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Irish Sea Contractors Launches AERSUB Cable Fix Solution
Irish Sea Contractors launched its patented, subsea power cable repair solution named AERSUB. Irish Sea Contractor’s in-house designed AERSUB subsea power cable repair solution is specifically designed to enable the repair of faulty power cables in-situ subsea on the seabed. According to the company
New Chief Marketing Officer Joins WFS Technologies
WFS Technologies has welcomed Theo Priestley to its team as a chief marketing officer. Theo Priestley takes up the role of chief marketing officer at WFS and is already lined up to speak at a number of key industry conferences. Brendan Hyland, founder and chairman of WFS Technologies, said: “Theo is
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 06 – May 12). This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Subseaworldnews. Southern Star Finds Work After Fugro Charter Termination This content is availa
Saipem Confirms Caspian Sea Accident
An explosion occurred on Wednesday, May 8 on the Saipem-operated pipe-laying vessel Israfil Huseynov injuring fourteen people. The vessel was operating in the Caspian Sea in the framework of the Shah Deniz II project. The fourteen people involved in the accident, all employees of the Saipem, were tr
Crete Interconnection Project Secures €178M EIB Loan
The Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO or ADMIE) has signed a €178 million euro ($200 million) deal with European Investment Bank to partly fund the interconnection of the island of Crete with mainland Greece, in the region of Peloponnese. The project, initially estimated at €375 million,
NOC Completes ALR1500 Portland Harbour Trials
National Oceanography Centre’s (NOC) latest Autosub Long Range (ALR) vehicle has completed its first live trials in the waters of Portland Harbour in Dorset. The new autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), ALR1500, passed its first major test in Portland Harbour, demonstrating its integration with the
Trelleborg Scores Riser Buoyancy Hat-Trick
Trelleborg’s offshore operation was recently awarded three contracts for drilling riser buoyancy and associated riser protection that will be manufactured across two of its facilities in the UK and Brazil. Antony Croston, Business Group Director at Trelleborg’s offshore operation based in Houston, s
RRS Ernest Shackleton Gets New Owner
GC Rieber Shipping has completed the process of redelivery and sale of the icebreaking research vessel Ernest Shackleton to the new owner Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS). The redelivery of the vessel from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) marked the end of a nearly
DOF Subsea Nets New North Sea Contracts
DOF Subsea has recently secured several new contracts for project scopes to be carried out over the next few months in the North Sea. The contracts, which have been secured for key clients in the UK and Norway, involve a variety of different activities and capabilities including UXO investigation/de
STR Invests in MacArtney Technology
Subsea Technology & Rentals has invested in latest NEXUS MK C multiplexer technology from the MacArtney Group. MacArtney will design and custom build a new NEXUS MK C to compliment the NEXUS MK IV and MK VI systems purchased by STR last year. The multiplexer systems include full real-time diagnostic
Worley’s Intecsea, OGTC Partner on Pseudo Dry Gas Liquid Removal Tech
Worley’s Intecsea consultancy has partnered with the Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) to fund prototype testing of its Pseudo Dry Gas (PDG) liquid removal system. This technology has been developed to make long distance subsea tiebacks, which are not typically economic or technically feasible, com
WFS Introduces ExtremeEdge for Real-Time Subsea Monitoring
WFS Technologies Limited (WFS) has unveiled a subsea wireless edge network for real-time monitoring of subsea assets. WFS provides wireless subsea devices designed to provide robust, long-term monitoring of subsea hardware. The latest technology, ExtremeEdge, has been developed to process and analys
EMGS Cuts Losses
Norwegian geophysical services company EMGS has halved its quarterly loss as revenues more than doubled for the period ended March 31, 2019. The Oslo-listed company reported net loss for Q1 2019 of $6 million or 5 cents per share, versus loss of $12 million in Q1 2018. Revenues for the quarter rose
Marine-i Backs ARC Marine Artificial Reef Project
ARC Marine, who have invented a pioneering system for building artificial reefs, have received a Rapid Innovation Grant from Marine-i to enable them to progress to the next stage of their project. Part funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Marine-i is designed to help the marine tech sec