Subsea
MMT Gears for East West Interconnector Survey
Swedish survey specialist MMT has been assigned by EirGrid to perform a geophysical survey over the existing East West Interconnector in the Irish Sea. At 262km in length, 186km of which is beneath the Irish Sea, the East West Interconnector (EWIC) links the electricity transmission grids of Ireland
Hiretech Boosts Management
Aberdeenshire based equipment rental specialists Hiretech has strengthened its team with a key management appointment. Keith Mackie has been appointed as managing director, with current managing director and company founder Andy Buchan taking on the newly created role of chief executive officer. Mac
JFMS Wraps Up Black Sea Survey for Lukoil
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has completed deep-towed subsea survey project for Lukoil in waters proven to preserve treasures dating back to Venetian golden era of centuries ago. Conducted offshore Romania, in the Black Sea at some 1000 meters water depth, the deep-towed subsea survey covered
Altus Intervention Bags Wireline Service Deals with TIOS
Altus Intervention has secured contracts with TechnipFMC Island Offshore Subsea (TIOS), a TechnipFMC and Island Offshore company, for the provision of wireline services across three of their vessels. The vessels include Island Constructor, Island Frontier and Island Wellserver. The contract duration
Equinor Increases Direct Ownership in Johan Sverdrup
Equinor has agreed with Lundin Petroleum to divest a 16 percent shareholding in Lundin for a direct interest of 2.6 percent in the Johan Sverdrup field and a cash consideration of around USD 650 million. “Since 2016 we have more than doubled the value of our investment in Lundin. This transaction gi
Highlights of the Week
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DeepOcean Wins Vigdis Boosting Station Gig
DeepOcean has been awarded a contract by Equinor for performing marine operations in connection with installation of the Vigdis Boosting Station and associated in-field structures and flexibles. The award to DeepOcean covers project management, engineering and offshore installation activities. The o
James Fisher and Sons Announces New CEO
James Fisher and Sons said that Eoghan O’Lionaird will be appointed to the board with effect from 1 September 2019. Eoghan will become chief executive officer on 1 October 2019 at which point Nick Henry, who has been CEO for the last fifteen years, will step down from the board. Henry will remain em
RTSYS Introduces New Micro-AUV NemoSens
French Acoustics specialist RTSYS has unveiled its latest micro-AUV named NemoSens. The micro-AUV NemoSens, less than one meter long, can host any kind of payload, be it a CTD probe, sidescan sonar or any other sensors, the company said. The AUV can be programmed from a ROS or MOOS interface to comp
Global Marine Group Shows Off Its New Subsea Plough
Global Marine Group (GMG), has officially launched its new pre-lay plough, known as the PLP240. Osbit recently delivered the subsea plough to GMG, following contract award in January. The offshore technology company designed and built the plough and has worked in collaboration with Global Marine Gro
Axxis Geo Solutions Lists on Oslo Axess
The seismic player Axxis Geo Solutions (AGS) has been publicly listed on Oslo Axess. The listing marks the completion of the merger between Axxis Geo Solutions AS and Songa Bulk ASA. The name of the company is from today Axxis Geo Solutions ASA and its shares are listed and traded on Oslo Axess unde
Rever Offshore Wraps Up Three Projects for Total
Rever Offshore has completed three standalone contracts for energy major Total E&P UK. The contracts utilized Rever Offshore’s multi-purpose dive support and offshore construction vessel (DSV) Rever Polaris, and ROV support vessel (ROVSV) Rever Sapphire. Operating over 100 days across North Sea asse
EMGS’ Vessel Activity Increases
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has seen vessel utilization for the second quarter 2019 at 73% compared with 31% for the second quarter in 2018. In the second quarter of 2019, the company’s vessels were allocated 45% to proprietary work and 28% to multi-client projects. In the comparable quarter
Equinor Finds More Oil in Oseberg Area
Equinor has, on behalf of the Oseberg partners, made an oil discovery related to Oseberg Vestflanken. The well was drilled by the Askepott rig and the discovery will soon be put on stream via the new, unmanned and remote-operated H platform on the Oseberg field. Included in the Oseberg Vestflanken P