National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has approved Santos’ Keraudren Extension 3D seismic survey, offshore Australia. Santos proposed to undertake a 3D seismic marine survey over a portion of exploration permit areas WA-435-P, WA-436-P, WA-437-P and WA-4
Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has accepted a plan for a 2D seismic survey in the Browse and Offshore Canning basins submitted by Japan’s Inpex.
UK-based start-up backed by Royal IHC, TI Geosciences, has completed testing programme including harbour trials of its next generation seabed geotechnical drill – SWORD. Before entering the market, SWORD (sonic wireline-operated remote drill) will be set-up onto permanent vessel and start sea trials
Dutch cable manufacturer Twentsche Kabel Fabriek (TKF) has revealed further details about the company’s scope of work on the 342 MW Kaskasi offshore wind project. As reported earlier, Seaway 7 awarded TKF with a contract to deliver 33 kV inter-array cables for the wind farm. Under the contract, TKF
Seismic players ION Geophysical and WesternGeco have reached a settlement of the decade-long patent litigation regarding lateral streamer positioning. The parties have signed a deal where WesternGeco will permanently dismiss the pending lawsuit, grant ION a license to the patents and lift the injunc
Canadian innovation hubs COVE and IGNITE have signed a memorandum of understanding to boost the regional ocean innovation network, commercialisation of new technologies, and to propel the success of entrepreneurs and businesses in the “fish tech” sector. The partnership aims to deepen sector experti
Geoquip Marine has adopted several measures to enable the company to maintain full operational effectiveness in the face of the global Covid-19 pandemic. Geoquip Marine has seen signs of weakness in the oil and gas market at the same time as the pandemic took hold. According to the company, it is a
Wärtsilä will supply a propulsion and power package for a new fishing trawler owned and operated by Wiseman Fishing and Northbay Fishing. The 75 meter ship is being built at the Karstensen shipyard in Denmark. The vessel will feature a Wärtsilä 31 main engine, two Wärtsilä 14 power generating sets,
Submarine Manufacturing & Products (SMP) has delivered another submarine emergency ventilation decompression system (SEVDS). The system consists of an electrically operated SEVDS 600-metre umbilical winch, containerised control room with fully automated controls and manual backup systems, vacuum and
Emergency quick disconnect supplier Flint Subsea has obtained DNV GL approval of its latest system, which has been supplied to a well intervention specialist in the North Sea. Flint Subsea were approached in 2019 to provide an emergency disconnect solution for a supplier of well intervention service
Express Engineering has seen its growth and product development success recognised by the UK’s venture capital sector. The Gateshead firm won the Mid-Market Management award at the British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association’s (BVCA) Management Team Awards, recognising the leadership team’s
Greece-based Asso.subsea (formerly known as Assodivers) has taken delivery of an SMD Quasar 150hp 1,000-metre rated work-class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) complete with launch and recovery system (LARS). The work-class ROV complements Asso.subsea’s existing fleet, which includes two 100hp 3,000-
Scottish subsea wireless and digitalisation expert WFS Technologies (WFS) has signed a partnership agreement with AeonX (Nigeria) to promote and deliver the full range of Seatooth products for asset integrity and flow assurance monitoring. AeonX, which is also a technical advisory to the West Africa
Italian cabling giant Prysmian has selected IBM Services to help expand and manage its global technological infrastructure. The three-year agreement is designed to integrate Prysmian’s IT infrastructure with IBM Cloud and adopt a hybrid cloud strategy. With the acquisition of American cable manufact
