Subsea
BP Launches USD 28 Bln Shah Deniz 2 Project in Azerbaijan
BP has launched the landmark Shah Deniz 2 gas development in Azerbaijan, including its first commercial gas delivery to Turkey, on Monday. The BP-operated $28 billion project is the first subsea development in the Caspian Sea and the largest subsea infrastructure operated by BP worldwide. It is also
EMGS Secures Survey Pre-Funding in Norwegian North Sea
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has entered into an agreement for pre-funding of a non-exclusive, multi-client 3D CSEM acquisition in the Norwegian North Sea. The pre-funding amounts to approximately USD 1.5 million. The company expects to complete the survey in the third quarter of 2018. EMGS di
SINN Power Inaugurates Two WEC Modules in Greece
SINN Power has put into operation its second generation wave energy technology, supported by the German Federal Government, in Heraklion, Greece. Following eight weeks of intensive work at the Port of Heraklion, assembling the mechanical components and establishing the electrical connections, SINN P
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (June 25 – July 01). https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/06/27/ge-lines-up-baker-hughes-sale/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/06/26/pioneering-spirit-returns-to-turkstream-duty/ https://subseaworldnews.c
Fara Holdco Boosts Executive Team
Fara Holdco, owners of Bibby Offshore, CECON Contracting and Rever Offshore, has appointed Mark Bessell as chief executive. Bessell joins the executive team at Fara Holdco following four years as COO with Songa Offshore in Norway. Previously, Mark held positions with Ocean Rig as senior vice preside
FairfieldNodal Becomes Fairfield Geo
FairfieldNodal has changed its name to Fairfield Geotechnologies (Fairfield Geo) to reflect the company’s strategy and evolution as a provider of life-of-field technology, data and solutions. FairfieldNodal is a provider of ocean bottom nodal (OBN) technology and related services and data to oil com
Jan de Nul Connects Two Wind Farms to German Transmission Grid
Jan De Nul Group has completed the export cable installation works in the German North Sea in order to connect the offshore wind farms Trianel Windpark Borkum II, developed by Trianel, and Borkum Riffgrund II, developed by Ørsted, to Tennet’s German transmission grid. For both cable installation pro
Maersk Drilling-Maersk Supply Service JV Gets Its Name
Maersk Drilling and Maersk Supply Service have launched the new name of its 50:50 decommissioning joint venture, Maersk Decom. “Maersk Decom may be a new company, but it is built on the track record that both parent companies, Maersk Drilling and Maersk Supply Service, have already established withi
Optime Subsea Supports AKOFS in Equinor LWI Contract
AKOFS Offshore (AKOFS), a company owned by Akastor, has selected Optime Subsea to support the company in delivery of recently secured contract with Equinor. Optime will support AKOFS in recently received five year light well intervention (LWI) services contract with Equinor on the Norwegian continen
DNV GL’s Noble Denton Gets New Management
DNV GL has appointed Neil Jamieson Fraser as its new head of Noble Denton marine services in the UK and West Africa. The role will focus on marine warranty, marine advisory/assurance, technical assurance, and advanced engineering services, DNV GL said. Neil has worked with DNV GL for more than 25 ye
Seatec Rolls Out New Winch
Seatec said it has launched a new compact and low-cost CTD winch unit. The unit is based on previously designed and delivered CTD winch systems. According to Seatec, this unit (LIER-077) has a drum capacity of only 250mtr and runs upto 120mtr/min with 50kg SWL. It can operate at 230Vac or 440Vac. Th
Nexans Umbilicals for Equinor’s Askeladd
Nexans has been awarded a contract by Equinor to provide umbilicals with power, fiber-optic and hydraulic elements for the next stage of the multi-phased Snøhvit development. Nexans will design, manufacture and supply a total of 42 kilometers of static infield and interfield umbilicals to control th
Imenco Takes Over Kongsberg’s Subsea Cameras Business
Kongsberg Maritime has entered into an agreement to sell its business within subsea cameras and harsh environment CCTV systems to Imenco. Imenco is a technology company within design, development and manufacture of helicopter fuel systems, diving systems, lifting and handling products and subsea cam
SeaRenergy-N-Sea Consortium Bags Dolwin Alpha Modification Work
SeaRenergy and N-Sea consortium has secured a project by TenneT covering modification works to the jacket structure of the HVDC platform Dolwin alpha, in the German North Sea. The project will see Hamburg-based lead partner SeaRenergy provide engineering and design services as well as the fabricatio