DeepOcean has been awarded a contract for the provision of post-lay trenching and backfilling works on 56 kilometers of power cable offshore United Arab Emirates (UAE). The contract follows two completed projects offshore UAE in 2016 and early 2017. The post-lay trenching and backfilling works are p
Chinese submarine cable manufacturer ZTT Group received the purchasing contract from EMAS Chiyoda and Saipem and has been confirmed as the bidder of 33kV, 15kV of Hasbah II, Marjan & Zuluf, and Safaniya 10 these three projects from Saudi Aramco with total value of $30 million. ZTT said it has passed
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani has officially launched five new phases of the South Pars gas field. President Rouhani inaugurated the phases 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 of the giant gas filed located in the Persian Gulf region. The start of the new five phases represents an investment of USD 20 billion.
GWL has, in conjunction with the Geological Survey of Iran (GSI) and the Ministry of Industry, Mine & Trade, announced a new 2D seismic, marine gravity and magnetic data survey in the Iranian sector of the Caspian Sea. The 2D survey will be acquired in Q3/Q4 2017 and will provide new high-end seismi
The video shows the quarters and utilities platform jacket sail away to the Shah Deniz field in the Caspian Sea from the Heydar Aliyev Baku Deepwater Jackets Factory (BDJF). The QU platform jacket weighs approximately 12,084 tonnes and stands 105 meters high. It contains 31 J Tubes, 7 utility caisso
Trendsetter Engineering has secured multiple contracts to design and manufacture subsea production equipment for Noble Energy’s Leviathan project, a large natural gas field development off the coast of Israel. Trendsetter’s scopes of work include multiple clamp connection systems, subsea distributio
Seismic contractor, Polarcus, has seen a minor decrease in its vessel utilization during the first quarter of 2017. The utilization of the vessel fleet was 72 percent in Q1 2017 compared to 79 percent in the corresponding period in 2016. On the contracted basis the vessel activity was 58 percent com
Magseis, a Norwegian geophysical company, has, together with its partner BGP, secured an extension to the ongoing contract with BGP Arabia and Saudi Aramco to acquire additional ocean bottom seismic (OBS) data in the Red Sea. The project has an expected duration of 6-7 months and is expected to star
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (March 06 – March 12). DeepOcean has received a call-off under its new master service agreement (MSA) with BP. The call-off covers the installation of a new flexible water injection riser and the recov
Neptune has appointed Frank Crighton as a regional manager, Middle East. Frank joins Neptune with 20 years of industry experience and a strong background in remotely operated vehicle (ROV) technologies, subsea operations and marine and vessel management. The newly appointed role which is initially b
McDermott International has signed a memorandum of understanding with Saudi Aramco for a long-term land lease at the new maritime facility at Ras Al Khair in Saudi Arabia, currently being developed by Saudi Aramco. McDermott plans to build a new fabrication and marine complex expected to use the fac
Wood Group has started the detailed engineering for the Noble Energy’s Leviathan field project platform – including the topsides and the jacket. The work follows the completion of the seven-month front-end engineering design (FEED) for the Leviathan field located in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Th
UK-based start-up Rovco has completed two subsea survey contracts in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Rovco performed subsea survey work in Fiji and Oman, utilizing SubAtlantic Mojave, Seaeye Falcon and VideoRay Pro 4 remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). Launched in September, the company has also
Boa Shipping , a wholly owned subsidiary of Norwegian shipowner Boa Offshore, has received approximately USD 16 million as dividend on its claim against Gulmar Offshore Middle East. Namely, the claim relates back to 2009 when the charter contract for the vessel Boa Rover was cancelled and disputed b
