Subsea
DeepOcean Centers Africa Operations in France
DeepOcean has seen more opportunity to grow in the Africa region and therefore decided to centre its operations from Montpellier, France. By centering Africa operations in the South of France it allows DeepOcean to be closer to the customers, with good transport links to the target countries, the co
Osbit Well Intervention Package for FTAI Ocean
UK-based offshore technology firm Osbit has won a contract by FTAI Ocean to design and build a well intervention tower system. The so-called ‘smart tower system’ is to be installed on FTAI’s vessel M/V Pride and facilitates integrated riserless and riser-based well intervention operations in water d
BP: First Oil Flows from Alligin Field
BP, as operator and on behalf of co-venturer Shell, has started early production from the Alligin field in the west of Shetland region, offshore UK. Alligin forms part of the Greater Schiehallion Area and has been developed as a two-well subsea tieback into the existing Schiehallion and Loyal subsea
Ocean Infinity Launches Armada
Ocean Infinity has established a new marine technology and data company – Armada. Armada will initially add fifteen marine robots to Ocean Infinity’s current fleet of autonomous underwater vehicles. According to Ocean Infinity, each unmanned surface robot will serve a wide range of industries by bei
DeepOcean Set for Feethams House Move
Subsea services company DeepOcean said it will relocate its existing UK base in Darlington to the new Feethams House development. Employing over 100 specialists in the town, DeepOcean expects the move to happen in the coming months. The company also has a centre of engineering expertise and offshore
Kongsberg Sells Hydroid to Huntington Ingalls Industries
Kongsberg Maritime has signed an agreement to sell its US-based underwater technology company Hydroid for USD 350 million to Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII). Back in 2007, Kongsberg Maritime acquired Hydroid for USD 80 million. “Kongsberg Maritime has driven technology development and created co
Pandion Wraps Up Duva Stake Sale with PGNiG
Pandion Energy and PGNiG Upstream Norway have completed the transaction whereby Pandion has sold 10% non-operated interests in PL 636, comprising the Duva oil and gas field, and PL 636B to PGNiG. The Duva oil and gas field is located in the northern North Sea and was discovered in the autumn of 2016
Seatools Umbilical Winch for Van Oord’s Subsea Trencher
Subsea technology company Seatools has completed the delivery of a CT umbilical winch on behalf Van Oord. The winch will power Van Oord’s new subsea trencher “Deep Dig It,” which will be deployed during cable installation operations at an offshore wind farm later this year. According to Seatools, th
New Identity for N-Sea – BODAC UXO Joint Venture
N-Sea and BODAC have announced the new identity of their existing joint venture (JV). Following a multi-million euro investment in the specialist UXO provision, the JV will now trade as UXOcontrol. UXOcontrol will continue to offer the global energy sector UXO risk solutions supported by expertise,
Ryder Geotechnical Wraps Up Kriegers Flak OWF Boulder Interaction Study
Ryder Geotechnical, a Tekmar Group company, has supported Jan De Nul Group with the delivery of a spudcan boulder interaction study for the 600 MW Danish Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm (DKF) located in the Danish Baltic Sea. The study quantified the risk of surface and buried boulders to the Vole
New COO Joins Maersk Supply Service
Maersk Supply Service has appointed Mark Andrew Handin as chief operating officer (COO), effective March 01, 2020, heading the Vessel Management function. Mark Handin will assume the position of COO, replacing Claus Bachmann, who has taken a position within the Maersk Drilling organisation, as SVP,
Norbit CFO to Leave
Norwegian subsea technology provider Norbit said that its chief financial officer (CFO) Stian Lønvik has given notice to the company that he will resign from his position. Lønvik has a 6-month termination period hence he will remain in position until end July 2020. The company said it will promptly
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (January 27 – February 02). https://subseaworldnews.com/2020/01/27/star-of-the-south-survey-to-start-in-february/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2020/01/27/damen-rolls-out-new-osv-concept/ https://subseaw
Myklebust Wins New Sølvtrans Contract
The Myklebust shipyard in Gursken has signed its fourth wellboat contract with Sølvtrans Rederi in Ålesund. The vessel is based on Kongsberg NVC 389, the design being used for one vessel already under construction at Myklebust for Sølvtrans. The new hull will be built at the Turkish shipyard Hat-San