Subsea
Rovco to Double Its Workforce in 2019
UK-based Rovco has made plans to double its workforce as it prepares for further global expansion. The company has grown from 3 to 19 staff in the last year and is on course to double its headcount by the end of 2019. To accommodate its expanding team, Rovco recently relocated to larger premises in
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (July 16 – July 22). https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/07/18/mermaid-nets-middle-east-subsea-deal/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/07/17/technipfmc-lands-petrobras-deal-in-brazil/ https://subseaworldne
Van Oord to Demo New Suction Bucket Solution on Deutsche Bucht OWF
Financial close has been reached for two pilot wind turbines at the Deutsche Bucht Offshore Wind Farm. The project will test Mono Buckets, a new type of foundation structure, equipped with a 8.4 MW turbine. In addition to its Balance of Plant contract for the wind farm, Van Oord will also be respons
Providence Welcomes Results of Dunquin South Seismic
Providence Resources has welcomed the results of the seismic survey over the Frontier Exploration Licence (FEL) 3/04 located in the southern Porcupine Basin. FEL 3/04 is operated by Eni on behalf of its partners, Repsol Exploracion Irlanda (33.557%), Providence Resources (26.846%) and Sosina Explora
PSA Nods Equinor’s Use of Visund Subsea Production Facility
Equinor has obtained a consent from Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway for the use of a new subsea production facility and wells on the Visund field. The Visund field, located in the northern North Sea, has been developed by means of a semi-submersible integrated quarters, drilling and processi
Scotland Injects £1.4M in Wave Energy Projects
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) is awarding contracts with a total value of £1.4 million to three innovation projects designed to support further investigation of promising structural materials and manufacturing concepts to be used in the construction of wave energy devices. ARUP will evaluate new ways o
Xodus Adds New Advanced Engineering Lead
Xodus Group has appointed Dr Tao Zhao as its new advanced engineering lead. With over 15 years’ experience in subsea pipeline and riser design and analysis, Dr Zhao joins Xodus from Heerema Marine Contractors. Throughout his career, he has provided a range of analysis for offshore contractor and eng
Seatronics Adds New Teledyne Pipe Tracking System
Seatronics, an Acteon company, has increased its investment in Teledyne Marine pipe tracking technology with the purchase of a HydroPACT 660 system to add to Seatronics’ extensive global rental fleet. The HydroPACT 660 smaller and lighter coil array has been designed to help reduce the operating cos
Tendeka Demos Its Sand Control Technology
To improve and control flow in water injection wells, Tendeka, has completed a field trial with a major operator to test its sand control technology – Cascade³. Cascade³ is a well screen and flow control completion system which uses intrinsic check-valves built into the lower completion to prevent s
Nexus Installing Final Batch of Borkum Riffgrund 2 Cables
Van Oord’s cable-laying vessel Nexus has loaded the final batch of inter-array cables for the Borkum Riffgrund 2 wind farm and is now installing them in the German North Sea. The expected date of the completion of the works in the field is August 07, 2018, Van Oord’s spokesperson said. Nexus is depl
Decom North Sea Appoints New CEO
Decom North Sea, the membership organisation for the oil and gas decommissioning sector, has appointed John Warrender as chief executive, starting on August 01, 2018. Most recently John worked as an independent advisor to the industry, applying his specific expertise in corporate governance and perf
PSA Inspects Shell’s Flexible Risers on Draugen
Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of Norske Shell (Shell) focused on the replacement of flexible risers on the Draugen field. The audit focused on the Shell’s work on replacing flexible risers on the Draugen field in the Norwegian Sea. The object of the audit was to ve
Subsea 7 Wins Offshore Transportation and Installation Deal
Subsea 7 has secured a sizeable offshore transportation and installation contract with an unnamed client. According to Subsea 7, a sizeable contract is being between USD 50 million and USD 150 million. Offshore execution of the contract is planned for 2020. “No further details are disclosed at this
PGS Swings to Profit
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS), reported profit for the second quarter ended June 30, 2018 of $10 million versus loss off $37 million in the prior-year quarter. Basic earnings per share was 3 cents per share, bouncing back from 10 cents per share loss same time last year. Norway-based PGS generated re