Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (October 07 – November 13). Saipem has been awarded new contracts and change orders in the E&C offshore segment, for an overall amount of about 1 billion dollars. In particular, the most significant ar
Dubai-based seismic contractor, Polarcus, said it has secured a new contract for a broadband 3D marine seismic project. According to the Oslo-listed company, the survey will be carried out in Asia Pacific. The duration of the project should be approximately six weeks. Polarcus did not disclose the v
Interoute has opened dual entry into Europe through France and Italy from the South East Asia–Middle East–Western Europe 5 (SEA-ME-WE 5) submarine cable. Interoute will connect digital traffic from Africa, Asia and the Middle East via its Point of Presence (PoP) in Marseilles, France and OHM Data Ce
Saipem has been awarded new contracts and change orders in the E&C offshore segment, for an overall amount of about 1 billion dollars. In particular, the most significant are the notification of award by Saudi Aramco of two EPIC contracts (engineering, procurement, installation, construction), under
Omantel Telecommunications Company (Omantel) plans to interconnect two submarine cable systems to connect Asia and Africa. According to the media reports, the company will interconnect the Gulf of Africa (G2A) and Silk Road Gateway –1 (SRG -1) cable systems. G2A links Oman and Somalia with onward co
McDermott International has opened a new office in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, with the ability to add 300 staff to its existing workforce in the Kingdom. The new office expands McDermott’s engineering capacity in the region and will enhance its offering in Saudi Arabia, the company noted. “The opening
Eni said that the first batch of export crude oil has been shipped from the onshore processing plant of the Kashagan oil field in the North Caspian Sea, following the replacement of subsea pipelines. Italian oilfield services player Saipem won a contract in 2015 to lay two 95 kilometer replacement p
Mermaid Maritime’s joint venture company, Zamil Mermaid Offshore Services Company (ZMOS), has retained a long-term offshore inspection, repair, and maintenance (IRM) services contract with an undisclosed client where the rendering service day rates have been reduced to ensure service continuity to t
Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Dolphin Energy have entered into a new long-term gas sale and purchase agreement, under which QP will deliver additional quantities of gas to Dolphin for export to the UAE through the existing 48-inch subsea pipeline. The agreement was reached and signed in the framework of
Seabed Geosolutions, in cooperation with CGG, secured a new extension to its ongoing shallow water operations in the U.A.E. The variation order from Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) covers Phase-II of the Ghasha field project. This new survey is due to start in October and is expected to take
Seismic contractor, Polarcus, has seen a slight drop in the vessel activity in the third quarter of 2016. The utilization of the vessel fleet was 90 percent in Q3 2016 compared to 93 percent in the corresponding period in 2015. On the contracted basis the vessel activity was 20 percent higher, comin
BSE-listed Seamec has entered into a agreement with Sanat Gostar Kish Co for charter hire of the diving support vessel Seamec Princess. The vessel will be engaged in Persian Gulf for a period of 50 days with option for extension. According to India-based provider of diver support vessel-based diving
Mermaid Maritime’s subsidiary, Seascape, has been awarded two additional subsea contracts in South East Asia with a total estimated potential value of USD 5.1 million. The first package of work involves the DP2 dive support vessel “Mermaid Nusantara” together with heavy duty work-class ROVs for a 30
JFD has signed a new agreement with Fugro to provide training courses delivered by the National Hyperbaric Centre (NHC), part of JFD, at the Fugro Academy Training Centre in Abu Dhabi. The agreement with Fugro will see JFD approved local and UK trainers delivering courses including: Client Represent
