Subsea
Subsea Innovation Wins with TechnipFMC Norway
Subsea Innovation, part of Tekmar, has won a contract with TechnipFMC in Norway, building the company’s market presence in the region. In 2018 Subsea Innovation developed a next-generation seal for their Pipe in Pipe Waterstops. Waterstop Seals provide a solution for isolating a section of flooded a
SSEN Completes Bute-Cumbrae Subsea Cable Replacement
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has completed project to replace one of the two electricity subsea cables connecting Bute and Cumbrae, with new additional fault detection technology set to be installed in the coming months. Cumbrae receives its power from the mainland by two subsea
TGS Finalizes Spectrum Acquisition
TGS-NOPEC Geophysical has completed its acquisition of Spectrum, creating a global multi-client geophysical data provider. TGS first announced its intent to acquire Spectrum in May 2019. Completion of the acquisition and the merger plan has been registered with the Norwegian Register of Business Ent
MDL Supports i-Tech 7 North Sea Campaign
Maritime Developments (MDL) has completed a flexible installation project in the North Sea with i-Tech 7 – marking a return to the field two years after the original award. The work scope – part of i-Tech 7’s inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) campaign West of Shetland – consisted of a deploym
Minesto Restarts Subsea Kite Trials
Minesto has resumed testing of its commercial-scale DG500 kite system at the company’s Holyhead Deep site off North Wales. “We are very pleased to be back in the water with the DG500 kite system, and we are looking forward to the continued testing operations. The team has made a great effort in upgr
Kreuz Subsea CEO Quits
Singapore-based subsea service provider Kreuz Subsea said that its CEO Ashit Jain (AJ) has resigned and is leaving for personal reasons. Under AJ’s leadership of the company during the last two and the half years, Kreuz became a Shell approved diving contractor and has since expanded its commercial
TurkStream Receiving Terminal Construction Reaches 95%
Construction of the receiving terminal for the TurkStream offshore gas pipeline, stretching across the Black Sea from Russia to Turkey, has reached 95%. All works are in line with the schedule, and the first gas is expected to flow by the end of 2019, the company informed. The TurkStream receiving t
Airborne Oil & Gas Wins West Africa TCP Deal with Addax
Airborne Oil & Gas has secured a contract with Addax Petroleum for the delivery of two gas lift jumpers in West Africa. The deal will see Airborne thermoplastic composite pipeline (TCP) products becoming a permanent application in the region for the first time. The Dutch-based business will supply t
Equinor Gets Utgard Start-Up Nod from NPD
Equinor has received a consent from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate to start-up the Utgard field in the North Sea. Equinor, who is the operator of the field, is planning start-up during the course of September 2019. The field is located on the border with the UK, and the Norwegian share is 62 pe
JFD, Aquacentrum Den Helder Partner on Submarine Escape Training
JFD has announced a strategic partnership with the Aquacentrum Den Helder, which combines submarine escape training, commercial diving training and recreational pools for public use within a single building. The partnership between JFD and Aquacentrum Den Helder will allow both new and existing subm
DNV GL’s ShipManager Hull Software for Saipem’s Vessels
Saipem has started implementation of DNV GL’s hull planned maintenance system, ShipManager Hull, based on 3D digital twins of crane and pipelaying vessels. DNV GL will supply its advanced software, ShipManager Hull, for implementation on five vessels of the Saipem fleet. It will start with Saipem 70
OGIC, University of Aberdeen Innovate Offshore Drilling
The Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) is supporting projects worth more than £1.3 million which will see the University of Aberdeen’s Centre for Applied Dynamics Research (CADR) team develop new technologies for use in offshore drilling operations. OGIC has provided a total of £640,000 of co-fundin
Saipem Vessel Tying Together Two Ends of Nord Stream 2 Pipe
Saipem’s pipelay vessel Castoro 10 (C10) is currently working off Rügen to tie together the two ends of the Nord Stream 2 pipe string laid last year on the seabed. According to Nord Stream 2 AG the two sections will be connected above water with a weld seam. In what is known as an Above-Water [&hell
Siem Offshore in Vessel Sale to Marine Platforms
Siem Offshore said it has signed an dal with Nigerian oil and gas services company Marine Platforms for the sale of the vessel Siem Marlin. The 2009-built vessel is a multi-purpose field and ROV Support Vessel (MRSV) designed to meet the general offshore subsea market. The agreement is made at marke