Subsea
Tekmar Scoops Kriegers Flak Deal
Tekmar Energy has secured a contract from Global Marine Group and JDR Cables for the supply of TekLink cable protection systems and cable hang-off assemblies for Danish Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm (DKF) in the Baltic sea. Tekmar Energy will supply 150 patented TekLink Mechanical Latch cable pro
Dana Hires Ocean Installer for Subsea Work Off UK
Ocean Installer has won a contract from Dana Petroleum for work at the Triton Area Development in the Central North Sea some 190 kilometers east of Aberdeen. The contract, which is Ocean Installer’s first with Dana, involves the installation and trenching of a 12-inch flexible production flowline at
XOCEAN Supports Greater Gabbard Survey
Ocean data company XOCEAN has provided its XO-450 unmanned surface vessel (USV) for seabed surveys on seven of the turbines at the 140-turbine Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm, located 23 kilometres off the UK coast. Throughout the survey, the data collected was monitored from shore in real-time b
Telxius BRUSA Cable Achieves 160 Tbps with Ciena’s WaveLogic 5
Telxius’ BRUSA submarine cable has reached record 550 Gbps single-wavelength channel speeds during an advanced trial leveraging Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme (WL5e) coherent optical solution. In addition, a commercially deployable solution for a total capacity of more than 20 Tbps on a single fiber pa
Hellenic Cables Wins Mayflower Wind Inter-Array Job
Hellenic Cables has secured an agreement with Semco Maritime for the supply of inter-array cables for the Mayflower Wind project, a joint venture of Shell New Energies US and EDPR Offshore North America. The offshore wind project was selected by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to supply 804 MW of
RC Dock LARS for Fugro ASVs
RC Dock Europe, part of RC Dock USA, delivered two fully automated launch and recovery systems (LARS) for Fugro’s new Autonomous Surface Vessels. Both systems are fully automated and of a “open” design making it suitable to receive ASV’s with different types of keel mounted payloads up to a weight o
Hydroniq Supplies Coolers for Nexans’ New Cable Lay Vessel
Norwegian Ulstein Verft has contracted Hydroniq Coolers to deliver the seawater cooling system for a cable lay vessel the shipyard is constructing for Nexans Subsea Operations. The CLV Nexans Aurora will play a vital role in installation of Nexans’ HV submarine cables that will connect offshore wind
TechnipFMC Split on Track
TechnipFMC has reaffirmed that its planned transaction to separate into two companies, TechnipFMC and Technip Energies, is well on track for completion in the first half of 2020. To remind, the industry giant said last year it plans to separate into two independent, publicly traded companies – Remai
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (January 13 – January 19). https://subseaworldnews.com/2020/01/13/foresight-williams-backs-rovco/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2020/01/15/seven-viking-owners-boost-environmental-footprint/ https://subse
Schlumberger Posts $10.1Bln Loss in 2019
Schlumberger has booked some $10.1 billion loss for 2019, despite relatively flat revenues, recognizing material pretax charges driven by market conditions, particularly in North America. “In contrast, after two years of strong growth, North American revenue fell sharply, driven largely by the land
Axxis Geo Begins OBN Acquisition in Middle East
Axxis Geo Solutions (AGS) has started the 3D ocean bottom node (OBN) seismic acquisition under the previously announced contract in the Middle East. The work will be undertaken through most of the first quarter 2020. The revenue stream from this contract, as well as progress made with short term cre
JFD Adds Ansti Test Systems
JFD has acquired Ansti Test Systems – designer and manufacturer of test facilities for performance measurement of underwater breathing apparatus. Ansti Test Systems provides turnkey packages which utilise computerised data acquisition techniques to display the performance of breathing apparatus unde
PSW Takes Control of EMAS Spoolbase in Norway
PSW Group has signed an agreement for operation of the former EMAS spoolbase located in Gulen Industrial Harbor, Western Norway. The agreement covers all activities related to the production and spooling of pipelines for offshore use. The spoolbase, which was constructed in 2014 to optimize handling
JFSE Merges with JFO
James Fisher Offshore (JFO) has consolidated its services with its sister company, James Fisher Subsea Excavation (JFSE). The merger brings JFSE under the banner of JFO, which should, according to the company, create a dynamic single source of services across asset and project lifecycles, positioned