Subsea
TGS in Nigeria Multibeam and Seafloor Sampling Study
TGS, along with its joint venture partner PetroData, plans to start Nigeria’s first regional multi-client multibeam and seafloor sampling (MB&SS) study. The study will cover an area of approximately 80,000 square kilometers of the offshore Niger Delta and will incorporate around 150 cores from the s
NKT Acquires Technology Consulting Unit from ABB
NKT has acquired a technology consulting unit from ABB to reinforce its technology capabilities developing the future technology for power cable solutions. The technology consulting unit specializes in key areas within power cable development such as Chemistry & Materials, Applied Mechanics and Elec
New Director of Seabed 2030 Project Takes Over
The new director of The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project, Jamie McMichael-Phillips, has now taken up his position. He will lead one of the most challenging projects of the next decade, the mapping of the entire ocean floor by the year 2030. The announcement of his appointment was made in
SeaBird Exploration’s CFO Steps Down
SeaBird Exploration’s chief financial officer, Nils Haugestad, has resigned. Haugestad will leave his position as of March 31, 2020, and will remain available as needed for some time after that, SeaBird informed. Nils has been CFO in Seabird for six years and was instrumental in the refinancing of t
Spanish Shipyard to Build Marine Research Vessel for Ireland
The Marine Institute and Spanish shipyard Astilleros Armon Vigo have signed a contract for the construction of Ireland’s marine research vessel, following the completion of the vessel design by Skipsteknisk. The building of the vessel is planned to complete in 2022. Supporting the Government’s natio
TGS Wraps Up SeepHunter Campaign Off Brazil
TGS has completed a new multibeam and coring program covering over 213,0000 square kilometers in the Campos and Santos basins of offshore Brazil. This study, known as a SeepHunter campaign, includes the results of 342 conventional cores and 29 jumbo piston cores and heat probes. In additon, advanced
Axxis Geo Solutions OBN Deal Hits Snag
Axxis Geo Solutions (AGS) said that letter of intent from September this year for a large OBN survey has not been finalized due to contract delays to its client. Namely, the final contract award is subject to its client obtaining a separate contract award from their partners. AGS has learned that it
Sif Monopiles for Saint-Nazaire
Eiffage Métal has awarded Sif Holding a contract for the delivery of 80 monopiles and the primary steel for 80 transition pieces for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm in France. Sif’s scope comprises manufacturing of the monopiles, storage at its MV2 facility and delivery at its deep sea quay sid
Vår Energi to Extend Balder Area Production to 2045
Vår Energi and license partner Mime Petroleum have submitted the revised plan for Development and Operations of Balder and Ringhorne, the Balder Future project, to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. Vår Energi and Mime Petroleum plan to extend the Balder and Ringhorne production lifetim
Forum UK Beefs Up Its Hyperbaric Testing Facility
Forum Energy Technologies has completed a three-month upgrade to its hyperbaric testing facility, which, according to the company, will result in an operational time saving to client of more than 35 per cent. Located at the company’s Kirkbymoorside base in North Yorkshire, UK, the pressure test tank
Polarcus and Sovcomflot Postpone Vessel Redelivery
Polarcus and Sovcomflot have agreed to postpone the scheduled redelivery of the Vyacheslav Tikhonov vessel. The redelivery of the vessel was postponed until January 15, 2020, while potential projects are pursued by SCF. The vessel will remain under the ‘charter back’ to a Polarcus subsidiary during
Valhall Flank West Production Starts
Aker BP and its partner Pandion Energy have produced first oil from Valhall Flank West in the North Sea. Through the development of this field, the wellhead platform alliance between Aker BP, Kvaerner, Aker Solutions and ABB set a new standard for delivery of flank developments on the Norwegian shel
Tekmar Delivers WindFloat Protection
Tekmar has completed a quick turnaround project in under four weeks for DeepOcean and its ultimate client Hengtong. The works saw Tekmar deliver over 6.5 kilometers of protection weighing over 6.5 tonnes of TEKTHANE polyurethane for the EDP WindFloat project off the coast of Portugal. James Ritchie,
Fugro Reduces Board of Management
The supervisory board of Fugro has decided to reduce Fugro’s board of management, which currently consists of three persons, to the CEO and CFO positions only. With the group director Europe-Africa starting January 2020, Fugro’s executive leadership team (ELT) is fully staffed and operational. Follo