Subsea
Equinor Begins Production from Trestakk Field
Equinor has started production from the Trestakk subsea field on Haltenbanken in the Norwegian Sea. Tied back to the Åsgard A floating production vessel, the field has estimated recoverable resources of 76 million barrels of oil. “Together with our partners ExxonMobil and Vår Energi we spent ample t
Rigmar Nets Vattenfall Contract for EOWDC
Rigmar has been contracted by Vattenfall, the Swedish energy group behind the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre, to inspect and maintain subsea structures and cables as well as foundations, turbine transition pieces, subsea cabling and boat landings for the project. It is Rigmar’s first win a
James Fisher and Sons Gets More Work in Renewables Sector
James Fisher and Sons has recently secured a number of contracts in the offshore renewable energy sector with a combined value of circa £30 million. James Fisher has been awarded Phase 2 of the unexploded ordinance work and boulder clearance, as well as met mast (measurement tower) decommissioning o
DOF Secures Work for Its Vessels in Subsea Segment
DOF Subsea has received several contracts, securing utilization for vessels in the Subsea/IMR projects segment. In the Atlantic region, Skandi Skansen will conduct mooring installation on the Njord Future project for Equinor. In the Atlantic region the company secured contract awards on the UKCS for
Two North Sea Structures Arrive to Dales Voe for Decommissioning
The Dales Voe decommissioning facility in Shetland has seen the arrival of two new installations from the North Sea for decommissioning by strategic partners Veolia and Peterson. The structures from Spirit Energy’s ST-1 arrived in the dedicated port facility on Monday. Now at the end of their workin
Airborne Oil & Gas Adds New Operations Director
Airborne Oil & Gas (AOG), a manufacturer of Thermoplastic Composite Pipelines (TCP), has added Mark Stokes as a new operations director to its management team. The appointment is part of the company’s continued investment strategy to increase productivity and capability at its Netherlands based plan
Balticconnector Pipeline Construction Work in Sea Finalized
Balticconnector project offshore pipeline construction work in the sea has completed on Friday. Pipe laying was finished at the end of June, and the shielding work began in mid-June. Now that the shielding work has been finished, all construction work in the sea has been completed. Next, the offshor
Teledyne Marine Continues Expansion
Teledyne Marine has welcomed Kirsty Blackman, MP for Aberdeen North, spokesperson for the Economy and Deputy SNP leader in Westminster, to meet the team and visit the company’s workshops. The visit comes after the company’s creation of ten new roles at its Dyce and Bridge of Don facilities, followin
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (July 08 – July 14). https://subseaworldnews.com/2019/07/10/mcdermott-cooec-land-3-billion-saudi-aramco-deal/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2019/07/10/subsea-7-wins-with-equinor/ https://subseaworldnews.
Damen to Provide Maintenance Services for Dutch Ministry of Defence
Damen Shipyards Den Helder has signed a midlife upkeep (MLU) contract with the Netherlands Ministry of Defence. Under this contract, support ship HNLMS Pelikaan, along with hydrographic survey vessels HNLMS Snellius and HNLMS Luymes, of the Royal Netherlands Navy, are heading to Damen Shipyards Den
Aker BP Finds Oil in NOAKA Area
Aker BP has made an oil discovery in the NOAKA – North of Alvheim Krafla Askja – area in the Norwegian section of the North Sea. Aker BP is about to complete the Liatårnet exploration well in licence 442 in the NOAKA area. The well has proved oil with a gross resource estimate of 80-200 […]
Fugro Assists Bluewater in FPSO Positioning Project
Fugro has provided remote positioning services onboard a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for Bluewater during subsea inspection, repair and maintenance campaign in the North Sea. The week-long operation included accurate remote configuration of the positioning systems onboar
NKT to Link Edvard Grieg to Johan Sverdrup
NKT has been awarded a turnkey project from Lundin Norway for the 132 kV high-voltage power cable connecting the Edvard Grieg oil and gas production platform to the Johan Sverdrup field center in the North Sea. The power cable solution will finalize the Utsira High Power Hub Project to power several
Global Energy Group Delivers BP Schiehallion Manifold
Global Energy Group’s North Fabrication division has completed and handed over the Schiehallion central production manifold M1P to BP. The 130Te manifold was delivered safely and to the required project quality requirements, the company noted. OSS awarded Global Energy’s North Fabrication division t