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Subsea 7 Updates Board Member Roles
Subsea 7 has updated its board responsibilities following the changes to board membership approved at the company’s AGM held on April 17, 2017. Namely, Allen Stevens has been appointed senior independent director and will serve as chairman of the corporate governance and Nomination Committee. Appoin
Proserv Opens Great Yarmouth Centre of Excellence
Proserv has officially opened its new purpose-built Centre of Excellence within Great Yarmouth’s Beacon Park. Developer, Great Yarmouth Borough Council, together with New Anglia LEP and key stakeholders, joined Proserv at the 65,000 sq ft ‘Artemis House’ to mark the occasion. Davis Larssen, COO of P
Bibby Offshore Nets North Sea IRM Deal
Bibby Offshore has secured a two-phase multi million pound contract with an unnamed oil and gas and production company. The contract will see Bibby Offshore carry out inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) services across a number of the operators North Sea assets. Engineering work for the project
IMCA Gets New President
International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has named Iain Grainger as its new president and chairman of the board. Iain, vice president commercial at McDermott, takes over from Harke Jan Meek. In addition, Pieter Heerema from Allseas has become the new vice president. Iain Grainger said: “M
Van Oord Names SRI Vessel Bravenes in Rotterdam
Van Oord has unveiled its subsea rock installation (SRI) vessel Bravenes at the Wilhelminakade in Rotterdam on Monday. The SRI vessel Bravenes was christened by Yvon van Oord-Barbier, the wife of CEO Pieter van Oord. The Bravenes is the third vessel to join Van Oord’s SRI fleet. SRI vessels stabiliz
Rawwater Hires New Business Development Manager
Rawwater, the UK-based specialists in contract research and consultancy services for facilities design, oilfield souring and well abandonment, has employed Mike Mooney as business development manager. Before joining Rawwater, Mooney was employed as a business development/sales manager with oilfield
Global Maritime, UniSea Net SolstadFarstad Deal
Global Maritime has, together with UniSea, secured a five-year fleet contract with SolstadFarstad for a software solution for dynamic positioning assurance. The new software solution will make implementation and documentation of dynamic positioning testing easier. The solution’s main purpose is to a
Crown Estate Scotland Drafts New Offshore Wind Seabed Lease Plan
Crown Estate Scotland has unveiled proposals to lease seabed to encourage a new generation of offshore wind projects in Scotland’s waters. The paper outlines the draft process and asks those interested to feed back to help shape the final approach. Projects will have to be sited in areas identified
NOC Starts New PAP-SO Expedition
The RRS James Cook vessel has left Southampton for a research expedition to the Porcupine Abyssal Plain – Sustained Observatory (PAP-SO) in the northeast Atlantic Ocean. The expedition aims to answer fundamental questions about how potential environmental and ecological stressors are influencing the
ScaleUp Program for GCE Subsea Members
Norwegian industry initiative GCE Subsea is offering a 12-week ScaleUp program suited for companies in position for growth and expansion. The program is a result of business development collaboration with MIT, BTO and other Norwegian partners. It is designed for Tech companies with a high growth pot
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 14 – May 20). https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/05/15/watch-technipfmc-subsea-2-0/ This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Subseaworldnews. Proserv Get
Simmons Edeco in North Sea Win
Oilfield service company Simmons Edeco has been awarded a multi-million pound contract by an undisclosed North Sea oil and gas operator. As a result of this two-year contract, Simmons Edeco will provide wellhead and valve maintenance services for all North Sea assets owned by this operator. In addit
DeepOcean Wins Equinor Subsea Work
DeepOcean has been awarded a long-term contract involving subsea life of field services on Equinor operated fields. The award covers onshore project management, engineering and offshore operations utilising a variety of vessels within the DeepOcean fleet. Offshore operations may include life of fiel
Rosenberg WorleyParsons Bags Neptune Energy’s Nova Deal
Neptune Energy has awarded a contract to Rosenberg WorleyParsons for the construction and installation of a Nova topside module on the Gjøa platform in the North Sea. The Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation & Commissioning (EPCIC) contract is for the topside section of the Nova deve