Subsea
Conoco Phillips Submits Plan for Tor Re-Development
Conoco Phillips, on behalf of the licensees, has submitted a Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) for the re-development of the Tor field in the Greater Ekofisk area in the North Sea. The field was in production from 1978 until it was shut down in 2015 when the installation reached the end of it
PGS to Shoot Seismic for OKEA near Draugen
OKEA and partners, Petoro and Neptune Energy Norge, have agreed to continue exploration licence PL958, east of the OKEA-operated Draugen field. The decision comes six months after OKEA assumed operatorship. This commits the licence partners to acquire new 3D seismic data and they have already decide
Lamprell Cuts Steel for Moray East Jacket Foundations
Lamprell has held a steel cutting ceremony in the UAE for jacket foundations for the Moray East offshore wind farm project. Lamprell will fabricate 45 out of approximately 100 jacket foundations required for the wind farm, the company informed through social media. Lamprell secured the fabrication c
Nord Stream 2 Withdraws 2017 Route Application in Denmark
Nord Stream 2 has withdrawn its application for the route through Danish territorial waters south of Bornholm, thus terminating a more than two-year lasting procedure. “We felt obliged to take this step because in more than two years since we filed this application, the former Danish government has
Airborne Oil & Gas Bags Another Anasuria Deal in North Sea
Airborne Oil & Gas has secured a second award from Anasuria Operating Company (AOC) to deliver a 2nd high flow thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) jumper spool in the Central North Sea. The contract will see the Netherlands-based business supplying a 2” ID 345psi rated Gas Lift Jumper to support the
Google Intros New Subsea Cable Linking Europe and Africa
Google has introduced Equiano, a new private subsea cable that will connect Africa with Europe. Once complete, Equiano will start in western Europe and run along the West Coast of Africa, between Portugal and South Africa, with branching units along the way that can be used to extend connectivity to
Eidesvik and CGG Agree Redelivery of Seismic Vessel
Eidesvik Offshore and CGG have agreed to terminate with immediate effect the contract for Viking Vanquish. The charter was due to expire November 2, 2020 and the charter rate will continue until that date, the company said. Viking Vanquish was originally built as a supply vessel in 1998. Its convers
Highlights of the Week
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Saab Seaeye Demonstrates Subsea Docking at Equinor Station
Saab Seaeye has successfully docked an autonomous vehicle to an Equinor subsea docking station to recharge its batteries and download data, demonstrating that a new future in underwater technology has arrived. Representatives from across the offshore energy industries gathered at Sweden’s Lake Vätte
Registration Opens for Offshore Energy 2019
The registration for Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2019 is now live! The event, to be held on (7), 8 & 9 October in Amsterdam will attract over 10,000 offshore professionals and more than 550 exhibiting companies. Offshore Energy is unique in bringing together the various offshore industri
Risk Intelligence Inks Agreement with Helix Well Ops
Risk Intelligence has signed an agreement with Helix Well Ops for the Risk Intelligence System (MaRisk+PortRisk). Risk Intelligence will be supporting future Helix Well Ops operational deployments with the Risk Intelligence System as well as security risk assessment reports. “The Offshore market has
IMCA’s Technical Director Gets IIMS Blue Water Award
International Marine Contractors Association’s (IMCA) technical director, Mark Ford, was recently awarded an IIMS (International Institute of Marine Surveying) Blue Water Award at the IIMS London 2019 Conference Dinner. Mark Ford said: “Naturally I would like to thank IIMS for this totally unexpecte
Well-Safe Solutions Moves to New Headquarters
Well-Safe Solutions will be moving headquarters, following a landmark contract win and acquisition of its first asset. The decommissioning company, set up in 2017, has invested several million in the HQ building in Cove, Aberdeen, having already out-grown its current offices at Hill of Rubislaw. Gra
Bourbon-Oceanteam CSV Southern Ocean Gets Fugro Job in Malaysia
Bourbon and Oceanteam jointly owned construction support vessel (CSV) Southern Ocean will aid Fugro in a deepwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) subsea installation project off the coast of Sabah, Malaysia. According to Oceanteam, the mobilization of CSV Southern Ocean will start early July 2019 i