. Towers has experience in the subsea construction industry having held diving roles with operators BP, ExxonMobil, Qatargas and Repsol Sinopec. He also spent major part of
UK approves IOG’s plan for North Sea development
The UK Oil & Gas Authority (OGA) has approved IOG’s field development plan for the Core Project Phase 1 located in the UK North Sea.
Polarcus shrinks deficit; preps for market uncertainty
Marine seismic player Polarcus has cut its deficit in Q1 2020 despite slightly lower revenues on improved pricing compared to prior year. The Oslo-listed company reported loss for the Q1 2020 of $4.2 million, on revenues of $66.3 million, versus loss of $5.3 million and revenues of $67.1 million in